The Big REVEAL happened at our Family gathering so now I can show my Blogging Friends.
I sewed all day Friday while my Family was out of the house and achieved my goal to have the
2 Baby Girl Quilt tops to the flimsy stage.
First is "Katie's Choice"- the quilt made with scraps just like
the one
Bonnie Hunter just finished re-making for a class. You can see her 2nd Sister's Choice by clicking on her name. I used Bonnie's
FREE pattern and made 12 blocks. The Neutrals are not my idea of scrappy usually. I'm getting better at random...
I made these last two blocks as leader/enders.
I found this cute girl's Basketball fabric just like the boys Basketball fabric that was in Katie's Brother's quilt a few years ago. I knew that it would be a good one to put in this quilt for the very Sports-minded dad.
With the whole quilt and border on.
I need to add one more border to bring it up in size so they can use it longer for the baby.
Most of the re-make of my McCalls Challenge quilt was completed in a week's time.
I even had to do some unsewing, :/ I had to wait and get some Fusible to finish the flowers and wanted to get an opinion of which Go- Cutter DIE to use for them.
The picture above is how it was when the Wyoming family arrived EARLY Wednesday. It isn't how I made the original. I realized once I had it all sewn and wondered why it was so small.
All the flowers are fused on and the first border is attached here. The last border is also the sashing fabric.
I pulled the colors for the Pinwheels from the border fabric.
I looked at this photo closer on Tuesday and saw a mistake I had to FIX. SO glad I didn't leave it to be quilted at Thread and Bolts while I'm at Retreat.
Sunday was Father's Day, My Oldest Daughter's Birthday and Wedding Anniversary. She asked me to make her an Apron and Skirt for the Pioneer Trek coming up this week. I've been stalling on making them. I told her she needed to fill out the forms for joining the DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneers). She thinks she is too busy already. I know she is but I still want her to join. Doesn't she make a great Pioneer? This isn't the shirt she is wearing with it but it worked for her to MODEL for me. Her Aunt, my Sister in Law, bought her the New Bonnet for her when she visited Nauvoo.
NaDell also called and asked for a pair of Pantaloons to go under all of this. I found a pair of PINK Seersucker pants I'd made for myself but not worn in a very long time. I cut them off and stitched some elastic around the leg of them. She didn't Model them for me. LOL. The picture shows the Patch pockets I used on the apron better. These two blocks were extra ones from my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler. I added Yellow on the back of the Bear Paw and Broken Dishes blocks before sewing them onto the apron. She requested that it not be 'white'. The Pioneers may have encountered both Bears and Broken Dishes on their Trek across the plains.
That's 2 of the "Get it Done" projects checked off my list for June. They will count for NewFo's as well. I'm just waiting my turn for them to get quilted before the Baby Girls arrive.
I heard this morning she is only 7 weeks away...
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