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What's this? Selvages! I don't know if I'll make anything from them but I've seen some pretty neat selvage quilts on line. Google selvage quilts and check it out for yourself.
Don't you know I found another quilt to make in the American Quilts book!

What have I been doing since last week?

Lots!

* Had a girl's night out with my quilting friends!
* Did a little stitching. (Can't take pins to the babies house!)
* Worked on a UFO! (Ripping out that ^$%^ Seminole border.)
* Did a little applique. (BOM - Night Before Christmas)
* Worked on a UFO! (Sizing Birds of a Feather blocks.)
* Started something new!

Jelly Bellies, a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern (of course!) and Mistletoe Manor, a Moda fat quarter bundle by Three Sisters.

The cream colored fat quarters are missing!

Oh, there they are! Already cut!
Whoa! Look at this! It didn't really take that long to cut out.

Let's start on the border first! Why not? I needed some mindless piecing...

La te da!

OK, well, I'd better get busy because there are 200 of these large squares that need triangles on all four corners!

That would be 800 corners (for the mathematically impaired, LOL!).

Umm, you didn't think I would get them all right, did you?

Oh, great. Now I have to iron 800 corners! Stay tuned to see them up on the display wall...

* One more thing...I worked on a UFO! (What Comes Around Goes Around.)

Uh, oh. Upside down. This is a pattern from Americana Quilts by Sandy Bonsib called What Comes Around Goes Around. I'm thinking that is a very good name for this picture. Anyway, this is a UFO from several years ago. All it needed was borders! So, I started putting them on. Sixteen borders! Yikes, no wonder it's a UFO! I'll be through with it today. Backing and binding too. It'll go in the to be quilted pile.

So, that's my week.

Paris Flea Market

This is another quilt I finished several years ago but never blogged about. It is a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern, Tag Sale. By now I guess you've realized who my favorite pattern designer is...

The fabric is Three Sister's Paris Flea Market fat quarter bundle. I used the large roses on a yellow background for the backing. (Swooze, this one's for you!)

This is the quilting design my friend Ty used. It is a freehand paisley design and is perfect for this quilt!

A lot of my quilts use fabric lines from Moda. I just love the feel of the fabric, it's so soft. It is just the right weight and the colors stay true even after repeated washings. Besides Three Sisters, I love Blackbird Designs and Minik and Simpson fabric. I think they appeal to my shabby chic, primitive and patriotic color loves.

I also like to make scrap quilts. I usually use a lot of older fabric when piecing them because it's in my stash! I'll have to find some older scrap quilts to show you. I've weeded out all the substandard fabrics like the see through ones and the ones I know will bleed.

Do you have a preference in fabric? I'd love to hear from you!

True to my word, I have picked a UFO to work on. The pattern is from Quilt In A Day, called Bits and Pieces. I used 30's reproduction fabrics with plain muslin. I added Seminole Borders. Now, I'm ripping them off. All eight borders! The mitering was terrible, the seams going every which way and just generally put together sloppy. I don't usually do such sloppy work. Lets just say I wasn't in my right mind when I put the borders together. LOL!

This is the spot where the surgery is taking place. It's my new chair and a half which makes into a twin bed. Now my sewing room is also a guest room! A couple of nights ago I rearranged my room and cleaned up and put away almost all of the piles. When I am through I'll give you a tour...

This is a project on my design wall right now. It is a Lori Smith pattern, Fit To Frame: Set Six. I finished the applique right before Christmas. The fabrics are Civil War repros on cream backgrounds. I'll sew the blocks together without sashing and put on a border . But, first I have to get back to unsewing...

Last two of 2008

This is the quilt I made for my son-in-law. I gave it to him for Christmas. He is the biggest baseball fan I know, ok...the only baseball fan I know! He really LOVES baseball! I collected every baseball fabric I could find for about two years. My friend Ty quilted it on her longarm in a popcorn pattern.

I gave this quilt to my daughter for her new house. See how it fits perfectly with her green walls and red couch? I planned it that way...wait, I made this quilt before she bought the house. Anyway, it matches perfectly!

