Granny's Flower Garden Charms

Made from 1 sweet charm pack and my half hexagon template plus about a yard of background fabric I was able to make this sweet lap quilt.

The border is a fabric leftover from the fabrics Carrie gave me to make Francie's big girl quilt. 

The border is from Carries scraps, and I used a piece of border fabric to widen the back. This quilt is for sale on my Etsy shop. 

Quilted along the shapes of the hexagon patches.  

Hexies Baby Quilt

I made this quilt following a tutorial on the Missouri Star WEB site.  I had the template already, since the hexie pattern is one I am very inspired by.  It is made with a charm pack of reproduction fabrics and a yard plus of Kona Snow.  I quilted it in rows and 3 columns.  I feel like I should spill some coffee on it to stain it so it looks more authentic!

Big Sister Quilt

This week, I will have the joy of attending another adoption into our extended family, as the Hayden-Roberts finalize the adoption of Janelle into their family of four children.  Janelle is the oldest, and has watched as her brother's adoption was finalized, and wished and hoped for the day she would be legally adopted into her Forever Family.

The shapes and fabrics match the pieces of her little sister Francie's Big Girl Quilt, another thing tying these two together for ever.

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Grandmother's Vintage Blocks

A friend of mine recently sent me these photos of a quilt I made for her way back in 2002.  She brought me some Grandmother's Flower Garden blocks her grandmother had made. I decided rather than trying to attach them and finish the quilt that way I would applique several on a muslin background.  Some repros fabric in the border, and a large stitch hand quilting finished this little memory quilt!

Baby Girl Low Volume Hexies

The idea of a hexie quilt held my attention for some time. The right baby came along, with a light colors scheme and a rose pop.  I gathered these low volume prints and this quilt just flew together.

Since then, Pete has asked me to make him a manly hexie quilt, in greens and tans, as the shapes remind him of the terrain maps in his beloved war simulation games.