Quilts

Fabric Scrap Project Ideas

by Marie July 14, 2009

Once all your sewing projects are complete, you may still have some left over fabric scraps. I’ve been saving my scraps, thinking there must be something I can make with them. Well, here are some great projects using fabric scraps, turning them into something fun and new! (click on the photo for the link to [...]

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Back on the Quilting Wagon

by Marie February 24, 2009

I had a goal last year to make one quilt a month. Well, I did good for the first 6 months, until I had a baby last June and all sewing stopped at that point. But now that my little snuggley baby has worked out a good napping schedule, I’m going to get back to [...]

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Quilts for Baby

by Marie May 20, 2008

This is the latest installment of my quilting bug. My sister just gave birth to the most adorable baby boy. She doesn’t sew much, okay not at all, so my other sister and I put this cute quilt together for her. We each bought different fabrics of brown and blue, then got together to sew [...]

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Memory Quilt

by Marie April 7, 2008

As I have been quilting quite a bit lately, a new idea came to my mind a few months back. A Memory Quilt for my Mom and Dad’s anniversary. It turned out better than I expected and packed full of fun memories. With 8 children, my parents have been through a lot, together for 53 [...]

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Spring Time Quilt

by Marie March 15, 2008

I was going to wait on this Spring quilt, as I thought Easter wasn’t going to be here until April. But since it’s in less than 2 weeks, I sped it up and got this spring quilt done to display for the Easter holiday. This quilt pattern is supposed to be easter eggs with a [...]

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Mini I Spy Quilts

by Marie March 4, 2008

I have finished my Mini I Spy quilts and love them. I love that these quilts are easy for my kids to hold and carry around. My daughter has been sleeping with hers, she loves all the girly fabric. (This is a mini version of this I Spy Quilt.) Each quilt has 30 squares of [...]

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Here Comes the Sun Quilt

by Marie February 19, 2008

It’s finished! I am done with the quilt that I started almost a month ago. Here were the quilt colors from a previous post. Now they are put all together in a fun pattern that was easy and fun. I love it and think it turned out great, all vintage looking. I am naming it [...]

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Quilting Bug

by Marie January 19, 2008

I have got the quilting bug and I’m ready to make a new quilt. As a self-taught quilter and sewer, I picked up a few things from Mom and I have taken a quilting class at one point, but mostly just giving it a try. I know fabric from a good quilt shop is much [...]

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Two Holidays in One

by Marie November 7, 2007

I have had my kitchen table for too long, but it is not quite time to replace it. So I needed to cover it and give it a little color. I wanted to make a fall placemat, but I also wanted to make a Christmas placemat for the next month. I decided to combine the [...]

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Little Girl’s Nursery

by Marie August 10, 2007

When I was first pregnant with my first daughter, almost 2 years ago, I thought she was going to be the color yellow. But as it goes, all I had were pink clothes and she is a girl. So I changed my thinking and picked a Pink and Green room for her nursery. I got busy [...]

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