Archive for the Quilts & Needlework Category

My local yarn shop owner has a customer who adopted three girls from an orphanage in Ukraine, and the conditions horrified her—not because the staff members aren’t trying their hearts out but because conditions are so hard. Her girls were bald because lice is such a problem,

It’s finished at last! The Wild West baby quilt is done, despite all manner of interruptions. The friend for whose first grandbaby I made it is excited, and she plans to make it a centerpiece of the baby shower late this month. This is my favorite of

And here is how the center image worked out. The little cowboys will wind up on this quilt somehow, I hope, but…to be continued!  

More fiddling around, but I think I’m getting closer to an idea I like for the corners of the quilt, along with a border (or maybe binding) I like.

Okay, so I was working on a Christmas quilt and in the process of sewing a dress, but then a friend found out they’re going to have their first grandchild. I am a big fan of babies having handmade quilts, so I offered to make her one.