A Little Extra for Taya

When I first started making the quilt for our daughter Taya - I had three pieces of fabric with scripture.  "The Lord is my Shepherd" (the start of the Psalm 23) the "Serenity Prayer" and then "I'll dwell in the house of the Lord forever" (the last line of Psalm 23).  I was going to put them in that order with the Serenity Prayer in the Middle.  Well then the friend that gave me those pieces of scripture fabric gave me the rest of Psalm 23. Well of course I put it in the center.  Now I have the piece I had originally decided to put in the center - so - I had the idea of making a pillow or a wall hanging out the left over Serenity Prayer. I settled on a wall hanging.  

 I was able to put it together quilt it, bind it and put a little hanging sleeve on the back.  This will be a little extra to go with her quilt.
I also did a little extra quilting on the modern trees. It's keeping those free motion skills going. Hopefully I will get a chance to play with it some more today.
Have a Blessed Day!
Lynn 

Psalm 23 Quilt

Well in my last post I shared how I got distracted and ended up starting a whole new quilt that I hadn't planned.  Well I am happy to say that the "Shiny Thing" distraction is Done! I think you can click on any of these pictures to see more detail.

With each quilt that I quilt myself I get a little more confident and a little more pleased with how it comes out.  I really worked at taking my time with this one and I have to say - I am very pleased with it. 

Is all my quilting perfect - No! It never will be but being as critical that I can be of my own work can call it good.  Here are some close ups of what I did.  Look at the birds!  I  got the bird design from Lori Kennedy at the Inbox Jaunt Free Motion Quilt Tutorials. 

Here on the lavender, I just did some angled lines.

Here is a close up of one of the feathers I did.

I did loopy things in most of the dotted borders but in the outside borders I did swirls.

And I liked the bird design so well that I drew on for the label.  

I had a lot of fun making and quilting this one.  It made it better knowing that my quilting was coming out good but even more special knowing I'm making for my daughter. 

We will be picking them up from the Airport on the 31st but won't be back home until some time on August 1st.  It will be hard to wait until then to give to her. I'm sure I'll let you know her response.  

Have a blessed day!  

Lynn