Yup

Still lacking in big girl camera photos of a finished quilt.  I made some stuff for Christmas gifts.  Some I have photos of and some I don't.  I also have some new things I'm working on.
A new baby quilt and bunch of dolls for all the nephews in my life.

It's that time of year again

When I'm sewing and staying busy but can't blog about it.  It's Christmas craft making time.  I still don't think I'm going to get everything done but we will see.

I had a great time with some new materials and some new techniques today.  That's the only hint I'll give.

And I know, I know, I still need some big girl camera pictures of the quilt for little man.  It's been a little cold around here though and there's no way I'm going outside for the small amount of natural light I can get if the high is 9.  I'm kinda wondering if it would be worth it to learn how to knit to keep my family of 5 in hats, scarves, and mittens from now on.

It's done!

You thought I had forgotten about this quilt, didn't you?  Well, it's done.  Just in time for a new big boy bed.  I'll take some big SLR pictures soon. 

Thread, chosen

The cat approves.  

Sandwiched

Finally basted the layers together tonight.  I had hoped to get it done over the holiday weekend but my effort to patch a small piece of batting to make the perfect fit, I stupidly cut into a panel of my backing.  Luckily I had extra backing and I was able to cut out the bad part and fix it.  Pretty sure I'll be the only one that can tell where the mistake was after it's finished.

I need to check out a few colors of thread for the front but then I'm ready to quilt. I'm thinking blue or grey for the top and red for the back.  

And for reference, I'm going to use this idea for straight line quilting from Piece and Press.  

A picture of the back before I accidentally cut into it.  

Teachers gifts

I got these finished on Wednesday night and we stuffed them full of notes and cards.

I have to make two more bags for M's teachers and finish them by next Friday night.  The fabric and interfacing pieces are already cut out. I just need to sew them up. While the draw string bags are bigger, they come together a lot faster than the gathered clutches.

My first big quilt

I snapped this on my phone the other day. The quilt had 4 columns of blocks along with sashings and two outer borders. It's huge!!!