Sew in Love...



I made two more baby quilts yesterday...



These were made with fabric from my own stash...
I will be taking these to the fabric store today, 
and exchanging them for some kits to sew.

Have a sunny day!

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Oh Baby.....

I made some more baby quilts...

Just thought you would like to see them...

Which is your favorite?

'Til next time,  Love ya, Jean

Lots of Baby Quilts...

 I have been sewing like a mad woman in the last 5 days!  I finally broke down and bought a "walking foot" for quilting on my sewing machine.  It allows you to do machine quilting without any slippage between  the two fabrics and the batting.  You get a nice flat quilt with no puckers or bunches at the ends of the rows of quilting.  This thing is worth every penny that I paid for it and I wish I had done it sooner!

Teddy Bears

Dogs and Lady Bugs

Citrus Colors--(need sunglasses for this one)

Kitty--I did an outline stitch around it,
so it stands out...

These blocks were already sewn ~~
I did the sashing, the backing and the binding...
This is called a sampler quilt,
 because all the blocks are different.

This backing is cute~~Teddy Bears with balloons...

This was fabric from my own stash...

I love doing these baby quilts...
they are all about 24" square and they don't take much time to make.

I hope you enjoyed seeing what I've been up to this past week.  I'm trying to stay off the computer, and to be more productive.  I have my blog, Facebook, and now Pinterest to eat up my time, and I need a way to be able to use them all and still be productive.  And then there's my minis, too!  Good thing I'm retired, (and loving it).  I wouldn't have time to work these days!!

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean 

Oh, Baby.....

Some of you may remember when I made the baby quilts for the Brigham & Womens Hospital in Boston.  They are for the NICU and are given to the little preemie babies that are there.

The sewing store that I go to sponsors this program and provides the materials.  They make the kits up and all I have to do is sew them together.

I believe this is a worthy cause and worth my time to help out.  Last year I made 54 little quilts for the program.  It makes me happy to be able to contribute my time and effort.

~~On another note:  I have been remiss in welcoming my new followers...
Welcome to all,  I hope you enjoy my blog and will come back often.  I love meeting new fellow bloggers and making new buddies! ~~

'Til next time,  Love ya,  Jean

Cars and Quilts............

Phew! I've had a busy time the last few days!
First, my grandson's birthday was 2 days after Christmas and we hadn't celebrated it yet! Poor kid, his birthday is always put off 'til later! Let me say that they celebrate within their immediate family, but not with all of us. So, we did the birthday party last night and it was really fun! He just got his driver's license about a month ago. So, naturally, he is saving money to buy his first car. So, I made him a "Cars" cake, got him the movie "Cars", a model kit of a '68 Mustang and some money for his bank account. He liked it all, in spite of being 17!



Then, I got a message from the sewing store that we needed 8 quilts to meet our quota of 500 quilts for this year! We just started this project in June, so it really was only 6 months. I had 2 kits to sew and I made one little baby quilt from my own materials.
I called the store to let them know I would bring 3 baby quilts to the store on Saturday. So, I was sewing up quilts like crazy! I still didn't know if 3 would be enough. Then, when I got there on Saturday, I found out that we indeed, did have 501 quilts!
Yay, us! We did it! This made me very happy! Here are the three that I made.....

Now it's time to reset the counter for this year!

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'Til next time, Love ya, Jean