One More Finished Quilt, Yay!!

 My neighbor just had a baby boy. I wanted to give her a quilt, a quilt just for her.  After all, she is the one that did all the work.

I pulled out a charm pack that I had won as a door prize.  I wasn't really crazy about the colors, but I thought she would enjoy them.  I started working about three weeks ago and finished it on Monday of this past week, 11.25.2024.

As I worked, I began to pull fabrics from my stash.  As I added those fabrics, I started to fall in love with this quilt.  Every fabric added only made this quilt more special.  So pleased I had that particular charm pack and the special fabrics I had in my stash.  I've given to her, but I haven't heard anything from you yet.  Hope I have the opportunity to find out.

                                    This is the only picture I took of Hugs and Kisses.

I made this pattern about 11 years ago.  I found it in my photos recently and wondered what I had done with it.  I was thinking about making another, but I couldn't find it anywhere in the house.  I thought I had lost it until I looked it up in my Electric Quilt program.  There in my notes it stated that Bryson had it.  With great relief because I had found that quilt, I finished up this new one.  I have purchased another charm pack and coordinating fabrics to make another one just like the first one I had made.  I also have another one cut out from my stash that I will be starting soon, but first I have other quilts that need quilting.  

This quilt helped me to remember how to actually get the quilts on the frame the right way and produce a nice neat squared quilt.  It has been a while since I have used the frame this way.

Counting my blessings and this quilt is one of them,

Thank you Lord,

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Have Been Making Progress!!

 I have completed a Hugs @ Kissess top for my neighbor that is expecting or has already delivered a new baby boy named Julien.  This quilt is actually for her, a small I Spy will be made for him later.  Before I can put the Hs@Ks on the frame, I'm basting my very first quilt top (1968) to new batting and a new backing.  That's today's project.  I'm quite excited about getting this basted because I want to hand quilt it.  Looking forward to being able to work on it. So, in order to go in this direction, I've taken Calendar Quilt 1994 off the frame to return to it at a later date.   I can look over the back for problems and take them out for a redo later. That works for me.

Second, I just purchased a class for cleaning my own machines.  I spend about $100 each time I have one cleaned.  Those days are over.  I love this idea because I love learning and I love working on my machines.  This is simply a deeper knowledge.  So psyched!!

That's all I can write today, I've got work to do :-)

Still counting my Blessings, thank you Lord!

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