Helping Hands

 A girl in my son's class became very ill and at a moments notice I thought it would be a good idea to make a whole quilt for her to have at the hospital.  I had all the kids trace their names and handprints on the quilt and then I stitched them in.  There is a blank spot on the top of the quilt for her to add her handprint later.

A Graduation Memory Quilt

This spring I was asked to do a memory quilt for a high school graduate.  The quilt is made from t-shirts, and one tutu.  There were also three letterman letters that were added.  One from the student, her father and grandfather so there was a lot of history in the quilt as well.

 The backing was a gorgeous black and white print.

 There was a heart quilted into each corner.

 A close up of one of the letterman blocks.

Spring Bags

Completely reversible totes with front pockets and flower embellishments by The Vintage Cabbage Rose.

A Larryboy helmet! A real Larryboy helmet!

 If any superhero ever needed something available on the commercial market it's this guy.  You can absolutely not find a helmet ready to buy!  That being said I embarked on a six week crusade to make a helmet that would stay on, whose plunger ears would come on and off, and that wouldn't pose imminent danger to the child wearing it.
I played around with a lot of different prototypes.  I even had a retracting mechanism for the ears, but that proved bulky and dangerous if I child rolled over onto their head.  I also wanted real plunger ears, but that would have hurt a lot when rolling around.
In the end I settled on fleece.  A nice stretchy fabric that would fit snugly around the head and hold the helmet together.
I sculpted the comb out of furniture foam and then covered it in fabric and hand sewed it to the hat.  I hand sculpted two plungers out of furniture foam and then carefully covered them in red fleece, with velcro on the ends.  (I made it sound so easy here, but I think there is still furniture foam bits lingering in the house from carving them out). 
The ears come on and off really easily and when Larryboy goes to the rescue, he can roll and tumble all he likes and his helmet will bend and flex with him. 
Only about 42 hours worth of work!

Dahlia had a lot of fun modeling the helmet and running through the house with it on.

The Water Quilt

 This is the third quilt in a series that I have made with these firetrucks.  Each quilt has been about two years apart.  The first one focused on the firetrucks, the second on the fire, so I thought this one should be about water.  I swirled water in to the quilting and used a lot of blue fabrics. 
When I went to photograph it Dahlia had to be in all the pictures.  It was a struggle to get her to stand to the side, but the one above was my favorite photo so I had to put it in.

T-Shirt Memory Quilt

This memory quilt was made from 38 t-shirts all bordered in black.  It has a backing made from the same gray as in the border.  It's a full size quilt and it was a ton of fun to make!

Kindergarten Memory Quilt

This was a memory quilt for a student in my daughter's class.  We had all the kids trace their names and hands on paper and I transferred them to the fabric.