035 Christmas Eve Delivery ~ Neve

 Zebras, Black & White, Hot Pink & Hearts

 

That was this 6 year old girls request, when I asked her 

what kind of quilt she would like.

 Well I found Zebra print for the background, a variety of pink (some hot) 

for the daisies which I appliqued with raw edges. 

The short piano keys border alternated the pinks with another zebra print,

 that shows a herd of zebras.. They were her favourite part, she said.

 

The Backing

Free motion is my favourite quilting, 

and for the centers of the daisies I did a pebble quilting, 

to make them stand out better. (it's quite cute on the back)

Bundled with a Zebra ribbon, ready for delivery.

Within minutes, she disappeared..... to put it on her bed.

How rewarding is that??

too sweet!!  Measures 60" x 77"

While Making Pies today... hel & jer

I heard a crunching sound...

 oops.... i forgot about the pins on the back... strong  needle though.

 The tops with lattice top "pie crust"

 trimmed 

and Done!! Two hot pads!!

a Perfect Hostess Gift.

And for the Host....

034 Merry Christmas 2014 "gifted" teresa

This year was interesting.. i was "gifted" 😏 some fabric.

 The lint roller after cleaning up the cutting mat once the trimmings were done. 

I thought it had that candy cane look..

 

This fabric was "given"😏 to me.. I used it for the Backing 

It's gorgeous, but I needed to add a bit to make it fit; 

I used a solid navy blue from my stash along the bottom and side. It worked!

It wouldn't fit on my design wall, (no floor space) 

so we did the sandwiching on the wall in the hallway.

This is the top (part)....

the bottom part is actually on the floor, but the top is DONE!!

 

Binding, I actually don't mind attaching binding. 

Since revamping the sewing room I now have an extra table that I can move 

to the side of my sewing table - which holds the weight of the quilt 

while I'm binding....so much easier.

 There it is.... DONE!! 
Not only is she a Christmas fan, the recipient of this quilt has two cats - named Star & Noel....   

If you click on it to enlarge this photo you'll see the captions from two Christmas Carols, 

done free motion quilting.

I thought the navy blue worked well with the backing.

I told DH if he ever hears me talking of making a queen sized quilt for anyone other than for US.... 

to have a serious talk with me!!

If I had more room in my sewing room, and my quilting frame was extended to it's fullest 

(not enough room for that) a queen sized quilt wouldn't be an issue......

My faithful helper.... Maxim....he  l-o-v-e-s to help!!

Measures 79" x 110"

033 A Baby Girl ... selah

Who can resist a baby quilt??

measures 44" x 54"

The daisy fabric with the daisies fit right in as backing.

For the first time tried a zig-zag machine quilting stitch.
I like it, but I'm not sure I'd want to do this on a larger quilt.

I created a new label for my quilts. 

Its not only smaller, but gets attached IN the binding 

(which is the last step of the quilt finish) so it doesn't become outdated info.

And of course, a flannel receiving blanket with a couple of burp cloths. Complete!

032 Back & Forth ... Rainer

Also one I finished in 2013, but he finally received it this year..

Back and Forth  or Up and Down....
depending which way you look at it.

for my BIL who enjoys Nature.

 The backing fabric jumped out at me, when i saw it in the store...

Nature.

My first experience at finding out that someone gave the quilt (i made especially for them) away..

031 ... Odin

Somewhere in the chaos of 2013 I made 
a baby quilt for a lovely little fellow.

Log cabin from my stash of kids fabrics.

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And a flannel receiving blanket made the package complete.

030 ....Kaleidoscope

This Kaleidoscope quilt was completed at the end of 2012. 

I think it started out as a string piecing project; the colours created a kaleidoscope look. 

I liked it.   Measures 77" x 89"

 The backing, I've seen many pieced backs; I prefer them.