That is how long it has been since I was last here.
I have been making things but .......
I have been working on three BOMs, Ella Maria Deacon, 365 Littles, and Heartfelt. I have decided that it is not good for me to work on three at the same time. I haven't had a finish in a bit. I am slow at keeping up and have learned that I need to focus on one thing at times to keep the energy going.
So, I decided to make three little boy quilts. They are quicker to reach the done point. The first is for a give away to a 2 year old boy and his family (friends of daughter #2). This is an I SPY quilt. I bought the panel, cut up the parts, put it back together with sashing and borders. The sandwich was made with a flannel backing. Very simple machine quilting and all done in a week. Enjoy it Dylan.
The next two were made for my great nephews. My sister, their Grandmother, found the World map and asked me if I would make it into a quilt for Corbin, age 4. I said yes (but she had to order me a panel also). This was a quick put together but the machine quilting was a bit fussier. I quilted around the animals and then made longitude and latitude lines on the map. I used a constellation material for the background.
You cannot make one map quilt for one brother and not the other. I was able to find this panel, a map of the United States. This is for Gibson, age 2. Again I quilted around the animals and then the states. Even tiny Rhode Island was quilted around. Then there was a piano border around the map. This has a planet backing (my sister did not take a picture of the back).
I was so excited to send off the quilts that I forgot to take pictures. My sister sent the pictures to me after their arrival.
Other projects have been completed and some new starts. I will return and get them recorded on this blog.
