A Labor of Love - Round 2

Sometimes when we create something it literally gets loved to pieces.  This is exactly what happened to the baby quilt I made my oldest niece.  The quilt we are speaking of is approximately 8 years old and boy can you tell.  It has been languishing in my closet crying out for attention for about 2 months now.  The last time my niece saw me she asked when I was going to work on it, as her dollies really needed it back.  So when I got home it came out of the closet and onto the sewing table.


After a little time looking at everything that needed fixed, I ripped off the binding (with a seam ripper of course!) and started trying to fix holes and tears.  All the little stars were hand embroidered by me back in the day.  It's was crazy to look at this quilt and realize how far I have come as a quilter and a seamstress.  A good thing and a frustrating thing as well.

Here I am attaching the border back on again ~ notice the pucker where there the quilt used to be tied.  Apparently children like to untie things ~ that is actually what lead to the quilt renovation.  When Jo first brought it out she wanted to know if I could fix it "Cause all the insides are stuck in the bottom". :)

Stitching away...
 
Sorry for the weird coloring in the pic....After I started quilting it together (it was pinned and everything) I realized the backing fabric was not working out at all and the everything moved and got wiggly. What kind of fabric it is I have no clue ~ definitely not plain old cotton. Please see above ~ not so great.  But in the end all that matters is that it will put a smile on a little girl's face.  That's what it is all about anyway.  So now I have a renovated quilt waiting in the closet for a certain someone to come pick it up and take it home.  Her dollies will be so ecstatic!

New Blog Design = New Blog Additude

So back in the day I used to be able to write clearly, concisely and comically. Somewhere along the way that got lost. It's time to bring back the 3 C's.... hopefully anyway. : ) And for that to happen things are going to have to change a bit around here. In case you haven't noticed I have lost my passion for cardmaking. Maybe lost is to harsh of a word, but there it is. I said it ~ now it's out there. Cardmaking will still be apart of what I share because it is a part of me, but it is not the whole of me or what I do. Never fear, my creativity hasn't dried up! In fact it is overflowing all over my house.

This is my little "nest" area for working on the binding of my (in my husband's words) ultra chaotic quilt. If fact he proceeded to tell me that it was a good thing it was machine quilted to pull it all together because otherwise it just didn't work for him... all you ladies out there who have put many an hour into building a quilt can probably sympathize with me right about now. Talk about a heartbreaking statement ~ this is a quilt being made because we don't have one made by me, which hubby thought should be rectified. All the fabric were chosen with him in mind.... but luckily now he likes it... Whew... cause I was worried.... sorta. I however adore it and can't wait to show final photo's once that pesky binding is attached.

Attaching the binding the worst part for me. I dread it. But then as I am happily curled up stitching away it doesn't seem quite so horrible. So wish me luck... Smiles ~ Brandi