Baby Jovee

I have been really slow to quilt much lately but I finally made this little gem for my newest niece, Jovee. I forgot to take pictures before I sent it off but thankfully Jovee's sweet momma, Savannah,  sent me this picture.

Excited for tax season to be over to get quilting more!

Dakota

A dear friend from my childhood lost her sweet daughter 6 months ago. I made her this quilt that she could wrap around her when she needs a hug. I am looking forward to sharing this quilt with her.

Welcome Ryker

My newest nephew was born today! I finished his baby blanket yesterday. So excited to meet him and squeeze his cheeks.

I Spy

It has become a tradition each year to quilt an I Spy quilt for the Family Support Center's annual gala. I don't even know how many years it has been. The first time I did a quilt, I provided a fully finished baby quilt. 

The agency is one that I used to be the Board Chairman of and participated years prior as a board member and provided accounting assistance prior to that. The gala is next week, but feel free to stop by their website any time to pledge your donations. The money is well spent to strengthen families and prevent child abuse in the Salt Lake valley.

Sassy owls

Here is another completed quilt for a family member with a baby girl on the way. The backing is also the sassy owls - that was the inspirational fabric for this ensemble. 

Baby quilts are so fun! I'm thinking I should just go ahead and make some quilts and be prepared for more announcements in the future.

Silly legs

Ok, FINALLY I got around to sewing my Halloween quilt. It was my goal to do it this week. After all, how much time could a little quilt take to do? Haha! I recently bought some new thread colors and was excited to incorporate two of them into this quilt. I used a dark turquoise for most of the background quilting and then a bright green to quilt the witches. My tendency now is to use thread choices that stand out rather than blend in. Even though I used some pretty bold colors, it still worked out well. I especially love the bright green. 

My sister got hers done last year (before Halloween, imagine that) and I was ultra jealous. It was so darling that I couldn't wait until I did mine. I actually bought all of my fabric back then and it has been patiently waiting its turn to be completed. 

The pattern is a Buggy Barn one - where you stack all the fabrics and then start making interesting cuts with a rotary cutter. This is my second Buggy Barn quilt and I just love how they turn out with all of the color contrasts. I added some extra borders in the middle to make my quilt wider. I am also toying with the idea of embellishing the witches shoes with cute buttons or ribbons. We'll see!

I'm hoping to use the extra one I have left (9 blocks are made with the pattern) to make a coordinating pillow and hoping to have it done before this Halloween.

Plus Quilt

I got the necessary motivation to complete this project. The quilt top has been done since January. Just needed to piece the back and get to business!

I have a few projects I need to do before I can think of others, most notably my Halloween quilt. Then I might do a 4th of July quilt.