Gift Giving Projects - DONE!!

So I finally finished all but one my sewing gift projects. The quilt is for a friend who is having a baby girl in early April. Obviously the baby's name is Nadia. It came out better once I figured out how to make the zig zags line up. I followed this tutorial and this one. It is pretty much the same tutorial but one had better pictures in my opinion and it helped when it came time to putting it together. 

It was my first time making this particular pattern and I love it but I think I would love it more with solid colors. I can see yellow, gray, black, and white. But for now I have about 3-4 other projects to tackle and one of them is huge. More to come later on that one. 

The back of the quilt is just a whatever kind of pattern. If it looked liked it would fit I sewed it. I originally thought I was going to have a few more larger pieces but I ended up with two big pieces. I was going to leave them there, but Tim pointed out that it didn't look right/it was missing something. 

 I ended up deciding on putting her name there. It was more work that what I wanted to do and it made quilting it a little harder because I didn't want to quilt over her name. But I figured it out and put some hearts in the other square and called it done. I'm glad that Tim made me put something there because it looks awesome. I'm not sure what side should be the front because they both look really nice but I decided the chevron would be the front.

Next up, the Cover Family. Beth has been saying that she wanted pillows for her couch for a few months no so I thought I could make them.

I don't have a clear favorite but I do like the Cover5 pillow. I thought Cover to the 5th power (mom, dad, and 3 girls). I like it. Beth did too so it's a win - win. 

 Beth has an red, white, and blue patriotic theme to her house so why not add another flag to the collection. I like this one too. It might be time to make a few pillows for my house.

Each of the Cover girls got a name pillow too. They came out really well, I like them. I used Heather Bailey's Fresh Cut collection

 Last but not least is a name pillow for Max's godmother, Christine's daughter, Brooke. It is a very late birthday present that just needs to make it to the post office. I also used Heather Bailey's Fresh Cut collection.

For all the names on all the pillows I used this tutorial.

 On to the next project...Nana's King sized quilt. Eck!! Wish me luck.

The Finished Epic Mommy Madness (EMM) Mini x 2 (VERY pic heavy)

 I just realized that I have not posted the pictures from my finished EMM Mini that I made for Beth and I. I finished these back in July and had all intentions of taking and posting the pic but well, life got in the way. If it makes you feel any better I just mailed Beth hers about a week ago and we did EMM in June. Again sad I know, but then again she had forgotten some of the stuff that happened so it was a good laugh for her and I. I'm glad that she enjoyed it.

I bought the book semi-premade from Elise Joy. It gave me a good basis, but next time I think I'll just do my own, but it was a great start for my first, very large mini album. Totally finished it was over 2 inches thick. The book is 4x6 and I did add some of my own paper from my stash.

Opening page, found this quote at the last minute and had to put it in.

The history of EMM, really just how it became to have this weekend. 

What we had to do in order to have a girls only weekend.

Text picture that Beth sent me before I arrived.

Our semi-tentative plans for the weekend.

What I was bringing to see Beth

FB posts prior to weekend.

The EMM weekend begins.

One of my toll receipts.

Epic-isms

Full bleed pictures, love these.

One of my favorite pages, love the STL Flag, the Arch, and the US flag. 

Added the ticket right to the book.

Another full bleed picture. I heard this one made the wall at Beth's house. 

Full bleed picture = LOVE!

A note to Beth.

We have plans to do this again next year, it is just a matter of when we are going to do it. June might be the option again since Tim will be leaving in July and Beth's husband will come home shortly before that. So who knows, maybe this time the kids will be included. We'll have to wait till next year to figure that out.