Last quilt before Christmas!

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

What a great solution to a not-so-feminine paint color. And a great job
and project for a first quilt! Congrats to your niece and I hope she's
inspired to continue her own quilting adventures.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Louise in Iowa" wrote in message
...

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

Thanks, Leslie! I think she'll continue - she's already talking about a
t-shirt quilt for her husband, and I'm pretty sure she'll want to do
something special for the next baby (due in April) when he/she gets a
little older. She has her own sewing machine, but she likes to come over
here to use mine, as it's set into a table and easier to work with. I
like that too, because then I get to babysit while she's sewing!


Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On 12/22/2010 6:47 PM, Leslie & The Furbabies in MO. wrote:
What a great solution to a not-so-feminine paint color. And a great job
and project for a first quilt! Congrats to your niece and I hope she's
inspired to continue her own quilting adventures.

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Louise in Iowa" wrote in message
...

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.

That is a wonderful quilt. You guys did great with the colors. She is
going to love that.
Taria
"Louise in Iowa" wrote in message
...
Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple and
not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to find
fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become Ms. P's
bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former purpose as
an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she didn't want
to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven blue-gray fabrics
to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the accent
colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to turn out,
but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization." Connie at
the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that was
done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they had
decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the quilting yet,
so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of the two accent
colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a search for the
backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know. If
you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the first
two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you to
them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

Thanks, Taria. We had such a great time, and while Ms. P doesn't quite
know what to think about it (she's not even 18 months yet), her mom and
I are pretty happy with the results.

Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On 12/22/2010 8:52 PM, Taria wrote:
That is a wonderful quilt. You guys did great with the colors. She is
going to love that.
Taria
"Louise in wrote in message
...
Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple and
not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to find
fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become Ms. P's
bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former purpose as
an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she didn't want
to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven blue-gray fabrics
to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the accent
colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to turn out,
but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization." Connie at
the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that was
done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they had
decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the quilting yet,
so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of the two accent
colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a search for the
backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know. If
you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the first
two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you to
them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

The Fairy Frost was a wonderful idea. It's not showing really in the
pictures but I'm sure it gives it some pretty sparkle. I love the appliqué
and your quilting, as always, is gorgeous. Polly, president of Louise's fan
club

"Taria" wrote in message
...
That is a wonderful quilt. You guys did great with the colors. She is
going to love that.
Taria
"Louise in Iowa" wrote in message
...
Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the accent
colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to turn out,
but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization." Connie at
the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that was
done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they had
decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the quilting
yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of the two
accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a search
for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know. If
you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the first
two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you to
them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

Lovely! And she won't outgrow those colors right away -good choice!
congrats on making your deadline -you could have taken another whole
day :-)
Roberta in D

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:32:21 -0600, Louise in Iowa
wrote:

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.

Thanks, Roberta. Hey, you're right! I could have taken another whole
day. What was I thinking? I have to admit I did sleep well last night
now that it's done!

Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On 12/23/2010 4:38 AM, Roberta wrote:
Lovely! And she won't outgrow those colors right away -good choice!
congrats on making your deadline -you could have taken another whole
day :-)
Roberta in D

On Wed, 22 Dec 2010 18:32:21 -0600, Louise in Iowa
wrote:

Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.

It really did make it sparkle, Madam President. I got a little concerned
as we were working on it, because I read that the Fairy Frost was hard
to quilt or could mess up your machine or something. Didn't happen! It
was a dream to work with. But I didn't realize until we brought it home
that some of it is stiffer than others. There was more "frost" in the
purple fabric, and it was almost like it had been really heavily
starched compared to the pink. It wouldn't have been a good choice for a
drag-around-behind-you quilt!

Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On 12/22/2010 10:00 PM, Polly Esther wrote:
The Fairy Frost was a wonderful idea. It's not showing really in the
pictures but I'm sure it gives it some pretty sparkle. I love the
appliqué and your quilting, as always, is gorgeous. Polly, president of
Louise's fan club

"Taria" wrote in message
...
That is a wonderful quilt. You guys did great with the colors. She is
going to love that.
Taria
"Louise in Iowa" wrote in message
...
Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today.
This is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little
girl's first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want
to make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly
simple and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we
had to find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was
to become Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for
it's former purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's
room. But, she didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where
we chose seven blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the
"feminization." Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we
wanted, and we were in business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing
all the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time
that was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed,
they had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each
of the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we
started a search for the backing and came up with this:
http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui.../dp/B0042TUNFM


We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left
about 18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last
stitches and call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and
she has three wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P
will have quite the coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to
know. If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures,
they're the first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link
should take you to them:
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowa
http://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

On Dec 22, 6:32*pm, Louise in Iowa wrote:
Okay, I'll admit it - I slightly overbooked myself for Christmas this
year, but I finally finished the last "has to be done" quilt today. This
is one my niece and I made together (her first) for her little girl's
first big-girl bed.

Our first challenge was come up with a design. She didn't really want to
make a traditional block quilt, and we wanted to make it fairly simple
and not too time consuming. Once the design was determined, we had to
find fabric that matched the paint color in the room that was to become
Ms. P's bedroom. It was a blue-gray color and perfect for it's former
purpose as an office, but not so much for a little girl's room. But, she
didn't want to repaint, so ... off to the LQS, where we chose seven
blue-gray fabrics to create the background.

To keep it on the feminine side, she chose pink and purple for the
accent colors. At this point, I wasn't too sure how this was going to
turn out, but I thought Fairy Frost would help with the "feminization."
Connie at the LQS special ordered the colors we wanted, and we were in
business.

My niece sewed all the background squares together as well as doing all
the applique (except for the ballerina slippers). About the time that
was done, she announced that instead of getting a twin-size bed, they
had decided to get a full-size. Thankfully we hadn't started the
quilting yet, so we were able to adjust by inserting a strip of each of
the two accent colors and adding borders. In the meantime, we started a
search for the backing and came up with this:http://www.amazon.com/Stonehenge-Qui...bric/dp/B0042T...

We worked together to quilt it, and then she sewed the binding to the
front. I did most of the hand stitching of the binding, but I left about
18" for her to do so she can be the one to put in the last stitches and
call it done! She's going to add some throw pillows, and she has three
wall decorations that have the same colors, so Ms. P will have quite the
coordinated room!

Well, that was a long story and probably more than you wanted to know.
If you'd like to take a look at a couple of the pictures, they're the
first two in my 2010 Quilts album on Webshots. This link should take you
to them:http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...77585562mBwBXs

Thanks for looking.
--
Louise in Iowahttp://community.webshots.com/user/louiseiniowa
nieland1390 at mchsi dot com

That's a wonderful quilt, Louise! The color combinations are
perfect! The icing on the cake is your lovely quilting. I think you
and your niece nailed this quilt and it will be a family treasure for
a long, long time.
Kathyl.......a member of Louise's fan club!