I haven't felt like sewing very much since I finished Dad's Dr Who quilt. I'm glad I made it when I did because my dad passed away near the end of June. My mom gave me his quilt back-and Magpie keeps teasing for it! She does give my spirits a lift.
My sister came and stayed with mom for a few weeks. While she was here we worked on a quilt she's making for our youngest niece.
Sister isn't a quilter (although she has made a couple really nice ones) and I was surprised she chose a pattern with the nine patches on point. We finished the top and found that the batting she purchased was too small so I dug a larger piece out of my stash. Then we found out that the backing was too small. We threw in the towel then and sat down and had tea and scones. ;-)
We had a baby shower for one of my staff yesterday so I really needed to make her a quilt. She's doing the nursery in owls and purple so Magpie and I searched JoAnns for the right fabric. Well, once we found these owls we knew we had a winner!
She really liked the quilt and I made sure she knew it was to be used! Don't keep it for best. I love seeing a little kid dragging around a quilt I've made them. I made a dragon sweater for my nephew when he was little and was thrilled when my sister said he wore it continually-she had to chase him down to get it in wash.
I'm hoping to really get back to sewing but, really, all I want to do today is go back to bed and curl up under dad's quilt.
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