Anita's Baskets

I've got to name this quilt after Anita Shackelford....it was her idea that i found on her quilt rescue site. she rescued an old quilt and cut the strip blocks in half diagonally and made baskets. i liked the idea, so i made my own.

I had several red selvage blocks left over from another quilt, so i made a few more and this quilt was born.

The blocks are 9"...set on point.  the top half of the blocks are old feed sacks. .... in several shades of white and off-white

My plan is to machine embroider some flowers in the baskets before quilting. I think i will use simple flowers and red thread....it will look like redwork.

Good thing there are no fabric police. my borders are two different fabrics. the border fabrics came from my friend Sharon's stash that came to live with me with she moved to Texas. most pieces were small...but there was a bit of yardage. i didn't have enough of one paisley fabric, so i added a second and made the corners different from the middles. you have to be looking for it to see it.

Don't know when it will get quilted.....it will go to live in the to-be-quilted cabinet for a while. my embroidery machine is still in the shop.....for the last 6 weeks.....but, hopefully i will have it back tomorrow.  after catching up on a few embroidery projects, this might come out and get the flowers embroidered in the baskets.

Christmas Spirit in the Country

This is an Indygo Junction BOM pattern that i got from my friend Sharon.  their original pattern uses wool, but i am using whatever. haha

This is the finished product. i don't know if i will set it the same.  seaming offset blocks are an aggravation.



I have 6 blocks done so far.

The angels ... part wool...part cotton

Cardinals are wool

The camel..all cotton

The moon....wool snow, rest cotton

The sheep....all cotton

And, the dove...all cotton

I kind of like it....but am not in love with it. we'll see how it goes. the pattern puts the background pieces together rather funky sometimes..like the sheep...i like simple.

May UFO Challenge Results

Well, May didn't turn out as i wanted it to. the number for May was 11...which was an embroidery UFO for me. My embroidery machine was in the shop. when it finally came back, i did one block...then my machine was acting up...so, i took it back in. it is not back yet.

So, i substituted a quilting UFO and quilted Birch Trees.

I also quilted Heartbeat

I finished up some piecing projects also.

I call this I Get the Blues Sometimes at Night. i made one similar to it last year.

Jacob's Ladder

Trims and Zippers

Art Square.  This is 48" square. Someone showed something similar on MQR and i had to try it. I think i will applique a leather scene over it...not sure yet. open to suggestions.

And I embroidered my block for May from Buttermilk Basin.

I also embroidered the Ricky Tims block for May but can't find my pic.

I have a few new projects in the 'partially done' stages.

These are red selvage baskets....inspired by Anita Shackelford's rescue project

And Split Personality....6 more blocks to piece

And i am working on a blue and green selvage woven quilt. and finished 3 blocks of a Christmas quilt from Indigo Junction.

So, even though the month didn't go as planned, i got some stuff done. hopefully, i can get my embroidery machine back soon so i can knock out some of those embroidery UFOs.

How did your month go?

Cast Iron Vintage Garden Set

My son is at it again.

I gave him an old cast iron bottom of a bird bath...he had a couple more pieces....and he made this. he says it is for sale for $425.  it is extremely heavy

He is just so talented. he sees treasures where others see trash.

I get the blues at night sometimes

I have a room at my sister's house at the Beast. it will be  painted blue, so this is the first quilt to go to live there.

It is not quilted yet.

It is about 90 x106...queen size.  i call it I Get the Blues at Night Sometimes.

Dark red dot border and dark blue and white stripe border came from my friend Sharon's stash.....a lot of which came to live with me, since she is moving to Texas.

Hopefully, i will get this all quilted up by the time the room is ready for it. 

Buttermilk Basin May Block

I am now all caught up on my BOM projects....just in time for June. haha

I think this might be the block for July when the quilt top is put together. it has little flags and watermelon.

It took a while to figure out....i think...the green thing behind the sheep is a willow tree...folk art style. haha and i just noticed i forgot to give the sheep an eye.

The thing on the right side of the cart is a bee hive. might have to find some bee buttons to have flying around it.

These are some cute blocks that Buttermilk Basin designs....it's going to be a great wall hanging.

Trims and Zippers quilt

I wanted to use up some of the many trims that I have from making crazy quilts. so, i made some selvage blocks and put trims in the middle diagonal....see the moda ribbon?

There are ribbons and lace .... even a Coca Cola ribbon

Then, as i was making these.....i wondered about using zippers.....i have hundreds of zippers.  so, i experimented with zippers. when you unzip, there is a surprise inside. there is even a double zipper in one block.

It is 52 x 67".  Now it needs to sit in the to-be-quilted cabinet until i decide how to quilt it.

Yes, it looks all wonky and crooked, but it is just how it is hanging....and it has not been pressed. it will be fine after quilting.