Friday, October 29, 2010

A Few Quilts In The Que


 These first two are the oldest ones waiting to be quilted.  The scarecrow one Andrea and I started 2 years ago.  We were each making one after she bought the pattern at a Fall Shop Hop and we were hoping to have them done by last Fall.  Well, the top was done, but it is still waiting for quilting.  Maybe by 2011?  The blue and brown quilt is made of leftover blocks from the quilt I made for Jeremy O'Dwyer's wedding last October.  It has only been waiting for a year.
This one was started sometime in 2009 but put away several times because I didn't really know where I was going with it.  Finally this year I got a glimpse of what it could be.  It is just a top right now acting as a curtain to some messy book cases and that is fine with me... for now.

 These two Christmasy ones were made with some challenge cloth from quilt guild and NEED to be DONE (i.e. quilted and bound) by November 22nd to be displayed at our December luncheon.  I still need to add something to the triangles.  I am thinking of embroidering some pinecones in them.  We'll see.  The Santa Tree one, after quilting, will be cut with the scallop edge of the red border... at least, that is what I am thinking right now.



This one was a quilt guild project.  I still want to add some applique swags in the wide outer border.  That is the plan.  We shall see.  I seem I have a habit of making things without a pattern and then getting lost along the way.






This was a project made for quilt guild.  I am in charge of the "Round Tuits."  Every month we have a challenge for a certain number of ladies to complete a project that has been sitting around, just waiting for them to get around to it.  I come up with lottery handouts each month.  In September the theme was canning so I  passed out the pattern for the canning jar in the middle of this frame, then I made one to show.  I liked it so much that I bought some more food fabrics to make a wall hanging quilt for the kitchen.  I will be on the lookout for more of this type of fabrics.  Here are the ones I bought last month.


Okay, now for some quilts in the piecing stage:




This one is for Paul's new truck.  He, of course, needed all new bedding for his new truck. I hope to have it done by Christmas.



This is a block from a Christmas surprise for my sister.

I also have a pretty flannel quilt cut out but haven't started sewing on it yet.

Am I crazy, or what?

2 comments:

  1. They all look beautiful! I especially like the border on the santa-tree one, and the pumpkin frame is too cute!

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  2. The Santa-tree is a cute idea, and there's some other really neat stuff going on in all the others. You really don't give yourself enough credit for being able to improvise stuff like this without a pattern. :)

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