sew much fun

When I was 20, my mom taught me how to sew & quilt - and turned me into an 85 year lady.
I love sewing. I love making things for myself & for gifts for my amazing friends & family. So, here's the sewing recap from 2013.

A texas football quilt - HOOK EM!!

This was a gift for my college roomy Jes - for her second baby, Levi.  I'm hoping to find time to make one for our little longhorn too.

 

A patriotic quilt - go USA :)

Baby quilt for Anna, my life long partner in crime, who had her baby Aubrey last year.  Her husband is a marine - hence the red, white, & blue.

 

A baby boy quilt - for my cousin Monica's baby boy Everett who was just born in Feb.

She also got some onesies - texas, a&m, and virginia tech

 

 

Here's another baby boy quilt (made out of some of the same fabrics ... guilty!) for my coworker Camille.  Yep, the only shot it took of it was right before i marched it over to her desk.

And, last quilt - a random quilt that I made with no one in mind to give it to.  It still doesn't have a home.  Also - its the only quilt i've ever tried out satin binding for.  It was super difficult & I'm not sure I'm up for binding again.

 

Now, on to the placemats.  For christmas this year, I made placemats.  Between their kids & grandkids, Rob's grandparents have about 10 colleges represented ... and counting.  So, we (the kids & grandkids) have started bringing gifts to grandma & gramps to rep our school the loudest & proudest at the lake.  Grandma & gramps are super proud of all their kids and their schools.  So this year for christmas I wanted to do something with all the school for them.  Eventually I came to placemats.  Then, as per usual with sewing, I got carried away and thought it would be brilliant to do placemats for everyone else too.  I gave my sewing machine a serious workout this fall/winter.

So, from left to right:

Top row: Univ of Texas, Cincinnati, Tulsa

Second row: Kent State, Univ of Iowa, Texas A&M

Third row: Oklahoma Univ, Univ of Houston, Mizzou

Bottom: Univ of Southern Florida

 

And, while its not affiliated with a university - I made state of Texas flag placemats for my mom

I'll repeat.  I gave my sewing machine a good workout this past year.  Now, I've got to find some time to make baby H some awesome blankets, as well as finish my university of Texas tshirt quilt I started ... ummm ... like 3 years ago.  oops.  I'll get it done eventually.  Quilting is a marathon, not a race.  Except when you're trying to finish christmas presents.