Sewing: Juliana's two very talented Grandma's!

A few months ago my sister spotted one of Juliana's shirt and said she loved it so much and insisted that I have my mother make one like it for Juliana, since she is such a great knitter.

Here is the original shirt.



Here is Grandma Christiansen's version.



The details.





My sister even bought some labels for my mother since she has been making all sorts of stuff for her grand kids. This piece will be staying in the family for sure.



I think she loves it Grandma!





Juliana is very lucky to have another VERY talented grandma! She loves to make quilts and is sooooo very good at it. This Quilt she made was a Valentine Day quilt.



Here is a full length shot.

Sorry, the only pic that came out was this upside down view.



Juliana enjoying the beautiful valentine's print and colors.




I think she likes this one!




Sorry Juliana but this Quilt was made for ..... MEEEEE!

Mary Engelbreit Quilt

Remember the pillows I made when I made this chair cover awhile ago? Well now it has a finished quilt to go with it!



My mother in law is a very talented quilter and has made numerous goregous quilts for many years. Last summer she was kind enough to give me a generous stack of her Mary Engelbrit fabric. :D



So I decided to use the ME fabric to make a quilt for my daughter.

I wanted to make pinwheels and have it wrap around the center block. Which by the way was the challenging part of making this quilt, getting the pinwheel blocks the correct size to fit perfectly around the center block.



Here is the finished ME Quilt! Tada!!



It was very hard to take pictures of the quilt because all my daughter wanted to do was just hangout on her quilt.



I used a tulip pattern to quilt it all together.



Here is a better shot of the tulip detail that I quilted.



I made this big enough to fit her full size bed when it is ready to transform.

quilt update

I was on a roll and got this much done since I started on Saturday. (This is a record for me!) But now everything is on hold. Why? Well, now I just need to chose my border. Dark blue (stay within the primary colors theme) or a lime green? Red, Orange, Turquoise? I am stuck. But I have a while before we change Juliana's crib into a bigger bed.

So for now I will put it aside and come back to it when I find the right fabric to finish it off.

116 days till christmas....

As of right now there is only 4 months, 116 days, 3 hours and 38 minutes left till Christmas! Which means I need to get on the ball and start on my Christmas presents for this year.

We have a big family so I like starting early because that gives me enough time to make stuff for everyone on my list.

Here is a little peak of what I made over the weekend for someone.



This was actually pretty easy to do. I just ordered the watch face here and than added beads to make the band. My mother in law had an amazing assortment of beads which she kindly let me use. (Thanks Again!!!) This was pretty fun and relaxing to do. Now I just need to sew up a cute little baggy to store the watch in.

I have also started on this quilt that I am making for my DD.



I so love the vintage fabric I found at Nancy's. Can you believe it was in the discount area! They only had 1 1/2 yrad left and I am so glad I found it!

Is it just me or has anyone else started on their Christmas projects?