Friday, October 19, 2007

PROGRESS!!!!!!


At last I am making progress!!! AND, I have batteries in my camera so I can show it!

First I have to show off these GORGEOUS towels that my Flori-friend made JUST FOR ME! As you can see she is really having fun with her new embroidery machine, and she is GOOD at it! I love love love these towels!!! The pretty apple fabric is some that she picked up in New York City for me! How cool is that? I have imported fabric! I think it will be the highlight of the apple quilt I've been planning for years...........
Next I have the progress on the new baby quilt! I am having so much fun with this! I collected reproductions all during my cousins pregnancy, so I would have a nice assortment to play with. I kept changing my mind on the blocks, and finally decided on these chimney stone ones with snowballs in between them. First I tried using the pink print as the alternate blocks but it looked waaaaaaaaaaay too busy, then I tried just white, which looked really pretty, but not very practical as a baby quilt. I like how this looks. I'm going to do a narrow border of the red print, and then a wider border of the pink with more of the chimneystone blocks as cornerstones. The pink has red flowers in it, and it looks so neat next to the red.
As you can see from this closer shot, I seem to have enough blocks for a king size baby quilt! Fortunately I do not see this as a problem! I plan to whip together a couple more baby quilts to have on hand, and play around with whatever is left. The baking dish is full of 1 inch four patches........... I know I know WHAT was I thinking??? ;-)

7 comments:

Jeanne said...

I love the baby quilt! I think the fabric for the snowballs is perfect. So what will you make with the leftover blocks? :-) How nice of your friend to give you the pretty towels and apple fabric.

Kim said...

I love repro prints :) especially for baby quilts.
I got 2 in the mail today from ebay- trying to buy some extras before the Nov no buy starts for the year *gasp* a year.....
Your quilt looks lovely :)

Leigh said...

I absolutely love the quilt. Such a gorgeous design. Your cousin will be thrilled. Almost made me want to have another baby so you'd make me one.........almost!!!!

atet said...

That baby quilt is adorable. I'm sure your cousin will love it! And those towels are wonderful!

Jen in KS said...

You know, I have a baking dish just like that which I got from my grandma. It didn't come with the four-patches, though.

Congrats on the progress. The top looks adorable.

Kim said...

I think if I see some I like after the no buy goes into effect I'll just tell hubby I NEED them- he'[s loving the cathedral windows I started :) and if they're a gift they don't count :) I do have the repro fq set from keepsake quilting on my Christmas list that my mom asked for- and I love those butteryflys and ...and....who knew 3 years ago I didn't like repros now I'm looking for the perfect poison green for another gmfg-lol

Susan Freebery said...

Oh, Mare, I love the layout for Maggie's quilt! That is perfect - a well balanced mix of prints and not too much white. Excellant, as always...