Big Stitches

I took a big stitches hand quilting class and used the quilt I'm making for my daughter. It's a casual comfy quilt and she has already rolled herself up in it. Now all I have to do is bind it.

Pins & another quilt!

I'm a huge fan of IBC sewing pins. If you haven't used them, you need to. You can leave them in your fabric as you sew! I finished my son's quilt and am onto my daughter's and the pins have made the job a whole lot easier.


I picked this American Jane Panel when I was pregnant (not knowing I was having twins). (The receiving blanket quilt I'm also working on, but is much more complicated and won't be done anytime soon). My husband and I love the outdoors and camping, so I thought that this fabric was fitting for a boy or a girl. I made it more feminine with the cherry floral fabric border. It needs to be wider, so I think I'm going to add strips to the sides.

A work in progress

I am working on quilts for my twins using their receiving blankets (they just turned one). I'm almost finished with my son's quilt. I bought border fabric, backing, and binding fabric from my local fabric store. I made a strip to cover the seam of where I stitched the two receiving blankets together and then tied these portions. I've decided I'm also going to tie on the border. Everything else is hand quilted.

Binding Fabric