Granny's Advent Calenders

Each set of Granny's need an Advent Calender to count off the days until Santa's Annual Visit!  One was a simple panel, all I did was cut, sew and quilt.  The other, also a panel, included selecting charms and piecing the corner blocks. Each one will be stuffed with goodies and hung to count the days.

Baby Girl, my new Grand-Niece!

Welcome to the family, first grandchild of this generation Frances Marye!  The adoption will be final just before Christmas, and in time to join my new grand-baby Benny who arrives also mid December. One year ago, neither of these babies were in our family, this Christmas we are doubly blessed!

Early in the pregnancy of my Grandson, before I knew if we were going to be welcoming a boy or a girls, I started the embroidery for 2 quilts.  A RED one for a girls, a BLUE one for a boy.  My niece received a girl, and we are expecting a boy!  Both quilts were finished with flying geese blocks, quilted, and dedicated to the babes of the family.

Warm and Cool; Sunshine and Sea Breezes

Made in simple rail-fence design, this was a cool Kaffe Fasset jelly roll and a warm Kaffe Fasset charm pack. Delicious fabrics, just waiting for the right person or occasion.  My 14 year old granddaughter, expressing a wish for a quilt in blues, is just the right person, and Christmas the right occasion.

I spy pets and bugs

For my 6 year old grand-daughter, going through a tomboy phase, the favorite colors right now are blue and yellow.  Dogs are always welcomed, and there is a new fascination with bugs of all types.  So, for Christmas, an "I Spy" quilt featuring her favorite colors and things!

I cut my fabrics into 5" "charms" and constructed this like a split 9-patch. Bright gold in the borders, with little crabs as cornerstones, the charms feature dogs, paw prints, bones and tags, bugs and alligators, and some pigs for luck!  Can you find.... a wiener dog???

Sportsman Quilt

The motifs of the fabrics in this quilt are fish, trees, bears, leaves, stripes. The colors are are nice collection of masculine shades. I made this generous lap quilt for my son Ben, celebrating his first Christmas as a Dad. I can see him cuddling his son while wrapped in this quilt late at night!

This quilt was lost in a house fire in 2015.