New Things

Hi Everyone, it's been several weeks since I last updated my blog as I been very, very busy. However, someone (who shall remain nameless, but you know who you are!!!) was giving me grief that I have not posted anything recently.....ah, I love you anyway !!! Well, I have been busy making baby quilts, attending a baby shower, doing Thanksgiving, taking care of Craig, and of course the most fun thing of all to do.....going to QUILT CLASS!!!!!

Here is one of the baby quilts I made since my last post. This one was made for Tina's newest granddaughter, Ava. Ava is a gorgeous little girl with dark brown hair. Tina's daughter, Tiffany, told me she wanted something in pinks and browns. So, of course I went on a mission. I found this really sweet pink fabric with little hearts on it. Then I found this brown material with pink roses.....I think they went together beautifully.








Because of the tendinitis in my hands, I have to do my binding by machine. As you can see, I put little pink hearts all around the binding !!!!














I made another baby quilt for Tricia's new baby out of Bambi material to match her nursery. She came out the first week in November for her baby shower. I just barely finished the quilt in time and forgot to take a picture. She moved to North Carolina now and am waiting for a picture of the nursery and the quilt so I can post a picture of it.


After finishing the baby quilts, I made two memory quilts; one for Taylor & one for Lexie. These are Craig's cousin's daughters. The quilts have pictures of the girls with their dad printed on material and sewn into each quilt. Their dad passed away this summer, about six weeks before Craig was diagnosed. Anyway, this is the first Christmas without their dad and I wanted to get them done in time. I had my teacher, Ms. Janet, (teacher extraordinnaire) quilt them and they are absolutely gorgeous. Since their mom, grandma, and aunt read this blog I will not be posting pictures of these quilts until after I give them to the girls on Christmas Day....I want everyone to be surprised when they finally see them.


SEW (pun intended).....ha, ha, ha.....Craig and I talked about it and I got an early Christmas, birthday, and anniversary present.....for the next several years!!! Enter "Bernie"....my new Bernina 640E embroidery / quilting machine. Bernie and I are getting to know each other and so far he's doing everything I want him to!!! I still have to take the new owners classes as well as the embroidery classes but I'll tell you I love him. He is SEW much fun !






I wanted to try something simple on him at first so I decided to make the Magic Corner placemats for my mother-in-law. Well, the first time I used Bernie on a "project", things did not turn out so well. Enter one of my good quilting buddies, Yvette, who also owns a Bernina (not the same one as mine, but she's gearing up to buy one too). She happened to come to the free sew day and saved me from tearing my hair out. She told me that I needed to adjust the tension when I was stippling, and it was smooth sailing after that. Since the placemats weren't exactly what I wanted for my mother-in-law, I was telling my mom that I'd probably just keep them. She promptly wanted them for herself....ha,ha,ha!!! Well, now my mom will probably get these for a gift, as they just so happen to match the decor in her kitchen.





Again, here is one of the decorative stitches (over 500 to choose from) that Bernie has to offer. I did the binding on each placemat with a leaf motif. It really did turn out great!





Ok, SEW, back to work for me !!! I promise to update again when more projects are done or when Bernie does something new for me !!! Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!

All my love, Karene