Quilts by Grandma

 As I mentioned recently, my grandmother turned 100, and is a prolific quilter and sewist.  As part of her birthday celebrations, I put together a slide show of as many items that she's made as I could.  I won't share all of them here, but I will share the things she's made for our family.

 E's blue and white quilt.

 Two Peek-a-boo Teddy quilts.  One for WP and one for Mini.

 Small star table topper.

 She made these monthly calendar quilts when I got married.  I lost the December one.  I think it might be packed with Christmas items, somewhere.

 This quilt was on my bed as a child.  There is also a matching pillow sham.  Sunbonnet Sue or Colonial Lady.

 Elephant quilts.  One for WD and one for Si.

 She also made this lovely afghan for my wedding.  The back looks as good as the front.

 This one is one of the fought over ones.  It is a flannel sampler.  No batting, but a flannel backing, as well.  Super cozy.

Really Random Thursday 4.14.16

 Bees and Fabric and Quilts Randomness

 Brand New Comb from my bees.  They built it in the wrong place, that makes it "burr comb".

 The hives with active bees.

 Its finally warm enough for them to come out.  Not much flowering, yet, though.  Soon.

 This is my leftover stack from my newly finished quilt.  There will be a finish reveal tomorrow!

 This is the most used/coveted quilt in the living room.  It is flannel on both sides with a thick poly batt in the middle.  I'm trying to kill germs in the sun and fresh air.

Linking up with Cindy at Live a Colorful Life, today.

Selvage Silhouette Quilts - Giraffe

I've had an idea for a certain kind of selvage quilt floating around in my head for a while, so the other night I ignored all my other responsibilities and made this one.

 I have a million more ideas I'd like to try as variations on this one.  I just grabbed random selvages for this one without any thought of placement or color.  I also used (the back) of some fabric I've had around for a while.  Nothing fancy and nothing specific yet, just trying out an idea.

 It received various reactions from family members.  No one tried to claim it though, so it wasn't obviously a favorite. 

Like I said, I've got a bunch more ideas, and so I will do some more experiments and probably even make up a tutorial, as soon as the current "big project" is done.  I had hoped for an Easter finish, but with life, and then 3 samples to make, it isn't looking like it.  Unless I don't sleep or clean or cook for the rest of the week.  Hmmm, that seems reasonable, right?

Wrapping Up the Year

New Year's Day Evening isn't too late for a wrap up post, is it?  After all, I could have been sewing like mad last night for my final project of 2013.  I wasn't, I was partying with friends and family and then in bed even before midnight.  (That's what being a mom of 5 is like).

Anyway, a fun collage of my finished quilts this year.

 That's 26 in the picture, for those of you who were counting.  Three are missing, but I'm just not that motivated to go find the pictures right now.  If you want a full recap of each, check out the tab at the top of the page of my 2013 quilts.  I'm pretty stunned at how much I finished this year.  Most were on the smaller side, but there were 3 twin sized quilts.  I think in 2014 I will be making some bigger quilts.  Stay tuned, I've already started cutting fabric.....