May UFO Challenge

I'm finished early this month....woohoo!!!

This is May's #2 UFO Challenge quilt....presented by Judy Laquidara....over at  www.patchworktimes.com  check her out...she is hilarious. she has great quilt patterns, recipes and stories of her life with her husband, Vince; their dog, Speck; their chickens; and life on the Yellow Jacket Ranch in Texas. she's a hoot!

This was a pattern in the book called Shadow Quilts by Patricia Magaret and Donna Slusser. there are many awesome quilts in this book...but i doubt if i have time to make any more of them. but i couldn't resist this one.

This came out 65" square. i originally designed another border with 4" churn dash blocks but i think i was insane when i did that....so i stopped here.

I got these fabrics from my friend, Mary's, yard sale. i don't think i would have picked them to go together....but she had them sitting together at the sale and they seemed to want to stay together. i think it worked.

And i used the last of that yellow/gold check so that is a good thing. still have a bit of the other two.

I wonder what the number for next month will be....well, i'll find out...

Later

Filled Churn Dash

I've been a bit lax in showing you what i've done lately and i apologize for that. sometimes there just aren't enough hours in the day. but i shall remedy that situation right now.

Here is a pretty neat quilt that i just finished quilting. at least, i think it is neat. it combines the churn dash pattern with a stack and whack type of design in the middle of the churn dash. i used the border fabric as the middle of the churn dash.

Here's a closer view for you. i love the designs that the 4 patches make in the middles.

Here you can see the border design a bit better. i had bought a bolt of this leave fabric several years ago because i just loved it. i am just now getting about done with all this leaf fabric.

Here is the back. i used my QZ baptist fan templates to quilt it. it is simple and goes quickly. even this queen size quilt can be quilted in a day.

And a little close up of the back. i almost hate to give this one away.

This pattern came from Marilea, our teacher at our quilting classes. Thank you, Marilea, for a great pattern that works up quickly and looks fabulous.

Give it a try yourself.....you can do it!

Stay tuned for more quilts.