Finally Finished Friday - Red/Aqua

My Red/Aqua quilt is finally finished. It was only 4 years in the making. It was a disappearing 9 patch swap that was hosted by Jane's Fabrics and Quilts. I really liked the squares that I got back from the swap, but I was not sure how to put them together. I finally figured that out 2 years ago, and there it sat until this year when I got it quilted by a long-arm quilter.




 





I pieced the back as I had extra blocks. My son and I both really like this quilt and I am not sure who will end up with it. He has been sleeping with it on his bed every night.


Linking up to Finish it Up Friday, TGIFF and Can I Get A Whoop, Whoop.

Blog Hop Party with Giveaways

Hello everyone, and welcome to my blog on the Blog Hop Party with Giveaways hosted by the Quilt Gallery! It is so nice to give back to everyone, when I get so much from all of you. My name is Michelle aka Dresden Quilter. I have been quilting for over 20 years. I also have been knitting, and crocheting for longer. A few years ago I learned how to do red work and I love that as well. Last year, I learned how to knit socks and I have grown a bit of an addiction to them. Yarn and fabric stores are both my favourites and can both be quite expensive! The people I love are my muses. I love to make things for the ones I care about. I always seem to have a "thing" and this year my thing is pillowcases. They are fun, quick to make and can be quite unique. I have five quilts to have bound by Christmas.  So far, I have 1 1/2 finished. I hope to finish up some smaller gifts too!

I am giving away a kit to make a watermelon pin cushion. In the times now of Twitter, I am going to keep the question you must answer short and sweet. In one word, how would you describe yourself, and in one other word tell me something you are working on right now. My answer would be curious, and socks.


The winner will be chosen randomly and you must have a way for me to contact you. I will leave the giveaway open until November 26 at 8:00 PM EST and I will ship internationally from the beautiful country of Canada. If after I have contacted you, I have not heard back from you in one week, I will choose another winner. Good luck with this and the other giveaways at the Quilter's Gallery.

 

WIP Wednesday - What I Would Rather Be Doing

I am a summer quilter and usually for me  I do very little in September, and October. Now that I am getting back into it again, I have all these great ideas for new quilts with fabric that I have, but first I need to finish up my summer quilting which of course are Christmas gifts. As well I would like to make some smaller Christmas gifts too.

So rather than working on this :

or this :

or this:

I am working on binding this quilt. The backing is a Minkee fabric. It is the first time I have used Minkee as a backing. It is quite soft and warm.

I will get it done, and then on to the other three quilts that need to be bound.

Linking up to WIP Wednesday at  The Needle and Thread Network and Freshly Pieced.

FNKI not FNSI

Well, my Friday Night Sew In turned into a Friday Night Knit In. I did get my sewing room organized and then decided I had better get working on my second sock if it is going to be a Christmas gift. I love stripe wool but I always find it hard to match up when I start the second sock.

I ended up rolling the yarn into a ball before I got to the right place. I have it started now, have some PVR shows to watch and feel much better now about having it done by Christmas.

Check out what others have done for their Friday Night Sew In.

WIP Wednesday - Heart Throb

I went on my very first ever quilting retreat this past weekend. I had an amazing time. It was fun to have two days to work on projects and have all of your meals provided. I brought a couple of new projects to work on, and one that I have been working on for three years.

I am happy to say that my Heart Throb quilt is almost put together. I have a couple of blocks to fix up and then I can sew it together. Even if I only gotten this done on the weekend, I would have been happy. It is amazing to see so much creativity in one room and how it can help fuel you to continue.

Linking up to The Needle and Thread Network and WIP Wednesday at Freshly Pieced.

Remembrance Day

Blogger's Quilt Festival - Hot Dog

I posted this quilt last week, but here now in its entirety is its story. One of my closest friends was having a first grandchild at the end of September. I knew I wanted to make her a quilt for the grandson to be. I had asked her about colour schemes without letting her know why. I had decided on a quilt with blues, oranges greens and had a pattern picked out. Then at the end of June, I went to the library to pick up a quilting book I had on hold.

I had was intrigued by the owl on the front cover as my daughter really loves owls. I was perusing the book, when I found the cutest dog baby quilt. My friend loves, loves dog and I knew this would be perfect for her. Luckily I had all of the fabric for it in my stash, including the background which I had bought as a backing in a quilt kit and didn't like. I was so excited that I started working on it right away.

I had it sent out to be quilted. When I went to pick it up, my daughter mentioned that the meandering looked like the shape of dog bones. When I looked closer I could see those bone shapes. I gave the quilt to my friend this week and she was very appreciative and told me how beautiful it is. To me that is the best part about quilting.

I am joining the Blogger's Quilt Festival. My quilt is in the baby quilt category! Amy does such an amazing job with the festival. I am always in awe of the quilts I see.