Tuesday, April 24, 2007

My Inner Grandma

Awhile back I wrote about working on my dining room and starting baby quilts. Here's the finished quilt:

I love the frogs with red lipstick and striped umbrellas. I finished the edges with a narrow red border to set it off. The fabric on both the front and back are lightweight fleece. I did put low loft batting between to layers to give it a little heft.
Note to self: stop letting kids play with the camera. Images are all fuzzy.



Here's another:


Though not my best work, I love the colors. The back is purple fleece, and again has a layer of low loft batting. Not enough to make it heavy, just give it a little substance.





Next is simply a tease:

A table runner I made for the dining room. Trust me, the colors look better in person.

I'm still waiting on the geneology info so I can complete the chart for the dining room.

Now, off to the gym.

Four miles waiting for me.

Thanks Kate, for prompting this post.

6 comments:

Joe said...

Hey Gretchen-

To answer your question, her mileage is pretty mellow right now, because she is a CPA and not training for anything... maybe 25-30 a week, but fast. She kicks my arse.

She'll really ramp that up when she trains for a marathon or an ultra.

Anonymous said...

Your quilts look cozy. I can't wait to get started. This Sunday I just went through all of my stuff trying to get organized and it was really fun. Thanks for posting this and say hello to your inner grandma for me.

Multi-tasking Mommy said...

You are on talented lady!
LOVE the frog quilt, absolutely adorable! The trim is perfect.

Unknown said...

those are a-freakin-dorable!

Unknown said...

By the way, check out my homage to you today. Smooch.

Terri@SteelMagnolia said...

Oh... those are so pretty...
I wish I knew how to quilt!