A Mini Makes Me Happy

I just pulled this mini quilt out of the dryer! It is for our dog Anna who loves cuddling up with a quilt, so I made her one around Christmas time with seasonal fabrics. I have been getting tired of seeing her Christmas quilt so I decided to make her a new one.

I used a packet of squares that came with the scraps my aunt gave me. I added a border, and used a hunk of corduroy I had in the bought it long ago for no reason tub. The stippling was fun and I love how it turned out.

Easter Quilt

Since I decided to have a seasonal wall hanging quilt in my living room the ideas have been overwhelming me! And luckily my ideas have been pretty easy to turn into real life. As soon as my Luck of the Irish Chain was finished I had this idea pop into my head! And I really like the way it turned out.




I did free motion quilting on this one and I really like the way it turned out. When I pulled it out of the dryer my husband jumped up and couldn't wait to pet it! I am getting to him...hehe.

The backing is something I had in my tub of stuff I bought a long time ago with no purpose, so it worked out well. Although my husband asked if I broke a rule by using the backing fabric for the borders as well, and I probably did but I am on a fabric fast here people! What choice did I have?! I love it!

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Pinwheels and 100th post giveaway

I think I have 3 frequent readers. And so as a 'thank you' for stopping in I am going to offer up this handmade apron. Leave a comment and I will draw a winner on Tuesday! I have really enjoyed blogging for the past 100 posts. I started because my quilter sister in law had a baby and I had no one to email when I finished something new or bought more fabric. So I started a blog, if anything just to keep track of my projects and so I would have something to look back on. So thanks for reading if you do :)

I fixed my pinwheel quilt top last night. I think it looks way better, and that makes me happy! I have 3 yards of a nice red fabric I was hoping to use for the backing, and its about 1/2 yard short now, so I will have to think of an interesting way to piece the backing. Or I can wait until my fabric fast is over and buy something then.

And excuse me as I toot my stash raiding horn. The apron and a whole bunch of other projects are really busting my tubs of stash up! Wahoo!!

Pinwheels

I have my top together! I love these pinwheels. In the photo the darks stand out so much but in real life I like the layout. I am unable to do random. I laid the blocks out several times before I was happy with it, then when I looked at the photo I was thinking CRAP! But I'm not going to doubt myself. I was thinking of adding a red border, but I think instead I will use the fabric I have as a backing, if I have enough. Since I am on a fabric fast for a bit longer, it would be nice if I could pull it together with what I have instead of waiting.

Looking at this photo makes me think I would like it a lot better if the left side had another column of darks. Hmmm I might have enough leftovers to pull that out! I'll look into it tomorrow.

My Flock of Chicks!

These fun fowl are addictive to make! I think I am going to work the ladies into a line add some sort of border and call it a table runner. I don't think these will be my last chickens. AND I have some more ideas for these red and teal fabrics which have my mind spinning all of the time with giddiness!

A Hip Hen

I am so excited about this chicken block pattern. I am going to use the red and teal leftovers from my pinwheel quilt to make a chicken something or another for my mother in law's birthday gift. I haven't decided if I should do a table runner or a wall hanging. I'll figure it out. Please pardon the disappearing ink on the comb as I was too excited to wait for it to disappear to snap a photo.

Round 5

I am washing up my fabrics for ORBC Round 5! We are doing big pinwheels this time. I bought these fabrics last summer when I was visiting Imlay City and stopped into The Pincushion. I am going to use lots of white to make the red and aqua stand out!

This is the monster cheesing it up asking for a jelly bean. Who could say no eh??