Baby Shower Gift

I was inspired by a quilt at quiltville.com.

36" X 36"

Other Things

Pillows for a friend - - -

Week 16

I found this partially completed quilt hidden away with some donations. Small and simple.

35" X 45"

Week 15

This is one of those quilts that I just loved working on - start to finish!!! I love the fabric, the pattern and the quilting. The pattern is a variation of "Trip Around The World" with the large center focus fabric.

38" X 38"

I quilted the center block using my embroidery machine and these two patterns:

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Week 14

This quilt is a set of donated blocks that Cathy and Sarah put together, Vickie quilted and I bound. Great teamwork!

41" X 53"

Week 13

I love simple panels like this!

34" X 40"

Week 12

This week I quilted a donated top using my walking foot and the seam guide.  I was able to quilt the whole top with only 2 starts and stops.

55" X 55"

Week 11

This week I used a quick panel and donated chenille on the back. I made the quilt the size of the chenille by cutting sashing to fit.

49" X 30"

Week 10

 I used 6 fat quarters cut into 8 1/2" blocks to make this quilt.  The quilting is a pattern I used with my embroidery machine.

40" X 56"

Newborn Baby Cap

I finished this crochet cap much faster than I could learn to knit one!

5" X 5"

Here's the pattern:

Infant Crochet Cap

Pound of Love yarn

Size H hook
fp = Front Post Stitch: double crochet under the entire dc in the previous row.

Round 1: ch 4, sl st in first ch to form ring; ch 3 (counts as 1st dc), 11 dc in ring, join with sl st in top of ch 3 (12 dc).

Round 2: Ch 3, 2 dc in same space. *Fp around next dc, 3 dc in next dc. Repeat from * all the way around. End with fp around last dc. Join with slip stitch at top of beginning chain 3.

Round 3: Ch 3, 1 dc in same space. *Fp around next dc, 1 dc in next dc. Repeat from * all the way around. End with fp around last dc. Join with slip stitch at top of beginning chain 3.

Round 4: Ch 3, 1 dc in next space. *Fp around next dc, 2 dc in next dc. Repeat from * all the way around. End with fp around post of last dc. Join with slip stitch at top of beginning chain 3.

Round 5 thru 11: Ch 3, 1 dc in dc. *Fp around next dc, Dc in next 2 dc. Repeat from * all the way around. Join with slip stitch at top o beginning chain 3.

Round 12 thru 14: *Ch 2, sc in each space all the way around. Join with slip stitch at top of beginning chain 2. * Repeat .

Fasten off at end of last round.

Week 9

This week I finished up a donated top using up some icky polyester batting.

40" X 50"

Week 8

This week I finished two companion tops that will be our first Comfort Quilts. I purchased two 5 yard pieces of fabric that I used to make these Irish Chain quilts.  The blocks are 9" finished and the 9 patch blocks are 3" finished. I will be sending them out to our new long-arm quilting volunteer.

45" X 63"