Elephant baby quilt

                                                               

I made this baby quilt for friend from work. I am so excited. It turned out better than I thought it would. It was a lot more challenging than I expected but I absolutely love this quilt. I think this is my favorite quilt so far.  I know I say that every time I make a quilt except for the Megaman quilt (I haven't posted that one but will soon). 

The quilt is 40X45. I used 5 inch squares. The middle piece is 20X25. My husband drew the pattern of the elephant.  I drew the pattern for the balloons, the strings are 1/4 inch ribbon. 

Memory quilt

I had the privedge of making a memory quilt for a young lady whose boyfriend died a few months ago. This quilt took a lot longer and was much harder than I thought it would be.  I had never done a quilt like this before.  I didn't follow any pattern but pieced the shirt squares together in a pattern that I liked.  I used as many shirts as I could. The back was made of his jeans. The wares were 7x7. I tried to use pockets and holes and different part of the jeans.  I was surprised at how well it turned out.

Valentines tea

My husband is the hardest person to get a present for.  For Christmas this tear he picked out and bought his own present. I did wrap it put it under the tree.  Usually homemade presents are best if I pick something out but that doesn't always work out either.

For Valentines this year I did the usual thinking about it and at the last minute found some inspiration on Pinterest. I decided to buy some loose leaf tea and make tea bags. I bought way too much tea.  I probably only needed 1/4 of the tea I bought. For 15 bags you probably only need 1/2-3/4 ounce. I bought 2 ounces. My inspiration cane from here.  I free cut each heart. I used my machine to sew them.  After filling them with tea I sewed in the string when I filled the hole. The other end of the sting are paper hearts that have a word on each that I think of when I think oh my husband, ie loving, kind, caring etc. I decorated the tea tin the tea came in with decorative paper and stickers. I put the bags in a tin.  I put a valentine card on top of the tin. I got the valentine card from Here.

I am goin to give it to him tonight I will let you know how it goes.