Aren't the graphics just perfect? I mean, they are exactly as they are in the book....just adorable. She is going to gift it with a few Seuss books as well. What a lucky baby!!! And best of all, she enjoyed making the quilt and is planning on doing a couple more for some other pregnant friends. Yeah, a new quilter!!! Way to go, Denise! Some day my sister will send pics of the rag quilt her and her daughter made....Gwen, where are the pics?? ;-D I need more stuff to blog about, sheesh.....
I worked on my Christmas quilt along quilt. I drug out the Featherweight and went "old school". Doesn't the set up look so quaint....The real deal is like this: I'm sewing late at night because I'm trying to force myself to do an hour of quilting each night. So I look like crap, feel exhausted, the dog is giving me dirty looks from the couch because I'm not petting him, Criminal Minds is playing on the TV and Rebecca is trying to deal with all the drama in Sped. dept at her work....Ack!! Not the peaceful piecing you might expect! But I'm making progress on my Christmas quilt....
Alli, my daughter, is working on her Halloween quilt from last October. No, I didn't have to chain her to the sewing maching this time *LOL*. She actually asked to work on it and her seams are just perfect this time around. We had a little drama last year when she was finishing a Christmas quilt for her other Mom and she got a little sloppy with the seams because she was watching TV and not taking it seriously. So we put away the sewing for a while and now that she has come back to it she is more enthusiastic than ever. Here she is (by the way, she is only 9 years old and has been sewing for a couple of years now)....
Did you see her technique...guiding the fabric through the machine carefully, lining it up against the seam guide thingy to get an accurate seam, not letting the pins scratch the bed of the featherweight. OMG, I'm in heaven!! Grandma Lois, my Mom, says that with her appreciation of all the fabrics Alli is sure to be a lifetime quilter. I can only hope, right? Who else am I going to leave all my stash to when I'm too old to see anymore??? Hahaha....I love you Alli!!!
Alli is beautiful and so are the quilts you show. I love the featherweight. Isn't it amazing that if you keep them clean and oil them, that they work like a charm every time? Electronic and computerized machines do lots of stuff, but aren't nearly as durable as the old featherweights. Makes me want to go and buy one!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely grandaughter, and how wonderful to be able to share your quilting with her. Will you be joining the Christmas Quilt-a-long next Saturday?
ReplyDeleteGreat pictures!! And woo hoo for a new sewer with a great technique!! :)
ReplyDeleteYes, I'm definitely in for the Christmas Quilt Along...my family is very excited that we will have some holiday quilts around the house!
ReplyDeleteMy daughter is 4...Grandma and I think we'll get her to a machine when she's about six :-)
ReplyDeleteHi I got your web from another site....Ali is adorable, you are doing a great job with her teaching her how to sew and quilt! I will send you an e-mail soon with more info from her special friend in Fort Lauderdale FL!
ReplyDeleteHi I got your web from another site....Ali is adorable, you are doing a great job with her teaching her how to sew and quilt! I will send you an e-mail soon with more info from her special friend in Fort Lauderdale FL!
ReplyDeleteWe love quilting. It is fun to see new quilts being made, we collect old antique quilts from 1930's when we can find a good one.
ReplyDelete