Some new stuff

I finished the recycled clothing quilts for my friend yesterday.  In March her husband was tragically killed in a plane crash, and she asked me if I could make some patchwork quilts for she and her daughters out of his clothing.

These measure 48" x 60" and are lined with heavy flannel, so they will be great for cuddling up with and remembering their Husband and Father.  I got some iron-on transfer paper, and ran the image/message that I stitched onto the back through my printer.

I've also been working on some handbags lately.  These are actually clutches, and I purchased my hardware here.  I had a lot of fun with these, and have lots more cut out and ready to make for my upcoming shows.  I plan to put some on my website too, so be sure to watch for that in the next few months.

 

 These flowers were really fun to make!  Here's the tutorial.

 On this one I used a vintage jewelry piece.

 For these last two flowers, I used this tutorial and 

instead of a necklace, I made just a single flower 

and sewed a pin on the back. 

We finally got some summer weather here in the northwest!  This past Sunday it actually got to near 90!  Perfect summer weather, but maybe not for my brother.  He came over with his family and we all watched him do a half Ironman competition.

He swam over a mile, biked 56 miles, and ran 13.1.  My brother is incredible, and I am so proud of him!

 Great weekend with my brother and his family and our whole

family was together too!  We all posed for a picture (including

Kallie Mae, our border collie!)

Happy Summer, and prim blessings,

Laurie

Grandpa's Quilt

I've been pretty busy the past few days getting some designs made for a craft magazine. I'm pretty excited about what I've come up with, but have to keep it secret until the magazine is released. More to come on that later!!!

We've got 15 little lambs now! So cute! Seven ewes left to go, and of course we're still checking them every 3 hours around the clock. Three little lambs arrived at 2:30 a.m. night before last....you just never can tell when they'll make an appearance!

I just came back in from checking on the sheep, and as I pulled on my old coveralls to keep my clothes clean, I started thinking about my Grandpa, who was the first owner of the nice, old comfy coveralls that I pulled on tonight. My Grandpa passed away in 2000. It was my first real experience with losing someone I loved so much, and I still think about him every day and miss him so much! He left a big hole in our family. As a way to keep Grandpa close, I gathered a bunch of his old jeans, flannel shirts, and dress shirts and made several small quilts for my family members after we lost Grandpa. Here is the quilt I made for us:

Just a cozy little lap quilt to curl up with, and brings to mind happy times spent with my Grandpa. "When this you see remember me" is embroidered on the bottom right corner of the quilt".

“Remember Me” comes from one of my Grandpa’s favorite songs, and it is one he used to sing and play frequently:

Remember me when the candle lights are gleamin'.
Remember me at the close of a long, long day.
An' it would be so sweet when all alone, I'm dreamin',
Just to know you still remember me.

Love you forever, Grandpa! :)

If you still have your Grandpa, please give him a big hug next time you see him!

Prim blessings,

Laurie

Two years in the making!

I started this quilt top over two years ago. I kind of set it aside and didn't work on it for months at a time, but decided it was time to get back to work! We had a snowy, unexpected four day weekend (no school due to the weather Thursday or Friday), so I took advantage! I finished hand-appliqueing the last couple of blocks, and then got them all sewn together, along with the border. Now it's ready to layer with backing and batting and get to hand-quilting! I haven't made a quilt since I made a log cabin quilt for my Mom and Dad when they retired in 2002, so it was about time I get busy! This will be for our bed, and I am excited to get it done! I got the design from this book:

I love her designs, and think I'll have to choose another one to make! I picked my book up at a craft show, but I see it is also available on Amazon.

Hope you had a great, relaxing weekend too!

Prim blessings!

Laurie