Working on....

... the machine quilting for two

Baby quilts I am

donating to church.

All basted and ready to go!

Cute little find...

The bears I made.  :)

But....

The chair I found at a 

consignment store!

Hand painted

AND

with a woven, quilted seat.

How cute is that?

Now my bears have a comfy

place to sit.

Making progress....

...on my little 

Independence Day Quilts!

I have several to make.

Won't they make nice gifts?

A little splash of

Red, White and Blue color!!

I'm thinking of using the flag fabric for binding.

Rosebud, don't look!

The Swimming T-shirt quilt top

is Finished!

Brought back memories of

... races and ribbons

....4:30am practices

... traveling to meets

.... the smell of Chlorine!

I need to find a better way to photograph

large quilts!

Red, White and Blue....

Independence Day is

quickly approaching.

Time for a little 

Flag Quilt! 

"You're a Grand Ole Flag"

 

Saw this in a magazine years ago...

 P.S. Another little flag quilt is being made here!

Getting there...

One bag of scraps has been

cut down into usable 

strips and squares.

The ideas for new quilts

are

flying around in my head!

Two more bags to go!

:)

A look back...

Last summer a good friend was 

diagnosed with cancer.

What does a quilter do?

Makes him a quilt.

This was made with 

Philip Jacobs "Shell Montage" 

in a four square stack-n-whack....

I loved all of the

kaleidoscope blocks!

Creating Little Quilts....

from Scraps!!

I had pieces left over from two baby quilts

I made a while ago and...

Here they are!

Made into 

Little table toppers

... or whatever they want to be!

I need to get busy machine quilting.

 

P.S. I Love Polka Dots and Circles!

:)

 

 

Almost...

...a completed top!

Just need to sew the rows together and add the border.

Then...

off to the quilter.  

My daughter is anxious

for the completion....

as am I!

A Visit to one of my firsts....

Quilts that is...

I visited my daughter

and she has one of the first

bed-sized quilts I made.  

It's mostly batiks....

And was QUITE a challenge for me!

I had to work some magic....

The blocks weren't always the size they

were supposed to be.  

:)

Bright Baby Quilt!

As I previously mentioned...

I like BRIGHT!

This is a baby quilt that I donated.
It was fun to make. 

I hope it doesn't keep Baby awake!

Philippine Island Quilt

One of my sisters-in-law is from the 

Philippine Islands.

My brother asked me to make a quilt

of the Islands for her.

I enjoyed the challenge and she

loved the finished quilt.

And..... no... I did not put all

7,000+ islands on the quilt! 

:)

Another completion

My quilt group is a 

History of Quilting group.

It has stretched me to use a 

color palate I was not drawn to.

I like Bright...Colorful!

But.... the reproductions are growing on me.  :)

I picked up four quilts from my awesome machine quilter recently. 

All completed!

Mounds of scraps!

Boy... do I need Scrap Therapy!!

The class was fun and I 

realize I have a lloonnggg

way to go before my scraps are

Under Control!!

More quilts to be made! :)

Just the beginning of controlling my scrap mounds!

 I do use my scraps on occasion!

Scrap Therapy

I'm taking a 

Scrap Therapy class

with my quilting club tomorrow.

I think I need it!

This is ONE bag of my scraps!!

:)

Ready to go! Bring on the therapy!!

Progress and Socks!!

Progress was made on the

t-shirt quilt!

Another thing I love to do is knit socks.

Taught myself last fall with help from 

You Tube!!

Nice portable project to do when

away from home.

A few pair of socks completed. 

Turkish Bed socks

A pair of basic socks.  So warm!

The pattern for the Turkish Bed Socks can be found here.

T-shirt Quilt

My youngest daughter swam competitively for years.

Therefore.... lots of t-shirts.

And, of course this means....
a t-shirt quilt!

Bringing back a lot of memories.

Another recent finish... Bargello in the Round

I took a class at one of my LQS's

and LOVED making these

Bargello in the Round quilts.

From Cheryl Phillips' book

Quilts Without Borders.

Made with Kaffe Fassett fabric

..... my FAVORITE!!

In making this quilt, the "original" quilt is made

with the first cutting of wedges.

The scraps are sewn back together and a 

"bonus" quilt can be made.

This quilt is the "original" quilt from the pattern.

This is the "bonus" quilt made from the scraps after cutting the wedges for the original.

The "original" quilt pieces are wider.

I like the "Bonus" quilt more.. smaller pieces so more movement in the piece.