Christmas in July!

There will probably be a lot of people talking about Christmas in July....

But I just finished my beautiful Christmas Quilt, so I will be joining them!

Here it is!

Okay, so I joined Lily at lilysquilts.com and tried my hand at my first Quilt as You Go Project.

I really liked it.  We used her dresden pattern, to make six of these:

Then I was able to free motion quilt with a lot more detail than I've done before, because it was so easy to move the fabric around.

This is the back:

And the front.

The lighting doesn't really show the detail on the front like it does on the back, but in person it shows.

I love this quilt!  Usually I give them away or try to sell them, but this will be mine for a long time!
 

I've linked up with Lily'sQuilts for Fresh Sewing Day.  Check it out and see what others are doing.

It's not that bad

Did you ever have one of those projects, where you've started something, then you're not feeling so great about it?

That's what this project was for me.

It started with a charm pack of fabric I wasn't too sure about.

I wanted to try a new design that I've never tried...and since I'm kind of new I thought I would do some of the traditional things, to kind of get them under my belt, so to speak.

So I started with the diamonds.  

Then I put them down....for a long time.....

Then I decided in order for me to start other things that I really want to do, I must finish off the things I've already purchased.  That was the motivation I needed to finish this thing up.

And in the end....I decided....it's not that bad.

I've put it up for sale in my etsy shop and will see if anyone likes it.
If not, I'll hold on to it until a friend has a baby girl.  

Aiden's Baby Quilt

Aiden's Baby Quilt, a set on Flickr.

My husband's friend from work is having a baby boy.
Now that I've been sewing, he wanted me to make a little something for her new son.
The information he brought home to me was, "She likes Mickey and sports."

Ok....well, there were no fabrics with Mickey playing sports, so I just went with a simple little design.

I got the minky fabric as remnants and tried them out. They weren't that bad to work with, but if I had to do extensive sewing with them, I would've gone a little crazy.

So here it is baby boy, we welcome you!

A 2011 finished quilt