This is Diann's quilt. The pattern is called pointless wonder. I like the bright fabrics that are used in this quilt and I love how she used the black and white prints.

This quilt is for Amelia. She is about 3 months old so it is time for me to get it done. I still have to bind it and make a label.

7-Sisters Quilt Guild is meeting tonight. We will be working on 2 circle quilts. One is for a fundraiser and the other is a comfort quilt.

Janie's Quilt

I finished this quilt yesterday. I believe this is Janie's first bed size quilt.

Here are some close ups of the front.

Here are a few shots of the back.

February UFO - #10

Judy chose #10 for February. I am so excited to think about finishing this quilt. The other good thing is that I only have one UFO listed under #10, so I will try to finish 6b in February also.

10.The inspiration for this top is the Jane Sassaman fabrics. It was pieced in 2005.

January UFOs

It is hard to believe the whole month of January has already come and gone. I am participating in Judy's UFO Challenge. The challenge is to take 12 UFOs, number them and Judy will draw a number at the beginning of the month and that is the project you should complete that month. At the start of the year I identified 18 UFOs (I found more since then). Therefore for 6 of the months this year it will be my goal to complete 2 of them in a month. Unfortunately #6 was drawn for January and I had 2 listed for that number. I am happy that I did get one of them finished. This string quilt was started in a class in March 2008.

This dimensional hand applique was started in my Baltimore Album Bee in 2009. I did not get it done but I am happy with the progress that I made. I had planned to add a pieced border, but last night when I was working on it (trying to get it done in January) I thought it was okay like this. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking that I really wanted to add a pieced border, so it is not done. What I think I will do is finish it the first month that a number is drawn that I only have one UFO listed.

Stash Report, Week 5, 2011

This week was pretty good for stash busting. I used about 3 1/2 yards for the backs of my valentine table toppers and 1 yard for the bindings. I used 1 1/4 yards for the back of a baby quilt and 1/2 yard for the binding on my string quilt.

Used this Week: 6 1/4 yards

Used year to Date: 25 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards

Added Year to Date: 17 1/2

Net Used for 2011: 7 1/2 yards

Valentine Table Toppers

I love decorating for the Holidays. I really did not have much of anything for Valentines Day. So last week I decided I really needed to make something.

I really like to decorate with table toppers. For this one I used a pattern for the background but did not use the pattern hearts because I wanted these toppers to be done as quickly as possible. I used hearts cut with my Accuquilt Go. For the first one I quilted I did a meander filler. I thought that was taking too long so the rest of them do not have as much quilting.

For the ones I am keeping for myself I did not put a heart in the center because I always sit something there and you do not see it anyway.

For the other toppers I did not use a pattern at all and kept it very simple.

For the heart shapes I used dies I got from Sizzix that I got really cheap on Overstock.com.

The problem with using these dies with my Accuquilt Go is that I think the actual dies are thicker the Accuquilt ones. It really did a number on my cutting mat.

I used fusible web on the back of my hearts and stitched around them while I was quilting.

They really went together quickly and now I have some nice new modern Valentine decorations.

Plus, I have 2 extra to give away. I am giving one to Lou because she takes care of my cats when I go away. The other one is going to Margaret. She won it in the door prize drawing at the Pineapple Workshop last weekend.

Retreat Bee

On Monday I quilted this circle quilt that belongs to Lou. The circles are all chicken fabric and the white backgrounds are chicken wire.

Yesterday I went to retreat bee. At this bee we work on anything we want all day long. We always have so much fun and great food for lunch. The first thing I did yesterday was put the binding on my string quilt which is one of my UFOs #6. I did not take a picture yet. 

The next thing I worked on was my other UFO #6. I spent a lot of time Monday trying to decide the layout and what fabric to use. Here I was doing just a little more fabric auditioning for my final decision. 

This is the fabric and basic layout I went with. I did get some of it sewed on but did not take pictures yet.