Mary's Placemats

These are the CUTEST placemats that Mary made.



I quilted them with the Maple Dance Panto, by Karen thompson, in Egypt Topaz PermaCore thread, and used some Warm & Natural narrow pieces of batting.




What a great way to use up some of those fall colored scraps. I'll have to ask her for the name of the pattern.

Pillowcases

I bought some fabric at Cheryl's on Saturday to make pillowcases to go with the quilt on our bed.

I love how they turned out. The green is really not that shade of green!


However,

They do not go with the quilt at all.



I may have to make another quilt to match them.

Last night I packaged up the first 12 stockings in flat rate boxes.....just 108 more to go. We are filling the remaining stockings on Saturday afternoon.

Stashbusting Week #44

October 26-November 1, 2009

Fabric Added This Week - 3
Fabric Added Year to Date - 141.25 yards

Fabric Used This Week - 4.25 yard
Fabric Used Year to Date - 216.125 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 74.875 yards

The Giraffe is Quilted!

This one is a free pattern from Red Rooster called, "Folk Tale Friends."

Now, I just have to decide who it's for and if I want to make another one just like it. I need 2 baby boy quilts soon, so here's one of them.



The batting is Hobbs 80/20 and the thread is PermaCore Dyed Natural. I pondered over what to do in the center of this quilt for days and finally decided that straight line quilting and SID around the applique would look good. And I really like it! Swirls in the narrow border and terry twists in the outer border squares.



Oops, looks like some of them got cut off. Oh well, I'm sure it won't be that noticable after it's washed and dried.

Stuffing Stockings

At our guild day camp on Saturday, we spent some time filling about 40 stockings. It was great fun and I felt such a sense of accomplishment. Now, we still have 70+ to do and they all have to go into boxes and have forms filled out, but at least it's a start.

Hanging Kitchen Towels

Julie sent me some photos of the hanging kitchen towels I put together for her. Each purchased towel makes 2 hanging towels. I did a little research online to find a pattern and actually made one with a found pattern, but it was way too small. So, I made my own pattern. Her kitchen theme is the pizza guy and she really likes wine, so these will go nicely.

Seeing them again, I may actually want to make some for myself now.

Quilt of Valor

I loaded and quilted this quilt of valor for Kathy F of Columbus last night. Her group makes lots of QOVs and I have quilted quite a few of them. I used Clan Green PermaCore thread with a prewound dark green bobbin. The backing is a mottled dark green. The batting is Warm & Natural and the quilt design is Michelle Wymann's Ribbon Twirl panto. It was already on the table and I'm quite happy with the results.