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Well, I have not been able to do much sewing as other things seem to take presidence! I did start this little blanket for my grandaughter a while back. I made one similar for my new grandson. I had sent this one to my mom to be quilted and she sent it back requesting that I change it some. So now it needs the larger border and I have make the binding and then I can send it back to my mom.





This is the one I made for my grandson. I do like the white border on the previous one better

I am quickly learning than I don't have the best 'eye' in chosing color combinations. What I think I would do is to put a border like the darker outside border of your grandson's on the outside of the lighter border of your granddaughter's. I do think your mother is correct - it does need a second border; but I think the second border should be dark.

My mom put a green or blue border on my grandson's blanket, I can't exactly remember which. I have a photo of the finished quilt somewhere around here. She suggested to put a different color on each side instead of one solid color for the border and to put black squares in the corners. I don't know if I am explaining this correctly or not. But I have to go and get some more material.

I'll bet she knows what she's talking about.

Have you seen that Grandson yet? I finished my grandson's quilt this afternoon - got the binding on. I don't sew much during the week any longer. After the summer!!

Hi Granny, no I still haven't seen my grandson. She has been planning on coming but now she is working and that makes it hard to get time off.

Congrats on finishing your grandsons quilt! How goes the granny daycare?

So far, so good. It's only been a week.

The graduating grandson will be here for two weeks. He has autism and, although he's doing really well, he is extra work. The other grandma and I will take turns. I wouldn't give up this time for anything.

I have been working on this for ever! It was just a stamped top and the cross stitching is what took me so long. I finally finished it last night!

Wow, it looks fantastic Connie M. Are all those wedding rings cross-stitched?
Cheerio for now

Just fabulous, beautiful work c. Do you take orders?? :Wink: Hahahahahahahaaa.

Oh!! MY!! How big is that - crib sized? Do you use it as a wall hanging? Do you have any estimate of the hours you put into it. I do cross-stitch as well, but I would never undertake a project that big.

That's going to be a heirloom so have you done all the labeling?

Thanks ladies! I had bought the top a while back and didn't realize that it was only a top. No thread or anything was included. So I changed the colors up as I didn't care for what the instructions required. I think I cross stitched maybe 3 of the little "squares" and thought that I was crazy to start that! After I broke my ankle I got it back out and worked on it a bunch. My husband kept telling me I would never finish it and for quite some time I didn't think I would! I started working on it in the evenings again a while back. It is supposed to be a lap quilt, but I think it is more of a crib size. And I would guess that many hours went into it. Any time we went for a long trip in the car I took it along and worked on it. And I do need to put a label on the back of it. I thought I might cross stitch one for it. I haven't quite figured out what to do with it yet, seems a shame to put it up somewhere in the closet or a drawer and not enjoy it! Oh and Navey...no I don't take orders! You would think I would never get it finished! I had made some crib ones for my first grandson and they were too cute, I don't even think my daughter used them much because she said they were too nice!

Once I was in one of those second-hand, discount, used stuff places and saw THE most wonderful, BEAUTIFUL quilts I had ever seen. I wish I could have bought it but it was $600. Fat chance they sold it though, not there. It was hand-made, very old, hardly used. Actually it looked almost new. It was a Powder Pink, it had scalloped edges and embroidered with what appeared to be silk thread in deeper pinks and white. It was so beautiful I dreamed about it. I LOVE pink. I'm sure some bargain hunter with a fat wallet haggled a little and got it. It wasn't there when I went back about a week later. It was just so simple and elegant. I have never seen a quilt like it before or since.

I did work on a quilt in my teens. It was huge, the top. I never backed it though and ended up just tossing the whole thing since it was kind of lop-sided. I attached most of the squares by hand to each other but when it got rteally big I started using the machine. It was my first and last attempt at quilt-making.

I FINALLY finished my grandaughters quilt top! Now I need to purchase backing and send it to my mom for quilting. Time to start something new!

Oh, yes, I do like this border. I have been surprised by how much I like the black/white in both of these quilts - sets the pastels out.

Do you know yet what fabric will be used for the back - one in the top, or something completely different?

I am thinking hot pink for the back with orange or yellow. I totally forgot that I didn't put a photo of the finished quilt!

I really had picked the black and white prints because one of them is of bones and the other is of paws. I thought it was too cute.

So the right theme and the colors work so well. I would love to see all the prints close-up cause I can't decide if you have cats or dogs, but maybe it's both.

I like the quotes put in this message board.. So true. I too do quilting and love it. I"m working on a baby quilt for a friend who will be a grandmother for the first time. The quilt is for her new grandbaby.

Julie

Hi, Julie, I would like to welcome you to this forum. You've been around for a few months, so you know there is lots to discuss here.

I'm glad you like the quotes. When you come up with one you like you just add it in the signature of your profile.

I have so much trouble getting my own projects done, I don't think I would offer to do one for someone else. I think your friend is lucky to have you in her life. Congratulations to her on becoming grandma. It is a position in life that can not be beat. It almost makes you glad you had kids. (This is only a joke! LOL)

Again, Welcome. GrannyH

Will take some photos for you later...just got home from the weekend away with my hubby...

So here is a close up photo of the material:



I thought the puppy and kitty material was so cute, and had the black and white material in my stash that I thought was great too.

I love all the fabric. Thanks for showing us.

Did you have a great weekend, just the two of you? Did it every cool off for you in Oklahoma? North of us a few hundred miles, it did not get up to the 70's for even one minute during the entire month of July. GrannyH

Yes, we did have a nice weekend. It had cooled down here to the low 90's high 80's but we are supposed to be back in the triple digits tommorow and the rest of the week. Wow, it is hard to imagine the 70s for July. Summer is like a blast furnace here!

Don't want to leave you with the impression that this cold spell is normal. It was a record-breaking month with no temperatures in the 70's. Our (further south) normal is 6 days in the 90's during July. We didn't have any. So we've had nice sewing weather, and I've gotten some done.

Happy crafting. GrannyH

It sounds like wonderful weather for doing anything!