Quilted Pillow for Gabby!

I met the nicest family at the Spanish Market at the Heard Museum in Phoenix about four years ago. Art carves crosses and religious statues out of Elk antler. Art and his wife have a very special daughter named Gabby and I started bringing her little things that I had made. They did not attend the show this year, so I went ahead and sent this pillow to New Mexico last Friday. I just love the Our Lady of Guadalupe fabric and also found some very floral fabrics to work around it. I machine quilted the front and back and sewed on some satin flowers. I used a varigated lighter thread over the red material on the back and it just popped! If you would like to check out Art's art... please visit www.gabbysdad.com .

Quilted Backpack with Beads!

I recently finished this backpack and it only took 9.5 hours! I finally decided to start tracking the time on some of the larger items. I think if I worked earlier in the day, I might be moving a little faster! I bought the material for the exterior of the bag at a quilting store in Payson, AZ and the material for the inside of the bag at Quiltz in Phoenix. The outside and inside lining are both machine quilted with batting and I hand stitched the beads on the front. I triple stitched and triple knotted almost every bead. If one gets knocked off, the others will still be on there! Anyhow, here are a couple of photos.