Baby Shower Initial Pictures

I got advice from Joanna of Applique Today on how to make her Initial pictures, and here are mine.  The D is for Dominic, big brother (4 years) to Everlee, about to be born in October.  We will use these for shower decorations and then give them to Mom and Dad as part of their shower gift.   She is a lover of gray, her wedding colors were gray and yellow and her shower colors are gray and pink.   Hope she likes these.  I also made a baby quilt in pink and gray here.

Deck-ade the Halls - Another Step Done

All the steps together, in no particular order.  Just the cocoa mugs left, and then it is on to borders and finishing.   Hopefully on the back of my couch for Christmas. 

And the wreaths by themselves.  My middle bow doesn't show up very much, especially in the picture, but I'll live with it. 

Start of Mackenzie's Doll Quilt

While making block 5 of Nabby's Dowry and wading through a ton of little HSTs with light pink polka dots, I decided that I had enough for at least 2 little quilts, so I picked out enough for another 5 blocks to make a doll quilt for my great-granddaughter who is visiting from Germany in October.   Not perfect, but she and her new dollie (Cracker Barrel has really cute soft dolls with red hair and brown eyes, like her) won't care.  Only 5 more weeks to the sew along and hopefully, I'll have a cute quilt for my wall, and an equally cute quilt for a special gift.

Lights

Nabby's Dowry Sew Along Block 5.  Good advice would be to turn on the lights when pinning, especially when pressing seam open.   Bad center.

Gators and Dowrys

I started it Monday and I finished today, Friday.   It's an easy quilt, but still not too bad.   Sorry, it's upside down.  It's big, almost twin size.  I tried some new batting that I got half price at Joanns, plus 25% off.   $30.00 batting for a little over $11.00, not bad.  It is Pellon brand cotton batting and I really liked it.  It's very flat, and very uniform and sturdy.  I'm wondering if it will fluff a bit when it's washed. 

I used the leftover fabric on the back, so it's almost reversible. 

Four blocks down, and probably a fifth one done tomorrow.  These go quick, since I'm using leftover bonus HSTs.

Shopping and New Projects

Not too much sewing going on the past few days.  Went to Camp Blanding (a military camp where there is a beautiful lake) and had a family day with my brothers, nieces, nephews, etc.  It was beautiful, but some kind of little bugs had hatched over night, and they were thick.   I brought about 100 home in my car, but I think they are all dead now.   These fabrics are for initial pictures (hopefully, like the ones Joanna did, below) to be gifts and decoration at the baby shower for my new great-grandbaby Everlee.  The blue and robots are for her big brother almost 4 year old Dominic.

Here are two from Joanna's blog Applique Today, and another one here.   And so I can remember where to find it later, a delicious looking recipe that she shared, Bacon and Egg Pie.  I think these are so cute, hope mine turn out half as cute.

One of my nieces requested a Gator Quilt (University of Florida) for her husband, so my brother bought the fabrics and I'll be making the quilt.   I'll use the same pattern "Just Can't Cut It", that I have already made several Gator quilts from.  Here are the ones I made for my brothers.

Everlee's Quilt Finished

It's finished, my quilting was rusty, so my mediocre meandering is even more mediocre, but all in all, it turned out cute. 

You can't see the back too well here, but it is really cute kittens. 

Sweat Sweaters

I've knitted these (1 is crocheted) plus 5 more in the past few weeks, I think I need to either get back to quilting, or expand my pattern choices.  It's so easy to just sit down and knit a square though, and they feel very soft and cushy at the gym.

Baby Bowties is a Flimsy

I'm pretty sure I'll be able to have this done for the shower.  I even may be able to finish it in the next day or two.  Hope It's a hit with the mom, she is doing everything in pink and gray.

Baby Bowties

Looks like a mess, but it's my baby quilt all cut out, except for the border.   The mama wants pink and gray, so pink and gray it is.   I decided to forget the baby blocks and just do bow ties, hope it's cute.