December Quilty & Crafty Finishes!

Well, here are my December quilt & craft finishes. Nothing like waiting to the last minute! I collaged the pictures to save space & me from having to load them separately. All told I made 24 ornaments & bought 2. Many were duplicates of these shown. Several that went to Virginia I remember taking pics, just can't find them. So I probably Thought I took them. Some of them are white lace so are hard to see. And here's 3 of the 4 pillowcases. I also finished my version of Judy Laquidara's "Bears in the Farm House". Let 2010 begin!
Have a wonderful New Years & stay safe!

Another UFO finished!

Another one bites the dust!! I started this 4 years ago as a baby quilt for my youngest granddaughter. Well, at the 6 month PG mark my DIL changed her mind & wanted something old fashioned with a light sage green color. I was a little upset at the time as this quilt had a whole lot of pieces so it was thrown in a tote & I gave her a quilt already finished that was real close to what she wanted! This one is going to my niece for her little boy due on the 16th... So maybe it was meant to be after all.

On a happy, throw a party note, I finished the last of my Mom's UFO's!!! All 3 of them are at the quilters now. Only I forgot to get a picture before so you'll all just have to wait... Now on the the Christmas Ornaments.

Credit's: Quilts for Kids by Lisa Christensen

Quick & Easy & Finished!

Sunday was my 32 wedding anniversary! And it was the 1st time ever that I forgot. Good thing my husband was on the ball. We went out to a nice dinner in a cell block at the Jailhouse Restaurant here in town.
Then I talked my husband into helping me make a Big Broad for ironing my quilt tops. It's wonderful & I'm not sure I could ever lived without it again. It measures 22"x 62". Comes off easily for storage & when the fabric starts looking bad it's easily recovered!! Did I mention I love it!!
Halloween is almost here & this little treat bag tutorial came out just in time. It's the Itty Bitty Poochie bag on Moda Bakeshop & it was so quick & easy to make. I did these 3 in about 1/2 an hour! I think I'll pull out the christmas fabric box & make some more!! Thank you Happy Zombie for a great little bag. Happy Quilting!!

Christmas Medley, Joey's Wildlife Quilt & Cissies Crazy Colors Quilt

These quilts were really finished in July but I just got around to taking pictures! I know these are really terrible pictures but it's hard to catch someone around here long enough to hold up a quilt.
The 1st quilt "Christmas Medley" is my version of the Block Centrals 2008 "Somewhere in Time" BOM. I wanted it king size, so instead of making 4 more blocks I made a large carpenters square medallion center block!
The second quilt is for my grandson Joey. It's my design using a panel in the center. And the 3rd is for my granddaughter Cissie. It was made using Judy Laquidara's free pattern "Out of the Bag".
So what else have I been doing? Working of another of Mom's UFO's & planning out a new quilt for my bed! As soon as I have it figured out I'll post a picture!
Happy Stitching!!

Tote Bags, Boxer's & Pillowcases

While my 2 oldest G-kids were here they kept me busy sewing for them! Let's see, the first thing I heard was you are making pillowcases this year aren't you? You know if you don't this will be the 1st time!! Then it was grandma do you think you can make me a tote bag? Then of course my middle daughter wasn't going to be left out, so another tote... Then it was, do you think you could whip up some boxer shorts for me. It's a good thing I really love these kids. But next year I'm teaching them to sew!! And here is the results: Damon & Vic both had to pick all the own fabrics. Some of their choices really surprised me. Hannah wanted Sunflowers & orange. The black tote is one I made 5 or 6 years ago & really liked so when I needed a zippered bag for a carry on to Virginia I used coordinating fabrics & the Summer Tote pattern by Lazy Girls Designs.

Quilt Finishes, Family & Graduation

We're home from Virginia. We had a wonderful visit, but I really am a terrible traveler & I'm so glad to be home. Plus the high humidity in VA has my bursitis & the shoulder I broke 30 years ago acting up again. My oldest G-daughter Vic had a great graduation & party afterward,. Here she is with her Dad, my daughter Shana & G-son Damon. It's not very often we can get a picture of the 4 of them together!!

