Crafts for me

I've been loving the art of crocheting, and I'm starting to get the hang of it pretty decent.
I got a 25mm hook and i'm so excited.

And then my really love, quilting.
This is a new heart quilt that i am making to donate to YANA auction.
Loving working with these colours.

Quilt Start

New Quilt and Matching Pillows

Quilting Convention

How awesome is my hubby!?
He surprised me and took me to a Quilters convention!!
Yup!!
That's love!!

And I didn't break the bank there either.
A real bonus.

I did come away with about 100 quilt ideas though.

Quilts for my Girlios

Both girls asked for a quilt.
They picked the colours and I got right to work.
Hopefully they will have them for years to come and pass them down to their kids!!

                                                

Blanket Forts

 I love love love when my kids build forts, and hide in them for hours, lost in their own worlds of wonder and bliss.

 I want to just crawl into it and lay for hours.
Sounds like a perfect weekend.

Quilting

I love Quilting.
I went on a bit of a quilting spree just before Christmas.
5 quilts and I started another one last week.
They are pretty much all done, except one and I am excited.

A couple were gifts for friends, others were for donation to the Children's hospital.

And one for me.

Very rare to make myself one.
Actually never have.

 
This is the one I am keeping for me.
It actually is on the quilting frame so I can hand quilt it.
I have so many visions.
I'll post once its complete.

Myla's Quilt

The cutest girl in the whole world, besides my two of course, Had her birthday this summer.
I took the chance to whip up a little snugly girly quilt and matching pillow.
But I forgot to photograph it before I bundled it,  so this is a quick snapshot before we ran out  the door.
I just love sewing gifts.

Christmas Quilts

I finished 2 quilts a couple of weeks back and sent them off as christmas gifts for my niece and nephew.

I cant wait to hear what they think of them.

 My little nephew man is almost a year and since I never had a boy myself, I was so excited to be able to make this space quilt that I have been wrestling with in my head for years.
                                               Absolutely lovely to see it come to fruition.
              The applique robots, planets and spaceship took the most time but well worth it.
         I actually had them done about a year ago, that show long it took me to get to this project.
                                          May it keep him cozy till I get to finally meet him.

My niece is 2 and I hope she'll love the fairies in this small blanket, I know I fell in love with them.

May it keep her warm until I can snuggle her one day soon.

Another Quilt from Jenn

After Jenn passed away, I took on the quilting projects that she didn't have the time to do.

I haev finished 2 large one so far and have many more to go.

This quilt is for a dear friend of Jenn's who had a baby 2 months before she left us.

Jenn so wished she could have done something more for her.

When I had a visit with another one of Jenns' beautiful friends, we decided that this was a priority.

It is amazing the reaches Jenn has spanned, I have met so many kindred spirits, real amazing people and feel that she is working her magic through us all.

This quilt was smaller then the rest as its for a little lady, but it is no less impressive.

I love the colour combination and the blocks are so fun.

It was very well received.

My heart felt so warm after delivering it.

I know its exactly what Jenn would have wanted.

Quilts-Loving Jenn

It has been 3 months since Jenn, our most beautiful, loving, spirited and brave friend, passed away.

I have never learned so much from one one person.

My heart broke when cancer took her away from her son and husband, from this beautiful world, from all of us who loved her.

I have been waiting for the right time to gather all my thoughts into a post but realize that there is just too much.

So today I am starting with a project I finished.

A project that Jenn started.

Jenn was a talented artist and an amazing quilter.

Among many things, this was one passion we shared.

When Jenn was diagnosed, I organized a project that would result in a quilt.

A quilt that love built was made of squares that many of her friends had made and myself and another friend transformed these random pieces of love into one great blanket.

Ironically a couple days before we were going to give Jenn her quilt she gave me one.

That was not only a surprise but just about the nicest thing anyone has done for me.

I mean she was ill and still took the time to put love and energy into a quilt.

This is now a treasure in my household.

My quilt with her signature heart piece.

This is Jenn.

This is her quilt.

She wore that quilt till the end and was warmed by its love and strength that was woven into every fibre.

After Jenn passed there were a few quilts that she has started or intended to start.

I asked to finish them for the intended people, because I know what a quilt form Jenn means.

This is Melissa's quilt.

Melissa is Jenn's sister in law and was there through thick and thin till the bitter end.

She is stronger than anyone I know.

Love woven in every fibre.

Hearts of strength in every square.

And as Melissa wraps herself in this quilt she knows that she is holding a piece of Jenn and that Jenn is holding her.

I hope I did the quilt justice.

Happy Spring

I can smell it in the air, the warmth of the sun.

The days are longer and full of adventure.

Spring has sprung!!!

I finished the Happy quilt for my new little sweet niece Jordyn Anne.

I got to hold her today for the first time and it was incredible.

I haven't held a newborn in a very long time and it was so special.

When J held her I saw that familiar look of longing in his eyes.

He would love to have more.

He'd have 20 I'm sure.

Easy said since he's gone to work 95% of the time.

I do feel bad though but I am settled with two.

Two beautifully healthy perfectly happy girls.

Just perfect!!

I grabbed my camera for a jog around the yard today and took a few photos of spring , then the battery died so these are all I got.