Brown and Cream Consider the Lillies

There were only going to be four of these little Consider the Lillies quilts. This one was sneaky. But I'm glad it was! It might just be the best one! It keeps eyes busy for hours. Well, it could. Let's be real. Who has hours to stare at a quilt? Next time, I'm going to make it so you can't see the individual squares... making it harder to determine the difficulty of the quilt. It's funner that way.

I found this idea a little too late to do this with the others. I wish I had seen it before I started all this. I would have loved to have done this with the purple quilt. Let's face it. The purple quilt needs help. It certainly is not going to be considered for any quilter's choice awards.

They say don't pick favorites, your quilts will feel bad.

Lastly. 
This quilt really is square. 
Even if it doesn't look it. 

Gifted to: 

Juanita Furlong

Quilted and bound by:

Amy Christensen

Love is Sunshine

This is such a happy quilt!! It is pretty down to its core and I love it. Plus, it is the 4th addition to the Consider the Lillies series. 

 Claudia gave this amazing backing to me. It is a beautiful textured fabric that is so soft. I loved it right away and am thrilled that it matched so perfectly for this quilt! It turned out to not be big enough for a full backing. However, I'm actually really glad it wasn't because I prefer it like this. My photo is blurry at the top. So you'll just have to trust me that it's way good.

I have a hard time writing on fabric with pen. I am always looking for a magical pen that will let me write with ease. I think if I had that my labels would look better.

Made for Shiloh Burt

My Sew Room!

Also known as my very happy place. 

 Whenever I find something that my dad has made, that I like, I take what I find. I have this belief that if it's in my possession, it will be protected and preserved. So I take everything I possibly can. Especially small things. This rule applies to pretty much everything in my parents house, not just things made by my father.

I am very proud of my wood board. Just by looking at it you see it's a lovely treasure trove. I love to add and take away from it. It's ever changing and busy. I think that is one reason I like it so much. Also, it's personal to me. It displays buttons from my maternal grandmother and a work button from my paternal grandma. Many things from Mom's and Dad's. The cast iron S is from their coal furnace that was original to their house. My parents have the oldest house in Mayfield. But it's not a fancy pioneer home, it's just old. Two of the front living rooms have adobe walls. Then the house was added on from there.

 It's weird how crazy I am about things with rust on them. 

This little basket is just special with all the old spools, thimbles, and bobbins.  My most favorite things to adorn it with are safety pins, teeny-tiny ones and little lightbulb safety pins. I love those!

 

Damon lets me buy all the vintage decor I want. As long as it fits into my sew room. 
That's the deal. Take it or leave it.

I love my little turny-button thing! 
I found it at an estate sale and it is the best!

This is my little typewriter that I love and use! Also, I have a nice big box of type paper that has watermarks that reveal that this awesome paper was made with some linen! That's how you know it belongs in my family.

Damon has amazing wood working talents that he so generously and willingly shares with me. Damon is so great and I love him most dear. He is so important to me and I can't imagine what I would possibly do without him. He is a constant in my life of goodness and love. Damon never ceases to endlessly serve me. Making these beautiful peaces of cabinetry and bowls are just a small sample of the wonderful things he does for me every day!

My sew room art work is provided by my artist father. The majority of pantings in my room are by him. 

The house I grew up in. It may not be fancy, but it was a home to bats for many years. Beat that fancy house people! Bats in your attic? Pretty cool. Unless you're a kid in a really small town. Then not that cool. 


Whew!
If you've made it this far-- congratulations!
You deserve a break.

Green and Orange Consider the Lillies

 I really like this one. Love the green/orange.

A few things about orange:

I really love the color orange and it might actually be my favorite color. Especially burnt orange. 

I like orange cars and orange fruit.

I always spell orange wrong. Should be easy. I know.

The back is okay. 

Gifted to: LuAnn Wilhelm

Quilted and bound by:

Amy Christensen

Blue Consider the Lillies

Love is blue. Every little piece of it.

