You can see my Spiderweb quilt in the background on the couch. I change the couch quilt with the month or seasons, etc. I also change the quilts hanging around the house and the ones on the end tables. I should take pictures of those with the seasons and show them.
I finally quilted my tiny Twister Harvest Quilt. This tiny quilt top has been for more than three years, but I can not find pictures of it on my blog or my facebook. I also tried quilting it a long time ago and did not like it so I ripped it all out and put it back in the pile! This time I used a template and this awesome chalk pounce pad that Barb sent me. I LOVE how it came out!
I hand tacked the binding on the back of this one.
My favorite iron died, I bought another on ebay a year or so ago and the button broke off and eventually it died. The first one last a LONG time (thanks Ann!) so it was worth finding another. They are antique irons, but they get very hot and are travel size. I have a modern travel size, but the shape of it is different and I do not prefer it. I could see from the picture online that it needed cleaning, but I have Dritz Iron-Off Hot Iron Cleaner, so I was not worried about that. It came in the original box! It is a Black and Decker Small Wonder iron in case you need a great iron. Snap it up when you see it!
The iron cleaned up in a jiffy and works great! Super happy to have it!
Lora finished quilting my Packer Bliss quilt! I picked it up yesterday and got it bound so I can send it with my sister back to Arizona for my brother Sam and his wife Ashley. They do not have a big Packer quilt and they are huge Packer fans, so I hope they love it!
This quilt has my grandpa DeLos' pajamas in it! I am sure there is also the ticking fabric that was from Great Grandpa Tony and Great Grandma Myrt's quilting frame.
It is a bit hard to see here, but the quilt says GREEN BAY PACKERS and GO PACK GO in big block letters! (it is sideways here).
You can see the quilting a bit better on the back. Football helmets and footballs.
My cousin's daughter Maggie Lou had her baby boy. Since my children and my goddaughter did not want Hannah and Jay's baptismal gown, I asked my cousin if they would like it for the baby. They want it, so happy to have found it a new home where it will hopefully get passed down. My friend Cheri in Colorado Springs made this (I commissioned it, she also taught me to sew) and it has a matching bonnet and baby slippers. It is so beautiful, but I have dragged it around the country long enough! I also sent her the light brown open sweater that my Grandma Nan made for Coleman. All my kids used it and the grands here, but now it is outgrown and needs a new home. I know Grandma Nan is smiling down to know that more babies will use it!
Hazel is now 5 years old and Indie is 2! The time flies! We just had a party for Hazel and did dinner at Olive Garden last night with family. Being their Lala is the best! Hazel keeps asking if we can sew (we did make her a skirt and I do not think it made the blog) so I need to start teaching her! Hopefully one or both of these two will get the quilting bug!
A few weekends ago we went to the apple orchard. This was the third one I have gone to with them over the years. The one we like had run out of apples for that weekend. This was a bit too much walking for me, but thankfully they towed us back and forth on a tractor train. We got a picture of the three us with everyone smiling!
HAPPY FALL!
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