Star Ribbon Block

Here are the latest blocks I'm working on using a Reunion jelly roll and coal Kona background.  These are a little tedious to make but I LOVE THEM.

Baby Quilts

It's been a while since I've posted anything.  I was making some baby quilts for my sister and my friend Crystal so I couldn't post them.

 This is one of the quilts I made for my friend Crystal

This is a quilt I made for my sister Laura.  The center of it can be used when the baby gets older for checkers.















I had another quilt for Crystal and a stroller quilt for Laura, but one of my "lovely" (I say that sarcastically) Double Block Algebra 1 students stole my camera and the pictures were on there.  Also on there was all my pictures from my sisters baby shower and from Crystals baby shower.  I didn't have a chance to upload them before it got stolen at school.  I had it at school to take pictures for a scrapbook I made each year and someone decided they would take it upon themselves to go through my desk and take my camera out of my camera bag. Lesson learned: download pictures after I take them !

Vintage Sheet Quilt for My Student Teacher

I finally finished my first vintage sheet quilt.  I'm going to give to my student teacher.  She's been awesome. I think it was an eye opening experience.  Public school high schoolers are , shall we say, interesting.  She's seen the good and the bad. I hope she still wants to be a teacher- at least she got a good picture of he highs and lows of dealing with teenagers, parents, administrators.  She's almost done and just observing other teachers now.  I hope she likes the quilt and will keep it for years and look back fondly one her student teaching experience.  17 years ago I got a blank of Virginia Tech from my cooperating teacher and I still have it on my couch.

Quit top for my student teacher

I have a student teacher this semester- Sarah.  She's awesome and will make a good teacher ( that is if she still decides to teach after dealing with some of my ---how shall I say--- more challenging  students- and we have many).  She has about a month left and I thought I'd make her a quilt as a present when she's done student teaching.  I've been collecting vintage sheets now for a while and since Sarah's really girl, I thought I might make her a cute little quilt from my vintage sheet collection.  I originally just cut up a bunch of 3 inch squares and wasn't sure what I was going to do, but I think it came out really cute.  Now I just have to pick a sheet for the back and quilt it.

Vintage Sheet Quilt #1

My first vintage sheet quilt.  I used a tutorial from the Missouri Star Quilt Company to do it.  It's so much fun and so easy.  I haven't decided yet how much bigger I'm going to make it. I had one pattern sheet and there were a couple of paint splatters in a few spaces and I wondered if I'd have enough- them luck be in on Presidents Day, Savers was having 50% off on all clothes and household items and I found  another exact sheet I needed.  I was so excited.  Savers is the bomb!

WIP

I haven't posted anything new lately because they are baby shower gifts.  Don't want the mommies to see them.  As soon as I give them as presents I can post them.  They are really cute and can't wait for you to see them.

Color Swaps

I'm participating in two color swaps:
1) Rainbow Color Swap March 2012.  Here are my blues:

2) Austin Modern Quilt Guild- I'm in the Orange/Red Orange Catergory and the Blue/Green Blue Category

I can't wait to see what I get from the rest of the group