Quilt Top Finish

I have finished my future niece's quilt top. I purchased everything in a kit but as you will see, I have added my own interpretation to it. I love these colors! Very bright!

This is what theirs looks like.


And here is mine. I moved the blue squares up just a little.


And I added a small border. I just love stripey borders!


This is my first time to do mitered corners! I am so proud of how they turned out! It took a little while to figure out what I was doing but then it was super easy.

Progress

Isn't that sweet? The puppies are starting to open thier eyes now so it won't be long before they are running all over the place looking for things to get into. I will get some photos of them soon.


This is my progress on a baby sampler for my coming soon niece. It's Jungle Baby designed by Diane Arthurs. Oh, of course, I am changing some of the colors. Most of you know by now that I can't resist changing something on just about everything I make. ;-)

I have made decent progress on a baby quilt as well. I don't have the backing fabric yet so there's another shopping trip I need to make. Photos coming as soon as I finish the quilt top which will be soon.

Bonnie's Puppies

We have 5 puppies. 2 girls and 3 boys. Their temporary names are Rose, Morgan, Max, Buster, and Peter. I let my little cousins name them. I should be getting some better photos of them when they get a little older.

Bonnie Blue

We rescued another Basset about a week ago. We found her nearly starved. You could clearly see the outline of her ribs and backbone. She also had a bone caught in the roof of her mouth and it was really wedged in there tight. The vet had to remove the bone and she said that it had been there for a very long time. We also found out that she is pregnant and has heartwoms pretty bad. We can't treat her for the heartworms till after she has the puppies and is no longer nursing.

You can't really tell how skinny she is in this photo because of the way she is sitting.


This is her after a week of being fed and taken care of. She is starting to fill out more, although you can still see her ribs and backbone but not as much as before.

Here's her close up. She is a really sweet girl. We don't know what her puppies are going to look like or how healthy they will be but we should be finding out soon enough.

Baby on the Way!

My sister is going to have a girl! So now I have quilts and birth samplers to plan, start, and complete by January.

Vacation and BoInk

We went on a camping trip to Goose Island State Park in Rockport during their annual Hummingbird Festival. We were going to stay longer but, alas, it was not meant to be. On the way there, a big chunk of the siding on our camper broke off. We were lucky that no one was directly behind us on the road so no one got hurt. After we got there, we realized that the air conditioner isn't working. So, we think, well at least the wind is blowing in off the water and will help cool us off. Think again. As soon as the sun started setting, the wind stopped and the mosquitoes started. We stayed long enough to see a few lectures at the festival, buy a few t-shirts, and visit their local quilt shop and then we came home. We stayed about 3 days. At this point, all you can do is sit back and laugh. I would normally get a ton of photos but we didn't stay long enough for that. So, here are a few Seagulls and a pelican that I managed to get photos of.




I couldn't resist getting a photo of this little guy. He was posing so nicely for me and didn't fly away even when I got super close.


Here's my latest progress on BoInk. I would like to finish all of the black in the borders and frame before I get back to work on any more blocks. I don't know if I can make myself though. ;)

Emily's Quilt Top

I finished the top for Emily's quilt!! I added a border to add a little extra to the sides and because she wanted more "red" in the quilt. Next, I have to finished Nathan's quilt top and then I will have the quilting parts left. I have the backing fabrics so I have no excuse not to get these finished in time. Another goal done!

Oops! Edited to add: The pattern for this quilt came from McCall's Quick Quilts, September 2008 issue. The quilt was called "Berry Patch" but since I used butterflies instead of stawberry fabric, I'll call mine "Butterfly Field".