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oh baby!

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As promised, a post of cute babies using my stuff.  My twin nephews were born in July and my friend had a baby girl in August.  When I found out my sister in law was having twins, I made the boys these quilts.  Here is a picture of them using the quilts right after they were born.

My brother sent me this photo on my cell phone and it made my heart so happy to see my quilts being used!

After the boys were born, I made them name quilts out of flannel.

Grant was born first on July 21st.

Owen decided to hang out for a while and was born on July 23rd.

Yes, twins that are born two days apart!  I love telling people that, it is so cool.  They couldn’t be more opposite.  I love both of them so much!  I had a chance to see them when I went home for Thanksgiving.  I was able to get some action shots of them on my quilts.

       

I did a whole post earlier about all the goodies I made for my friend’s baby shower.  She did her nursery in Alice In Wonderland.  One of the things I made her was the Cheshire Cat embroidered on a bib.  She sent me a picture on my cell phone of baby Madeline chillin’ in her bib.

What a cool cat! :)

So that’s all I have for now.  I am cleaning putting the finishing touches on my new sewing room and will have a tour available tomorrow.  See you then!  I will leave you with another pic of the boys.  No quilts in this one, just because they are so darn cute!

Grant is getting ready to cry and I think Owen is pooping!

Alison

boy oh boy!

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I am the proud aunt to two precious little boys!  TWINS!!  I was excited when I found out that I was going to get to make TWO quilts instead of just one.  My sister in law wanted the quilts to be similar but not the same.  The perfect fabric for these two ‘not the same’ quilts was Pooches and Pickups by Laurie Wisbrun for Robert Kaufman fabrics.

One in blue.

     

One in red.

I was inspired by this tutorial by Film In The Fridge.  A strip quilt is super easy to do and only took me an evening to cut and sew the tops together.  I used extra fabric to piece the backs as well.

These were actually the first quilts that I quilted using my home sewing machine.  I just quilted straight lines 1/4″ on each side of my seams.  It went really well and I was pleased with how they turned out.

It was also the first time that I pieced my batting in a quilt.  I followed this tutorial and it turned out beautifully.  It’s a great and easy way to use up all the batting scraps laying around. 

 

The boys actually came a little early so they are already being put to good use at the hospital.  These boys are going to have so many quilts it will border on being ridiculous!  I have a little something in mind for when they finally get names! (mom and dad are still deciding)  Stay tuned for more baby quilts!