021 ~Baby Blanket ariana

I have finally completed this baby blanket; 

it took far too long...I dallied far too long on it..

~front~

~ front close-up ~ an elmo thing

 

the backing 

a closer look at the binding

 

I quilted it with a free-hand wavy stitch.

020 ~ Finally I put my Winnings to Use!! Mine

A little house block, i won on a give-away.  I've made quilts for various people ~ but somehow have forgotten about one for me... this one's for me.

I set the house 'on point'.

  Houses & Log Cabins surround the winning house!!

 

Since it is MY quilt I appliqued my name 

on a block!

  the Backing!

A gift for a gifter

These blocks are for a fellow quilter, who enjoys making things for others.

I Finally Won a Give Away!!!!

I Won!!   I Won!!   I Finally Won!!

I've been putting my name in for 

give away's for a while.... 

and have never won a thing....

well today..... my luck changed!!

and this is where I won!!

I look forward to receiving my block 

so I can do Beth proud!

012 ~ 019 Kids Kids & More Kids!!! marcela / rollin

In May we found out that we'd be
making a trip to Manitoba in early October.
Since we have family there
I decided to get busy and make each of the 8 the kids a quilt!

I really wanted to take a "washline" photo before
I parted with them.

The last stitch was done the evening before
I flew out..talk about pressure??

Here's all the bindings.

(fay 48x65")
Pink Fence Rails

(gil 50x67")
The Farm

(jay 51x71")
I'd never thought of doing grey
in a kids quilt, but alternating pinks
with grey turned out fine.

(jef 57x69")
Pinwheels I've always liked the look of pinwheels.

(jen 48x70")
check out what some of these cats are doing

(lor 48x60")
4" squares using kids fabrics

(mel 50x69")
stacked coins - a perfect stash buster
alternating with a light pink

(rob 51x71")
I found this wonderful idea
online

011 ~ A Birthday Quilt Derry

A friend who is a musician & singer was turning 74, so a music quilt was in order!
Merlin ♥ L-O-V-E-S ♥ Uncle Derry; of course he had to help!


The Front is a random of 4" squares alternating musical fabrics with solids.


Out of the blue (well maybe "ON the blue" I decided to write Derry's name on one of the squares on the front.


DH and I are constantly giving him a hard time about his "girlfriends" so when I found this 'girls' fabric,


I knew it had to be the backing fabric on hisquilt.

I'm still here

It's been a while...
and I've accomplished a few things...
can't wait to get it all blogged!!

010 ~ 1000 ...... pieces...... that is.... Jö

I've made a few quilts for other people; my DH says
..."when do I get a quilt"?
hm.... his request was:
a bunch of little squares, no pattern
"kunterbunt"


Merlin the quality control supervisor was right there

I'd hoped to get it finished for fathers day
~no such luck~

here it is, and I really like the mixture of bright colours
I suppose it could be an eye spy quilt for other quilt receivers
they should be able to find "their" fabrics somewhere in this one

I mentioned to DH that the quilt top had 980 ~ 2" squares in it.
980?? he says..... how come there's not 1000?
so here's the other 20 on the back

A close up of some of the brightness as well as the ladybug binding.

I'm pleased with the outcome.

009 ~ Finally..... another finish Ter & Tru

A wedding gift.

Backing.

the binding is of the same fabric that the squares in the backing is.
Pens etc..... so "my thing"....

In the Meantime...

I tried my hand at making seat covers for our truck;

they turned out ok.

and some chair pads.... as you can see they've been tested for durability.

Easter.......

.....from this.....


.....to this.....


.....and finally.....
Happy Easter!!

008 ~ Pinwheel......albert

The pinwheel quilt has been finished for a while;
I've been a bit remiss in the blogging job.


As you can see with the backing, the center
piece isn't quite in the center.

I really love this daisy fabric; it makes
a neat binding!

I'm still here...

It has been a while......
I've not been idle though,
Just a small taste of what has filled part of my time:

My first try with a frame...
something else to learn!!
I'm just about finished with the binding.

A scrappy 9 patch;
My little supervisor is right there to make the
softness test!!

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...