Reily Quilt

It all started here, with this little swatch

 of fabric swirling around in my head!

I'm making a quilt for a grand nephew to

celebrate his first birthday.  Grand nieces

and nephew popping up all over the place

these days!

I thought, I'll put his name in it, and a 1 for the

birthday boy.  And I was off to the races!

How about a Mary Lou cupcake?

And maybe some stars????

And YELLOW!  This quilt is definitely yellow,

not usually my favorite, but it's great here!

It really gives the quilt the pop I was looking for.

Quilting now and a finish by the end of the weekend!



Cow Quilt Finish!!

They're All Dalmations is finished!  WOOHOO!  I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.

FMQ

My old stand-by, straight lines.

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Hope you had a great Monday.

They're All Dalmations

The cow quilt top is finished!  So, here's the quilt's story involving my Mom and my son Andrew, then about 4 years old.  Mom's Grandfather had a dairy and Mom, always fond of cows pointed them out to us as we drove.  Mom, while driving along a country road, pointed the cows out to Andrew and he exclaimed in awe, "Grandma, they're all dalmations!"  My son Andrew will turn 24 next month.

I went with the pink border, thanks to Mary Lou's suggestion!


I had made a couple of sections of red fence, and it just did not have that pop I was searching for.  Pink was a great idea. 

Originally, I planned to put "They're All Dalmations" in the border, but it just wasn't working, so I have decided to quilt it into the green background, maybe with a couple of moos.  The final top measures 64ish" x 64ish".  Remember it's a liberated quilt :)

Now onto quilting.... yikes.  And don't tell Mom, it's her 72nd birthday gift.  It might be a lil' late Mom.  XXoo

Cow Quilt Update

The main part of the Cow Quilt is finished and it is G-R-E-E-N.  Now I'm adding appliques and thinking about the border.  I'm somewhat stuck, I have a bunch of ideas, but cannot find the color combination to make it pop.  I'll keep it hanging there on the wall until something just right works.

a closer look:

Look closely, I snuck in a peace sign.

I remember reading in one of Mary Lou's books to make the border/frame first...

oops!

Making Fabric

Hi all, good to be back after a little break for real life, :).  I have been making green fabric this week as the background for my Cow Quilt, which is my first "story quilt."  I sort my scraps by color, (ok sometimes I sort them, usually I stuff them in the drawer and son Cort sorts them for me) so I pulled out the green bag and just start sewing them together.  I also add from stashed fabric and bought a few new greens too just for fun!  Here we go!

I can tell you story quilts are FUN, endless possibilities.

Also visited my 18 year old son Niles last weekend at the USAFA where he is a freshman...  needless to say, I am one proud mama.

Cort, Niles, Kat

Here's to Friday nights and the upcoming weekend!

Hi Y'all

More cows...  I have a herd now!

Here's the newest girls to join up...

And a close up.

All from Mary Lou Weidman's new "Out of the Box" quilt book.

To see the finished top click here:  http://kellygirlquilts.blogspot.com/2011/10/theyre-all-dalmations.html

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The Sewing Room is Back to Normal!

Yes, I'd like to report that the sewing room is back to normal.

A lovely, colorful mess, what fun!

If you look closely, you can see I bought Mary Lou's new book and I am making....

A cow quilt, here's the first two sisters in the herd.

I am so looking forward to the weekend. Phew.

Details

Thought you might enjoy some close ups of the Selvage Quilt.  Starting a pieced back and then sending it off to be quilted.

A Mary Lou Weidman fabric :)

Mr Grinch peaking through.

Like those trees.

Happy Valentine's Day

The new camera is fantastic!  I have taken some Valentine shots of my quilts, I had not realized how many hearts that I could find.  This house quilt was one of my first liberated style quilts, it is a Freddy Moran pattern, and although I the top was finished years ago, it still remains unquilted.  Someday...

More heart inspiration, a la Mary Lou Weidman.

And some fabric.  To tell you the truth, I couldn't find the heart fabric I was looking for, however these popped up and I do think they are fabulous.  You can even see a little lint on the black fabric, I'll have to be careful with that new camera.



Happy Valentine's Day!