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2019 In a Flash

Is it already 2020?  How did that happen?  I promise you I did a ton of quilting last year.  I'll post them all below.

But first, my husband and I also went on a grand adventure for our 20th anniversary! You'll have to check out those blog posts on my travel site:  https://cynztravelblog.blogspot.com/

Let's see:  the first quilt of the year went to a return customer.  I made her daughter a quilt and she asked me to make her son a tshirt quilt.  He was getting married and had just joined the Air Force.  This turned into a huge quilt.  But she told me to use all of the shirts she gave me.



I made some place mats to send to California for Katie.  I used the same color fabrics that I had leftover from her tshirt quilt.  They turned out really cute!

I made my nephew a few fun gifts. They met us in Glacier National Park for a week. Did I tell you that my husband and I took an amazing 20th anniversary trip to Glacier National Park in Montana?!  It is a magical place!

 I made a baby quilt for my baby sister's baby boy.  We prayed very hard for this little boy.  He is absolutely perfect.  We are all over the moon in love with him!

Then I had fun making some burp cloths for her...for him...Aren't babies fun!?


Then I made this tshirt quilt for one of my adopted kids' wife, Jess.  We started the quilt with the thought that I would teach her to sew.  So she did sew a few of the blocks together.  But then she got busy with school. She chose all of the colors.  She loves a crazy color scheme.  Her husband, Luke, is very much more organized and not into such crazy colors.  When I saw the background fabric at the quilt shop, I knew Jess would love it!  And she did... and he did not!






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