Alphabet quilts ideas

When was the last time I blogged about quilting? Last night was the 7-Sisters Guild Christmas Party. Like usual we had a lot of fun and a lot of food. We usually play the gift game "now you have it, now you don't." The idea is to gift something you have that you no longer want or like. But, there is always one or two in the crowd who has to go out and buy something new. There wasn't much stealing in the game last night. Now that I am done decorating maybe I can get some quilting done next…

Finished this quilt for the local quilt shop where I work. I always volunteer to make the quilts from Sandy Klop‘s American Jane collections for the shop. 🙂 This one is from the Punctuation collection. I think I’ve lost count of how many American Jane quilts I’ve made. You can see some of those other quilts here, here, here, here, and here. Yep, I’m a groupie. This one was inspired by Sandy Klop’s own quilt design. We changed it slightly to use the fabric that we still had available so that…

Hungry Animal Alphabet

Custom Alphabet Handmade Quilt There is no doubt I like alphabet quilts for baby gifts. Not only can they be used in a crib but they can be wonderful wall hangings, easily changing a room into a nursery. The alphabet is also one of the first things kids learn and here it is, easy to refer to and a

ABC quilt for Sue No, not me. I have 6 grandkids already! A friend is having her first grand baby soon and has waited SO long for this ...

Today I'm going to show you how to make your own set of Alphabet Squares. I made these last year to help Emerson learn her letters. We used them almost every week for all sorts of activities. They are super durable and have held up really well. Here's what you will need: 1-2 yards of s

My shop recently received some cute kid prints. Included with the line is the adorable panel. The panel is 36" by width of fabric. So I took a panel home along with a backing fabric and binding. This was one of the easiest and fastest kid quilts I've ever made. I quilted it simply by outlining the blocks and going around the "tape measure" border. It took me a little over an hour to baste and quilt it! Seriously, I brought it home Saturday afternoon after the shop closed at 3 pm. I had the…

Alphabet quilt

Pictures - ABC quilt - I made this quilt for our friend who just had a new baby boy. This was a very fast and easy quilt, I just had to cut the panel apart and add some sashing and corner stones. So it really fast.. I had some schoo; fabric that I used for the backing.. I hope she likes it... I got the panel from