Little Girl Skirts

I've been making a whole bunch of skirts lately.  This ice cream one I made for my daughter because she loved the fabric.  Skirts are so much fun to make, and so easy.  This was basically a giant circle with a hole cut in the middle for a waist, using a dinner plate to determine the waist size.  Well, maybe I just like doing the math.

Memory Quilt

This memory quilt is for a girl who is just graduating from high school.  The quilt had some difficult pieces to work in - a dress, a pennant and a teddy bear.  A lot of work went into designing the block placement so that the quilt looked balanced. 

 

I sewed a pocket into the quilt for the bear.   It's the first time I've ever put a pocket into a quilt.  I bordered the block just like the others and quilted around it.  The pocket was made with the fabric folded over so that it's double sided.

I have to admit that I'm extremely partial to the back.  The panel and the "There's no place like home" fabric seemed really fun.  The light spots really show up in the photograph, but up close you don't see that so much as just twisters all over the fabric.