Harmony Grace ~

 First finish of 2014: This is Harmony Grace's Baby quilt!

It's made from a charm pack of --was it called 'Dilly, Dally'? I think so. 



I started with an idea from a quilt book called Three Times the Charm,

but added on until it is hardly recognizable. The pattern I started with is called Dora.

   first, the layout ~  The "faith , hope , love" fabric is for the name background. 











 

To do the name, I choose fonts I like, and have Larry print it as large as needed. We usually choose to only do an outline of the letters, why waste the ink to make them solid black? Then I cut them out, and lay them down in reverse to trace onto the fabric prepared with Heat and Bond lightweight fusible. Cut and iron down onto the background, and I like to sew with the buttonhole stitch on my Bernina.




 I quilted with a loop-de-loop this time, fun, easy loops ~


 

 Then came the binding. Finished last night ~

 

And this dolly is Harmony Grace!

Harmony Grace is the little sister to Steven, remember this quilt?

 

"...we believe that through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we shall be saved...." Acts 15:11

p.s. Thank you to my friends Kim and Gail, who made me smile by responding to my flub up post ~ Hugs all around, girlfriends!

I Think I've Been Bitten ~

Yes, it's the inspiration bug that bit me. 

  ~ Photo borrowed from Tina's blog ~

I thought and thought about Tina's "Low Volume, Bright Hopes" block until I just had to try it. 



 Sophie added the information that explained the how to's (thank you, Sophie!) 

 


I think it became an obsession (you know what I mean, don't you?) to try this one because I was so busy with school stuff (report cards again) that I could never find the time to just sit down and try it.

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  Easter break began on Good Friday before I could be sitting at the sewing machine.

I'm trying to show the 80 blocks in a stack, but I already had begun to sew....

looking down on the stack

one strip


then, another ~

 now, 4 rows!

There are now 2 flimsy tops, ready for the next baby gift needed ~

But, Wait! Lookie what hooked me in now:

Photo borrowed from Tina of Seaside Stitches

Isn't it sweet?!? I think I need to try this one, also. Keep the inspiration bugs coming, I am enjoying this!

"Delight thyself also in the LORD; and He shall give thee the desires of thine heart" Psalm 37:4

The Latest Frame Work ~

What was on the quilt frame last night...

 

...is quilted and bound tonight!

   





 This is a quilt for Ginny B.'s great nephew. She needs it for Saturday ~

               

~ Love ~

 

(I had to take the flash off the camera so you could read the quilting. It changed the color.)

"I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me." Psalm 13:6

Life, and of Course, Sewing ~

One month since I posted...and there has been some sewing mixed in with fun, work, and life.

• Easy Street is fixed! ...haven't picked a border or backing yet....

 

• Quick flannel baby blanket for a co-worker. Her little boy Hunter made his debut today!

• I quilted and bound 2 table runners for my dear friend Ginny, but somehow only got a picture of the simple one...they both were reversible. Also made a pillowcase for her I Spy quilted last year ~

• Sewing along with online friend Terry again. I hope to make a quilt, but wanted to try this in a table runner first. Need to pick a binding.

 my charm square pack

 quilted last night!

~ the back ~

• Remember my checkerboard blocks back in November? Some have made it into a quilt for a wedding gift. Rajeana grew up with my dd Lydia, so a couple of the scrappy pieces are actually from Lydia's clothing of the past, I think 'Jeana recognized one of the pieces. The backing is made and this one is next on the frame....

• My sweet honey is in the Philippines for a missions trip with the church. It's his 3rd time to go, he is so excited. I have a constant pang of missing my Larry, but it is a perfect reminder to lift the team in prayer.  
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• Oh, and just before he left, he had to file for unemployment...work has slowed down at his job  :-(
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• I have found a bit of time to play with that new "toy", the Accuquilt Go!
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• What I didn't share, it was purchased for me with gift certificates from my class!!
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•   Larry bought a couple dies I wanted-fun!
  
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• Last, a late-posted photo of my sweet second graders in their Nativity program. They memorized and recited "Luke 2, The Christmas Story." 

 I love these kiddos! 

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:29-31