I have finally finished the two quilts for the Nurture circle of Do.Good.Stitches.
I have a couple good reasons for why these are so late. In August I had a baby girl named Abigail Grace. She is a cute distraction that has been sucking up most of my free time and sleep. She is 7 weeks old now and starting to sleep a little better. Fingers crossed!!!
My other daughter Mirabelle turned one in July and has learned to walk and is running a muck.
The other thing that has been taking up my time is this crunchy masterpiece that we bought at the end of July. It needs many things and we are in the process of tearing up the inside.
And we are also finishing up a kitchen remodel in the house we are living in. Here is the awesome back splash we put in. God willing we will get this kitchen done soon. We started it back in 2015 when before Mirabelle was born!!!
In March we did this block by Patch the Giraffe called Picnic Pinwheel. I blogged about it here. I am not sure what about this quilt that caused me such trouble. But it seemed like I hit so many snags on this one. First I cut the backing wrong, so I had to piece it. Not a big snag but annoying to have an extra seam. Then I quilted it and bound it and right before I tossed it in the wash I noticed that there was a HUGE pucker. I tried to smooth it out but it was just too big. So in the end I had to unstitch oh so much of the quilt and quilt it again. Let me tell you that unquilting is much more time consuming than quilting. Especially when you have the helping hands of a toddler.
For the backing I used cross stitch in teal by Amanda Jean Nyberg of Crazy Mom Quilts.
For the May quilt I put together a scrap square that I called Hollywood Squares. I blogged about it here. This one was less trouble but I was holding onto it so I could mail both quilts together.
For the backing I used a combination of solid Kona fabric in a dark teal (glacier) and a complimentary fabric that I dug out deep from my stash.
Both of these quilts are on the way to covered in love, the charity that we quilt for. I am linking up to crazy mom quilts Finish it up Friday,
I am amazed that you are getting so much done! Beautiful daughters, beautiful crunchy house and beautiful kitchen and beautiful quilts! You are a superwoman. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Way to go, girl! I'm so impressed that you unquilted a finished quilt to fix that pucker. I think I might have tried to see if the crinkle from the wash would hide it. They both look awesome and your daughters are adorable!
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful! Not only do you take care of your adorable children and work on your house, you make lovely quilts to give away. Congratulations on getting so much done. I was lucky to wash my hair when my kids were little!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Sylvia at Treadlestitches
Congratulations on your new daughter. And the finished quilts. They are all lovely.
ReplyDeleteSo much to see in one post. Beautiful children. Fabulous kitchen, dazzling quilts and a wonderful fixer-upper. Pace yourself!
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful little girls you have - they are both gorgeous!!!
ReplyDeleteAS is that lovely house you are taking on. NO wonder you are so busy.