A Mother's Day Quilt

Hello Friends

I want to share another quilt finish with you today.  I have completed 7 quilts so far this year.  I am not trying to finish 1 a month like last year, because honestly, I am running out of quilts to finish.  That just means now I can create new quilts.
A few months ago my mom asked me to make a Spring/Summer quilt for her bed.  She has a twin size adjustable bed.  I had purchased this quilt pattern - Summer Blossoms by Allison Jenson from Woodberry Way.  When mom said bright colors, I knew this was the pattern.  It calls for 20 fat quarters.  I had about 13 of them already.  I took a picture of them with me to my quilt shop.  Here is the finished quilt:


 The colors are very bright.  And she just loved it.  Here is the back of the quilt:

This floral backing was purchased at another one of my favorite quilt shops - The Electric Needle.


My friend Heather did the quilting.  Beautiful as always.

I am working on another quilt but it is really ugly.  My friend Gael passed along some vintage fabric.  The fabric alone is pretty, but together not so much.  I may end up loving it when it's finished though.  Stay tuned.

Have a great weekend!

Blessings
Amy

Sewing Room part 1

Hello Friends

Hope you are all staying healthy.  We are doing well.  I was finally able to hug my son after 2 months.  He moved to Oshkosh in May and is looking for work.  I am sure he will find something.  He is now 2 hours and 20 minutes away instead of just 2 hours.  But we have a lot of family up there, so I think it will be a good thing for all of us.

I have been working on my sewing room.  This room was my mom's bedroom when she was living here.  When dad was in the nursing home, we decided to update their bedroom and make it just for mom.  She was only in it for about 8 months when she moved to her new apartment.  The color of the room was onion skin tan.

This is after I pulled the carpeting out.  That whole back wall is a closet.  Perfect for my sewing notions and fabric!

I wanted to brighten up the room so I chose a light teal color for the walls.

It has actually made the room look bigger.  I also put peal and stick tile on the floor.

I had bought this to put in the master bathroom but was told that is not recommended for bathrooms.  I love the color and feel of the floor.  It's easy to take care of too.

Like I said, lots of storage.  This is over 100 yards of fabric.  Not including Christmas, fat quarters and scraps.  Time to get sewing!!!

I bought myself a sewing table too.  This has a cut out drop section for my machine.  I love being higher up than my machine so I can really see what I am sewing.  I was using a card table and this is so much better on my back.

I will be posting more pictures of my sewing room as I finish it.  I thought I was done and realized I did not account for a cutting station.  Working on ideas for that now.  Stay tuned!

I have been sewing a little.  I am in the middle of making Bonnie Hunter's Quarantine Mystery Quilt: Unity.  This quilt will be the death of me.  I have all parts pieced but now they won't fit.  I am tearing it all apart and remeasuring everything.  I will get this finished before I start anything else.

I have a quilt ready to be quilted.  Think I might try some other local quilters this time.  My usual quilter is very busy.

What are you working on in the summer?  Do you sew more or less?  I had the heating and cooling guy over this week to give me an estimate on cooling units for my house.  I don't have duct work in the house so I need to find another way to cool the house.  A/C units in the windows are too expensive.  I will let you know what they tell me.  Is it weird I am excited for this?

Hope you are enjoying your summer!  Stay cool!

Blessings

Amy