Take Me To Paris!!!

Take me to Paris!

There is a very long story that goes with this quilt...  It all started about 40 years ago, decisions were made, choices chosen and lives were changed.  At the time, I'm sure no one thought of the future repercussions of those choices and the two kids lives they affected.  Even though at the time I was not involved in my husbands life, those choices made all those years ago, have impacted my life, as well as our childrens lives too.  As I made this quilt I thought of all the things we all missed out on.  Birthdays, weddings, having babies, Family Christmas's...luckily a few months ago my sister in law reached out to us and now our family has grown by three!  So now I have a wonderful new niece and that niece needed a quilt from her Aunt Jen!  Natalie has her room decorated in a Paris theme and her favorite color is aqua/teal so that was my inspiration.

 (My husband and daughter went out in some yucky weather so I could get pictures!)

 I found the perfect fabric for the top with help from my Sister in Law...

I tried so hard to match up the chevrons...this one turned out perfect!  Now I just need to teach my sister in law how to quilt so I will have an actual family member to quilt with!

Until next time...Happy Quilting

Jeni B Quilts

Quilting again!

After many months away from the sewing room, I finally returned!  Between Christmas and New Year's Aunt Susie asked for a couple of baby quilts and I worked them into my busy schedule (we had 5 Christmas's to attend) and whipped up two quilts over a couple of days.  The request was for a patriotic boy quilt and a girly girl quilt.  I did simple patchwork and everything except the binding came from my stash!

I also did very simple quilting.  After these two quilts, I got my quilting mojo back!  It was buried under crazy schedules and commitments, but now its back and I am so happy to be back at the sewing machine again.  There will be more quilts and other things coming soon!