Bee In My Bonnet Row Along, Row 12, Sewing Baskets

A row of seven pretty sewing baskets. This Row Along is fun. Thank you Lori at Bee In My Bonnet.

2013 Rainbow Scrap Challenge, February, Purple, Week 4

Last week was a busy one, not a lot of time to play with my purple scraps. Today I finished up a purple and pink Get Your Mrs. Clause On charity doll quilt for Deb. Thank you Sharon, Vrooman's Quilts, for the reminder. If you like to make doll quilts, click the "Mrs. Clause" button on the side of my blog for more information.
A happy scrappy house block, a basket block for the Bee in My Bonnet Row Along and a blue and white knitted dish cloth complete the picture.
To see what others made with their purple scraps last week, go here : D

Nadine and Clarice Make Little Quilts

Nadine and Clarice have been sewing with me all week. These little quilts are their last projects. They were made with 5" charms, free motion quilted and machine bound. Clarice helped her little sister with some of the sewing on her quilt. I sat back and made suggestions. It was a good week.

Nadine and Clarice Make Sock Monkeys

Because Clarice bought a three sock set, she was able to not only make a sock monkey but some sock monkey clothes, too. Then she turned a cardboard box lid into a sock monkey bed when she made a little quilt, a sheet and some pillows. So cute.
 

 Same with Nadine. A three sock set made a monkey and several pieces of clothing. So cute! The girls did a good job. They are going to dress them up with earrings, bracelets, knitted scarves ....
It was a very good day : )

Clarice Learning to Sew and Knit

Above is a picture of my niece, Clarice, knitting a head band. On her lap are two place mats she made yesterday. Tomorrow ... Sock Monkeys!

2013 Rainbow Scrap Challenge, February, Purple, Week 3

This week I pieced four 8.5" purple blocks, a 9" Crossroads block,  and cut some 5" purple tumblers and 2.5" squares to use later. I love this rainbow scrap challenge! Go here Saturday to see what others made with their purple scraps this week. Because people link up all day Saturday and Sunday,  I check Angela's blog throughout the weekend. Don't want to miss anything.
A couple ~6.5" square knitted dishcloths found their way into the picture. Had to show off my newly acquired and limited knitting skills. For these dishcloths I used Sugar n' Creme cotton yarn and No. 7 bamboo knitting needles to cast on 30 stitches. I then knitted rows of garter stitches. I like to knit while I watch tv : )

Stars and Camouflage Quilt

He said the front of the quilt could be anything but he wanted the back to be digital army camouflage. Because I couldn't decide what to do for the front, this grandchild has been waiting a year for his camouflage quilt.
I have a box of pieced red, white and blue 10.5" star blocks. So I pulled and sewed together 48 of them for the quilt top.
It looks good all quilted with horizontal wavy lines. The binding is dark red. After a round in the washer and dryer, it finished a little over 80" x 60".
I'll be making more red, white and blue stars for future star quilts. I still want to make one for his father. Hopefully with no camo.