Monday Making

I have been hand quilting NON-stop.

My "H" quilt has taken a back seat

while I work on this one.

I was camping with family over the holiday weekend.

This little quilt was the perfect SIZE to take along

and work on. 

I will continue this week because

THE FINISH IS IN SIGHT!!!

Yeah!

What are YOU making this week??

I bet many of you are working on Christmas things.

Link up and share. 

Monday Making

Remember my "H" quilt?

I've stalled a few times with this one

as decisions come up.

First there was the border to figure out.

Then....how to quilt???

The borders are on.

Mustard cotton is from a table cloth

found at the thrift store!

The bigger appliqued circles

are vintage yo-yos given to me a long time ago!

I LOVE re-purposing and using 

someone else's leftovers.

ALL the H's are quilted!

Yeah!

I had a hard time deciding HOW to quilt them...

but once I got going it took less time then I anticipated.

Now I'm working on the border.

It will be QUITE a while before THAT part gets done.

I am mostly ECHO quilting the vine and circles.

What are YOU making this week??

Little Finishes

This week I was able to finish a few small things.

Potholders for new members at my church

were first on the list.

Nothing fancy.

Just plain ol' scraps

and an old (clean) towel for batting.

I did add some fun flowers to the back!

I enjoy giving these little "somethings" away.

I add the church cookbook,

so I hope it feels like a welcome from EVERYONE!

I also finished a small vest I've been working on.

These little baby vests are SO addictive.

They're small, a portable project and CUTE!!

Pattern for this newborn vest is FREE here.

I am tempted to buy a pattern with the larger sizes!

I also made cookies.

I blame pinterest for these RICH cookies!

The picture GRABBED me and I couldn't rest until they were made.

:)

Auction in progress

The nonprofit Quilt Alliance launched it's annual auction this week.

The theme is VOICES

and you can find my quilt,

as well as many others, HERE.

They were ALL on display at the 

INTERNATIONAL QUILT FESTIVAL

a couple of weeks ago.

I would have loved to see the quilts in person!

Help support

Documenting, Preserving

and Sharing the history of QUILTS

and their makers!!!

Monday Making

Every year, about this time, I get to thinking about the graduation quilts

that I traditionally make for high school graduates at my church.

This is what THINKING looks like.  :)

The log cabin-esque blocks are very free form

and have not been trimmed yet.

Making this kind of quilt block is a natural for me.

It requires:

NO pre-planning.

NO special rulers.

NO THINKING.

Most of the strips were cut with scissors

as I sat at the sewing machine.

This is the "fabric" of choice piled on the floor

and on the table.

Lots of old shirts plus an assortment of scraps

and some striped yardage.

For some ODD reason

I'm saving the cuffs, collars and tags.

I DID make a tag quilt once and dream I might do it again!

But the cuffs and collars???

Ah well.

Maybe I'll be inspired someday.

HAHA!

This is last week's work.

I put ALL the little triangles together

and this is ALL I got.

It's too small at this point.....

so....

 I will let it simmer in the "TO FINISH someday" pile for a while.

What are YOU making???

Christmas Quilt

I had a STRONG feeling THIS pattern

would be PERFECT in Red and Green.

I was right.

:)

What a FUN Christmas quilt!

Christmas is coming.

Maybe there's time to get it QUILTED!!???

Monday Making

Hand me downs.

Little baggies of scraps.

Someone else's leftovers.

These are the kinds of things

I LOVE to inherit.

They catch my creative interest!

I don't know why they appeal to me MORE

 than a brand new BOLT of fabric.

????

Who knows.

These little half square triangles were leftovers

from someone's quilt project.

They are the BEGINNING of MY project!!

I wonder what they are leftover from...?

I will enjoy figuring out

WHERE we will GO together

on another QUILTING journey.

:)

I also LOVE having little leftover balls of yarn handy.

That mellow yellow up on top of this little vest

sure came in HANDY when I ran out of the colorful yarn!

AND look!

It's the perfect match!

Whether it's leftover fabric

to BEGIN a project...

or leftover yarn

to END a project.

I am HAPPY to use them BOTH!

What are YOU making this week???

One Patch Baby

Finishes are SO nice.

This quilt is made up of some HAPPY scraps.

ALL from the 2 1/2" square drawer!!

Yes.

The little drawer is STUFFED full.

It's so fun to dig around in all that

SCRAPPY goodness when making a quilt!

The backing is from my stash as well.

I actually had a piece big enough!

Those big pieces are harder find around here.

Guess I'm succeeding at USING up

and NOT shopping!!!

I also added a scrappy binding!

Woo hoo!

I quilted simple lines diagonally through each white square.

Easy peasy.

My deadline was MET!

The baby shower can NOW happen.

;)