Green Cottage Quilts

And two more grad quilts headed home! I’m winding down my orders for the summer. I have 4 left to complete for June and then I’m going to take a break from quilts to work on fun quilty items for my craft shows for the rest of the year while enjoying the time off with my kiddos.

I finished a quilt this week and it was something a little new for me! I usually only work with larger shirts (teen/adult size). Baby clothes are tricky because they are tiny and way more stretchy than normal t-shirts. I worked with another quilt maker who works daily with baby clothes in quilts and she helped me through the process. It was so nice to have her as a resource! I’m so happy with how it turned out and the little fella who picked it up today seemed super happy with it too!

Now that I have one under my belt, I want to work out the kinks and maybe sometime in the next year, I’ll be able to start making more quilts with baby clothes!

It’s been a busy week of packaging up Etsy orders, making alllll the grad quilts and prepping for summer markets! This one went home today!

I’m working hard on my last batch of grad quilts! While I was piecing one together today, I decided to load and quilt this beauty! I found this quilt top at an antique store and could t leave it behind. It has minor blemishes and no tears or rips. I found a sunny floral print fabric to use in the back and finally started quilting it. I started at 11AM and stopped at 3 to pick up my kiddo from school. I still have two more rows to finish tonight. This quilt will be available for sale next week.

Good morning! If you’re looking for something to do inside, come shop with me! I’ll be here at The Finnish Center on Eight Mile in Farmington Hills until 3PM!

I did a restock of my most popular makeup bags in some fun new prints!

I finished up my donation quilt to the Farrand Elementary Spring picnic! I used donated shirts and some minky scraps for the backing. And because their mascot is a fox, I found the cutest quilting design that I hope the kids will love! Hopefully it helps bring in donations for our kiddos at the school!

I took advantage of yesterdays warm and sunny weather! I found this gorgeous hand sewn quilt top at an antique store and I k ew she needed to be rescued and finished. She got a warm soapy soak in the tub to wash away the musty stinky smell and then she spent a few hours outside soaking in the sun. My plan is to get her loaded onto the long arm and have her quilted in time for my next show!

Hi!
I didn’t realize how long it’s been since I’ve posted an update! We’re so busy in our house. My husband is working overtime, both of my kids have joined travel baseball teams and I’m working my way through my tshirt quilt orders!

I just finished up an order for 5 quilts for a family who lost someone very special to them. I’m so glad I was able to take her shirts and transform them into something that I hope will bring them comfort.

That being said, my spots for graduation quilts are full. I was sick in January and lost out on 3 weeks of work which really put me behind. My first available opening is currently in September.

I hope everyone is enjoying this beautiful warm weather and I’m going to try my hardest to post more often!