Quilts for Lin's granddaughters, Jan-Feb 2012

Baby Quilt

The baby quilt was done for my friend Lin's new granddaughter, born in Dec 2011.I had already purchased the books & bears fabric, despite my current fabric diet, and I was happy to have a chance to use this great print. The pattern used was from Evelyn Sloppy's book Cut One and You're Done.

Big Sister Quilt

I thought it would be fun to make a companion quilt for Lin's older granddaughter -- a "big sister" quilt -- so Lyn told me that "purple" and "dachshunds" should be the theme. I found a great paper piecing book that had exactly what I needed on the cover of Janet Kime's It's Raining Cats and Dogs. I found the paper piecing patern for the doghouse free online. I was able to use up a lot of my scrap fabrics doing rainbow strips. This was a more difficult quilt without a specific pattern.