stockings!

I made us some Christmas stockings this year. Jack helped to pick out the colors and I have been working on them off and on for weeks during his nap times and stuff. Now they are finally done, and just in time for Christmas Eve!

Quilting continued....

The whole center piece is now sewn together!! Here's what it looks like.I am actually really proud of how I did sewing the squares together and making them align. Here's my worst one, misaligned by about 1 1/2 millimeters:

But most of them look like this!

Next step is putting the outside border on. Then sewing the top together with the filling and back!

Quilting continued

I haven't actually sewed these together yet. I just wanted to see what it would look like. :)
(There's going to be a border around the edge, so it doesn't give you a totally accurate preview, but it's pretty good!)

Quilting

Almost three years ago I promised that I would make a quilt for Chris' new baby. I went out and got the fabrics and a nice-but-simple pattern.

Well, I had never actually quilted, and my sewing machine was busted, and I was really busy... etc., etc. Daphne is now two years old, and no blanket! Well, Chris is pregnant again and due at the end of July! I am determined that this time, there really will be a quilt for Chris' new baby. :) Actually, I need to get it done by June 3, which is when I go out to visit her.

I am having to do the project in bits and pieces each night after Jack goes to bed (along with my tidying and all that stuff). Here is the result of my first step, completed in two nights:


The next job is to cut these long strips into blocks and turn half of them perpendicular, and then sew them together kind of like a chess board. I will hopefully get that done tomorrow night and get another progress report posted! :)