What's wrong with this?

The good news is I found my camera! Wait a minute, why is this underlined? I can't get the underline off! It's been like this a lot lately, but when I go out and come in to edit the underline is gone. Help!

Ok so now it's not underlined all of a sudden. Why? Also, while we are on the subject of not knowing what the problem is with blogger, why can't I move pics around anymore? Also, I have another pic to post of this quilt but it keeps deleting it without warning and when I try to repost it it tells me something about a path not available. AHHHHHH!!!!

Well, onto quilting. I've been making a baby (or rather smaller size quilt for a baby) gift. I'm not really liking it. I love the pattern. I was a little unsure of the fabric. It's not colors I would usually put together, but I thought it was cute. Plus, the mother of this not-here-yet baby is kind of a modern girl so I thought maybe I'd go for it.
I bought it as a kit. I shouldn't have used such a large print for the large flower. The small yellow flower on the bottom shows up better in real life than it does in the dark pic taken in my basement. So does the blue flower. I'm just not sure I'm liking it. There is still another small flower and some vines to add, but I'm not sure what to do to make them pop. I want to use an brighter blue with a bold pink flower or a lighter pink fabric, but it seems like something is missing. What is it?

I always stress about making quilts for others. I don't want someone to feel obligated to use it because of all the time I'm putting into it. I'm thinking this is my last baby quilt gift. I just worry about it too much!

LOST!!!

I have been working on a few fun things......unfortunately we can't find our camera anywhere. I think my three year old (who thinks he's a professional photographer) may have something to do with the situation. I'm almost finished with a baby quilt I've been working on for a gift. I finished a skirt for my baby and I also started a new quilt out of fabric I've had for over a year. Hopefully the camera shows up.... before we REALLY need it next week.

Valentine's Quilt

I started this quilt YEARS ago. I'm not even sure when. I used a charm pack (can't even remember the name now). It actually started as a table runner, then got a little wider. Then I was thinking it could be a table mat of some sort. Once it was quilted I decided if I ever had a baby girl I would use it as a little Valentine's Quilt for her. Well... that day has come. I just finished binding it. It's now in the washing machine. She should get to used it a few times before Sunday.

Helping Haiti

Quilter's Haven in Bountiful is having a project to help Haiti. They will provide the pattern and fabric to make pillowcase dresses to send. All you have to do is sew them and add the ribbon on top. I also added the ric rac on the bottom.



If you want to participate just go into Quilter's Haven and pick up a kit and sign it out. By the end of February take the finished dresses back into the store and they will send them to Haiti. It's easy and simple.



This is the one I made. It's a size 7. I could not get my six year old boy to try it on and model it for the camera though. I did hold it up to him and it's quite long, but he's the shortest kid in his class anyway so hopefully on an average size 7 year old girl it will work!



I'm always especially nervous when I make things for other people. The scene from The Sound of Music kept replaying in my mind. You know the one. Where Frau Schmidt and Maria are in the bedroom discussing clothing. Maria tells her when she decided to become a nun she gave all her clothes to the poor. Frau Schmidt asks about the dress she was wearing that day. Maria tells her the poor didn't want that one.



Hopefully little girls in Haiti will be excited to get new, clean dresses.

Utah Adoption Tax

Please sign this petition to support changing Utah's tax code to allow for a tax credit for families (like ours) who adopt children.

As I have talked about on here many times, all three of my children are adopted. Adoption is VERY expensive. The average domestic adoption costs between $20,000- $40,000 depending on if the adoptive family is paying medical expenses for the birth mother (which is the case more often than not). Not only will this tax credit help people be able to afford adoption, but it will help children find stable, loving families. Please take just a few minutes to sign this petition.

Thanks,

Elizabeth

New Year, New Quilts?

I'm getting tired of seeing those stockings when I log on to check every one's quilt blogs so I decided I might as well update...... pictureless. My regular computer died. Good thing Mr. Scissors (he'd love that name) is into computers because we have a lot of them. Right now I'm on one of our laptops and it's not great. I don't know how to put the camera into it to post pics. Not to mention the fact that I have no pics to post.

I haven't been doing a lot of quilting lately. I've been working a little bit on my double wedding ring quilt. Well, I say I may have worked on it but it's probably been only once since 2010. Why? Well, the girl at the top of the page ( blogger won't let me move the pic) has started to crawl. I now spend most of my day chasing her. She's fast. Very fast. She doesn't want to play with her toys either. She wants cords and stairs. It may be awhile before I get back to quilting.

The Stockings Were Hung

I haven't been feeling too sewy this month. It has taken me all month to get this candy cane stocking finished for my baby. The pattern is by Under the Garden Moon. I made the stockings for the rest of us about two years ago. I like having ones that I made so that as we add to our family I can make coordinating stockings for each person.
I do have a Christmas quilt in the works. It just needs to be quilted and bound. Hopefully I can get it done by next week.