Fabulous Finds Birthday Cards

The new Cricut blog asked for posts using the Fabulous Finds cartridge.  I made birthday cards for our grandchildren using the tri-fold album cut, and even the 12-year-old thought it was "so cool" to have flaps to open.  These are pictures of Lauren's card.

Zig-zag Quilt

I was inspired by Leslie's quilts.  She is one of my daughter's friends and I think it is awesome to learn from your children and their friends!

 We were blessed with a new granddaughter last month and I decided that this would be the pattern for her quilt.  Most of the fabric for A's quilt came from my stash and was left over from the quilts I had made for her girl cousins.  Special, eh?  The only fabric I bought was the backing which I think is perfect.  I also used it for the binding.  Love the effect of stripey fabric cut on the bias for binding!

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Back and binding:

Here is the tutorial that Leslie linked from her blog.  I didn't make it quite as big.
http://beesquarefabrics.blogspot.com/2009/03/how-to-make-zig-zag-quilt-without.html