Hidden Treasures

I was sewing today  (DUH!) and needed to start quilting a baby quilt, so naturally I had to clean off my table in the sewing room.  I found these goodies......

a WHOLE small quilt minus one block!!!  I love hidden treasures, don't you?  Makes me ALMOST feel like a pirate.  :)

Happy Sewing,
Monkey Dog

Baby Boy Quilt - Modern style

My co-worker had a baby boy ONLY 1 month ago.......  So, why not try something new???  My first attempt at doing a mitered border.  What do you think?

Not toooooo WONKY.  :)


Happy Quilting,
Monkey Dog

Happy Memorial Day

Thank you for your service.

Monkey Dog

HSQ Short cut!

I am back into sewing and quilting!  It feels so GOOD to be creating.  When I create for others, it takes the focus off of me and puts it out there in a positive way.  :)

I am sewing a baby quilt for a co-worker.  (Yes, the baby is almost a month old!  LOL)  But, she is about to come back from maternity leave in June.  So, what's a quilter to do????  Wait until the last minute to start the creative process.

 For my baby quilt, I needed 140 4 1/2 inch half-squares.  How do I do that quickly?? (Because who WANTS to spend all morning on making just the half-squares?????)  The STRIP TUBE RULER to the rescue!  I made all of my half-square in NO time.  Then I chain sewed them and VIOLA.....I had all of my blocks that I needed.

Quilters are all about saving time and being more efficient with our time.  As I get back into the swing of things, I will be posting more time saving short cuts and other tidbits.  I can't wait to get back into reading other quilting blogs and exchanging ideas.

Keep on keeping on,

Monkey Dog

Owl, bunnies and penguins

Here's my grand-daughter's quilt.  It was a quilt-as-you-go design.  It was soooo easy!

Holy Moley..... Long Time

Our family has been busy welcoming our newest member.  My grand-daughter Madeline Grace. 

This sweet baby has inspired my sewing.  More pictures and posts to come.

Can't ever have enough