Bill Sews!

All three of us sew to an extent, Bill had made kites and a few things like that and then a couple of years ago he decided he wanted to make a quilt. We had several large trash bags full of military surplus camo uniforms and we sold several on eBay as well as donated quite a bit of them to Goodwill, etc. But there were still a lot left over and he decided to use them as quilt fabric. That was just the start. Here are a few of the quilts he's made.

This one was made for Bill's step-mom, who we refer to on the blogs as Sweetie, for Christmas a couple of years ago. It's a little larger than a lap quilt. I'm not sure exactly what stage this picture was taken at, but I think it was completed here.

Here's a close-up, which includes a picture of the backing.

This is the one he made for me, it's big enough for our king-sized bed and we use it in the spring & summer. I just put it back on the bed a couple of weeks back. It's very warm, but Bill made another quilt (the first one with the camo fabric) and he wants equal time for it so it is our fall/winter bedding. This one was made with some of the fabric left from the two lap quits, some fabric that I had in my scrap bag including the left over fabric from the kitchen curtains I made and also quite a bit of it came from shirts we bought at an auction. We sold a lot of the shirts, kept some to wear, donated a bunch and then turned several into quilt scraps. Creative recycling at it's best!

This is my quilt, on our bed. The bed is king-sized, as I mentioned before, but it's a sleigh bed style and is very big. The quilt fits just perfectly on it.

This is the other lap quilt he made, this one is for his Mom (referred to as Nana on the blogs). This was her Christmas present the same year as Sweetie's, and it was almost impossible for me to keep the secret of what Bill was working on for his two moms that year! He started them several weeks in advance so I had to be quiet for a long time.



This is the backing and a close-up of Nana's lap quit.

This is the first one he made. It's not really a standard size, it's actually bigger than our bed (a lot bigger). It's a heavier weight fabric than it looks, and it is extremely warm. Which is why it's the fall & winter quilt! He got the pieces sewn together to a point, then he realized he needed a backing fabric so he went to our favorite fabric store. And he made a few older ladies day, because they got to "take him under their wing" and help him find fabric! The backing is a green leafy pattern and is very pretty.

If she didn't have on socks, you wouldn't be able to see Otter in this picture! She's holding a sign that says "I'm invisible" in front of her face. She's wearing her own camo clothing, she has a pair of camo pants that she wears pretty often and one of the shirts that were in the surplus that the quilt is made from.