Now that's a quilt

A group project making a quilt for my sister.

More finishes

A couple of more finishes. I always stitch in the ditch, but am trying to learn repeating patterns over the quilt, since it makes a quilt last longer. A friend who teaches free motion quilting checked my quilt once I was finished, and she was very happy with the results. She told me about using a fancy stitch for the binding, so I tried it, now it took about 30 minutes to make it around the quilt, but it is cute. I think this might go to a cute little girl.

This is a Crumb Quilt, from Quiltville. Now, I do use much bigger fabric pieces then she does. She is just so patient. I'M NOT. But, I am happy with this quilt. I also did a repeating pattern all the way across it. It is going to a friend who rescued us from the hurricane. I think she needs a medal, but I think she will be happy with the quilt. The poor woman had 7 people, 11 dogs, 3 cats, and a rat camped out in her house.

I hardly ever keep a quilt, this one is MINE. I embroidered the little dolls, and it is sampler blocks in 30's fabric. It is queen size. The girls gave me fabric for my birthday, only if I promised to keep the quilt for myself. Not a problem. It is just so much brighter then the pics show.

Don't forget the giveaway. and....... new give away

I love scraps. I went to our UFO quilting bee today. Judy was cutting borders for a quilt she was finishing up. She gave me her scraps so I was able to cut quite a stack of 2 1/2 inch squares. These are one of my favorite sizes to make baby quilts. I make lots of baby quilts for charity, and I love to give baby quilts away as fast as I make them.

New give away......Aren't these the cutest coasters. I gave the paper with the directions on it to a friend so she could visit the site, I will have to post the name of the wonderful lady who gave us this tutorial later. Everyone loves giveaways don't they. How would you like a little stack of coasters. In the comment area, leave your favorite quilting giveaways that is currently posted on blogs. I will draw for the prize on February 1, 2009.

Scroll down and look at Mr. Wappy. Remember the give away for great ideals on a quilt, Ransom Note, I am planning. Mr. Wappy is the prize for that giveaway.

Taming the strip stash

We went to a friend's wedding this weekend. We had lots of fun, ate lots of food. It was freezing out side, and I had a leaky radiator hose on the way home. Talk about an exciting night.

Well, I have tamed the scrap strip bin with the Bonnie Hunter quilt I have been showing lately. I did think I would have enough scraps to finish this little cutie, but I am 11 blocks short. I do have about 50 more blocks started but just ran out of variety. So I stopped and put it up in its box till I make more scraps.

I thought I would get so many done, I even bought fabric to make a green quilt. But it will stay safely in its box, till I am ready to start again.

Here are 2 more of Bonnie Hunter's quilts, I have also sewed until I used up all my variety of scraps. The one that has purple, is called the braid. The red is a leader and ender she is working on. I don't think that she has named it. I do believe I have enough made of the braid to make a baby quilt.

Ransom note quilt?????? GIVE AWAY

http://www.ladyharvatine.com/2007/05/in-true-spirit-of-whiplash.html This is the cutest little quilt. I was collecting the fabric to make one, when my daughter said the crazest thing.
" WOw, that looks like a ramson note. " Now that sounds like a challenge. I do have an embroidery machine, so I could put words in the blocks, buttttttttt, now comes the question, what would it say, or should it all be random. Even then, what words would I use, hmmmmmmm. I'm thinking of acually putting a message in, then putting random words around
the message.


Are you my mommy?????????

If you want to leave a suggestion on how to do it, and my daughter picks your idea, Mr. Wappy goes live with you. She always comes over Friday for supper, so rack your brains, and have you idea in by Friday nite.