Some of my completed quilts.

Quilt Kits

I always used to make my quilts using fabric I coordinated.  Lately I have been buying and putting together quilt kits.   The color combinations are perfect and the instructions help me to produce pretty nice quilts.  I will try to add some photos as soon as I can figure out how to get pictures from my phone to my computer. 

A quilt ready to be quilted

I got this pattern from The Missouri Star Quilt Company's magazine called the BLOCK.
So many great quilts in this issue and I love it because it is filled with quilts and patterns and how to make them.....and NO advertisers. LOVE it....

this one is called Bordered Periwinkle.
The border called for a 5 inch border using one of the prints in the quilt but since I did not have enough of any one of the prints I used, I pulled out all the scraps and came up with this border.

simple sun dresses

I am going to attempt a tutorial for a simple sun dress.   I am working on making these for our church mission to Jamaica next spring.

for a size small (2-4)

I cut a section of fabric about 27 inches long

fold right sides together and sew the selvages together press seam open
then refold and put the seam in the center

at one end ( the top ) fold in- press - and sew about an inch wide casing
and at the other end ( the hem) fold in - press - and sew about a 2 inch hem

place seam in center then fold in half and
cut arm hole into both layers at the same time

insert about a 7 inch piece of 3/8th inch elastic and secure with safety pins

make bias tape for arm holes ( I use a jelly roll strip or you can cut a 2 1/4 inch WOF strip)

mark center of arm hole and pin bias tape into place and sew

                                                                                                 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

tie bows on each shoulder and you are finished!    Such a sweet simple dress.

Paper piecing attempt!

I found this picture and pattern while floating around online.
 

I'm not a big fan of paper piecing but I wanted to give it a try.

It took me over 5 hours to make this one block.   It is about 14 inches square.

I think I will make a pillow with it.   Way too involved for me to attempt to make enough of these to make a quilt.    I love the pattern though... so pretty!!

Barn Quilts

I have a sweet friend that lives in  northern Mississippi.  She is an amazing quilter and she also makes barn quilts.  They featured her on the local news there this week.   Here is the video!
I just had to share this with the blog world!

http://www.wcbi.com/local-news/local-woman-honoring-a-world-war-ii-hero/

here are pictures of some of the barn quilts she has made.

Completed red and white wall hanging!

Finished all the quilting.
here are some close ups