I FINALLY have something to share after lurking for several weeks- WOO HOO!
First up is a quilt I made on behalf of Tyler's Kindergarten class for their teacher as a baby shower craft/gift. The kids had a baby book shower for their teacher and colored the quilt blocks as the craft, and then I took them home and quickly pieced them together with some other fabrics. I only had a week to work on it, I'm still in shock I got it done in time...
Sorry for all the pictures, but I wanted to show the process a little...
the blocks the kids made (thank you Nini for the fabric marker suggestion, they worked GREAT!)
The quilt completed
Tyler pointing out the "hidden butterflies" I stitched on the non-colored blocks (this is the back of the quilt)
And Tyler and his teacher, I think she liked it. She told me she's quitting to stay home with the baby, so I think this class was a bit more special than others being this is the last class for her for a while...
And my other task at hand completed in the wee hours of last night into this morning...
Ryan's bowling shirt (it's missing the bottom button, because he wanted to try it on before I got done sewing the last button on)
The back view with Heather's awesome McQueen design!!
I've just gotta say although it's been said several times before...Carla C is an amazing pattern writer! The first time I used this pattern, I didn't really read directions, and just sort of followed pictures. That was dumb and I made several mistakes and wasted fabric and time, lesson learned. I took my time with this shirt, read every single word of her directions (some more than once) and I'm so happy with how this shirt came out. I think there isn't a single thing on it that I would change. I'm extremely critical of my work, so that's saying a lot! I think Great Grandma woulda been proud of this one too. I wish I still had her here to sew with me.
Oh well, time for bed! Not staying up till 2 am today folks!