Sewing for the Kids

I have done a little sewing for the grandkids.  First up are pillowcases for my two oldest grandsons.  I found this great Monopoly fabric at Miller's Dry Goods and the rest is history.  These two guys love to play games...Monopoly, Scrabble, Wii...and they seemed to like these pillowcases a lot.  They are more age appropriate than the superhero pillowcases I made the boys a while ago.

 

I also found a printed fabric panel to make an outfit for my oldest granddaughter's American Girl doll.   It is from a collection of panels called "Let's Play" by Firetrail Designs for Andover Fabrics.   I have finished the jacket and the dress but there is still a coordinating lined purse to make.  Here is what the outfit looks like.  I wasn't able to fit the dress on the doll as I made it, so I sure hope it really does fit.

Here are the pieces of the panel for the purse...to give you an idea of how the pattern is printed on the fabric. 

There are instructions printed right on the panel, as well as more construction info at this website.

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Ruby Quilt

I won a Charm pack of  'Ruby' fabric in February 2012 in a giveaway from Connie at Freemotion on the River.  In the summer of 2012, I bought some more fabric in the 'Ruby' collection, and I pieced a throw-size quilt top.

I quilted it this winter and, finally, it is done.  I used my favorite batting, Dream Wool, and I quilted with straight lines about an inch apart to keep the quilt warm and fluffy.
 

It has been SO COLD in the Midwest this year and 'Ruby' quilt ended up being the 'go to' quilt.  It is so toasty.

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Kevin the Quilter's QOV Block Project

I saw some quilt blocks over at Exhuberant Color last week.  Wanda had made them to send to Kevin over at Kevin the Quilter.  Kevin invited quilters to send five blocks to him to be used in some quilts to be given to the Quilts of Valor project.  If you are interested, here is the link to Kevin's invitation.  He added further important details here.  He will accept blocks until June 1.  He gave a palette and did a tutorial on how to make the blocks.  They are easy peasy to make and I was able to put together 20 blocks from leftover stash in an afternoon.  Here are some of them:

I need to do more sewing like this.  It felt really good.  Thanks to Wanda for sharing and spreading the word. 

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Yale's Quilt

Hello, my dear blog friends!!  It's been three months since I posted.  I have had very little free time since the beginning of the year for various reasons.  I had to choose between blogging and sewing when I got a minute.  I chose sewing.  Now things might be slightly less crazy, and I am trying to get some balance back in my life.  I am hoping to post more often.

I have a new grandson!  The little guy arrived on his February 25th due date, and I got to spend over a week with him and with his family.  He is such a good baby and, of course, he stole our hearts from the beginning.  His mommy (aka, my daughter), his daddy and his two older sisters are quite happy to have him in the family.

I took lots of pictures of his quilt in the making of it but never got to my blog to show you.  So here it goes.  If you recall, here are the fabrics I used.

I first cut squares of some of the fabric and arranged the basic layout of the quilt.

Then I added the pizzazz...the red corners

The fun backing...

The multi-striped binding...

And voila!

Taking pictures in the winter...finding natural light in the house...

Recording the obligatory 'crinkly after the first washing' look...

And finally making the matching little pillow!

I am happy with the results.  Baby's mom and dad are too.  The finished size is 42 by 48 so the quilt can be used in various ways for a couple of years hopefully.

Thanks for stopping by!  I've missed you!

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