Crafty!

I've had a lot of time on my hands and with that time I've been doing some sewing.  Here are some of the items I've completed:

The first quilt was made by my mother-in-law prior to her passing away 5 years ago.  We found it among her belongings shortly after she passed away with a note on it for my husband and I to have it for any future children.  We took it home with us at that time.  It was almost completely done.  She had pieced it, done the binding and backing and was in the process of hand quilting it.  I finished the remaining blocks by machine quilting.

The second quilt was also made by my mother-in-law for us prior to her passing.  When my husband phoned his stepdad to let him know we were having twins his stepdad told him he had just found a quilt top with our name on it.  Wow!  It had been 5 years by this point, and he had JUST found this quilt top for our future children.  I think my mother-in-law knew what she was doing. :)  This was sent to me as just a quilt top.  I found a cute flannel fabric for the backing and tried to match the binding to the blue on the front of the quilt.  I then quilted it all together and bound it.  I'm really happy with the finished product and overjoyed that our boys will each have a special quilt from their deceased grandmother.

This quilt was made by me.   It is another one made from the Elizabeth Hartman pattern I bought last year.  I decided I wanted to make quilts that were the same pattern but different colors for the boys.  This one is oranges and browns with green accents.  This quilt and the other both have an animal print for the main print and also have an owl print.  (Hubby loves owls.)  I love these fabrics and have had a great time putting it all together.  The quilt is backed in very soft minky.



This is the second quilt I made.  It is in greens and whites with an orange accent.  I love that both quilts have animal prints and they each have a color from the other quilt- yet they are each unique.  The fabrics in this one are adorable too.  I love them!  I hope our boys will love snuggling with these quilts as much as I loved making them for them.

This last project is something I made for an online baby shower I'm participating in.  I decided to make some "boutique" burp cloths.  I found this adorable ladybug fabric (the nursery theme for the gal I'm giving to) and then got some coordinating fabric to go with it.  I added the fabric edges to the burp cloths and voila- "boutique" burp cloths.  I love how they turned out.  Hopefully, she will love them too.

Now that I have these baby projects done, I'm going to start on some Christmas projects.  The first is finishing my winter/Christmas quilt that I started last year.  It is pieced together and I need to quilt the backing to it and bind it.  But I'm far too big to be crawling around and pinning it together so I will wait until my sister is in town this weekend for her to help me.  The other 2 projects are needlepoint Christmas stockings for the boys.  I haven't done needlepoint in a LONG time, so hopefully I'll remember how it goes quickly.  My goal is to finish these 3 projects this month or at LEAST before the babies arrive.