Mandalay Half Rectangle Triangle quilt is finished!

Another quilt is complete, and I'm so happy.  I love this quilt.  It's the second time I've done a HRT quilt, but I don't think it'll be the last.  The other one was a kite quilt.

The quilting by my LAQ is great.  This photo shows the Kona Cadet I used on the back, better than the last photo.

I used all the leftover Mandalay fabric to piece the quilt back.  I sure hope my daughter likes this quilt,  If not, I'll be glad to keep it!  This is a queen-size, 85" by 88.5".

Now I'm free to start some fresh projects.  I hate to have WIPs hanging over my head.  I think I'm going to make some baby quilts, one for a specific baby and others to have on hand.  You know how babies have a habit of popping up!  I need to be prepared.

May your bobbins always be full,

Vintage Quilt Revival QAL Quilt is finished!

Yay!  I'm so happy to have this marked "done".   I joined the San Diego Modern Quilt Guild's Vintage Quilt Revival QAL over a year ago, in August 2014.  It was a good adventure and I learned a lot.  

I had no suggestions for thread, but my LAQ, Janiel Millers' first suggestion was variegated and that's what we stayed with.  I think it was a perfect choice.

I photographed the quilt on a steep grassy bank and forgot to get a photo of the back.  It's all back with the exception of this orphan block.  The quilt measures 70" x 87".

May your bobbins always be full,

The Autumn Leaves Quilt is finished!

This is a custom order for a lady named Diane.  After I accepted the commission, I found out she lives in SoCal, about 80 miles away.  That's a first for me, the other commissions have been spread across the US.

I received the deposit in early August and it was finished today.  Diane should have it by early December.  Not bad, four months for a completed quilt.

This is the pieced back, I intentionally cut duplicates of the points that formed the leaf points and the seedpods, to use on the quilt back, and I threw in a little gray triangle for variety, can you spot it?  The upper photo sure shows off the fabulous Long Arm Quilting by Janiel Miller.

I really love this quilt and I'll be sad to see it go!  The finished quilt is 95" x 95".

We still have lots of trees with beautiful Autumn Leaves and some are in the gutter.

When I got down to the clubhouse to photograph the quilt, the auditorium was all set up for an anniversay party.  Pretty fancy.

Looks like a good time will be had, tonight.  Bob and I skipped the party for our 50th, and went on a 6 week trip, 4 weeks on a cruise through the Panama Canal then on to Europe, then stays in Copenhagen and New York.

May your bobbins always be full,

Scrappy Scrapalious Quilt is finished!

I spent most of the month of March stitching this quilt top together.  I used a lot, not all of my print scraps.  I call this design Brick by Brick.  I tried to alternate light and dark, I was semi-successful.

Photographing this monster, it's 92" x 90". was a challenge.  The photos taken on the grass were only OK, and these on the tennis courts required seven clothes pins!  Seven!

For the quilt back I stitched together fat quarters of Make Life Sweet by Sweetwater.

I attempted to get both dogs to pose with the folded quilt, Ben was the only one to co-operate!  This photo shows the bounce of red I added to the binding.  It's such a large quilt I added two extra scraps, I'm loving the look.

I believe this quilt is staying at my house.  I currently sleep under a quilt that I purchased over 15 years ago before I started making quilts; my youngest daughter, Sharon, has advised me that I need to sleep under one of my quilts!  Bossy, bossy, bossy.

BTW, I now have no UFOs!

May your bobbins always be full,

Modern Log Cabin Quilt is finished

This is the fifth of the six quilts I needed to put bindings on.  I made the quilt top in April and finally got the binding on it yesterday.

I used Cotton + Steel Moon Rabbit in Navy for the center of each log cabin block.

There are several scraps included in the binding.  Below is the pieced quilt back.

The finished size is 62" x 76".

These two quilts really go together.

May your bobbins always be full,

The Accidental Quilt

This quilt began its life as a quilt back.  I'd just finished a Modern Log Cabin quilt top and started piecing scraps together, and fell in love with how it was turning out.  I decided it should be a quilt top.  Below is the quilt back I made for it.  I think the front and back are both lovely.  (If I do say so myself!)  The finished size is 68: x 69".

 Here are the two quilts, together.  Can you see how they're related?

May your bobbins always be full,

Skateboard Baby Quilt

My nephew is almost 45 years old and is going to be a Dad for the first time, in September. Growing up and well into his adulthood, he was an avid skateboarder. I thought this design would work great for his baby.

I love to piece quilt backs, this one is no exception.  The finished quilt measures 34 x 46 inches, I think it's the perfect size for a baby.

I've put bindings on three quilts today.  I started with six quilts that needed to be finished and my plan was to put the binding on two quilts a day, on Friday, Saturday and today.  As they say, "Best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."  Friday and Saturday didn't see any sewing, so next week I hope to get the next three finished.  All three are large, so maybe one a day.

May your bobbins always be full,

Small and Light Buzzsaw Beauty Quilt

I managed two photos, then the twine broke!  I moved across the yard to the bench for the next photos.

It's hotter than heck here in Murrieta.  I think we're scheduled for one more day of this heat, then it will be in the 90's.

My boys, Frisco and Ben insisted on going out in the heat, but they were really ready to go back in when I finished these photos.

This quilt is small, 38 inches square.

May your bobbins always be full,