A quilt story

I haven't done any quilting this week so I have no updates to show there so I thought I would show some stuff I have done in the past. Unfortunately this is not a flattering picture but I will share just the same: It is 12x12 and was my first attempt at applique and a miniature. At the time I had a 90 minute drive to work with 20 of those 90 minutes spent at stop lights in downtown Raleigh NC. I sewed the center while at those stop lights. You cannot tell from the picture but the fabrics are all of the same design just different colors. I love this quilt. I sewed magnets into pockets on the back so I can hang it on the cabinets in my office. I would love to do another one but cannot remember where the pattern came from-hmmm.

The top to the Booty Swap is done and now that my rectangle size has been approved I will add the borders this weekend. I need a cool variegated thread and had planned on heading to JoAnn's on Saturday but the new ad came today and if I am patient and wait until Sunday the thread will be 1/2 off along with the cutting accessories!! I have learned that paper piecing is rough on my rotary blades and am in need for some new ones!

Happy quilting Cyber Guild! ;)

Quilt in a Day-11 years actually

What is up with Eleanor Burns and her "Quilt In A Day"-her and how many assistants? This is an Applique project that I started in 1996 and finished this year in time for it hang above the fireplace for the holidays. I will say that there were 4 moves, a child, a divorce, a college degree, a new marriage and a new career all in those 10-11 years that contributed to the slowness of completion. So I guess Eleanor is not to blame.

The leaves are hand sewn and the quilting is a cross hatch design in the middle of the heart and chevron on the outside all done by machine. I love it and refuse to take it down. I figure that 11 years in and out of a box gives it a pass to hang beyond the season!