First Five Stuff

The pictures aren't that great, but this is the end of my First Five...or so. They will be in the mail shortly.

For Bethany:

For Christina:

For Amy:

For Caroline:

For Aunt Diane:

Girls and their bags

I spent some time this summer visiting my sister Boss. We made a purse. She wrote about that experience here. And in case you were wondering, here's what it looks like. It's pretty cute, huh? OK, so what that it's too small for my scriptures. It fits the essentials--iPhone, keys, and chapstick. Plus, it was fun to make. So what that it's bullet-proof? That's a bonus feature.

Anyway, Marty's sister Emily, and my niece Ellorie were here visiting us last week. I showed Emily this little purse Boss and I made. When Ellorie saw it her eye lit up and she got excited. Then she asked, "Is that for me or you [her mom]?" It was so sweet and she was immediately infatuated with it. But I was cold and heartless, and not ready to give away my funny, cute little purse.

So I did the next best thing. I made one especially for Ellorie. Purple and cute, but not bullet-proof. Oh, and here's a cute Ellorie story--we were in a thrift store when I commented on her pretty purple hairbows, which matched her purple shirt. She then recounted for me how "the lady" (the store owner) had seen Ellorie and asked, "Who likes purple?" And how Ellorie had raised her hand and said, "I do!"

The beauty of this project is that I had everything except for the interfacing in my stash already. I love you Ellorie! I hope you like this one as much as you liked the other one.

Conference Quilt

Six months ago I worked on this one for Mom. Six months before that it was this one for Junior Mint. I didn't have a specific project in mind to work on this past General Conference, so I went to my fabric stash started a potential project.

This is some of the fabric I got from Aunt Betty. When I chose the fabric, I wasn't really sure how anything would come together. There were fat quarters, large pieces of fabric, and a few pieces that were already cut out--some triangles, some strips, some squares. Unlike any of the other quilts I've done, I didn't draft it out and do careful calculations ahead of time. I just started sewing.

Here's how it ended up:

I really like it. It's one of my very favorite quilts that I have made. Ok, it's not finished yet, but still, I really like it. In fact, I think I'm going to keep it for myself. In terms of finishing it, I've asked Marty's mom to do the quilting with her long arm quilter.

I'm looking forward to the completely finished product.