Betty's Love of Quilting

2012-05-06T07:41:00.001-05:00

~ USA Flag Quilt ~

2012-02-26T20:35:00.006-06:00

This quilt came from a Fons & Porter book I have .

I made this quilt many years ago. My daughter snatched it up and had it in her little apartment for a few years till she moved to the house they bought . I brought it home JUST to wash it and never gave it back. I got lazy with the quilting and hated the way it looked. It stayed in a closet till I pulled it out one day .....
Last week I put pins in it then started ripping the quilting stitches out!! Now its all quilted and I am very happy with the way it looks.

~ Pin-wheel Baby Quilt ~

2012-02-25T19:28:00.005-06:00

I love this quilt !!! I think its my favorite ! (I say that every time )
I made the cross-hatch quilting lines 1 1/2 inches apart. I really like the way it looks .

Love that baby check ~~

~ Summer In The Park Baby Quilt ~

2012-02-25T19:06:00.010-06:00

I enjoyed making this baby quilt . So fast and easy . It was something new for me for I had never seen it done before . I found a video from The Missouri Quilt Co. They have lots of videos with different projects . Very worth a look see !!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5WgTyqB8Pc&feature=relmfu

~ Wonky House Quilt ~

2012-02-25T18:46:00.007-06:00

This is a quilt I made last year for my sister for Christmas .
The blocks came from a swap I was in a few years back.
I (practiced)quilted it using the Baptist Fan stencil. The quilting came out okay.
Of course she loved it!!!!

~ Log Cabin Baby Quilt ~

2012-02-25T18:35:00.006-06:00

Another baby quilt made late last year. Family was having babies faster than I could make them!!
This is for a girl . Love scrappy quilts~~

~ Teddy Bear Baby Quilt~

2012-02-25T18:25:00.004-06:00

This is only one of the baby quilts that I have made late last year .
I was trying to play catch up after my husband had surgery.

~ UPDATE~ Prayers Needed For My Husband ~

2011-10-23T18:50:00.002-05:00

Thanks everyone for all the prayers that went up for my husband !!!
He had surgery on Monday and came back home on Friday evening...
Was a long week indeed but he is doing great!!
There was a set back however, he had an attack of Gout in both knees . They swelled and had the fluids drained out and a shot of steroid in both knees .
He is over that now and resting . Thanks Be To God!!!

~ Prayers Needed For My Husband ~

2011-10-15T12:52:00.004-05:00

I am a Christan that believes in the power of prayer .

My husband ,Leo, will have surgery on Monday at 7:00 . I am asking my blogger friends to help me pray that all goes well with the surgery. He has a very enlarged prostate. Its not cancer Thank God!! So they will go in and reduce its size . He will have a 4 day hospital stay . They will go thought the low abs then through the bladder to get to the prostate . I know.... hate to think about it but he will be feeling so much better after its all done and healed
Thanks friends !!!
Will give an update when I can ......

Turning A Wedding Dress Into A Baby's Christening Gown

2011-10-06T15:26:00.016-05:00

That is just what I did last week .

You could say I have been busy !!! But really enjoyed doing this for a friend .

Wished I had thought to take a picture of the wedding dress but I didn't .The top part of the Christening Gown is the original front of the wedding dress . I put the pattern front over the front of the wedding dress and cut it out . I removed the lace on the sleeves and from the bottom of the dress .

The dress is from the 1970s . Not overly fancy and full but every bit as beautiful !!

Also made the handkerchief bonnet . Added the lace from the dress to it and also put a ribbon bow on each side of the bonnet . The small bit of ribbon is the only thing I need to buy to make this christening gown and bonnet

~ Roman Shades I Made ~

2011-10-04T17:23:00.012-05:00

These are stationary roman shades . They don't roll up ,just stays in the same position .I found the tutorial HERE so fast and easy,about 2 hours and it was done. The only thing I did different is I didn't use the wood at the top.I made a heading about 2 1/2 inches and used a spring tension rod instead . Love it ,my husband just got on a stool and adjusted the rod and it was hung!!!

The cornice looks brown but its a dark olive .....

~ What To Do With 4 Inch Sq. Fabric~

2011-09-22T10:25:00.004-05:00

I won some of these 4 inch sqs. on Ebay.

Now just wondering what is a good pattern to use to make blocks. I got a great deal on them. 50 for .99 (told you I was a good shopper) Got a good bit of them to make a quilt. Also bought some 6 inch denim sqs too and a good price .

~ Walk-In Closet Is Finish ~

2011-09-21T14:25:00.011-05:00

We built our home 12 years ago. At the time it was being built things were moving so fast that I really had no idea what I want in the way of designing a closet .........so we just had an organizer add to the back wall and I stuck 2 chest of drawer in it. That was the walk in closet that you could hardly walk in-to it!!

This is the before picture . Kinda dark...

Even had those plastic stack able drawers in there too!!!After ...........

We went to Lowe's and got these on clearance !!! I bought 4 of those tall units. Regular price would have cost 1200.00 but I only paid under 400.00 (yea,I know how to shop for bargains )Then my husband (being so great with wood-working) built the shelves on top and around the units !!! I love my NEW walk in closet .Its huge !!! 6' x 9'. LOVE IT!!

