Alice's Christmas Quilt

Alice made this design-as-you-go quilt for her granddaughter's boyfriend. She had some blocks already made and used some great border fabrics to make a very nice Christmas quilt.



Echo holly and poinsetta is the quilting design I used, along with Omni Safari thread and Hobbs 80/10 batting.

Alices Caterpillers

I quilted this one real quick for Alice, who needs it for a baby shower. Circle Lord Swirls Template is perfect for this cute little quilt. PermaCore white thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting.



Speaking of batting,

I have piles of leftover batting pieces. All the ones that are less than 15", I cut up into 7" and 8" squares for frayed quilts and 4" pieces for coasters.


From this:


To this:


Now, what to do with the 15" to 30" pieces?

Alice's Quilts

Alice made this quilt for a grandchild that recently got married. She use lots and lots of nickels from our guilds nickel swaps these past two years. I just love the bright colors. The quilting is custom with mostly continuous curves and feathered border and it's a big one at 103" square.



And the back, which I love also. She's very creative at putting these backs together.






She made this one for her granddaughter and it will be a Christmas gift, I believe. What little girl wouldn't love all these pinks and purples.



Quilted with Whirlygig panto by Jodi Beamish, which I haven't used in a while. Purple Permacore thread and, of course, Hobbs 80/20 batting. I have raised my price on batting from $5 to $6 a yard because the cost of shipping increased with my last shipment. I hate to do that, but I have to cover my expenses.



And the back:

And, It's done and Picked Up!

Alice picked up her quilt today and was pleased. Here's the front and you certainly can't see the quilting on this shot.



So, here's a close up:



Now, I think the back is just as pretty, if not prettier, than the front.

It's off the floor!

My goal tonight was to get enough quilting done on Alice's quilt so that it was not resting on the floor anymore. Well, it is quite a ways off the floor and I just ran out of bobbin thread so I thought this would be a great place to stop for the night. I'm probably 2/3 of the way done.



On another note....so far, the big snowstorm we are supposed to be having has missed us, going more to the North. We did get some snow and it is blowing quite a bit, but nothing like they have in Washington DC.

Some Freehand Quilting! and a Stashbusting Report for Week #6

I'm working on a quilt for Alice and it's pretty slow-going. At least it's slow for a quick and easy panto quilter like me. It is turning out very nice though.



Stashbusting:

Fabric Added This Week - 4 yards (2 yards of paper doll fabric in NC and 2 yards of a nice background in the Clearance Rom at Always In Sitches.)
Fabric Added Year to Date - 5 yards

Fabric Used This Week - 1 yard
Fabric Used Year to Date - 14.5 yards

YEAR TO DATE STASH USED: 9.5 yards (Yep, it seems like I'm going backwards, but I haven't had much time to sew lately)