Recent Finished Projects

I've been lax in posting on this blog.  Not that I haven't finished quilts, because I have.  I've concentrated on my blog HandPiecing.

Here are some of the quilts I've finished in the last few months

Prairie Women Project Vase and Flower

This pattern was created by my friend and quilt teacher Mary Clark.  I hand appliqued and hand quilted this wall quilt.  Here's the back.

Back of Vase and Flower

This miniature is made with Inklingo 0.5 Log Cabin Collection and half square triangles.  All hand pieced and hand quilted.

Close up showing hand embroidery and beading

The Back

In keeping with my promise to myself, both of these quilts are made with fabric from my stash.

I have many more quilts in line.  As I finish them, I'll post them here.

Quilt tops in line to be finish keeps getting longer!  I'm not sure how that happens.

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HOLIDAY MUG RUGS

In a quilter's forum I have the pleasure of being a member, we are swapping Mug Rugs for Christmas.  This is my contribution.  

Mug Rugs are great for learning techniques.  I've been experimenting with fabric painting.  The cardinals are hand painted.   

  The star was done with Inklingo Diamond/Triangles/Square Collection (Free)  ...another process that I have been learning and thoroughly enjoying.    I used scraps from my fabric collection.  ...making do with what I have.  This mug rug is hand pieced, hand quilted, and hand embroidered.

Log Cabin Mug Rug and Friends

This is the second mug rug for the swap.  I experimented with my EQ7 and elongated a log cabin block.  It was foundation pieced and machine quilted with a bit of decorative stitch along the edge.   More scraps from my stash.

This picture is of the back.

FABRIC BOXES

A few weeks ago, on one of my forums, up came a link to making fabric boxes.  What a great idea!  I've been making them ever since.  First I tried one or two.  I added machine embroidery to one of the boxes.  I pieced scraps together for the other to get rid of my bits and pieces.

Made from my scraps of fabric





Then I thought, why not use the boxes made of fabric to store my bits and pieces of scrap so that they would be easier to find.  I had already arranged these scraps in plastic zip bags but still they were not that easy to locate.  So I made more boxes and decided a larger size might be better suited to this project.  I kept on making more fabric boxes until all my scraps were organized and easily found.  Now I can easily find all my scraps arranged in Boxes by color.

Smaller box with Blue Scraps. 

Sizes are getting bigger



Larger boxes hold more scraps



Green Scraps Wrapped around half cut index cards and
set on end for better viewing

More Boxes

USING UP MY STASH

Just today on one of the sites I frequent - a quilting fabric site - surprise.  The question was asked.  

If your family and friends had to describe you and your relationship to fabric, what would they say?

There is no doubt.

They would say that I’m a mess. I love my fabric. I keep every bit and every piece. I spend hours organizing, pressing, admiring. I use it like an art medium. The more I have, the more fun I have…..so I’m organized. Why then would my friends and family say I’m a mess ( and they frequently do say, ahem). 

Pookie aka Dudley aka The Pooks

I’m in my sewing room now? I lift my head from my sewing and look around me. I’m shocked. What happened to my sewing room? Intent on finishing this one simple block.. .one block mind you…I must have pulled out every piece of scrap I have. What a mess. Just look at this mess! Threads and bits of fabric everywhere. Pookie (that’s my Westie-um his real name is Dudley, but he’s just a Pooks to me) is just covered in bits and pieces of whatever. The floor below my sewing machine looks like a vacuum cleaner dump. ..And I’ve been in this room for hours.. yes hours. The dishes need doing, the beds need made (too late for that- almost time to sleep again), grass needs mowing…but since this is all such a mess anyway, I’ll just make one more block.