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Monday, February 4, 2013

Baby quilts

I make lots of baby quilts.

And once in a while.....

I get to see the quilt.....

in ACTION!!!!
 
 
I love that.
;)

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Red and White Love

Scraps and I....

we understand each other.
Perfectly.

They are so UN-Demanding!!!
 
Just the kind of fabric I LIKE!

I thought February was the perfect time
to put some reds and whites together.
 
While camping this weekend
I took my loom along
and had LOTS of loving thoughts
about
SCRAPS!!!
;)
 
 

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Slow going

I am a pretty QUICK quilter...
but some things Just take TIME!!!
 
This quilt is ONE of them!!!
It's teaching me patience.
 
I surely need more of that!
;)

These are my tools.
My Mission:
Get this one done for my daughter
before she gets married on
MAY 5!!!
Eeeek!
 
I've committed my Thursday mornings to the task.
No MATTER WHAT I feel like doing!!!
:/
 
Will it get done??
Inquiring minds would like to know...
SO....my friends....
would I!!!!
 
I began this quilt way back HERE!!!
I am appliqueing each finished circle
onto a BIG (bed sized) piece of muslin.
I baste them on...
then I applique them on.
I am NOT following the directions.
:/
Do I EVER????
Nah!
That would be too EASY!
LOL!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Wednesday Work

Weaving with cotton strips.

Pinning an orphan block quilt.

Arranging orphan blocks for a charity quilt.
This one includes a few from Cathy
(Thank you!)
who just sent me a nice big bunch
of orphans
NEEDING a home.

Finishing.

I LOVE this kind of work!!
;)

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Baby blue

I pieced some soft flannel yesterday.
5" squares make such
a pretty and simple quilt!!!
 

It's FULL of friendly ducks and lambs...etc.
 
The white flannel sure sets of the pretty yellows and blues...
don't you think??

Can you see the quilting lines?
I used my free motion foot....
put the feed dogs down...
and "wiggled" down through
EVERY block.
;)

I also LOVE a pieced back...
and this one is SO soft and pretty!!!
 
 
Sometimes quilts just
COME together!!!
 
The blue checked binding fabric 
was still laying out from my last project!!!
Isn't it perfecto???
45"x45"
 
The perfect size for a cuddle.
 
 

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Lemonade

 
You may know the old saying....
 
"when life gives you lemons...
you make lemonade."

This is my attempt at doing that.
 

These are the lemons.

This.....

Is my YUMMY lemonade.
;)
 
I used my rigid heddle loom....
cotton thread for the warp
and
lots of 1 1/2" strips of fabric!!!
Tablerunner is 11"wide x 37"long
 

 

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Tumblers

This quilt must have been ALMOST done
when I put it away a few months ago!!!

It sure didn't take long to get it DONE!
 
It helped that I was stuck at home today
with a sick child.
A child that didn't need a nurse.
Just needed a day or so to let the cough
and sniffles calm down.
;)
 

I'm calling this one my
"FOR THE LOVE OF OLIVE" quilt.

The backing was purchased on impulse
a long time ago.
 
I love the way it goes with the green tumblers in there.

This is a comfort quilt.
Just the kind I LIKE!

It's full of old, new, ugly, cute,
green, blue, pink, purple.....
orange!, gold....

Next time
**cough, cough...**
I make a tumbler quilt...
I'm going to BEGIN with a GO cutter
and not a little plastic doohickey
that requires
rotary cutting.
rotary cutting.
cutting.
and MORE
cutting.