~ Help Choose Wall Color For My Sewing Room ~

2011-09-06T08:59:00.012-05:00

AND FABRIC FOR DRAPES !!!

I want to paint and make drapes for my sewing room in a few weeks. I was looking on line trying to decide what would look good together .
The picture of the two fabrics are the two that I like . The red would only cost me 50.00 .The other one would cost 106.00 (but I love dragonflies)
My floor is light gray tileLOVE the color,print, and the price .............

Love the dragonflies and the color too.........

SOOOO what Ya Think ?????

~ Memory Wall Banner ~

2011-07-06T08:37:00.011-05:00

This is the Wall Banner I made to go along with the Memory Quilt I made with shirts & jeans .Meaux is his last name . I used his sweatshirt with the hunting scene in red ,white and blue. Using more of his shirts to make the bird houses . Jeans were used for the roof and the stand for the bird houses too.

Buttons from Hobby Lobby were used to made the "Holes" in the birdhouse .

More buttons were used for the flowers.........

~ Quilt Made With Jeans & Shirts ~

2011-05-17T17:29:00.009-05:00

So this is what I had been busy doing and also a bunch of other things as well.........
A family member ask me to make a quilt using her late Dad's clothes . She gave me 2 jeans and a bunch of shirts . This is the first time I make a quilt using this design . It was a fast and easy quilt to make .I know I will be using it again .

Here it didn't have its binding on . I used the dark fabric for the small inter border and also for the binding . I love it!!!

Hunter Star is made using off white fabric.

Appliqued Welcome Banner

2011-01-01T12:00:00.008-06:00

This was my sister's Christmas gift from me this year.

Its a one of a kind . I designed it !!! Something that really surprised me is that I truly enjoy it !

All hand Appliqued too!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

~ Where Could I Find This Pattern - Help!! ~

2010-12-27T13:21:00.004-06:00

I am looking for the inside pattern only . The Mariners Compass. I love this one .It looks pretty easy . It it hard getting it flat??? Has any one tried it and made a quilt using it ???

Finally Done With The Log Cabin/Humming Bird Quilt

2010-12-22T12:42:00.007-06:00

So this is what I have been so busy with for the last 2 1/2 weeks . A friend of mine wanted me to make a quilt for her Mother for Christmas . She told me her Mother loves Humming Birds and if I could add some .

This is how it looked before the applique was added . Still on the design wall. Its a full size quilt and I am so used to working on large quilts that this one seems very small .I made the log cabin block by doing Paper piecing.The block size is 7 x7 ....I know ,I know,it took a lot of blocks but I like to Paper Piece.......

The fabric is mostly from my scrap box and some from the stash. I used only light to med. colored fabric . and white,beige,off white ,cream for the back ground and light side of the log cabin . I quilted it by doing the 'stitch in the ditch' .

I am happy with the way it came out .Hope she enjoys it!!

I had fun with the applique . I really learned a lot doing this quilt ....

Merry Christmas !!

~ Another Great Buy From Good Will ~

2010-12-22T12:35:00.002-06:00

This it a table I found at Good Will for $50.00 !! Its almost 6 feet long and 4 feet wide ! What a great find!! I had been looking around for a nice table and finally came across this one . My husband cut the hole and added a bottom to it for my sewing machine is fit in it and even with the table .When he was cutting he called me over to tell me it was solid OAK!!! I love my table!!!

~ How Would You Quilt This ~

2010-12-05T18:08:00.002-06:00

I am making a full size quilt using lights and darks. The picture below shows the setting I am using .This is not the quilt only a picture I found online . I can't show it just yet because its a gift but you can bet on it I will have pictures soon.
So the questions is how do you quilt a Log Cabin Quilt???? I will be quilting this on my sewing machine ........

~ Pictures of The Train Baby Quilt~

2010-10-18T08:15:00.008-05:00

Now I can show everyone the baby quilt I finished the other week.I got a call last night that they received it in the mail on Friday . Of course she loved it!! So much fun making these lil trains.....
Yea,my foot just had to be in this picture !!

~ Help Choosing Hand Applique Thread~

2010-10-16T17:55:00.003-05:00

I am doing some hand appliqing and really need to get some applique thread. I was told the silk thread was the best . But what weight? . What your favorite brand???

~ I Pledge of Allegiance To The Flag ~

2010-10-10T19:14:00.004-05:00

Dakota is learning how to recite the Pledge

Gotta see this its too cute, he is 4 years old !!!

~The Second Baby Quilt is Done ~

2010-10-09T10:51:00.003-05:00

AHHH ....... Its finished at last!!! I love it when I am done with a sewing project!! Now I am so ready to play with another new idea........

I can't show you the whole quilt because I need to mail it out and really want her to be surprised. After she receives it then I 'll show the whole quilt
This quilt is made with 6 in. sq log cabin design and it was paper pieced .
Will show more later ............

We have 2 more babies to come next year too !!!

I so love making baby quilts!!!