Sail Away

Alec's Sailboat Quilt

This may look like it says, "Alea" but it's for "Alec". I think it is just the angle of my poor shot! Since this is still on the frame, and it's loaded sideways, it made getting a good picture kinda tricky.

This  is for friends of ours who sail with us. They just had their first child and have been very busy! Not much sailing ! I found the cute sailboat fabric for the back and the top is a pale blue. I did something different this time. I used a variegated King Tut thread in shades of blue. It shows up much better and I really like the effect.  Sometimes matching the thread gives it such a pale look that the design is lost. Going with darker  thread is too much. This is perfect. The blues range from pale to mid blue.

This is the baby season as I have orders for a couple more. I make each quilt different and tailor it to the child. The next one is for a girl and will have a butterfly theme!

One finished .. one still working !

Ryan's quilt

Crazy Cars

This cute little quilt was custom ordered for a boy who likes cars! What a fun quilt to do. I put in a star and one car next to the name in the center. It is a pale blue fabric, (hope you can see, it's hard to get a decent photo) and a wild blue with lots of cars on the back.
I used a pale blue cotton thread to quilt it and everything was prewashed. I like to use a fairly dense quilting on baby quilts as they are going to get tons of love and use..and probably some dirt too!

Meanwhile I am plugging away on the large Ohio Rose. It is turning out very pretty. I will try and get pictures at the end of today. Need to do a bit more quilting.

I got the final block in my Mystery BOM , the Christmas one. I can't believe it has been a year. I have block 11 & 12 to do, but already have the rest in rows.
But I am way behind in the Layer Cake Quilt a Long!  I need to add borders and get her done! Where do they sell clones? I need one.