Blanket # 2

I have been working on kid blankets for awhile and last night I finished the second one. I hit a couple of frustrating moments but here is where I started from.

This is where I had my first frustrating moment, after this point I started sandwiching the quilt and then stood back to look at it and something was bugging me about it but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. Then as I started to pin it I realized there was no border on it and this was an obvious thing that was missing when you see the finished quilt.
I had made this pattern for the first blanket just changed the black border around the squares. I used pencil shavings for this one as it is for a boy.

So now that I put the border on it, I started to put it together. You can see how much better it looks now that it has the border it was suppose to have in the first place.

I had put minky on the back of the other and had this great flannel with animals on it, so that is what I used. I buy most of my flannel in the States as they have the really soft flannel that I just cannot get here.

My supply is running low so I will have to make a trip soon.






I like the way the black binding frames the back and makes it stand out, I then decided to put the black around the label to make it stand out also.

Sam then did his part and the second blanket was complete.

Baby Blanket # 2

I started Baby Blanket #2, the pattern is the same as the first one. I had cut enough squares to make the 2 quilts.

This one has the black with pencil shavings that border all of the squares.










I only have the top done this far but I plan to get back at it and finish it.

The baby is not due until June but I hope to have it finished way before then.

Perfect 10

This quilt is from the pattern "Perfect 10", I had bought it as a kit when I was in Grand Marais.
Jennifer the OT that I work with had excepted a job elsewhere and so she is leaving. I did not know the exact day she was leaving but I had planned to make her a quilt and give it to her on her last day. She then told us her last day was 7 days away. I found out on a Thursday that her last day was a week Friday and I was off the Thursday and Friday of her last week.
I had the weekend off and so I dedicated it to starting and finishing her quilt.










I quilted it with my swirl pattern that I feel comfortable doing. I added the second border because I wanted it be able to cover her feet.
I put a brown minky fabric on the because it is so soft and makes a great cuddle blanket.


I write all of my own labels to put on the back of my quilts, I always put a quote and my name. Here is what they look like before I finish them.

      

I gave it to her on Wednesday as that was my last working day with her and she was thrilled. I really enjoyed working with Jennifer, she is so passionate about her job, it inspires people to do good things.

Sam's doing his job of holding up the quilt so I could take a picture.

1 Baby Blanket down 2 more to go.....

I started this blanket some time ago and finally it is complete, I really love this pattern it works with whatever fabric you may have or coordinating fabrics.
I had found a bunch of minky fabric that I had bought and I will put it to good use now. I was so happy when I found it as the soft back is so comforting to a baby and later a child. I myself have a quilt with minky on the back and it is awesome.
This quilt is for a baby girl and how appropriate is pink and brown.

I quilted it myself and just did an all over swirl, I love my machine for this, my old machine was so rough to work with when machine quilting.

I do use the quilting gloves, they just add that extra grip to the fabric making it easier to move under the machine.
I put a label on the back of the quilt just finishing it off.

And Sam did his job in the quilting process.