Bye-bye, baby

Bye-bye, baby quilts. The last binding on the last humidicrib quilt has been sewn on, and they have all gone to the coordinator of my quilting association’s community quilts program to be taken to the hospitals’ neonatal units. I promised …

A baker’s dozen

Back in January, I set myself a goal for 2015 of making humidicrib quilts, tiny quilts to donate to the local neonatal hospital to brighten the incubators of premature babies. I wanted to make at least half a dozen, but I hoped to …

A cat and a bicycle

I was in the UK most of September – visiting, touring, scattering my dad’s ashes and eating more cream teas than one girl should ever admit to – so no sewing was done, but I have been trying to make …

Castles, pandas and balloons

It is August, the eighth month, and I have eight humidicrib quilts finished – one for each month this year. Hurrah! In an earlier post, I wrote about finishing the castle and panda quilt tops. Since then, I have quilted and bound those two …

Puppies and scraps

I finished the top of my April humidicrib quilt in April, but I had a bit of a setback when I started to quilt it. I sewed about four straight lines before deciding that straight-line quilting was not working. I then shoved it …

Cherry cake

I have been keeping any New Year’s resolutions and goals pretty close to my chest. I really only have three vague craft goals for the year: Finish projects I have started or not started but bought the yarn/pattern/fabric for. This includes making …