Remember This Quilt? Probably Not!

You haven't seen it in three years, almost to the day!  Yes, it's that Underground Railroad top I finished in September, 2011.

Yeah, it's upside down, and in the process of being sandwiched.  Then after basting a couple of days, it looked like this:  (Well, actually, I did pile it up a little on purpose, just for the picture!   I need sympathy! *giggle*)

And I'm supposed to be able to quilt that pile????  It's like wrestling a bear!  But I did make a lot of progress on it yesterday, and you would know, I was dog-tired last night!  All the sashings have been stitched in the ditch (when I didn't get out of the ruts!), and one side of the borders  are under control.  At least I now have it where it can travel only within each block.  Those are stabilized, so life should get easier now --- I hope!  It's been a lo-o-o-ong time since I've tried quilting anything 100" square!  I may ruin it, but I'm determined to do it myself!  You all might want to say a little prayer for me!

My DIL, her daughter, and her 2-yr. old GD all three had birthdays the last week of August.  She loved the blue and white quilt I made for her.

I figured the mother of the 2-yr. old would be needing some Christmas things very soon, so I actually free-motioned this panel for her, and I was pleased with how it turned out, even though the quilting hardly shows in the picture.  I used a really puffy poly batting, and it worked really well for this project.  They all loved it!.

 They had a big party of friends for the 2-yr. old little granddaughter, with way too many gifts for a 2-yr. old (my opinion!), so I went really easy for the little one.  I stitched up these two little books, and they turned out cute, and she loved looking at them.  I can't even recall how long I've had those panels!

The little one likes to watch fishing shows with my son, so I also made her a little fish with a magnet on its mouth, and on a string and crepe myrtle "pole", like you can see on Missouri Quilt Co. YouTube here:. Fabric fish .  She, and my son, loved that!  With the fish on the floor, when she gets the "hook" (magnet on the string) close to the fish's mouth, she catches the fish, and just laughs and laughs. I need to make another one and do a better job.  I made this one in about 30 minutes with just some scraps I found; it's pretty crude!

This quilt was hanging over the fireplace where the GD's BD party was held, and I couldn't keep my eyes off of it.  I didn't ask permission to post it, but I just can't resist.  It was made by a lady in their church.  Isn't it beautiful?  Have you ever seen one like it?  I certainly haven't!

The DIL of one of my friends had twins -- a boy and a girl.  I decided to make quilts for them, and in the pictures, I've just folded the bottom up to show the backing.  I thought the nursery rhyme backing would be sweet for the little girl, (double click the picture to see pics), but their dad is a cowboy, so the little boy will have to be a cowboy too.  Wild colors I know for new babies, but chevrons in bright colors seem to be the rage right now, so I hope the mother will like them.  They are 45" x 39".  I found cute big bags (with zippers yet) to gift them.  The blue one is a little off color, but the pink bag is exactly the same color! (Should have made a picture) ............And cheaper than gift boxes! Yea!!!

I guess I'll be taking down and packing away all my patriotic quilts on Sept. 12.  I'm going to miss them, but it's time for a change I guess.  From the temperatures (95 to 103), you'd never know that Fall is arriving soon.  I think I heard the weatherman say we may get some rain Thursday (I hope!), and temps in the low 60's by Sunday, for the early hours.  I'll believe it when it happens!

Got a couple of quilt shows coming up later this month.  Hope to see some beauties there!

Seems like everyone has been slacking up on posting blogs lately.  I guess we've all been busier than usual this summer.  I certainly have!  Thursday I'll be going to another funeral for a high school classmate (also started first grade with him) --- the seventh funeral I've been involved with (not all were classmates) over the past three weeks!  I think the message for me here is "Love, if all your classmates are dying, that must mean you are getting very old!"  I must say I'm feeling it too!

Happy quilting to all this week!

---"Love"