Monday Making

Opportunities to make and GIVE potholders

keep popping up!!!

I am EMBRACING them!

:)

This little pair began with an old quilty experiment.

I found the wavy pieces in my scrap basket.

WOW!

That meant ALL I had to do was make a little

Potholder "sandwich"

Quilt

( I used wavy lines)

Trim 

and then...

Bind!!

Viola.

Wish ALL my little gifties were that easy.

What are YOU making this week???

Small finishes

This is the time of year we MAKERS 

do a lot of MAKING!

I've been doing a little bit of this

and....

a little bit of THAT.

I love the colors in this small potholder...

Don't you?

That center spot of color POPS inside the soft blue!

This table runner has been in my MIND 

for quite a while now.

I wanted to merge some silver sparkly yarn

as the warp

and weave SOMETHING into it.

The question was WHAT color??

I finally decided on this soft greenish gray cotton.

It is a simple blend of color.

Soft and serene.

Weaving is sort of like knitting.

Peaceful and contemplative.

Just right during this busy season.

This table runner is now in my etsy shop.

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???