Blue

What do you get when you sew LOTS of blues together??

THIS!!!

This quilt began as a GROUP project and thanks to my friend LINDA...

it's now a quilt top!!!....

Ready to be quilted.

Isn't it amazing???

I think so too!!!

Lots of scraps = a perfect quilt.

"Gates" Exhibit

I took a little field trip today.

I wanted to visit MY quilt!!!

It will be hanging for the next TWO months at a local library

along with some outstanding art quilts!!!

I'm honored to be included in this exhibit.

Inspiration

Color inspiration comes to us in MANY ways.

Sometimes it's in our kitchen!

I just love this little plate!!!

It's been sitting on my stove as a sort of spoon rest.

It cheers me everytime I look at it!

It's fun to put all that color into a QUILT!!!

This is the beginning of a VERY large Disappearing 9 patch.

My squares were cut into 9" pieces!!!

I've decided I really like LITTLE pieces of fabric the BEST...

But....

When you want to finish a quilt in a hurry...

You'd better cut 'em BIG!!!!

Saturday.

O.K.

Just for the record.

I TOTALLY love baby quilts.

I love the colors.

I love the simplicity.

I love the size!!! :0

I even love using up bits and pieces.

Old bits and pieces.

Since the scraps were different in size..

that meant that...

 the little squares in the centers were different in size!

I had to keep my brain cells moving...

figuring out what size pieces I needed to get to a 10" square.

PLUS.... I wanted the center squares to move around some.

It slowed me down a bit.

That's alright.

My brain cells need a little activity once in a while. ;)

This little quilt is a collection piece.

A collection of this and that.

Old and new.

Stripes and dots.

Flowers and FUN!!!!

Collection quilts have a drawback.

Putting everything away after you've been

DIGGING around!!!

;)

Table Mats

These orphan blocks are now going to be USEFUL blocks.

They will get a workout twice a month

at the senior lunch I serve.

Actually....

they're going to have to take turns.

I have another set of table  mats I use as well.

I DREAM I'll get a nice collection of these going

with different colors and themes...

but SO FAR this is only my SECOND set.

I had fun dressing up this very basic block with stitching!

Aren't they pretty?

And that old print in there.....I just LOVE old fabric!!!

Don't you?

Quilting these little blocks

was therapy.

I'm happy to be getting these OLD blocks

out into the sunshine!

They've been folded and stored away TOO LONG!!!

Tuesday

I finished another t-shirt quilt today.

I've made a few of these now and

this one was BY far the most challenging.

Why???

Because the new owner wanted a FUZZY blanket included.

:0

Really???

I said yes...and then realized later I had agreed

to the IMPOSSIBLE.

IF....

Someone asks you to use a blanket in their quilt.

SMILE.

And just say...

NO.

I did have a battle with this quilt...

and I've decided that I DIDN'T WIN!

 :(

It was a TIE!

:)

An Orphan No More!

Someone....once upon a time...made a block.

This is an oldie but goodie.

Since the fabric used by this unknown quilter is SO thin...

I decided it would not suit a quilt.

But.....

It WILL make a nice table topper!

I did the easiest thing and added a 2 1/2" border to the block..

then.....

I had some fun doodling stitches with my feed dogs down!!

The more stitches I added, the more I liked it.

I have three more orphans to rescue!!

Wish me luck!

;)