Seizures N Quilts...

I know...odd blog post title, I'll splain...

For many years we have tried to figure out a safe bed for our daughter. After the most recent "Screaming/Gran mal", I was at my wits end to find something that daughter could fall out of, and be safe.
While chatting with my quilty friend Ang (who is an awesome EMT and RN student), she suggested putting the bed on the floor like nursing homes do with thier seizure/falling type patients. It was like a light bulb went off in my head! Why didnt we think of that before? Geezzzz....
So, off to RC Willey I went. Bought a low profile box spring, and a cushy pillow top mattress.  Daughter can now safely roll off her bed onto the super thick carpet (newly installed), and not hurt herself! YAY!
Pic is of new bed and a quilt I designed about 10 yrs. ago when I 1st began quiltmaking...

Experiment fini!

Ok, so why was this an experiment? Well, I'd never made one before, and I only wanted to do one before deciding if it was worth the time...Speaking of time, it took exactly one hour to sew the "blades" together. I machine appliqued it down with monofiliment thread, voila!

UFO time..again?

Not a UFO..but an experiment...

Early UFO report..

Okie dokie, so a broken camera is what I get for trying to "set the stage" to take a pic... :(  I dropped camera on de floor...Lens now refuses to come out...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I got the frame at a thrift store for 3$, painted it, all done you old UFO you!

Broken camera update..I kept pulling the lens out, yes, forceably..Umm, that seemed to un stick it? Well, at least I got pics of a really old UFO..

Made for my daughter as a wallhanging. I started it at a retreat, finished decorative hand quilting tonite...

Oh, and tonite (friday) I hung the quilt in the spot it was always intended for...

Coffeeee fini!

Finished the coffee quilt...quilted for a friend, now its time to set aside quiltmaking and get to daughter's long awaited skirts & shorts!

UFO update

Finished piecing the "coffee" quilt.  Its a giant tumbler which I cut on Runs with Scissors quilt shop's Acucut studio cutter. Jen if u read this I can't comment on yo blog :)

All for now, have to run around with my quilty friend Ang!
Also pics of a baby & toddler quilt going to Stockton, Ca along with the coffee quilt for the mama & papa :)

"Perfect Ten" how do I love thee...Let me count de wayz

So, this is my 3rd installment of this pattern with 2 more to go....Its just sooo simple, but striking, a good lap size also...I have a Xmas and a commission from a neighbor, and maybe one for meeeeeee....

My great niece made her 1st quilt this summer, so am sending her a pincushion...

P.S. Fabrics on halloween quilt are a mix,  but the main ones are from Moda's Haunted Mansion, last years line.

We went to Napa last week to visit a "village" for our daughter's eventual placement.... Geesh, I wanna live there!  Napa is the only place in Calif,  otherwise there are lots of choices on the east coast and southern states..hmmm...
Thats it for this Labor day, icky hot all this week :(

I decided to make my neice a needlecase. I made it smaller than the pattern. The "tute" is http://sewshesews.wordpress.com/2011/02/03/quilted-needle-case-tutorial/