Quilts from his shirts

Dottie made these quilts and pillow tops for Diana, who lost her husband. She did a great job and I'm sure they will be a wonderful comfort to her children. She chose Stars and Loops pantograph and I used Hobbs 80/20 batting. The backing is denim, so they are quite heavy.










Here are 7 table runners that Carolyn made. She had the backing and batting cut for each of them. I stitched the backings together and loaded them all at once, floating each table runner as it's backing advanced. She's all set for Christmas.

Yes, I Quilted This Weekend!

Here is my handiwork for the weekend:



I quilted 3 quilts and 9 pillow tops that Dottie pieced out of shirts. These are memory quilts/pillows for a family that lost their dad.

I also quilted 7 Christmas table runners that Carolyn made.

I plan to take photos tomorrow at work where I can spread them all out.

I'm ready for a glass of wine and some tv.

Some New Feathers for Me

I tried a new feather design last night and it turned out quite nice. I pounced the spine and the rest is freehand.



The blocks are continuous curves and the sashing is....well, I don't know what it's called, but I first decided to use it on the outer border and then decided on the sashing also.





And the back:


Hope Linda likes it!

Dancing with Mabel

Tonight I got to spend some time dancing with Mabel. It seems like forever since I quilted anything. Spending way too much time watching "24"

I spent a relaxing weekend at the French Lick Resort, compliments of my employer, The National Group. All 20+ employees attended, and most with their spouses and families. We were treated to 2 wonderful speakers on Saturday morning and the rest of the weekend was ours to enjoy. Of course, we were given some spending money for meals and fun! What a great company to work for.

Anyway back to quilting...
I loaded Julianne's very first quilt tonight and am using the Fay Feather pantograph that she requested. I love the seafoam green thread on this one.

Row-by-row

Here is my row for the new RBR that I am joining. My online friend Gracie from New York actually made these blocks for me in our 12 Days of Christmas exchange, and I had not decided what I wanted to do with them.



The RBR needs to be passed tonight, so last night I sewed these beautiful blocks together, gathered up some batiks and I'm all set.




i got the borders sewn on the stack n whack from Monday's design wall photo.

Design Wall Monday - September 13, 2010

Looks like my design wall on JUly 5th, doesn't it? This is the leftover fabric from Kylee's quilt. It was just too pretty to put the leftovers back into my stash.
These blocks are a bit smaller than Kylee's, so this will just be a lap quilt, or wall hanging.

Stashbusting 2010 - #37

Fabric Added - 1 yard
Fabric Added Year to Date - 50.75 yards

Fabric Used - 10 yard
Fabric Used Year to Date - 135.125 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 84.375 yards

The only reason I added fabric this week is because I received four FQs in my door prize bag.