This is proof! Just look at it! And these scraps  make it so. If you are hating on your scraps and are calling them little stinkers for moving in and taking over your sewing room; keep this in mind: Scraps are a quilter's deepest and best kept secret. Her best friend. An irreplaceable sewing tool in your belt. They prove to be lifesavers time and time again--for that appliqué quilt that you need just the right red fabric for that you no longer own...but, wait! You have just enough of a single scrap to help you out. Voila! Or paper piecing, when you don't want to cut into a whole new fat quarter or yardage(no one want's to do that). Scraps to the rescue! They are there for us. They wait patiently and don't complain. They are good like that. So don’t give up on them. After a long, difficult quilt that has drug you through the dreary trenches for months or years (yikes!). These little scrap quilts can pull you up and rejuvenate! They have the magical ability to make quilting fun again! Scraps are pals. 

To fully appreciate this quilt, you'd need to see it in person. Just seeing the photo you may be thinking; 'meh'.  

Trust me. 

It's cute.

A few things about blue:

I am drawn to blue like a crazy moth to a flame.

I own more blue clothes than any other color. 

I don't know why, but blue clothes always win and end up in my shopping basket.

My eyes weren't sure if they wanted to be hazel or blue. So they decided on a little bit of both. My eyes have a little inner ring of hazel and then all blue. Like an Aggie.

I love singing to "Never Saw Blue Like That" by Shawn Colvin and "When the Stars go Blue" by The Corrs and Bono. Love those songs!

This quilt is for my dear friend, Linda Hayes. She is a fun lady that I have gotten to know though my sewing group. One of the things that captivates me about her is her detest for technology. I get a kick out of it! She will complain about kids these days not knowing how to use a phone book and things like that. She is a cliche. It makes me laugh. I really like her.

Quilted and bound by:
Amy Christensen

Consider the Lillies

Here lies the first quilt that is the beginning of what I call "Consider the Lillies Series". There's going be four Consider the Lillies quilts all exactly the same. Except all will be with different color families, one will be a twin, two will have two color families and one will not be called Consider the Lillies. Other than that, exact same. 

A simple scrap quilt. It's what every gal needs! If she knows it or not. I was thrilled to have such a fun and easy quilt to make. Quilts like this make the world go round! Mainly because now I can move around. In my sew room. Because now there is room. With all the scraps gone. 

A few fabulous facts about purple:

First, when someone asks me what my favorite color is, I always say purple.
The book Purplicious is a must read. Pinkalicious is better.
My people are purple people. My paternal grandma, maternal aunt, Mom, Dad, and oldest sister all claim it as their fave color. I was bred to be this way.
In my closet, you'll find no purple dress, skirt or pants and only one purple shirt. It's not fancy or cute--I should have put it into this quilt.
I own only a tiny pile of purple fabric. 
Purple eggplant is disgusting. Any color of eggplant is disgusting. And when you tell me you like eggplant, I don't believe you. I think you are lying. Don't lie. Nobody likes that.

Cropping this photo made it blurry. 

Gifted to Deleyne Wentz

Quilted and bound by:

Amy Christensen

Lindsey's mother, Claudia, gifted me some beautiful fabric that I was very excited to receive. Part of the fabric she gave me was some really fun girly flannels. I could see that there was probably enough to get at least four lap quits out of it. As I thought of who I could make a quilt for, a family of four young girls came to mind. I thought that I could secretly make these warm blankets for Christmas for them. This project was very dear to me. It reminded me that as a young girl someone secretly gave my family a pile of warm fleece blankets. I remember being so grateful for my blanket that year and for a long time after that. When I go home to my parent's house, I still find those blankets that have lasted all these years. 

I am grateful to Claudia for this very kind gift. It was her generosity that sparked the idea in the first place and then made it possible.

Cambria was today's photographer!

Damon gracing us. 

I love the puppy dog backing! I had enough of it to use for two of the backings. 

This one is my favorite color combination. I like the blue. The only problem was that the backing on this one was not long enough for Lainey to quilt it! I have never had that happen before. Damon and I double check the backs. Lainey sent me a text asking what I wanted her to do about it. She said she could just add some of her own flannel. I thought that would be a good solution. I told her to go for it and to just charge me for her extra time and fabric. I think it's amazing that she just had this flannel in her stash that matched perfectly to my backing.

Also, Lainey did all the binding. She is the best!

The placement of the squares always turns out different from what I plan. When I had the colors all laid out before I sewed them they were more evenly placed. 

I had ran out of flannel by the time I got to this backing and so I used cotton fabric, which was also given to me by Claudia. I love this backing and think it's so fun!

I love making quits for girls. I don't get to do it as often as I would like to, so to get to make these was a real treat for me.