A sampling of Quilts of Deloris Pickens

Here is a quilt mom did for my Dad.  She made quilts for the grandkids, and he wanted a quilt for him.  He has since passed away, and now this quilt is my son's quilt.  Very nice colors and original design!










The Postage Stamp Quilt for my oldest.












 The many pointed star quilt for my 2nd oldest.






The baby quilt for Derek.  Mom likes to figure out the quickest way to make star quilts of varying points. 
















A test quiltlet, to try to figure out the 8 pointed star.

Here is my oldest's baby quilt with the little triangles along the outside of the quilt.

And here is a rescue quilt from a yard sale.  Nice utility quilt for taking in the car for picnics or for laying on, when doing car work. Not that I've inherited any of these quilting abilities.  I'm just now getting into sewing, and it is slow at that!  My friend Tammy was able to take one of my mom's quilting classes, and mom said that Tammy was one of her best learners!

School starts, and what about sewing?

I read Sarah Doyle's sewing blog, as she sends it to me in email (love that feature), and she recently talked about bulk sewing. Make more than one thing from a pattern.

Well for me, I need to see that I can understand the pattern, make it look good, and then I'll make something in bulk (like those 9 pairs of pants last year at winter time).

Grace needs some skirts, as she is now partly able to pull down panties and to do "Tee Tee's". But they need to be the skirt without the shorts. I've some patterns that might do the trick, and some patterns I bought from SewBaby that have a reversible skirt. I like the theory of two pairs of clothes in one clothing item. (Cuffed pants, or not....again, last winter's pants escapade).

Plus, I need to get the Serger in working order that I was given. Hmmm, hope it doesn't take a Hurricane escaping episode to get me to learn the serger...ha ha ha.

Grace is in the *in between* sizes 4t 4x-6, so this will be interesting to see what fits her. Oh, the Octobre patterns are just too intimidating for me....but I do like looking at them! And dreaming one day, I'll make one....ahh., I know I'm deluded!

Plus I want to make some YOGA pants for me! Maybe one of my dear readers will donate to me some yoga pant material, then I'll be shamed into making some yoga pants (with or without the serger).

Meanwhile, I need to get my sewing project book updated, as to what I'm really going to be sewing.

Fall sewing....maybe here I come!