Mother's Purple Quick Strippie

I finished free motion quilting, binding, washing and drying Mother's Purple Quick Strippie top for a grandchildren that likes purple.
We used Mary Johnson's Quick Strippie pattern.
This sweet little quilt was made using all purple fabrics. I don't know why my camera made the purple colors in this quilt look blue :D

Homemade Jelly Roll Quilt Finished

A jelly roll contest quilt top, a pieced back, sandwiched with Warm and Natural Batting, free motion quilted, some pretty binding, washed and dried. It's 67" x 59". A sweet little quilt :D

Fat Quarters in This Week's Mail

FOUR delicious Citron/Gray FQs by Michael Miller arrived in a squishy envelope in the mail! Freda of imperamagna.blogspot.com, a blog that chronicles the adventures of the Impress of the Universe" had a give away in honor of her parents wedding anniversary. I was one of the winners! I plan to make a purse :D
Thank you, Freda. They will make a lovely purse.




I needed 4 more pot holders for gifts. Pictured are the fronts and backs. Two were made from scraps and two were made with some Monet cotton quilting fabric I found at JoAnn's. I have a friend that likes to paint. She chose the Monet :D

Tori's Been Busy

It took a couple of weekends, but Tori finished a square pillow and a doll blanket. She knew what she wanted to make, the size and the fabric combinations. Most of the time she pressed the foot pedal to make the machine go as I helped her guide the fabric under the needle. When she went home today, she carried her horse Quick Strippie, her square pillow and a doll blanket. She was very happy :)
Sorry about the quality of the pictures taken with my cell phone. Need a new phone :D

Myrtle Beach

A short vacation at the beach. The water and weather looked beautiful this morning :D
Because Hurricane Irene was on the way, we checked out and drove home. We were not alone. A lot of people were leaving the coast this morning.

Captain America

Earlier this year I took 2 granddaughters to JoAnns fabric shop. The youngest, 9 years old, wanted a piece of fleece with a pattern of large purple circles. It was all she wanted. I bought a couple yards, took it home and trimmed the salvages. She didn't want me to do anything else to it ... ? I found out last weekend that she sleeps with it every night.

So ... last week I bought some 58" wide licensed Captain America fleece at the local JoAnns fabric shop, trimmed the salvage edges and made a simple 88"x58" throw for my 18 year old grandson. Again, no finished edges. He LOVES Captain America. He LOVED, LOVED, LOVED IT! Said it will now be his snuggle blanket. His 19 year old brother saw it, said he wanted one, too. A couple more grandsons said they would like one each. So I went back and bought the remaining Captain America fleece on the shelf. In all, I cut four 88"x58" throws and two 58"x72". The shorter fleece pieces will go to the youngest two grandsons, both 8 years old. So easy.

Used coupons both times :D





Oh yeah! I'm still making pot holders from scraps. First pictures shows the fronts, second pictures show the backs. So cute! They are for me :D

Tori's Quick Strippie

Mary Johnson's Quick Strippie pattern with granddaughter Tori's favorite fabric, HORSES! Her sister, Hannah, helped sew the front. The back was pieced. Then it was free motion quilted, washed and dried.
Isn't it just darling :D
Thank you, Mary.