And then there is fleece...

      Fleece is not my favorite fabric to sew. It is stretchy and fuzzy and just not as cooperative as quilting cotton. But, when you have kids to sew for, I am willing to bend a bit.
     My youngest granddaughter, Violet, turned 3 in November and got a big girl's bed. I made all the other grands quillows, so it was her turn. Joann's has had fleece on sale, so I made sure I bought the anti pill fleece and not the thin cheap stuff. I like to sew the blanket first, and then cut off the selvages. I used a plate to trace the curved corners for cutting. This quillow was made 84" long and the extra that I bought I used for 2 extra 18" pillows and the quillow cover that goes on the blanket to fold into. I picked the violet fabric for her and the butterflies because I love them. She will get all this for Christmas.

Quillow folded

Quillow folded back

Bonus pillows

Projects done and in progress

   I was able to finally lay out the fleece and cut the quillow for my granddaughter. I used two pieces, one larger so I could cut two 18 x 18 squares for the pillow sleeve. I used a plate to trace curves for the corners, looks so much better with curves. I had a little piece left over, so I made her baby a blanket. She is so into baby dolls. My daughter never looked at them. Sewed on the 201 without a skip or miss.

Side with pocket

Side without pocket

Folded quillow in pillow sleeve, baby doll blanket

     The binding for the Comfort Quilt child quilt was finished and hopefully the quilt has reached the little girl.

Back of quilt, fabric donated by Esta

Quilt with Binding

    I bought some parts to fix machines given to me for tuning and with that I bought a marked plate for the 201. I also bought a seam guide from Nova Montgomery to get perfect seams on long pieces and when chain piecing. I used it for adding borders and chain piecing some strips and it works great. I can loosen and move it if I don't want to use it. I like it much better than a 1/4" foot with the blade.

Attached to the 201 with the new marked plate, not silvertone, but shiny

Guide in use doing a long strip

    My daughter's girlfriend had a baby over the weekend. I bought this panel and fabric way back, but forgot or put off making this. I sewed it together today, but don't know if I will have time to back and quilt this before Christmas.

With borders, it is about 40 X 50