Friday Quilting - Melody's Baby Quilts

Ok, I have to admit, I've spent my holiday weekend sewing again!

To start it off, my friend Melody came over on Friday evening to sew and spend some time catching up on our everyday lives. A small group of us has tried to meet on the first Friday of each month this year, but the summer was hit and miss since we were all busy with family and vacations. Mel will return to teaching this week so this was her last good Friday to spend sewing.

She brought 3 wonderful baby quilts to show and tell. They are adorable. She likes to make them and give them away to all the new moms she meets while teaching. What lucky moms!

I love the quick to sew nine-patches and snowball blocks she used in two of her quilts. The first photo I can see star blocks that have emerged as the design was put together.

The second quilt with the dogs is super cute. Melody bought most of this fabric (if not all!) on our return trip from the Sisters Quilt show. It turned out great. You might not be able to see it but she used this neat red plaid as the border fabric. She does all the quilting herself.


The last quilt she used a fun and colorful tropical fish fabric. I previously decided to do a scrap cutting marathon this holiday weekend and have a lot of novelty fabrics - so I decided to cut them into 6-1/2" squares so I can make similar quilts, too.


My problem is that I never seem to have the right coordinating fabrics to go along with all these novelties, so it gives me an excuse to go out fabric shopping.

I do make several I-spy quilts, which also use the 6-1/2" blocks. That's my back up plan I guess.

It has been raining off and on for the past few days so I continued sewing all day Saturday. My hubby was good enough to not complain about the huge mess I was making, in the effort to reduce my stash!



I hope everyone enjoyed a safe and restful weekend. Back to work in the morning for me!