Baby Cobblestones

This was the first quilt I made for my first grand child. Ellis Miles Oakes. Getting to Charlottesville was a feat in itself. We lived in WI. Mark drove me to Chicago in a horrible thunderstorm after many tears to the ticket agent in Milwaukee. I ended up flying into Roanoke and n the Marshall's picked me up. I think I finally made it to the hospital around 3AM.

Nine Patch

I made this quilt and curtains to match for Alaire's new room in Colorado. I used every bit of the scraps for pillows and anything else I could think of. She is a big girl now and I think it might be time to make her a new quilt for her big girl bed. She still has the curtains...so I'm thinking maybe a nine patch in cranberry to match her walls and pink because she LOVES anything pink.

Framed Squares

I started this quilt for my Mom in February of 2003. I so wanted to give it to her on Mother's Day that year but seems that life and my quilting abilities got in the way. But things worked out in the end, she and my Dad rode the train to WI that summer and I was able to give it to her then. It has always been folded neatly at the bottom of her bed. I think it might be the warmest quilt I have ever made. It is long enough (74" x 94")to tuck under your lend and around your toes...and in our family that in a 'feet'. About a year or so ago, my Dad gave the quilt back to me and I am so glad that he did. During the summer I use it as a table cloth but in the winter it is in the copper kettle ready to warm someones tootsies. And my Mom is still around. It is a specail quilt.

Ride 'Em Cowboys

These three quilts are special for so many reasons. I started making these cowboy themed quilts in the spring of 2003. Michael was just a little buck-a-roo then. He loved his quilt. I even made a pillowcase to match.
Then along came Christapher...he was three months old when he came to live with us. He had to have a quilt so I made the Ride 'Em Cowboy in brown for him because they shared a room. By this time, their room was turned into a cowboy room.
Trevor came a few weeks after Christapher becuase he had been in Children's hospital with a TBI. Trevor needed a quilt too, but I had to make his just a little different so we could tell them all apart. I used the same fabrics that I had used in Michael and Christapher's quilts but I decided to use the framed square pattern.

I have written about the twins before, if you want to hear part of their story, check out this blog entry. I just couldn't bear to lose all of my boys, so I kept their quilts to remind us of all the smiles,, laughter and tears that they brought into our lives.(They were a part of our family for three years) I get the quilts out ever so often and remember those day when they came to us and all the fun times we had...and there were tons...NEVER a dull moment that is for sure.

Frames

There is a long story that goes with this baby quilt. Before Carter was born I was going to make him a quilt, just like I had done for his big sister Allyson. Carter came just a little early and I was no way near ready. I got busy...rushed to JoAnn's to find something to match his room. I found a really nice kit type of thing. All the squares are already cut and the strips that frame the squares are in long lengths. Putting it all together didn't take anytime at all. I got some brown minky for the backing, the kind with the little nobs for texture...you know they say that texture good for babies...different textures. What I forgot to get was something for the binding. So after piecing the quilt I went back to JoAnn's to get more of the same strips. Emmy went with me and that means that Grace was with us too. I don't know what I was thinking, but I ended up with the wrong fabric. So what to do...
...make a 'Gee's Bend' type of quilt to be used when we change Carter. I found some black fabric I had left over from another quilt and I used that for a border and binding. So I guess my mistake isn't so much a mistake after all.