Link A Finish Friday #70

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (June) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Quilt Show - Peas in a Pod Creations

Another Finish - Joanie's Quilts

Quilt - Life in the White House

Are 3 of the fantastic items linked up this week.  Now its time to link your finishes up.

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1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.

Orange and Gray Baby Version

 

Here is the first orange and gray baby quilt. The lap size version of this is waiting patiently to be basted.  Maybe by the end of June it will be finished. I like the look of scrappy backs, but basting them is tricky.  They seem to stretch more, because of the weird cuts of fabric.  I like solids backs for that reason.

Here is a picture of the front. This quilt is echo quilted in one direction, but not the other. 

 A picture of the back.  What do you like to do more, pieced or solid backs?  This baby quilt is on our Etsy store.

Graduation Day or Crossroads

This post made by Tanya.  I am feeling a bit emotional the last couple of weeks.  I don't know what is harder, turning 40 or having a kid graduate high school all in the space of 1 1/2 weeks.  I found  a pattern, out of the Sweet Celebrations book I won recently, for a pillow  that was for a graduate.  I made a similar pillow for James. I chose to use my machine to embroiderer a year, instead of applique. I probably should have done it lower on fabric, but live and learn. I didn't do the pocket in pillow, he wouldn't use it. A finish that isn't a quilt.  Anyway it will match his lap quilt out of the same fabric.  Here are few rushed pictures we took of him in casual and cap and gown over weekend before he had to go to work.

Jared's B-Day and Progress on his Quilt

Jared is 9 today.  His favorite color is green and he liked the helix pattern I designed for Pillar of Fire and wanted a green and gray version.  He wasn't so pleased when he was told it would be more like a wall hanging, since it is a baby size quilt.  Anyway here is the progress on this. Not quite done yet, but at least a good start.

Jared had some troubles with the candles it took not 2 but 3 tries to get them out.

Lastly Jared was not happy with the lego's we got him for his birthday (you can see the eagle on the table above) and he made me go shopping and get the one he wanted.

I am in the mood to granny!

Just as a heads up these are old picture on a new post today, but I have been thinking about Granny Squares this weekend.  Tanya and I have been thinking about what baby quilts we wanted to add to our collection.  It dawned on us that one of our favorite quilts to make were the 2 granny square quilts we made for our grandmothers.  I started on this craze a 1 year and 4 months ago and thought that it was out of my system.  Well I just want to warn every one, but they will be making a comeback in our house.

This past week was a successful one at our house I think I got 4 or maybe 5 more completed quilts in fact 4 of them are washed and laying on the desk waiting for time to go take pictures of them.  Sadly this week is going to be a busy one for us.  Tuesday is Jared's B-Day and Wednesday James graduates from high school (wow that makes me feel old thinking about it) I remember so long ago that final week of school thinking that I am free and could do any thing.  Hum would it not be fun to be that free now?

Along with Granny Squares I want to do another of my 25 block quilts.  We made that quilt for my mother and I think the next handful of baby quilts will be a mix of these 2 types.  I am a fan of 2 1/2 inch blocks and my huge collection could use some cleaning out before my box runs over of them.

Granny's Gone Wild - Grandma Shakespeare's Quilt

Granny Squared - Grandma Johnson's Quilt

These 2 quilts were the first 2 I made.  The pictures totally suck compared to more recent pictures, but the quilts were wonderful.  I loved how we had all the various colors this is what we want to work on next for baby quilts.

Mom's Quilt - Richard's Mother Jean got this quilt.

Kathy's Quilt - Richard's Sister's Quilt

Of the 2 square block quilts I like the first one better.  The second one with the blocks not of the same share (5 X 7 rather then 5 X 5) felt a little over tall and not wide enough.  Any way expect to see a few more scrappy things out of us in the next few weeks.