Hannah's Christmas Present

I have Hannah's name this year and I took the easy way out and finished her quilt that she started for a YW project (with Sarah I think). Sarah said Hannah was trying to make it ugly by picking out fabrics that didn't match, but I think it turned out cute.

I used pink cotton for the border and a gray print for the binding. I backed it in the fake minkee (from JoAnns) so it'll be super soft. Not really practical for Thailand, but maybe it'll be nice to take to college in a couple years.

The thing was a pain though. I had to go through and mend all the holes from the piecing. I didn't even contemplate ripping the seams around the one strip that was wrong side up, so that will hopefully be a fun memory for her (if she notices) and I could not, for the life of me, get it to square up, so it's totally a lopsided quilt. But I still think it's cute. Sarah, you must have had the patience of Job to help her piece it.

This signifies the end of all the (homemade) Christmas gifts for extended family. I have one more gift to finish for Mark and one for Z. And if I have time I really want to make new stockings, but I probably won't. I wish I was totally and completely done because I'm running out of steam fast. :)

A few more things

Doll quilts and pillows are my standard go to gift for the girls friends. I use the tutorial here, although I generally do my own measurements for the quilt.

The doll is from the Wee Wonderfuls book. I don't know if it was worth it, I was finishing it as JJ was supposed to be at the party. :(



I made these traveling art cases for church from this tutorial, and they are fun. Pretty easy too, they'd make a good bday gift for a party.


This is the pillow I was working on in Utah. It's tiny yo-yos. I think it turned out super cute. I gave it to the girl who watched our house/watered our garden while we were gone all summer. I think she liked it.