Hello, Fall!

Whew! It has been too long. Spring and Summer flew past, full of family times and just life.  Now my front steps look like Fall, the kids are back in school, with my baby going to part-time kindergarten (!), and schedules and routines have started again.

I've had a little time here and there to sew since my last post, but not a lot of time for taking proper photos and blogging. Here's just a few of those projects:

I'm hoping to be more regular with sewing now that baby girl is in school part time. My quick start is this pretty Raindrop Tee:

Details
Pattern: Raindrop Tee by Gracious Threads
Size: 5
Fabric: White/gold is a tee-shirt of mine that didn't fit well, white is cotton lycra, white guipure lace.
Mods: Cut the neck binding 2" longer than the pattern states, added folded cuffs as there was not enough fabric for sleeves otherwise.

She is so excited I was sewing for her again!

Memories - a Custom Quilt

Suzanne and I are now doing Quilting Wishes together! A client requested a quilt made up of her daughter's outgrown clothing - a memory quilt.

Lots of cute little teeshirts, dresses, pants and hats became this sweet baby sized quilt, which will hang on the end of the little lady's new big bed. (Dimensions: approximately 38" x 44")

The sashing, borders and backing are all Connecting Threads fabrics - great prices, quality and customer service! The backing is Trendy Ogee in Dark Strawberry, from their Hampton Hues collection, and the peachy pink border is Quilter's Candy Prints, Swirls in Tea Rose.

It's quilted with a walking foot, double straight lines forming a grid and the binding is machine stitched. This was sure a fun thing to work on!