Handprint quilt

Remember how I’ve been hinting about some other project I’ve been working on that was super secret? (Even if you don’t, nod anyway.) Well, the veil of secrecy has been lifted̷…

I love it when your "no set plan for this quilt" comes together. Inspirationally...after less than 24 hours. This is the first time for ...

Welcome to the downhill slide of another week, friends! Spring has definitely sprung, and around my house, that means evenings and weekends at the baseball field and enjoying the perfect temperatures as much as possible. Today, I have a finished anniversary quilt to share with you. My friend's parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this month, and my friend asked me to make a special quilt for them (for privacy reasons, I've blurred their identifying info that is embroidered…

Make handprint squares at a family reunion and turn them into a quilt! #ad

Look, I made my first quilt - awesome!! I feel so accomplished! It was all straight lines, so the Handprint Quilt - Teacher Gift was pretty easy for a newbie to put together. It was my

Let me just say that a little OCD can be a beautiful thing. Remember when I started this quilt back the first part of November for my youngest's kindergarten class? Here is the finish Once I got the idea on how to put this quilt all together it just sort of ran away with me and I didn't want to work on any of my other projects. (And there are plenty of others...) Thrifted striped sheet for the backing. On opposing corners I had to make an additional 9 patch because there were only 22 kids…

While getting things organized here, I'll be bringing over a few posts from an old blog. *UPDATE: I think I want to do something similar to this for baby girl's first year... maybe her hand and feet prints every month for her first year... I think it would be super cute in all black and white! While I was on vacation, I woke up one morning with an idea in my head. I grabbed the hotel notepad, sketched it out, and went back to sleep. Fast forward a few weeks, and you've got this cute little…

There are some things you just don't want a child's handprints on -- walls, windows, glass tables. When you put a child's handprint on a quilt, however, the result is a one-of-a kind creation that is sure to become a treasured keepsake.