I have the quilt back done for the baby quilt I am making. I am hoping to get it basted and quilted together tomorrow. I love how it is turning out!

Today we have white out conditions from blowing snow so everyone in school got a snow day. I decided to take my day off from work today instead of Wednesday. Otherwise I probably would have needed to stay overnight at my Aunt and Uncle’s House. Which would have been fun, but everyone needs a snow day sometime don’t they?

One of the projects I got side tracked on today was this baby quilt I am making for my friend’s first baby. I love it a lot. It is all flannel. The colored squares I bought at Walmart especially for this quilt and the white flannel is all scraps from a previous project. The squares were cut 3.5″ square which made this quilt top sew up quickly. I was inspired by this post and this quilt.

I finished four quilts for Christmas this year. Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of my Grandma’s while she was here. Here are the other three. The first one was for my mom. It is a lap quilt and is the color scheme fits in with the living room – brown, blue & green. The pattern was from August 2008 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting.

Annie’s quilt is very bright. Pink mainly with lots of other bright colors thrown in. It is a quilt I made for the Quilt-A-Long. You can see the process if you look back in the crafting archives.

And here is Jessie’s quilt. The main fabric was a purple cat print that I got years ago and never used. It worked perfectly in this quilt. This was the second quilt of three that I started for the Quilt-A-Long.

Maybe now I should finish the quilt I started for myself.

Yes, I am still doing Christmas. Today I just finished the Stocking Ornaments I was working on to give to friends and family for Christmas. You wouldn’t think finishing 23 ornaments would take as long as it did. Well, finishing four quilts for Christmas presents didn’t help either. My Christmas craftiness has come to an end. I finished all the ornaments and will write some notes to go with them this afternoon. It feels good to be done.

For the ornaments I used this pattern from Better Homes and Gardens. I changed a few things though. I used Fleece instead of Felt since I couldn’t find the right colors of Felt at our Walmart. I also opted out of blanket stitching the edge and stuffing the ornament. Instead I used my iron on adhesive to connect the front and the back. I tried the stuffing route but didn’t like the result. I’m pretty happy with how these turned out.

Maybe now I should get a head start on next year’s Christmas projects.