Over the River and Through the Woods

This lovely quilt was pieced by my friend, Carole, and she has waited several months for me to get it finished for her. It is 52x56"  I started and did about 6 or 7 geese in the corner....and realized the tension was all off.....arrrggghhh!!....ripping.  after ripping, i decided to try again the next day. tightened up the tension and off we went....perfectly. i hate when that happens. 

I used Glide white for the pictures

I just went around some things to hold everything together

And did some swirlies

I used Glide Chestnut for the rest...mostly SID...some curves inside the blocks

SID, curves and a squiggly thing in the geese.

The back doesn't show anything. So Fine light brown thread matched perfectly.

I'll get it back in the mail to Carole on Monday and she'll have it ready to hang by Christmas.

North Pole

These blocks were done on the embroidery machine....applique and embroidery. It took almost 2 years to finish it up. I started it in Jan, 2016....finished embroidery and piecing in July, 2017....and finally got it finished. 

It is 47" square

I like the border fabric. It is all shiny and sparkly. Although it looks like glitter, it is not....it is silver dots printed on the fabric....much better and cleaner than glitter.

I like how the horizon of the landscape all matches....no matter how you set the blocks.

The snow and sky were appliqued down first...then the rest. good thing I put all the fabrics i was using in a box together...so they would all match.

There is some pretty dense embroidery, but as long as i went a bit slower, i had no trouble quilting through it. and there were several layers of fabric.

Their detail is very nice....excellent digitizing.

The panto is Bright and Breezy by Lorien Quilting

The back is a flannel with snow covered trees....works well with this.

Top thread was Glide light blue; bobbin was So Fine Christmas Green.

Flea Market set up

I just saw Vicki's pics for her craft sale set up.....and remembered that several people had asked me to post pics of our flea market tables. 

Well, here you go. Larry was taking the pics with his phone. this was in September

My daughter-in-law, Andi.  The Wells Fargo box sold; the blue cart sold; the puppy quilt sold

The blue lamp sold; the orbitrek exercise bike sold

The bench is now gone

He got me in this pic....darn it. haha  that baltimore album quilt in the front bottom sold. 

That front jacket sold; the red and white quilt sold

If you want to make a road trip....we are in the sheep building...spaces 16 & 17....at the Belleville, IL, fair grounds...on the 3rd full weekend of every month.

Come see all the fabulous vendors with everything you could imagine for sale.

Fall Table Runner, reversible

This little piece was in my Sharon pile of fabrics. Looks like she might have been trying something scrappy and decided she didn't like it. She is not a scrappy type person. haha    But...I am.

It is 16x46"

I did a little bit of everything....pebbles...CC....lines....SID...etc

Feathers in one heart...curlyques...meander

I found a piece in the stash that could make it reversible....good fall runner.

Glide Bark for the top; So Fine brown for the bobbin.

One Block Wonder blue and white

This is my UFO #6 from Judy Laquidara's UFO Challenge for October. I had about 35 blocks finished. why...oh, why....do i ever think i will make a quilt with these?  i think i might have started one about 3 times now. i really need to quit this foolishness.

So, it became a table runner. i still have enough to make one more runner. using them all would have made it too long. i might have to just trash the rest of them.  sigh!!

It is 17x28"

I did SID around everything

The border got a circular meander.

Back came from the stash

Glide light blue for the top and Highlights peacock for the bobbin.

Wild West with Leather

First ..... a big thank you to Peg for the idea to add leather.  i really like it. 

It is 43 x 35  I think they will both hang together at the flea market. 

The boots might be my favorite. found the metal 'spur' at Michaels....in a package of gears.

Red sueded leather for the hat.

This horse turned out a little creepy looking. haha   

Rope was found at Michaels, too.

Back was from the stash

Threads used were Glide black, bark, cobalt, silver, chocolate, ruby and chestnut for the top; Bottom Line taupe for the bobbin.

I might hate to sell this one. 

Over the River and Through the Woods ....

This lovely quilt was pieced by my friend, Carole, and she has waited several months for me to get it finished for her. It is 52x56"  I started and did about 6 or 7 geese in the corner....and realized the tension was all off.....arrrggghhh!!....ripping.  after ripping, i decided to try again the next day. tightened up the tension and off we went....perfectly. i hate when that happens. 

I used Glide white for the pictures

I just went around some things to hold everything together

And did some swirlies

I used Glide Chestnut for the rest...mostly SID...some curves inside the blocks

SID, curves and a squiggly thing in the geese.

The back doesn't show anything. So Fine light brown thread matched perfectly.

I'll get it back in the mail to Carole on Monday and she'll have it ready to hang by Christmas.