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Visiting Quilts

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Welcome to my room at my parents house! There is something I find so neat when I visit my family about the fact that I get to visit the quilts that I love and spent hours making.  In my room is the quilt I made for my dad when he was recovering from Tuberculosis last year.  This is my Dizzying Diamonds pattern.

In Anne’s room, she is sleeping with the purple quilt I made for my mom’s birthday last year:

In my mom’s room, on her favorite recliner is the quilt I made for her in honor of my grandma. It was supposed to be a chemo quilt for my grandma, but the cancer took my grandma before my mom ever had a chance to make it.

FMQ Flowers I’m not sure why I don’t have a full size picture of this one.

Tomorrow we will decorate for Christmas, and yet another quilt will come out. The first quilt I ever made for my mom was a log cabin Christmas quilt. It is fun to visit and see a bit of my progression in quilting.

I hope everyone is having a lovely start to their holiday season!

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Playing Around

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I spent yesterday during nap time playing around with a new tool I got from Fat Quarter Shop and something new and fun was born.  Here is a scrappy peak of what I made:

I have decided to hand quilt the project – it will be my first attempt at hand quilting – I will start tonight during Project Runway (guilty pleasure).  Jenna from SewHappyGeek was kind enough to help me on Twitter yesterday, she sent me a couple of tutorials and also told me what supplies I was going to need.

I picked up some perle cotton number 8 in a beautiful red, some needles and a frame. I figured I needed to try hand quilting with and without a frame of some sort to see what worked for me so I picked up a cheapy little plastic frame. We shall see!

While Anne and I were out shopping I decided to pick up some more art projects for her – so we decided to make Valentine’s for our family and friends. I am sure her Grandparents will love them when we send them off at the beginning of next month – what do you think of them?

Today is my Friday, my hubs has Friday and Monday off and I want to spend some quality time with him and Anne – so I will be back on Tuesday!  I hope you all have a great weekend, take a moment and reflect on the holiday we celebrate – Martin Luther King Jr.

How will you be spending the weekend? Is it a long one for you too?

UPDATE! I just remembered I will be here on Monday…I have a very special fun giveaway for you! Make sure you come by and check it out!

 

It’s Sew Kiki Blog Swap

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Today I have a little treat for our Brother Lovers – a blog swap with Kiera from It's Sew Kiki!  I have been following Kiera's blog for months and we recently became friends when I asked her for some help on a project.  We thought it would be a lot of fun to swap our blogs for the day.  She is sharing an adorable Halloween project – which is perfect because you will have plenty of time to get your holiday sewing in BEFOREHAND!  Take it away Kiera!

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Good Morning!
 
Thank you so much to Melissa and Sunni for so generously letting me guest post! Don't you just love their blog? These ladies rock!
 
My name is Kiera and my blog is It's Sew Kiki  It's my little part of the Internet where I focus on sewing and quilting. I've got some great tutorials and free patterns. Please come and visit!
 
Today I'm going to share how to make this cute little Halloween Table Runner

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Of course you can make this with any fabric. It would be a great scrap project. Get the know how after the jump!
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