Finished Vintage Sheet Quilt & Other Crafts
Finished vintage sheet quilt!
Yay! I finally finished my blue/green vintage sheet quilt (quilt #3). Thanks for all the feedback on the border, but I decided to just skip it and add the binding. For the back, I pieced a row of the three solids together with another vintage sheet. I think I used about 15 different sheets in the end. These photos were taken after it came out of the wash. It looks wrinkley, but it’s very soft.
Vintage Sheet Quilt - Front
Vintage Sheet Quilt - Back
My friend Karla and I are hosting a baby shower for our friend Marisa. Since Karla is handleing all the food and having it at her place, I told her I’d handle the invitations and decorations. I found a little scrapbooking store around the corner from me and quickly made up these invitations.
Marisa's Baby Shower Invitations
During our recent travels, my laptop has been just stuffed into a backpack or a duffel bag. It needed more style and protection. I made this padded, zippered laptop sleeve and tested it out on our Ireland trip. It worked well, but I forgot to include room for the power plug. Next time… So, is it a bad thing to have a Windows-running Dell in an apple laptop sleeve? :)
Apple and Pear Laptop Sleeve
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The invitations are unique. I like them. Like the quilt too. What do you use for padding? I am always referring to when I was a little girl. but I am remembering sitting with my grandmother carding wool for bats for quilt linings. A big quilting frame was set up in the small dining room where she would sit and quilt in the wintertime.
Love the sheet quilt. REALLY love the laptop bag. My little laptop needs a bag so badly.
As for what I’m doing – my list is long but right now I’m trying to finish my pinwheel quilt top before the quilt along starts on Monday.
What a beautiful quilt. Where is it destined for?
Hope the baby shower is fun – the invitations look great.
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love the quilt and the quilting :)
i also have a dell running windows that needs a laptop sleeve :)
Your baby shower invite is awesome! It makes me feel a bit left out of the party though :)
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I am working on the quilt (my own spring quilt) from vintage sheets I have received from you. It is funny to see many of them in you baby quilt. I love them and have enough for several quilts. Hope, I will be done soon and can post about it.
Your laptop sleeve is super cute.. I love the idea of Windows running Dell in apple sleeve…Who knows what Gates would say. :))
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whatever super snazzy I can sew zippers laptop case! show off!
Love the invites and the vintage quilt..really like the quilting. Nice!
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LOL I think it’s fine to have a dell in an apple! I always love seeing your creations! Love the quilt and baby card too – you are a woman of many talents!
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