Nichol's quilt - round 4 for ARRR8!

Nicole's quilt - round 4 for ARRR8!, a photo by bearpawandbearpaw on Flickr.

Isn't this fabulous?? It still has 3 more rounds to go until it's finished! I can't wait to get this back! This lovely beauty will go on our bed and I will keep you updated as it goes.

My addition for Pam!

So I have completed my round for the Round Robin over at the Flickr group Around the Bend and Across the Pond! This is for Pam and I wish I could keep it! Isn't it cool? I added the chevrons. The only request from her was to keep with the same colors.....DONE! 

I just need to trim the edges so they are straight with the corner squares....what do you think?

Here is a closer shot of the chevrons....

 

Wish I could keep it! hahaha.....

Baby quilt with granny squares!!

I am in love with this pattern. I made this for a friend of mine and gave it to her at her baby shower this weekend. She loved it! (thank goodness) But I want to make one of these for our bed......I have the squares all cut out and ready to go....now, if I can only find the time to do it.

Isn't is just so Fresh?!

I chose a pattern of a sleeping bear with stars to quilt it and I think it turned out so cute!

Here is another angle of it finished and bound...

I love dots and stripes for the binding on any quilt.....

The binding and the back is from the Barenstein Bears Collection.....too cute!!

Third round of Nichols quilt

Third round of Nichols quilt, a photo by sewjo2009 on Flickr.

Okay, I know I have been MIA,, but it's for a good reason....(lots of them actually) but I have been sewing and quilting. I just have to share with you the progress that my other Round Robin quilt top is showing.......isn't this lovely? I can't wait to see it in person! And the best part, it's not done yet! It still has 5 more rounds!! I'm doing the happy dance here!

One memory quilt finished....

But let me start from the beginning.....my grandpa past away in December and after living 91 years on this earth, he had accumulated a LOT of stuff.....I took a ton of his shirts and pants so that I could make quilts for some family members......I cut 9.5" squares from each shirt as you see here:

Next I took a shirt he had that was white and red checked and cut up 2.5" squares (this shirt reminded me of his table cloth that he ALWAYS had on his table for as long as I can remember) And the white squares are a pair of painters pants. (he was a painter)

 

For the sashing I used his jeans....this looks awesome but is WAY hard to keep it flat when quilting....but it's SO grandpa!

Before I get to the quilting of this first one, I have to tell you that all the cutting above and ironing on of the interfacing took a LONG time! And, since my grandpa smoked since he was 12, my iron is kind of ruined from the tar....but, it was a good cause....right?

This photo I'm about to show you is pretty cool I think. I just did a basic stipple because I had to make sure the puckers weren't too bad. This picture is awesome though, because if you look at the solid blue square you'll see paint....this was from a sweatshirt he used to wear while working.....cool huh?

Here it is finished...almost, just need to sew on the binding.

Here is the front of this quilt. This one is for my cousin who took care of my grandpa the last 12 years because he was the only one that lived in the same town. Something special for one of my favorite cousins! :)

I have a few more to make, but they will come along slowly because I really wanted to finish this one for my cousin. What do you think?