The first is a tree skirt I made for my mother-in-law. About a year ago, she gave me a whole bunch of her old fabric & patterns (argahhh!). In the boxes, we found some fabric that had been her mother's. Some of it had all ready been cut out in the shape of a tree skirt. So I just finished up that project.
I used that nifty printable fabric & made "gifts" with every one's names on them. Then I stitched them & a ribbon on using a zig zag stitch. I wanted to line & quilt it but then I realized it would be really hard to make any additions or changes to the family so I just trimmed the whole thing with bias tape & voila!
Another project that I'm pretty happy with is Arlo's Robot backpack!! This was made without a pattern, people!!!! Seriously, just stuff in my brain came up with this and it actually turned out cute!!
I also lined it & put in a magnetic snap!
Miss Bitty Baby got a last minute, Christmas Eve made present of a mattress, pillow & blanket. All I can say is thankgoodness I had some vintage reproduction hankies laying around that were the perfect size! And yes, Mrs. Claus actually got all the credit because she's the one who does all the sewing for Santa -- "not you, momma".
And here is Arlo's scrap quilt. A simple nine -patch that I just adore. It's sashed with flannel so it's extra cozy. The boy seemed pretty happy with it, his exact words were "alright! A blanket!".
All in all, I think Christmas went pretty darn well. I like making both of the kids quilts and probably will for the rest of their lives.To the naysayers that say "yeah, that's just what a 16 yr old wants for Christmas"...well, that just inspires me to make some freakin' awesome quilts that 16 yr olds WILL like! Ha!So...what would be a freaking awesome quilt?
Personally, I'm trying to figure out how to re-create the Millennium Falcon.
What about you?
5 comments:
If you want the Millennium Falcon you could just copy this:
http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romboy/romboyjsh/index.cfm
I asked hubby if I could cut up his old Star Wars sheets (that he has had for twenty-some years) and make him a quilt...he did not like that idea. So I am buying a set of these sheets to use instead!
Wow, you were busy!! Not sure my idea of an awesome quilt would be the same as a 16-year olds. I love, love, love flower basket quilts. Maybe one of those t-shirt quilts for a 16-year old?
You did some great things! Love the back pack. I must say (from experience) 16 year olds still like quilts! Girls are really easy, and boys still appreciate them. After all, think how much time 16 year olds spend laying around being slugs. Quilts go well with sluggish behaviour. LOL
Dude. You rock. But then you already knew I thought that.
:)
The tree skirt sounded cool when you explained it. I'm glad you posted picture so I could marvel at its awesomeness! Molly
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