Design Wall Monday

 

I keep working away on the zigzag quilt. I have really enjoyed the pace of it, which has definitely been slow and steady.  I have two more zigzags to make and then I can start sewing the blocks together. I got my Butterfly Blooms quilt back from the quilter and I have an issue with it - It is gorgeous! I have fallen in love with it and so has my daughter. It was intended for my niece, but I may have to make another one. I have not decided yet. Check out what others are creating for Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times.

Blue

I have been blue for a while. My grandmother died last week and the funeral was held on Monday. She lived quite far from us, so I have been gone quite a few days. She was a wonderful and strong woman. Her husband died in his early 30s and she was left alone to raise 7 children, one of them being my father. In my humble opinion, she did a wonderful job raising him. The legacy I hope to receive from her is both her inner and outer strength, and the importance of family.

I needed something to keep my hands busy while I was away, so I took some yarn with me and started working on a scarf. I am not sure who it will be going to, but my nephew and niece have put in requests for scarves of their own.

Happy Halloween

This is a panel that my son picked out 2 years ago. We got the border put on together, and there it sat. I did not really know how to go about quilting the panel because I did not want to quilt over the faces. I gave it to my friend Tammy and she did outline quilting. Why didn't I think of that?! She also did some great quilting of pumpkins in the border.

I hope you all have a great Halloween! I am off to get some trick and treaters ready.

Blogger's Quilt Festival

For the festival, I am showing a quilt that I finished in June after having it quilted by my friend Tammy, but never displayed. It is called Fresh. I made it using five charm square packs of Fresh by Deb Strain. When I first got them, I wanted to make a charm square quilt but then thought perhaps it was too simple and wasted a lot of time thinking of other possibilities before deciding on what I was originally going to do. This quilt is important to me for a few reasons. It reminded me that KISS does work (Keep It Simple, Sewer) and that I should trust my gut. I have learned to believe in myself and create what make me happy. That happiness is a gift which I can give on to other people. I made a quilt for my nephew this year, which I really liked but I was unsure if my sister-in-law would. I was thrilled when she sent me pictures a few days ago of my nephew playing on the quilt. It means a lot to me.

The quilt is also one of the first that I did a pieced backing for. I really like it. The white fabric was going to be a border but I decided I liked the squares on their own. I like having it in one piece on the back. Thank you Amy for hosting this Quilt Festival. Check out what others have done!

Design Wall Monday - Close to Christmas

I thought long and hard about having quilts done for Christmas. With one of them being so close to done, I decided to push on and get my nephew's done too. Next year is my guild's quilt show and pretty soon I have to start working on quilts for that. At least for those quilts, I do have all the fabric and the pattern picked out. I was not happy with my nephew's quilt, even though I tried a couple of different ways to make it. I realized that I need a lighter blue to make it better, which I found in my stash. Luckily for me too, I had at least a hundred of the most versatile blocks known to quilter's ; the half square triangle. I have decided to a zigzag quilt and the lighter blue will definitely add something to it, once I have those triangles done. For me the longest part of quilting is deciding on fabric and design. Once that is done, it is sew, sew, sew much easier. :-) Check out what others have created for Design Wall Monday at Patchwork Times.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope that you get to celebrate it in the way that makes you happiest!

September UFO

My September UFO is finished and off to the quilter. It was not actually the number pulled for September but since I may want to give it at Christmas time I needed to get it done. As always, I really like it. It is good if you like the stuff you make right?! It is for my niece and at first I was unsure of the black but I think the bold brightness suits her personality. I am trying to decide now whether I will be able to get my nephew's done in time for Christmas. I think if I set everything else aside I can and if I get my rhythm going with it. It is another one I am not sure about, but probably once all the blocks are together I will like it too. Check out others who got their UFO's finished at Judy's Patchwork Times.