At last I can show you what I was so busy doing before Christmas. These are "Pillow Quilts" also known as "Quilows" I'm told. I made 13 of these for Christmas presents this year. These are just some of the pictures I was able to find. As I've said in my last post, I am in the process of trying to get all of my "stuff" off my husband's computer onto my own. I've lost a few pictures, found a few I thought I'd lost and have become totally confused and frustrated in the process.
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I am happy to announce that my family were all thrilled with their Christmas gifts. I can even go so far as to say that the grandaughter's were "over the moon". Although I do admit to fussing a bit over those, adding beads, sequins, and appliques, the grandson's were much simpler in that they got none of that 'fancy' stuff...*lol* But man-0-man was that a tough one for me to get done on time. As it was I ended giving up trying to make some for the whole family and my sons and one son-in law ended getting store bought gifts this year. Their turn next year....BUT....I'm going to start those babies in June!
I will continue to post pictures as I find them. My other son-in-law received a Christmas chef's apron and hat, (he loves cooking) . I made a Christmas set of oven mitts, pot holders and apron for one of my daughter-in-laws, and a set of pot holders, oven mitts, and 6 linen tea towels for my other daughter in law.
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I have started a new project and I'm taking this one nice and easy. It's called "Virginia Bound" and can be found in Bonnie Hunters new book, 'Scraps and Shirttails. It's the first one in the book and although she makes it look so easy, I think I am mentally challenged when it comes to making these bits and pieces look as nice as hers do. Well time will tell, and believe me time it will take. I'm giving myself a good 2 months for this one project. As I figure it will take me that long.
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Now if my "N.Y. resolution" holds up, once this quilt is finished my goal will be to finish at least one UFO from last year before starting another quilt. Sounds reasonable and do-able doesn't it?
Now if my "N.Y. resolution" holds up, once this quilt is finished my goal will be to finish at least one UFO from last year before starting another quilt. Sounds reasonable and do-able doesn't it?
As I said time will tell.
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Till next time...
~~Fran...:c)
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8 comments:
What a good idea for gifts!
You made 13 of them? Holy cow, that's a lot of work. Congrats on all those finishes. I'm sure your Virginia Bound is going to be wonderful.
wow fran. you've been busy. no wonder you weren't around much. lol. those are awesome quillows. i would love to try one but haven't gotten that far yet. congrats on all of your wonderful finishes for gifts. good luck on your virginia bound. i would love to see pics of that as they become available. take care.
Their beautiful!!! Fran
I really like the quilted pillows. Aren't you ambitious, making all those gifts. I'd have to start now to get all those pillows made! Thanks for sharing
I am so proud of you! When I sent that pattern to you and you told me what you were going to do...I thought NO WAY will she get that done. They are beautiful and I am sure you will get more orders for a repeat from all those kids in a few years, because the quilts do seem to get a lot of use. Good going Grandma.
Wow...I am impressed...what determination to keep at it to get them all done...these are really wonderful!!!
Hia Fran, they are a good idea. A friend made a hooded quilt with arms so you can sit all snuggled. Ooo good ideas.
I'm sure your family were thrilled with all their presents whether bought or made. :-)
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