What's Happening in My Studio

 The baby quilt is done and ready to be gifted.  Here is the picture.

 

I spent one day making a fabric basket as a gift for my friend's sister whom we visited in Idaho.  We had so much fun staying at her cabin near a lake, so sorry I forgot the name.   She and her husband took us on a boat ride around the lake.  We spotted so many bald eagles there.  Here are the basket pictures.

 

I used a 'Colorful Patchwork Bags and Baskets' pattern from SewCanShe.com by Caroline Fairbanks-Critchfield that I saw on Craftsy.

 

Before I end this post, I want to show you some of the pictures from our trip.

 

A sunset view on a lake

 

Thanks for visiting and have a blessed week.

Margo

 

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

A New Project: A T-Shirt Quilt

This will be my first T-shirt quilt ever and I'm excited to have a new discovery and fun experiment.  

These t-shirts belong to my late brother in-law.  My niece gave some to me to make them into a quilt.

I've done some research online on the topic of T-shirt quilts.  There are some unique and striking quilts out there.  I'm not quite sure which direction I will go.  We'll see.

I need to get more supplies, such as fusible interfacing material, etc.  I did get some fleece material that I think would be good for backing. For the batting, I'm not sure which one to use or I may go in a totally different direction.  I might use flannel in the middle layer.  I imagine with flannel, it will be more fluid and softer than a batting material.  Decisions, decisions..... 

Do any of you have any input?  Have you made a T-shirt quilt before?  I would appreciate any suggestions and comments you have.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!!

Margo

 

 

 

 

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty

Work in Progress in September

It's time to get back to quilting.  We had a two-week vacation in the beautiful Idaho Falls.  The weather was perfect and we heard we missed the heat wave of 118 degrees in the So. Cal.  We drove a little over 2,000 miles for the whole trip!  It's so nice and wonderful that we didn't have to worry about time and schedule.  We stopped when we wanted to, ate at new places along the way; some were good but some we wouldn't go back again. lol

On the way back we drove through Utah and Las Vegas, visited some friends along the way and had a marvelous time at every stop.   It was warmer in Utah than Idaho but it was as lovely.   My DH said that in this trip, we probably did more talking than we used to.  Some friends we have not seen them for a few years so we had so much to catch up. 

 Now it's time to quilt this baby quilt.  

 

 

I am also in the planning for the third denim quilt.  While I was on the trip, the idea came to me that I really like and can't wait to make it reality.  This one will have multiple colors of denim, including black.  Ooh, I'm excited.

 

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Margo

 

In addition to the linky parties on the sidebar, I also link up to:

To Do Tuesday  hosted by Carol at Quilt Schmilt 

Put Your Foot Down at For the Love of Geese  (Thursday)

Peacock Party at Wendy’s Quilts and More  (Friday)

Brag About Your Beauties at From Bolt to Beauty