Jungle Animals

When I inherited my friend, Sharon's, stash, there was this cute little animal panel in there. I decided it needed to be used.

I cut out all the little squares and put a colored border around them. Then a gray border with the last 4 blocks in the corners.

It is 36x42. the next person who has a baby might get this.

I love the flamingos. haha  it gave me an excuse to use pink

Hexie vase with flowers

This little wall hanging was pieced and appliqued by my friend, Brenda. She does awesome work. the whole thing is about 30x48"

She brought me a picture and told me to quilt it like the picture. I tried...haha

The hexies on those white flowers are 1/2"

The hexies on the vase are 3/4"

We used 2 battings

There were lots of feathers. I quilted hexies in the last border but you can't see them. 

Not much shows on the back...but you can see the border hexies on the right. haha

Thread, top and bottom, was a Bottom Line Taupe

Bill's Quilt

I am calling this Bill's Quilt because it was inspired by a quilt that Bill Volckening showed on FaceBook on May 10, 2017.

This is Bill's quilt...it is made of velvet. I was intrigued by that pattern and thought...i can do that....

So, i did.  Here is my version...in blue and green cottons.  the blocks are 7" finished...156 of them. haha

I strip pieced them....a great way to whittle down some stash.

I cut 1 1/2" strips from all the blues and greens that i had.

I put on 2 green borders and 2 blue borders. it seemed only fitting.

It is 95x102.  i really like it. it will go on my bed....eventually. for now, it will live in the to-be-quilted cabinet.

Thank you, Bill Volckening, for the inspiration

Split Personality

I started this several months ago.....probably 8 or 9 months.  Every once in a while i would piece a block. I finally decided this month to go ahead and finish piecing it and get it off the design wall.

The pattern is in a book by Thomas Knauer called Modern Quilt Perspectives. I have made 2 others from his book and plan to make 2 or 3 more. His quilt patterns just speak to me.

There were 15 large blocks and 5 half blocks connecting these to the red section. it was easy to do...just tedious. Those are 2 1/2" blocks

I used a few different neutrals in white and creams for the background.

My top came out 80 x 82"

Not sure how it will be quilted yet....his quilting design is pretty intense.

So, one piecing UFO finished and one to-be-quilted UFO added to the cabinet.  It's a vicious circle. haha

Playing with Orange and Black

I got new circle cutters......so, i had to cut some circles. and this is what happened.  the black circles are wool felt.  inside the circles are lots of scraps.  it is 42x50.  have no idea how i will quilt it, but am happy it is together .... one less thing in a box....and one more thing in the to-be-quilted cabinet.

Passion Pink Trolley Cart

When I stopped at my son's this morning, on my way back home, he showed me this cart that he retrieved from the side of the road. he took it all apart and brought it back to life. I really, really liked it, so i had to buy it from him before he could sell it to someone else at the flea market.  i spent my birthday bingo winnings on this. haha

He says the paint color is passion pink.

There is a clear coat over the paint

He says it is from the 50s

There are clear plastic wheels with glitter in them. haha

I am going to keep it at the studio.

He is working on another one. .... that will be retro pool blue. and there is a piece that folds up to make the top tray larger. can't wait to see it.

And he showed me the most awesome light....made from metal parts, and horseshoes, and Texas stars, mounted on a board. it is rather heavy. can be mounted on a wall. I told him to send me some pics of it so i could show you all.....someone might want to buy it.

Square in a Square in a Square

I saw this in a magazine and knew i had to do it. the original used 2 3/4" squares and the final top was 110".  i figured if i tried to cut that size, i would just screw it up eventually....so, i cut mine 2 1/2"....a popular size and one that my brain does sort of automatically. haha    and this came out 96" square.

All of these fabrics came from my friend Sharon's scraps....that i inherited when she moved.

Funny how you see things in the photo that you don't see while you are doing it. i believe there should have been one more dark row around that middle so the lights didn't 'bleed' into the next section of lights. too bad. haha  it's not getting fixed.

I didn't count how many different fabrics there were, but i can tell you there were a LOT.

The light sections will get a custom design

The dark sections will get cross hatching in all those little squares.

Oh....and there are 2,401 two inch (finished) squares.....i do know that total.

This really didn't take that long to piece together. i did it in sections...by the row. i only worked on it in the evenings for a couple weeks.