My Baby Sister Graduated...So I Sewed!

My very own baby sister graduated this past spring! Can't believe she is getting all grown up on me...makes me tear up a little. I really wanted to make her something special. 
The girl, she wants to be a librarian, so I went with a book theme. Back a few years ago when I went to England for a wedding I picked up this fabric with her in mind!
She is taking online courses so she didn't need all the dorm stuff. I went with a bag, a great place for books!🤣
I chose denim for it's strength and made a quilted panel of the book girl fabric using straight line quilting!
Since she is a pretty good hand at embroidery I added some leaves and the same 'I love books' from the book fabric. 
She also has a liking for 70s styles and colors. So I used a bright 70s print on the inside. There are two pockets inside and pen slots.
It was a fun finish and she really liked it...she cried! She's my favorite person to give gifts to, she cries and makes you feel like you did good!😁❤
We did some clay shooting when we went for her party!
She is a successfully graduated homeschooler now and I am so proud!!
She had some fun group dancing as a part of her celebration! Way to go, Brenna! Love you!!
Continuing with the graduation theme, here is a top I quilted for another graduate!
A family member made the top but was in poor health and couldn't finish it for him. Another gal added to it to make it bigger.
I got the honor of quilting it!😁 I did an echo quilting of the diamond in the center about 1.5 inches apart. 
I think that ends this year's graduation work!!😉
Alissa

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Finish It Up Friday...Scrappy Triangle Shag Rug

Image
UPDATE: Several people have asked about this rug. One specifically asked about how I folded my prairie points. So here are some step by step pictures.  I started with a 4 inch square. Fold that square in half diagonally.  Fold the point up away from the fold at the center towards the other side.  Fold the other side up across in the same way. A friend sent me a picture on facebook of a rug. It was a cute rug she saw at a newborn photography class. I took on the challenge of recreating that rug. I was a bit surprised to not find anything like it online.  I did finally find a variation of prairie points to use when folding and ironing.  I did a lot of folding and ironing.  I took 4 inch squares folded them in half and then folded the sides overlapping to create more of an acute angle to the triangle. I started with a 30 inch circle made from some denim and just started sewing them on...around and around.  I was amazed at how many times I had to stop and find more squar
Read more

Finish It Up Friday...Pink Triangle Shag Rug!

Image
I made this scrappy rug back in 2016 for a childhood friend who does fabulous photography! Check our her work: www.katrinaleephotography.com  or on Facebook . She was able to put it to use for this precious baby photo shoot!  After she posted it another friend of mine saw it and requested a pink, cream and gray rug for her coming granddaughter!  Thanks so much for the shoutout Katrina! It was already a week or so into January and she wanted it by February 1st...so I got crackin'!  You can see how I made the first one HERE .  It is fun to see these last photos in a row and watch it grow.  I'm not a big pink fan, but I did end up having plenty of pinks for this rug.  Not having to go buy fabric sped up the process.  I want one for myself now! So fun!  I struggled to get the center right once again.  I sewed it into a swirl thinking it looked a bit like a rose.  The gal who ended up receiving it wanted something more.  She f
Read more

I'm Still Here!! Kim's Quilt

Image
I have been missing in action here on the blog but for good reason! My husband and I sold our house at the end of June and moved to our unfinished basement in the middle of nowhere! We lived for 3 months among all our stuff(which is alot) as we pushed forward on building the house above us.  We are now upstairs, hurray! Although far from finished it feels so good!! Anywho, I still had a few quilting projects with deadlines to complete. Here is one! I kept out the few necessary supplies, my modern little New Home Janome, and made it work. First it was on/beside the bed in our little sleeping corner.  She picked a pattern from a few I suggested but in a forest green colorway. I loved the pattern as it was simple, straightforward halfsquare triangle blocks. They were fairly large, 9.5 inches and it went together so quickly! A great quilt for a less than optimal work space. Haha, my toddler has learned the fun of digital photography. Worked quite nice here to show the next work space. I ha
Read more