Block 3

Block 3 of the Merry Merry Snowman quilt is now finished. this one took the longest.

Now i can sew the first row together....blocks 1 through 3.

The house

The tree and snowman

And, the little guy peeking in the window. haha

Now, on to block 4. I cut out the block pieces last night and the applique pieces, just need to start assembling.

Hummingbirds in Baskets

This has been a long time in the making. I started it sometime early in 2014...then it sat for months....i picked it back up in December 2014 and finally finished piecing it in January, 2015. Back in the cabinet it went....until now. 

I really wish I could finish something from beginning to end...without letting it set for years in between. by the time i drag it out to quit it, i usually don't even care for it anymore. This is 48x68".  My notes say I paper pieced the top part of the basket, with the bird and handles.

The bottom of the baskets are selvages...naturally.

I did SID around the basket handle, going in to go around the bird as I got to it. and put some feathers in the black spaces in between the baskets as I traveled across the row.

Coming back the other way, I put some lines across in the basket...and put the feathers in the black spaces between.

The back was something I found in the stash. A cotton, but not a quilting fabric...but it worked ok. 

The border I just quilted some flowers and feathers...making it up as I went along. The binding is a tan piece of binding that was in the binding pieces basket.

Top thread was a bright yellow Glide; bobbin was So Fine light brown.

Glad to have this out of the cabinet. It will probably be a vet donation.

All Flannel...#10 UFO piecing project

Technically, I am now finished with my UFO challenge for the month. This was the piecing project. But, like the last one, it would be nice to get it quilted this month, too.

It is all flannel. It all came from my Sharon stash. haha   There was some mountain man fabric, so I cut it into 4 1/2" squares....and there were all different colors of a leaf pattern....so i cut that up, too. and wound up with this.

The mountain man's cabin. i found enough green flannel stripe for the sashings

Bears and racoons. Some of the little blocks were pieced to make 4 1/2".  like the one next to the bear. there are quite a few of these. i used every little bit. haha

There were 13 squares left over....so i added them in the border. that allowed me to use this great stripe for the border....just had enough. i just have 1 purple block left. it will find its way into another flannel scrappy quilt one day.

I have a box of scrappy flannel pieces, i just have to think of how i want to use them. 

UFO #10 Embroidery project

My UFO embroidery project for the month is finished. This embroidery CD is called Southwest. I have had it for some time and decided it was time to use it. I not only got the blocks finished, but also pieced the top. If I have time, i'll try to quilt it this month, too.

The corners are longhorn skulls

I used different orange fabrics for the backgrounds

I like kokopellis....so cool

There's a little lizard....and a turtle

A couple of pepper blocks

And a teepee with pot and blanket

It is 40x62....a pretty good couch snuggle size.

I have a cousin in Arizona....it might need to go live there. haha

Nick's Plaids

This is my sister's quilt...she made it for her son. It is about 78" square.

Some squares are flannel

Back is a blue mottled print

Panto is Dominos by Patricia Ritter

Top thread was Glide Cobalt; bobbin was So Fine Taupe. 

Block 2 of Merry Merry Snowmen

Block 2....the fun continues

A red velvet sleigh

The bird is the GPS....hahahaha

Only 1 mile to go

There must be shopping...she has her purse.

7 more blocks to go

Critters Alphabet ... first quilt of 2018!

This is my UFO challenge quilt for January. Judy Laquidara pulled #10 for the month and this was the 10th top in the to-be-quilted cabinet. It was only pieced a few weeks ago, so it hardly got time to marinade.

It is a pattern by Critter Pattern Works. They had the animals in the border, but I like them in the blocks better. Their's was basically orange and black.

It is fusible applique. I quilted on the edge of each letter and animal and put some swirls in the larger open spaces. went around each block .... across each row.

I had gotten a pile of graphic FQs a while back and used them for the letters. A combination of blacks and whites for the blocks and animals.

It is 50x58"

I quilted the alphabet around the border...here is A and B

and E and F

The goat is my favorite....maybe because of the way i placed him. haha

N is a numbat.....i have no idea what that is. perhaps from another country. anyone??

the X is Xereus....an African ground squirrel. maybe that is its Latin name??

Backing is an alphabet fabric from the stash. used this for the binding, too.

Top thread was Glide Chocolate; bobbin was Highlights Peacock.

I am still working on the #10 piecing UFO.....a flannel top....maybe done in a few days.

And working on the #10 embroidery project....a southwestern design....it might take all month. haha

Now I have to quilt one for my sister.