Labels, Labels, Labels!!!

I've been quilting for almost 20 years! I've finished almost 100 quilts! None of them are labeled! Oh, that last one wasn't something to celebrate. I'm doing something about it though...here you will see my latest batch of labels. I'm going to put a label on every quilt I can!

The labels are simple. Just the number, name, my name and the date. Sometimes I'll add where I made the quilt. If there is something else that's important, I'll add that too.

Are you good about labeling your quilts? I'd like to know what you put on your labels. Are they fancy or plain like mine?

Sandy Spends A Lot - Fabric Collector

A Lori Smith pattern, Fit To Frame: Set One.


A detail of the quilting.

And, another.

I even put a label on it! Have a great quilty day!

Little Quilt Stand

Isn't this cute? I found it in an antique store this summer while shopping with my Mom. Actually, it's not an antique, it's meant to hold hand towels in the bathroom!

I just love it! Or as Emily says, "I yub it!"

Birds on a Wire

Block three of Primitive Garden. If you see the pattern you will soon realize things are a little off. Even after all these years I still can't get it right...tracing onto fusible applique! Oh, well.

Halloween Harvest Pillow

A Halloween project completed! This is a pillow I made from a very old pattern by Pieces From My Heart called Halloween Harvest. The original pattern shows 2 little wall hangings and a pillow. But, I sewed them all together into one great big pillow. The pillow is about 18"x36". I used lots of homespun plaids, checks and stripes and used hand applique.

A crow on a pumpkin. I used a big stitch to hand quilt the pillow top.

The angel pumpkin says...I scatter the seeds over the pumpkin patch that the children may have pumpkins for jack-o-lanterns in all shapes and sizes. I think the angel (or punkin head, as my DH calls her) needs a face. What do you think?

Another pumpkin. Pom pom fringe sewn into the edge of the pillow.

And another! This picture shows the black rick rack sewn on the border.

This is the back of the pillow. I'm not satisfied with the closing. I'm going to have to work on it. Those are HUGE orange buttons. I love them!

I have dug out some UFOs with Fall in mind...13 Lucky Cats, Pieceful Nights, Birds of a Feather and Primitive Garden. I'm anxious to get some work done on each of them while I anticipate the arrival of cooler weather!

Mosaic

Mosaic, another quilt from Lori Smith. The pattern is called Fat Quarter Quilting:Cherries, Chocolate and Cream. I machine pieced and quilted it (using a red variegated thread). It's a little wonky...this was the first little quilt in the series, so I hadn't had any practice working with all those tiny blocks.


I added a blue button to the four patch squares. There are nine quilts in this pattern. I have made seven, quilted four and working on one right now. I'm hanging these over the shelves in my quilt room. When I get them all up there I'll take a picture. Maybe there will be a sneak peek soon!


What's this? Grandaddy and Emily are putting something together!

Oh! It's our new table and chairs. Well, actually benches. We love it and have already had a tea party!

The Tootie Babies having fun. Nana's house looks like Toyland!

Another surprise! A label! Will wonders never cease? I am trying to label as many quilts as I can. You can see that this is #91. I can't believe I've finished that many quilts! There is a pile to be quilted that probably has half that number in it. I guess after 19 years of quilting anyone would amass that amount.

I hope you have a great day. Try to squeeze in a little quilting, you'll be glad you did!

Busy Summer

We have had a busy summer! My parent's came to stay and visit with the girls. First my Mom came for three weeks, then my Dad and sister came for a week. My sister left my Dad and Mom here for another few weeks. At the end of their visit my great nephew, Colin who is 12, came for a week on his way home from spending the summer in Oklahoma. I miss all of them!

I've been keeping busy trying to clean up my quilt room and working on UFOs. This is a little quilt from the Lori Smith pattern Fat Quarter Quilts: Chocolate Cherries and Cream. It was a block of the month through Homestead Hearth called Blueberries, Cherries and Cream. The fabrics were blue, red and cream. There are nine quilts in the pattern. This one is called Puss In the Corner.

I machine pieced and quilted it. I used a variegated thread and embellished it with little red buttons. I really like how it turned out!

Emily and Sarah have been busy too! They have been swimming, playing and coloring. They have even been to the playground at McDonald's!

One day we taped some paper to the table and colored while we had our snack.

Emily had to take a bite of her yellow crayon.

Sarah tried to figure out how to take the crayon out of the holder. Then she gave up and had a bite of the blue crayon.

Having lunch with Grandaddy at the big table. (You can see Granddaddy's big bowl of spaghetti on the bottom left!)

One afternoon we had a visitor. We think it was a Road Runner. He flew in and positioned himself near the pool.

Then he spread his wings...I think he was in love with the basketball goal!

He stayed for a long time. Grandaddy got the camera and took his picture. Then suddenly he flew away. How exciting!

Good news! My son, a Marine serving in Iraq, will be home a month early!