Cottage Quilt

I was in a swap that Betsy hosted that finished this year. All of the cottages are just wonderful. The pattern  that we followed called for a wall hanging, a huge wall hanging. Mine will be laying on the back of the sofa for the little boys, Nikolas discovered the windows had things in them and he had a blast looking at the windows.

I used flannel for the backing as I wanted it to be soft for the boys. I thought flannel was made for this quilt.

Thanks to all the ladies for a wonderful swap.

Fractured Diamond

Using Rhonda's tutorial for making the Fractured Diamond and working from my stash I made this little quilt.

I'm hoping to come up with enough black for the border. It is small but I think it will look nice on my dining table.

Happy stitching!

Flower Mini

I finished the flower mini, sorta. I was so unhappy with the way the binding turned out that I took it Saturday. I will put it back on this week.

Happy stitching!

My Flower

When you don't have a pattern and you are working from an idea that is in your head, sometimes things don't go exactly as planned. No problem! I made fillers that I think are cute. lol

Not all of the fillers will be this shape.

Happy stitching!

New project

Since I couldn't find my pieces to Emilee's Winding Way last week I started a new project. When I started the project I had a table runner in mind but my mind didn't keep up and I cut it to narrow. Oh well, now it will be a skinny wall hanging. I really like this black fabric. I used the black fabric for the background and the backing.

This is the back of the quilt.

Can you see the blob of thread on the bottom left of the corner? What happened?

This is one of the flowers. I only have two flowers appli-quilted. I love the way the flowers are turning out.

I'm off this morning to Joann's and Toy r Us. Yes, I know Toys r us does not sell fabric but they sell toys that little boys would like for Christmas.

Happy stitching!

Week ending 10/2

Well, that worked pretty well keeping me motivated. Plus I didn't feel like I had to work on a project because it was on my list. I worked on what I wanted to work on.

Sunday
1. Sewed binding on Bliss & Blessings
2. Pull backing fabric for Serenity Prayer panel.

Monday
1. Basted Serenity Prayer panel.

Tuesday
1. Started quilting Serenity Prayer.

Wednesday
1.Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Thursday
1. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Friday
1.Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Saturday
1. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.
2. Started a new project because I couldn't find Emilee's Winding Ways.
3. Traced applique' pieces
4. Fused applique' pieces to fabric.
5. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.
6. Made vine for new projects.
7. Fused applique' to background
8. Layered new project.
9. Started appli-quilting new project.
10. Looked for background squares and corner stones foe Emilee's Winding Ways.
11. Found background squares and corner stones for Emillee's Winding Ways. WOOHOO!!

I looked everywhere for the pieces I had already cut for Emilee's Winding Ways. I had looked so much I had decided I had accidently thrown them away. Saturday afternoon I remembered that when I was showing my neighbor the batik flower garden quilt those pieces were laying on the bed. I unfolded the batik quilt and there they were. Thank goodness!

Happy stitching!