This is the standard batting size.  I make my quilts as close to the size of the batting as possible.

Crib Quilt	45" x 60"
Twin Quilt	72" x 90"
Double Quilt	81" x 96"
Queen Quilt	90" x 108"
King Quilt	120" x 120"

This is the standard mattress size.  I use these measurements to determine how large I want my bedspreads to be.

Start with the mattress size and decide how much you want to tuck under the pillow (double that measurement).  Remember it is going under the pillow and back out again.  Then decide if it is going to go to the floor or where you want it to stop at on the sides and end of the bed.

Crib Quilt	27" x 50"
Twin Quilt	39" x 75"
Double Quilt	54" x 75"
Queen Quilt	60" x 80"
King Quilt	72" x 84"

Blooming Nine Patch Quilt - This one is for sale

Here is one of my favorite quilts.  I took forever it seems like to make.  The small squares are 1 1/4" and the large squares are 3 3/4".
My favorite quilts are the ones made from tiny pieces, but I don't like to take the time to make them.

 This quilt is 75" x 86".  It is a little wider and a little shorter than the standard twin bed size.

A closer look at this quilt.

The backing is hand dyed fabric.  This was the fabric that started this quilt.  I quilted this with an extra large stippling stitch.  I didn't want the quilting to take away from the design and it didn't.  I rolled the backing to the front for the binding and mitered the corners.  It is quilted in a peach colored thread.

I will take this quilt to my mom's house to sell at her fall craft fair.

Two More Twin Bed Quilts for Sale

There are more pictures of this quilt HERE.  This is a Lewis and Clark pattern also.  It is twin bed size in length, but wider.

You can see by the camera date how long ago I made this quilt.  All it does is sit in a tote with a bunch more.  I thought one of the grandsons would want it, but they are into hunting and this is fishing fabric.
This quilt has a tan backing with the backing rolled to the front to make the binding.

Here is another fishing quilt that is twin bed size.  Click HERE and scroll to the bottom of the page to see more details.  It is on the same page as the one above.

The picture was taken the same day and they were both made around the same time.
This quilt has a forest green backing with the backing rolled to the front to make the binding.

Two more quilts for my mom's sale.

Yet Another Lewis and Clark Quilt - This one is for sale

Here is another Lewis and Clark quilt.  I have made five of these now.  Four queen size and one twin bed size.

This quilt is 84" x 94"  It is a little smaller than a queen size quilt.  I have two quilts from this pattern on my queen bed and they fit perfect.
 

A closeup.  I almost always roll the backing to the front to bind my quilts.

Closer.

The back is stippled with a large stipple stitch and no other design on the borders.  I did this one on my mom's quilting machine and it is the only stitch I know how to do.
This is stitched with blue thread on the back and a golden yellow thread on the front.

I will take this quilt to my mom's house to sell at her fall craft fair.

Another Lewis and Clark Quilt - This one is for sale

Here is another Lewis and Clark quilt.  It is my favorite quilt to make.  This quilt is 84" x 94"  It is a little smaller than a queen size quilt.  I have two quilts from this pattern on my queen bed and they fit perfect.

I don't use green very often in my quilts, but this one I do like.

 A closeup.  I almost always roll the backing to the front to bind my quilts.  This one has mitered corners.

Closer.

Here is the back.  The thread is pink.  My mom quilted this one on her quilting machine.

I cropped this picture from the one above so you can see the three different designs.  You have to look close to see them all.

I will take this quilt to my mom's house to sell at her fall craft fair.

Western Qult for Sale

Here is a wall hanging pattern that I turned into a quilt.  It is about 56 x 87".  A little smaller than the standard twin bed size.

I collected western prints when I found them.  I had the animal skin prints from a collection of fat quarters I bought several years ago. I almost always roll the backing to the front to bind my quilts.  This one is done that way.

Here is a closeup of one corner.  My mom stippled the quilt for me on her quilting machine.

Here is one of the boots.

A hat to match.

This is the only boot that doesn't have a matching hat in the quilt.  Because of the odd number of blocks one hat had to be left out.

 Here is the matching hat square.  Haven't decided what to do with it.  Pillow, quilt label?

This is the fabric on the quilt back.  It is not on the front of the quilt except as the binding edge.

I will take this quilt to my mom's house to sell at her fall craft fair.

Making Shorter Sleeves, Headband and Ponytail Holders

This shirt is 92% polyester and 8% spandex.

I love the shirt, but have never worn it, because I hate the sleeves.  I love 3/4 length sleeves, but they just don't look right on this shirt when it is on me.  I didn't try it on when I bought it. I was only about 3 or 4 dollars from a thrift store and I was sure it was perfect as it was.

I cut 5 1/2 inches off of each sleeve.  Then I used one cut off piece to practice a rolled edge hem on my serger until I got the same thread thickness and width as the original hem.

The sleeve length now ends just above my elbow.  I took the bottom of the original sleeves and cut them 1 1/2 inches inches wide and serged the new cut edge.  I cut another piece 2 1/2 inches wide for a headband.  I did not serge that piece.  Serging takes away some of the stretch, which is fine for the ponytail holders, but not for a headband that needs a lot of stretch when it is from a sleeve.

The finished hair accessories.  They have been tried on.  Because of the material they spring back into shape and the headband doesn't ravel.