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 

...............................More Quilts........

These are the latest baby quilts that I sewed......
I folded up the corners to show the backing of the quilts..... These little quilts go to Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

The materials are provided by Wayside Sewing, Marlboro, MA. They make up the kits for the quilts and many of the women who go to that store, sew them together.

We are at 350 quilts so far, and our goal is to make and donate 500 by the end of the year.

They are 24-32" square......

I have used many of my own materials from my stash to make about half of the ones that I have sewed. My personal count is 54, since June.

I love to sew and I feel this is a very good cause, and I'm happy to be able to do my part.

I love all the bright colors and the designs.

I hope these little quilts will brighten the lives of the parents of these tiny, little babies.

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

An Old Love Renewed......

This is a room box that I made as a gift for my mother-in-law about thirty years ago. When she passed away, my father-in-law gave it back to me and I've had it hanging in my craft room ever since. It's a little perfume shop.

I made the little coat rack, and everything in the room.

All the little bottles are made from beads and jewelry findings.

I made the shelving and the little bench.

The umbrella stand is a little plastic tube of some sort. I painted the inside with gold paint and the umbrellas are cocktail picks with some plastic wrapped around them and then I added some small gold chain to the handle. The carpeting is red cotton velvet and I think it looks just right.

So, this is the old love renewed. I've always loved miniatures and now that I have time, I can pursue this hobby again.

I also have a dollhouse that I started building back then, but life sort of got in the way and it ended up in the garage for many, many years. It has been brought back into my life, at the urging of my BFF, and I've started working on getting it finished. I will have some pictures of it for you soon.

I have been very busy since I last posted. I hope this doesn't happen again. But I have gotten a lot accomplished in the last 3 weeks. The fun thing was: I had a mini vacation with my best friend. We went to a quilt show which was amazing! The workmanship that went into these quilts was awe-inspiring! I was so happy to be able to attend this show and to see the artistry that the creators used in their quilts.

I have a Honey-do list and WE have gotten quite a few things crossed off the list. We needed to get a lot of things done before winter sets in. With the summer being such a scorcher, I feel like I wasn't able to do as much as I needed too. We are still working on the list though.

I had an Echocardiogram today. My feet are swelling (very uncomfortable) and the Doc wants to make sure it's not my heart that's causing it. If the heart is Ok, then he'll probably change my medications, I hope.

I also have some dentist appointments coming up, something that I really don't like, but I must do it. I need to get some new partial dentures made, the old ones are worn out!

Lots to do!

I also want to say "Thank you" to all my followers. It is friends like you that make this blogging thing so much fun.

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean

More little quilts.....

They are so colorful and I'm sure they will be appreciated.....

2 pics of the same one.....

They are so much fun to make! I've made 14 so far!

I'm taking a little mini vacation over the 4th, so I'll talk to you after next week.

'Til next time, Love ya, Jean