Some new projects

Inspired by the yo-yo tutorial on Heather Bailey's site, I decided to try a little bit of handwork.

These are the result.

144 yo-yos, made from 1930's reproduction fabrics. My original intent was to make a small wall hanging to go in the girls' room, but these don't really coordinate with their room that well. I also considered making just a garland. I haven't decided yet... maybe they will just sit in a bowl and be a pretty decoration!

Since I enjoyed the relaxation of the handwork while making the yo-yos, I thought I would try hand-piecing next. There are some blocks that I really think are easier to make when hand piecing, rather than machine piecing, namely those that have Y or set-in seams. I ordered some templates a few days ago, and they arrived two days ago. Last night I finally sat down and got some fabric cut and sewn together.

I plan to make these into a scrappy quilt made from civil war-type reproduction fabrics, of which I have tons! My challenge on this quilt, besides perfecting my hand piecing skills, will be to use fabrics only from my stash. This will be a great project for me because Elliott likes to watch TV in the evening while working, and if I wanted to sew on my sewing machine, I couldn't be hanging out with him. Now I will be able to watch TV without feeling like a slug!

Christmas Log Cabin

This is the quilt I made that gave me the quilting bug. I made it about 4 years ago, just after Ethan was born. I had high hopes to hand quilt it, but that wasn't happening, so I let my mom quilt it on her long arm, and I am so glad I did... It turned out amazing. You can see more pictures of it at my mom's webshots page:

http://community.webshots.com/album/531350766yXuHgP

Julianne's Quilt

This is a quilt I made for my SIL Julianne when she started her college work at BYU. There used to be a joke that Mormon women only went to college to get a husband, so when I found this fabulous fabric, I had to make her a quilt! This quilt was machine quilted by Needle in A Quiltstack longarm quilting service. Finished 09/03

Dragon quilt

This quilt was made for my in-laws for Christmas one year, although I didn't actually finish the quilting until the following July! Machine pieced and hand quilted.

Natalie's comfort quilt

This quilt was made by me and 3 friends, Audrey, Christina, and Angela, for our friend Natalie, who had a hysterectomy at the age of 26. Complications from endomitriosis made surgery necessary, and we presented her with this quilt to cuddle with while she recuperated. Quilted by Needle in a Quiltstack longarm quilt services. Made November 2003.

The quiltstack

I started this blog to have a place to post pictures of my finished quilts. Thanks for looking!