Henry came to visit

Our son had a dental appointment so we got the opportunity to watch our grandson Henry.  He is an adorable ten-month little boy.  He has the best disposition!  I made each of my three sons and their family a q Christmas quilt and then a quilt for each of my two grandchildren.  Henry got his quilt and loved it.  But not as much as we love him!

As you can see from the photo, Grandma has used a lot of thread this year.  The spatula is for chewing when those teeth start coming in.

Forgotten Quilt Top

Here is the quilt top I made from Pat Sloan's pattern Little Wishes.  She issued the pattern as a challenge to use your scraps.  Well, I do have lots of scraps and lots of yardage that needs to be used since it is getting about 25 years old.  I looked around my sewing room and spied several pieces of solids that I used in my grandson's little bears quilt.  However, I loved the black fabric with the white polka dots that Pat used in her examples, so I purchased some almost like hers.  I stitched away and found that I had purchased enough solids to make the border too.  Wow!  I love this quilt!  It is so different from what I usually make, and it feels more modern than I thought I would ever like.  I do like this one!  It is currently at they quilter's and should be ready for binding this month unless my quilter got too busy with Christmas quilts.  For the backing, I used big chunks of what solids I had left.  I plan to bind it with the black polka dot fabric.  Whew!  It used a lot of my scraps, but I still have so much more to use!  That will be the fun this winter!

Catching Up

Our granddaughter had her first stitching lesson about six weeks ago.  She is 2 1/2 years old and I knew she would like to be such a big girl by learning a bit about stitching.  I took a square of a light yellow or cream colored fleece and placed it in an embroider hoop.  I placed several skeins of embroidery floss and a tapestry needle in a bag so that she could have no fear of sticking herself with a needle as she stitched.  The first floss she chose was pink.  I knotted the floss after I threaded it through the needle.  She then stuck the needle wherever she wanted and I drew it out so she could stick the needle wherever she wanted.  When we ran out of floss on the needle, she could choose which floss she wanted to use next.  She chose pink, red, purple and blue flosses.  If you look closely, you will see that she took some very long stitches, so I topped the square with a piece of tulle before adding the inner and outer borders to turn the piece into a pillow.  I think she is so proud of her first stitching.

This next project was made with strips of fabrics and then turned into potholders.  So fun for fall.