Two more quilts finishd

Two quilts came back this week from being long-arm quilted.
The American Hero quilt is done and I bound it by hand.

It is quilted in a loop and star pattern.


Mom's sock monkey quilt is also finished. I used the machine to put the binding on hers.


This is the Raindrops pattern of quilting.

I like the backing of the monkey quilt. I chose a flannel and it is nice and soft. I foresee many dog-covered naps under this quilt.

More window blocks and a finished quilt

I have been chugging away at the cathedral windows bocks, and have my first row half done.

I am really enjoying this project once the initial ironing part is done!



I marked on the back of the squares the # of completion as well as the date and where the scraps came from, like from the sushi quilt.





I also finished the quilt I was making for Ian's birthday. I chose to go for Grizzly colors and this more masculine pattern. It is my first atttempt at this pattern and I think I really did it the hard way by keeping all the strips in line to make diamonds. This pattern is designed to be a scrappy quilt...

But Chairman Meow approves anyway.


I also tried my hand at the bear paw block for the corners of the border.
This quilt is tied and the binding is a rolled-edge binding for those of you that care...

May Take it Further

The question was "What do you call yourself and why?" and the palette was a selection of pastels.

As for what I call myself, I have so many titles and labels, just like everyone else. Wife, mother, daughter, friend, crafter, quilter, blogger, and on and on and on. Each is a little part of my life but none are the whole of what makes me me.
But all together they form a more complete picture, as the shards of glass form a complete stained glass window... like those seen in a cathedral ... you see where I'm going with this???

I chose to attempt something I haven't tried before, challenging myself, and enjoyed getting back to hand work after the recent quilt blitz going on here. The Cathedral Window pattern is very nice and will make great use of all the scraps of fabric I have!

I also enjoy that I can fussy cut to my fussy little heart's content!

This is made in unbleached muslin and scraps from my stash that were the closest to the color palette as I could dig out quickly.

The finished size is 9" square and I added batting because I like the semi-tufted appearance it gives.

I followed the tutorial I found here for the pattern. It has great pictures!


One down, lots ans lots to go!

Meet the Country Girls

Who are these shadowy figures?



It's the country girls! They were made from a kit from one of my favorite crafters.


Let's meet them, shall we?
What a lovely group!


This is Lily. She is the oldest and has the fanciest apron.


This is Jasmine. She is next oldest and has a fancy apron, too.


Here is Violet. She is the middle girl and is fairly shy.


Meet Willow. She loves making wrapped boquets out of her flowers.


Here is Hyacinth. She is the youngest and loves everything about flowers...


Especially how sweet they smell.


How sweet!



The girls live in the kitchen right now... I still need to glue their heads on and trim their aprons down a bit, so they need to stay out of little finger's way!

And I can see their cute smiling faces as I wash dishes...

One very bad cat!



I bet it is comfy, though, I wouldn't mind just rolling around in a big pile of pretty fabric once in a while myself!

I got this quilt for around $10 on eBay. It is huge, so I couldn't get a really good picture of it, but it is all 2" squares and hand pieced.

Click for a bigger picture.


All the vintage fabrics are still very bright and only a few seams need repair before I add a border to stabilize the edges and quilt it. I may attempt to hand quilt this one... I will have to do a couple of smaller works to get some practice before I tackle this one!

Camas's gift and Bushel 'n' Peck quilt

Well, after that title, no surprises what this post is about...

Since Camas already got her gift and has gushed sufficiently over it I can share it online!

This embroidery pattern is from the Wee Wonderfuls website and the fabric for the crazy quilt border is a mix of new and vintage fabrics and all vintage buttons.


I tried to pick buttons that reminded me of Camas, and embellished the little girl a bit...

Remember, you can click on the pictures for a larger version for better viewing!


With Dodo's quilt finished, and the fabric for Ian's quilt not here yet, I got a chance to finish Tippy's quilt.

As a windfall for me, as I was ordering fabric, I ended up with enough to make two of these quilts, so I get one too!


Here's a close up of the fabrics. I totally copied this pattern from a picture I found on the web... If it's your's let me know and I can give you credit!


The cat approves of this quilt!

Brag brag brag!

I have a lot to show you today!

I have been wrestling with myself regarding posting about presents I am making but have not yet sent... ruining the surprise and all that!

I was getting a backlog of pictures, so I decided to go ahead and show off what I've been working on...


This is a quilt for my Mom. The Gerome Quilt.


This fabric made me laugh and think of my mom immediately!
This top is finished and currently out for longarm quilting.


As I laid this quilt out, Jeff looked at it and said, "This one must be for Dodo!"

He was right and it gave me a warm fuzzy to know I picked out a fabric someone else would enjoy!


This is my favorite fabric! It's all nice, though...


And then there is the color study round robin block
This is Carole's block.


Here is Sue's work on Carole's block.


Here it is after I was finished with it.


One border, simple, since this block is kinda busy...


The other border and the patch I did. My heart is full of flowers. I dug out all the vintage lucite flowers in my stach and some other trim pieces for this...


It is all packed up and reeady to go to the post office tomorrow, on its way to Pam in Australia.

I have been trying to decorate the envelopes that I send to Pam (mail can be fun!) but hadn't thought to post about it before...
This month's has this little orca with greetings from Washington! - Just a quick little sketch...




Next up, Camas's present, a quilt for Tippy and the Take It Further Challenge... I still have no idea how to tackle this month's topic...hmmm...

Four more!

It must be the new meds I'm on that make me sleep so well, but I am really productive lately!
The house is clean and I finished four blankets for Project Linus. Whoo!




This one I had to use the pattern more as a suggestion given how the provided fabric was cut.

The one below is following the same basic pattern as the brown and green one one post down, but kinda looks like a flower...



These were the easiest by far to make, and I used up some of my stash to do it! Yea!
The fleece was provided, I had the binding. I chose to do it this way because cutting and tying the fringe would have made these too small, they are just right baby blankets as they are now.



Up next is Camas's bday present and the Purple color study block. I have some thinking to do this month on the Take It Further Challenge...