Wednesday, September 21, 2011

It's Done!!!!

I finished the 1st baby quilt on Thursday of last week.  I had help from my dad taking pictures of it Saturday evening.  I really like how it turned out, but it is huge!  I obviously need help determining sizes of quilts.  I'm going to make another rag quilt for a coworker, but I'm hoping I can start it Saturday and finish it Wednesday, so I can wash it and give it to them before we leave next Friday.  I have determined my vacation project, I think.  I'm hoping to work on some Precious Moments Children of the World cross stitch.  I have been working on it since I was a senior in high school.  I think I have about 5 blocks done with about 8 to go.  Some are in various stages of completion.  I will try to post some pictures before I go, but no guarantees.  I have been doing the PM blocks on muslin with waste canvas.  I hope I have enough waste canvas.  I know it is still available, but I don't recall which count I was using.  I have also started "collecting" civil war reproduction prints for either a Dear Jane quilt or to use with the Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt.  I haven't decided which I will be using.  I kind of just like the idea of doing a bunch of little quilt squares. 


I know it's a small picture.  Maybe when I return from my trip I will work on resizing it. The blocks are approximately 8.5" x 8.5".  The final quilt ended up being around 42.5" x 52".  I really like how it turned out.  One thing I learned from this though, is that pins are my friend and I can make my sewing machine go slower when quilting large X's on squares of fabric.

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