A Very Merry Christmas!!

DH chose and bought 2 meters of this fabric....

And used 1½  meters as packing;
then used the other ½  a meter as gift wrap
for one of my gifts...

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How can you beat that?  Gotta Love this Man!!

..it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..

Merry Christmas!!
Away in a MangerJesus is the Reason

007 ~ Windmills..... J&J

I fell in love with this pattern here.
Windy Day for photos.
I sew binding by machine, Rita was a great teacher.


Matilda is always ready to help with the puzzle.

Stippling...

Apron.....

On the Spur of the moment;
...An Apron for a friend.
I was happy with how it turned out &
I expect to be making more of them,
alas a perfect way to use up fabric.

006 ~ Stanley......

This quilt was made for a special young man, and was made from my heart, especially for, and with him in mind. Rather than an artist 'patchwork' creation, it's meant to be a story book (of sorts) with pictures to look at.
It was my first twin sized quilt, so a lot easier to manage than the
double or queen, yet big enough to be a challenge.
Here I had the opportunity to really practice stippling.
(I can understand why they say practice, practice, practice)

Race cars, Horses, Cats, Tractors, ships, Police cars....

and his name appliqued on the back.
another learning experience... but that's part of my fun!!

started September 2009 - completed October 2009

005 ~ Leaves...... C&A

Then I started sandwiching!
A Double size quilt, with a "few" learning curves.

Merlin LOVES domestic duties....
he usually "helps" with laundry
(he's addicted to bleach)
as you can see...he's been helping with the quilting.

Machine Binding.
Free motion quilting.... practice practice practice!

started June 2009 - completed September 2009

004 ~ Fence Rails ~ Elmo...... markus

I made another baby quilt, in an Elmo theme. The top is fence rails pattern,

I decided to try making a label, using a fabric pen.

All in all.... for "another" first... it turned out okay.

started May 2009 - completed June 2009

003 ~ Scrappy Trip Around the World......

In 2009 I tackled a Queen Sized bedspread.
I like the 'scrappy' look of patchworks, so made a scrappy trip around the world.

I discovered the Blog World and learned about "sandwiches" and quilting techniques.

 I chose the pillowcase style.

A front, a back, no filling.

Blunders and all.... I am quite proud of this huge project.
started mid March 2009 - completed mid May 2009

002 ~ Bugs...... veej

This flannel baby blanket was also done pillowcase style.
A front, a back..no filling..
The baby theme is 'bugs"
The name tag was embroidered at an embroidery outlet.
completed 2008

001 ~ Scrappy Bargello......

A lap blanket, made "pillowcase" style..
A front, a back; no filling.

I was still learning!!

Scrappy Bargello
1 inch squares
completed 2007

It's a Start....

October 26, 2009

It's raining heavily; so it's a perfect day to start my blog.

Not sure what/how I'm doing.....

we'll see.