Sunday Postcard Creations

What to create on a blustery winter's Sunday?  Whatever you are inspired to create!  Today, Maureen's inspiration was fabric postcards. This one is representative of a certain beach house in Santa Cruz where two incredibly cute and spunky little girls are soon to move with their Tata (that's Croation for Daddy) and their Mommy (what's Croation for Mommy?).

This one features before and after haircut pictures of cute spunky girl Maja (Croation spelling.  Say My-uh.)  She's the big sister and will be three years old in April 2012!!

Memory Quilts for Paula's Family

Beginning the weekend of Thanksgiving 2011, Chris and Paula Erhardt's daughters Jessica, Nicole and Danielle worked closely with Aunt Maureen to create memory quilts from their mom's old clothes.  Paula went to dance with the angels in December 2010 and this project was imagineered about a month later.
 
In photo one, Danielle is a quilt angel (similar to a snow angel) lolling about on her own quilt, one of two that she pieced and sewed the tops  for.  Photo two is Nicole's quilt. All three of the girls quilts have some fabrics in common, each chosen for the memories they bring back and for the comfort they bring.

Photo three is Jessica's quilt, pieced by Nicole, laid out by Jessica, and sewed by Nicole.  It was no small feat, and we were all impressed that Nicole sewed the tops for her own and Jessica's quilts all in one weekend.

The fourth quilt is Chris's, a surprise for him, pieced and sewn by Danielle.  All four quilts were machine quilted by my friend Mary Todd in Salem, Oregon.  Chris's quilt is guarded here by Danielle's puppy, Boone.  :-)