Levi's Quilt Is Finished!

On Saturday evening I sewed all of the rows together. Then I cut the seams. Cutting the seams was more effort than I expected. Who would have know that cutting the seams would be so arduous? And I learned that I bought spring loaded scissors that were just too big for this type of cutting (bummer!).

And Sunday night it was washed... and now it's all done! I'm pretty proud of myself. :)

Levi's Quilt

Today I made some good progress on baby Levi's quilt. All of the rows are complete and ready to be sown together. I'll pin them together, sew them, cut the seams, and then I'll throw it in the wash! I'm pretty jazzed about how close to finished it is! I'm glad to see my progress and see that it's really going to turn out cute. It will be my first completed quilt... and then I'll get back to Sarah's.

Embroidery

I'm so excited! This morning I visited a friend's mom, Mary, and she embroidered a couple quilt squares with names. I'm excited to present Kristin with a quilt that has baby Levi's name on it. And I can't wait to see my sister unwrap her quilt on her birthday and see her name on her quilt. They look GREAT!

I'm so happy to be giving these gifts that are personalized. How fun!

Slowly but Surely

Sarah's quilt - It's coming together slowly but surely.
I went to the store and found the fabric I needed. I added a few rows to the sides and to the top/bottom. I'm thinking it will be a really good size now. I have four of my eight rows done. I just need to do the other four rows, sew them all together, and then fray the edges before throwing it into the wash. I'm really happy with how it's looking!

Sarah's Quilt

I recently decided to make a rag quilt for my sister's birthday. It's been a lot of fun and I'm really excited to make a few of these. It's pretty simple, I learned how to do it through watching youtube videos! And with a little bit of kitty help, well, who wouldn't think it was easy!?

Sarah's quilt is based on her telling me that Tinkerbell is her favorite character and lime green is her favorite color. I felt like throwing in some pink and turquoise-ish blue to even out all the green and accentuate the little bit of pink and blue in Tink's color scheme.

Unfortunately, after I cut all the squares I realized that messing one of them up really threw off the pattern. So, I went back and bought more of the pink and "made it happen."

And then, after sewing one row, I realized that the blanket was going to be way too small. I'm a little bit bummed to report that I'm going to have to go back to the store again and buy more fabric to add to it. I'm HOPING I can find all the same fabrics and just add a couple squares on to each row. Please be there, please be there, please be there. :) The good news is that all of the flannel materials have been on sale - right now, only $1.99! Woo hoo!

It's a really fun project... and I'll definitely keep updating as I go! :)