And while we were there our son came up from North Carolina & I was able to deliverer the latest of my Mom's UFO's to him. Only 3 more to go! The farm panels were some of my Mom's fabric & I thought it would make a great back...

2 more of Mom's UFO's done!

The local quilt guild invited me to all night quilting party last Friday. I'm not much of a night owl anymore but I managed to stayed until 11. Way past my bedtime! I knew that sewing space would be tight so I brought 2 of my Mom's UFO's that just needed the binding sewn down. That way I could sew & visit & not mess anything up. Everyone had a good time & I finished both bindings & ate way to much great food. I didn't think to bring a camera. Oh well, just picture a bunch of women with food on there shirts from eating & talking to much & with thread & fabric scraps everywhere. That would be us!

1st quilt - Mom's Southwest Pinwheel, going to my niece Leah.

2nd - Mom's Paper Pieced Flower Garden - going to my sister Karen

Just 4 more quilts & 1 wall hanging to go!!

Airplane Binders

These are made from a free tutorial that Terry Atkinson posted on her blog. They are so much fun to make. The green & teal is for my oldest daughter & the snoopy is for her husband. I thought they would be great for taking notes at the computer!

2 More Quilts Finished!

All these 2 quilts needed to officially be finished was labels! So Tuesday was designated label day. On the kids quilts I have been embroidering them right on the quilt. They are fast, easy & permanent.

This is my G-son Damon's quilt. I named it "Wild Thing", I thought it was fitting for a 16 year old.

This Irish Chain was one of my Mom's UFO's. This one is going to my oldest niece Etta.This is a hard quilt to take pictures of as it has a lot of gold metallic in the leaf print & the solid red & purple want to glow!

My last 2 goals for May are to put the binding on another of Mom's UFO's & finish a journal cover for my Son in Law. Guess I better get off the computer & get busy!!!

And I forgot to load the quilt pic's

The Quilt of Valor, Donation quilt & my Blue Goose in the Cabin Quilt!

3 March Finishes!

**The Airplane Journal for my oldest daughter Shana's B-Day** Here's the Tutorial

** The Shadow Star quilt, an Internet quilt project from Patchwork Times**

** And my granddaughter Mary's Disappearing Nine Patch quilt** Here's the Tutorial

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A Flannel for the Husband

This was one of the quilts that the FedEx man temporarily lost a few weeks ago. It's all finished & my husband claimed it before I even had the binding on. Here it is, right were it will spend the rest of it's natural life, in his recliner!!

I started it sometime around 1997-99? I think the pattern was from a either a McCalls or McCalls Quick Quilts magazine. But I couldn't tell you which issue. One more UFO finished!!

Vic's Quilt ready to mail

To all the Artists & Crafters in Blog Land,

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

This is my G-Daughter Vic's quilt & pillow, it's off in the mail on Monday

The pillow was a learning block on curves & spikes from Debbie Karasik . One of the "Quilt Mavens" given to her yahoo group. And the quilt was a online class given by Patti Anderson at Quilt University.

2 of "Mom's Legancy of Quilts" Finished

This Bulls Eye quilt is the 1st of my mother's UFO's to be finished. This one is going to my niece Tiffany.

The Red, Black & Gray was the only completed top . Just needed quilting. It's the biggest of the 8 quilts. It's going to my nephew Ian!

It's Done, Finally

Made for my granddaughter Vic.

Her middle name loosely translates to

"Beautiful Fragrant Girl".

So we are naming her quilt

"Beautiful Fragrant Flowers".

There is a small pillow to match that I'll finish later this week, then it's off to the east coast!

The second finish is a set of 4" blocks given to me after a year as Pres. to the TLQ quilt guild in Troy Mt. That was way back in 2001-02. And it's finally done! This came out 19"square. Usually you would get a lot more blocks but I think this block & it's size scared a lot of the guild members away! It's just right for a table topper.

Last but not least my Amaryllis finally opened. It took forever to start growing & never did get leaves.

January's - One Project a Month Challenge

Here is the first of 2 UFO's projects I'm finishing up in January. These were from a machine embroidery/quilting class I taught about 5 years ago. They measure about 8"x11". The class was about making Embroidered Refrigerator Art Quilts. Now on to the next quilt!