It is a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern called Lucille. It's made with a bundle of Christmas Prescence fabrics by Moda.

The Tootie Babies are 15 months old! Mommy fixed their hair for the pictures. They are just too cute and Nana loves them to pieces.

Another one...

This is a quilt I finished last year. It is a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern called Elizabeth. I used the Moda, Three Sisters fat quarter bundle Wuthering Heights. The back is a piece of fabric from that line with words from the book in tone on tone pinks. I have this quilt folded and hung on the back of a chair in my bedroom. It is so pretty!

Here is a closeup of the quilting. It's a feather design. The quilting really compliments the design. Thanks Ty!

That's it for today! Hope you have a good one...try to work on something quilty!

2008 Large Quilts

Alright, here we go...

Sarah got a quilt from Nana.

Emily got one too! These quilts have their names appliqued on the front and hand embroidered sayings like 'pitter patter', 'giggles' and 'sweet baby'. I used a jelly roll of Sanctuary by Three Sisters, Moda.

I took these next three pictures with the quilt folded and hung over the wall by the stairs. So you are only seeing half a quilt.

Toulouse, a Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern. Moda's Christmas Presence fat quarter bundle. Holly and Berries quilting.

Crazy Christmas Nine Patch, a quilt made from my stash. Quilted with a mitten and snowflake design.

Flies In The Barn, another Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. pattern. Moda Blackbird Designs fat quarter bundle. I can't remember the name of this line of fabric but it is one of my favorites. This is one of those quilts where my friends would say, "Those are your colors!".

I have two more quilts to show you but they are over at my daughter's house. I'll get pictures when I go over to babysit the Tooties!

I also took pictures of three quilts I haven't shown you. Those will be in the next few posts.

Kim's new jelly roll pattern...

http://peachquilting.com/

Check out this cute pattern using a jelly roll.

Sorry about the pictures for the big quilts of 2oo8. We've had rain and clouds for two days. Hopefully I'll get the pictures in the next few days when the sun comes back out.

Oh, I added up my fabric purchased in 2008. I bought 88 yards! That includes six backings and lots of charm squares for gifts to my quilting friends.

2008 Little Quilts

Okay, here we go...lots of pictures!

Center Medallion

A Lori Smith pattern, Blueberries, Cherries and Cream, BOM. Hand quilted.


Spin City
Miss Rosie's Quilt Co. Schnibbles pattern. Made from two charm packs and a little yardage. Big Stitch quilting.
Red and Black Bow Tie
A UFO from 2005. Each fabric is different. Big Stitch quilting with red thread.

Tea Time With Friends

This was a UFO from 1997. I belonged to an online quilt guild (RPLOTN) in the 90s. We chatted every morning over coffee and tea. Someone had a brilliant idea to exchange mugs/tea cups! Just like all block swaps it's not perfect but holds lots of memories for me. It's big stitched with prairie points in the border and hand embroidery.

Of course there were baby announcements for Emily and Sarah.

Flowers For My Love

A Lori Smith pattern series called Fit To Frame (set one). I did this series as a BOM. There were six patterns-five had four quilts each and the last was a larger applique quilt. I really enjoyed doing these and actually hand quilted this one.

Blue Charm Tumbler

Another 2005 UFO finished. Each tumbler is a different fabric. I did big stitch quilting and it went quick!

A Walk In The Garden

Another Lori Smith Fit To Frame quilt. this one from set 5. Hand appliqued and quilted.

Pinwheels In My Garden
A block of the month, Lori Smith pattern Chocolate and Cherries. The version I got was called Blueberries, Cherries and Cream. There are nine quilts in this series. Hand appliqued and hand quilted.

This only a top. Another Blueberries, Cherries and Cream. I noticed two mistakes in my piecing...have to fix that.

Sandy Spends Alot

Another top...Lorie Smith, Fit To Frame, set one.

Four Patch Fannie
Top, Lori Smith Fit To Frame, set five.

Friends Are Forever

A top from Blueberries, Cherries and Cream.

Mosaic

A top from Blueberries, Cherries and Cream. I think this one needs a border or two.

Tomorrow I'll be back with the big quilts from 2008!