New Baby Bed

I made our new baby her new bed. I use two Pillows sewn side by side. Then I make a case out of berber fleece. I put a zipper in one end so that the case can come off to be washed. Our big dog has one already and they are great. Not too hard to make either. It is what finally did in my old sewing machine, though, sewing through 4 layers of berber fleece. Now this material is a bit thinner than the last stuff, but my new machine didn't even flinch! It was fantastic!

Spare Blankie

New Blankie Back (lots of dots)

A Close Up of the Edge stitching and ribbons

New Blankie Front (frogs and jeeps)

The Original Blankie

My nephew James is just over a year. In the last few months he has claimed the blankie I made for him as an infant. He loves it.
But...Mom has to wash it nearly once a day, so she requested a back up blankie for when it needs to be cleaned. So I made one from scraps of flannel and the same ribbons as the original.

Finishing Touches on my Bedroom

Scott worked on our Master Bedroom on and off for about a year and a half. We finally got moved in a few months ago and have been adding things to make it feel finished. Today I finally got a few more embellishments done. We watch tv in our room a lot but we don't have a headboard, so we are always stealing pillows from other rooms to prop us up. So I made covers for two pillows and a body pillow, so that they are decorative along with being functional. Scott also made me a tall night table (for our tall bed) a while ago. So today I finally got around to making a cover for it (it's just a framed in table). I even made a second cover for Scott's side table when he builds it. It's really coming together!

Steps Nine to Eleven

Ok. Continuing on the Quilt Path... Here's what I completed today:

(9) I laid out my backing on the dining room floor and taped it down. Then I laid out the batting and the top so I could cut the batting to fit.











(10)I folded back the batting and sprayed the backing with quilter's adhesive spray, working in small sections, laying the batting back down. I smoothed the batting onto the backing, removing air bubbles or wrinkles in the fabric. I repeated the steps with the top, adhering it to the batting. When all was finished, I removed the tape and folded the quilt to be quilted.





(11) The Story Patch: I used some of the fabric scraps from the top of the quilt to make an interesting story patch for the back of the quilt. My new quilting machine does letters, so I punched in what I wanted, line by line, and away it went.

"Sunshine in the Garden"

Made for Mom and Dad Baillie

Love Jennifer Rose

July 2010

Yup, She's going to cry...

Step eight of the Quilt

The Quilt top is finished!

(8) I finished sewing the twelve rows together tonight. I think it has turned out awesome so far. I bought the batting and backing today so tomorrow I have to tape it all down and spray it with quilter's adhesive. Then I can quilt it and bind it. OH! And I can't forget the story patch!

It's coming along quickly. I should have no problem getting it done before we head east next month.

step seven of the quilt

To continue on the quilt progress:

(7) So I got all of the blocks sewn into rows today. I ironed them all flat and all I have left to do now is sew the rows together and I will be finished the top! Yeah!
Almost ready for the sandwiching part...

If you are joining in the middle of the quilt rant, here are the previous posts:

Steps 1-2

Steps 3-6

Steps three to six of the quilt

If you remember my last quilt update, I had finished sewing my 324 6" squares into 108 rows of 3.
(3) This morning I sewed all my rows of three into 36 nine-piece squares. I was very specific in the placement of the colours in the squares. You will see the reason in a minute.

(4) I then took all of the nine patches and cut them into quarters (I found it easiest to fold the square in half and iron a crease, then do the same for the other direction. It was much simpler than trying to measure the exact middle.



(5) After the pieces were cut, I had to lay them painstakingly on the floor and figure out which design I wanted to create.I knew that I needed 12 blocks by 12 blocks. It took me quite a while before I was happy with it. I'm not good at "random", so I put them the way I wanted them, and then changed a few out here and there to create a more random feel.



(6)When I finally got all the pieces where I wanted them, I made stacks for each row, using sticky notes to indicate the top and outside edges of each row, so there would be no confusion when I'm sewing. Lastly, I used binding clips to hold each row together. I now have a nice neat stack ready for me to start sewing in the morning.

steps one and two of the quilt

So I started actually working on the quilt for my parents today.
(1) I got all of the 324 squares cut out (2) and then sewed them into rows of three. They are in a funky little stack on my sewing table. These will be sewn into nine patches to create a Disappearing Nine Patch Quilt similar to these ones. I haven't decided how I will put them together to make the pattern, but I have the nine patches all set to go. I need to sew together my rows of three, cut them apart, and then lay them out to make whatever pattern I decide to go with, then sew those together, then sandwich the backing, batting and top, then quilt it, then bind it, then make the story patch...yeah, I'm almost done!  For general instructions, check out the Obsessively Stitching blog.