progress

Here is what I have done so far with Harrison's quilt. I am pretty proud, despite the fact that I am holding it upside down. I love how it looks. Harrison took my picture this morning. :) He loves it too.

fabric for the boy's quilts

I am trying to get things ready to go with the quilts. I started sorting the fabric today and I knew a couple of you wanted to see what I'll be using. Most of the fabric was either purchased at my local Joann's Fabrics or a little local quilt shop. I can't wait to see how they turn out. I have an idea in my head, the problem is I don't know if it will match the actual outcome. :)

my childhood quilt

I managed to get some photos taken of my quilt this weekend. It has a lot of damage, which I prefer to think of as "love". Nana pieced this together from what I can imagine was an incredible stash of fabric. She made a good portion of our clothes, and had fabric from things she had made for my mom. My favorite is the heart pattern, those little hearts are flocked velvet. She embroidered "Sweet dreams Jenny" on it in Spanish. Why she did it in Spanish, I've no idea. My sister's is in English. I find this pretty funny, because from what I can remember, Nana didn't speak a lick of Spanish. My Grandmother did, maybe Nana got the idea from Grandma V. :)

Year of the pig? Nope....

as far as my mom and I are concerned, 2007 is the year of the quilt. You may recall that I was going to sign up for a quilting class. Well, the quilt store had a class set for October, but I went up north in October for a fabulous girl's weekend. Easy decision for me. So my mom and I have really been anxious to start and I have everything I need to get going, but the first cut is the hardest. I am going to start with a quilt for Harrison or Charlie. Eventually I want to make them each one, then maybe tackle one for Robert and I. I know, I dream big. Wish me luck! I'll post pictures soon, I want to show you the fabric I got.
The photo here is of my new cute little tablecloth I got at Marshalls. :)