Thursday, January 28, 2016

Sea Life

Jan 26, 2016

Mom made this quilt top.  She purchased the kit at Road to CA in 2015.  I backed the quilt in light blue furry minkie. I did a stipple in the quilt center except for the panels which I outlined the animals.  In the outer border I did Leah Day's Whirlpools, on the inner border I did swirls.

Size: 46 x 57


Monday, January 25, 2016

Road to CA 2016

Mom, Karen and I had a great time and once again purchased too much.  I got two projects, Forest Friends which is normally a block of the month buy Karen and I are going to make it together. I'm doing the warm colors for both of us and she is doing the cool colors.  The plan is to have our 1/2 completed by Road to CA next year.  We purchased the back ground fabric at M&L Discount fabrics.

The 2nd project is a paper piece project by Sassafras Lane called Empire Place.  I got the color solids at Road to CA show and the black, grays and white at M&L Discount Fabrics.  I plan not to start this one until I complete Arcadia Avenue which I'm not even half way done. 

Mom got several kits. I get much of my quilt thrills through the tops she does because I get to help her start most and see them progress over time.  Some of the kits are: Matrix, flannel wolf; flannel forest animals (woman who we purchased the kit from was very pushy about buying the backing fabric from her ... almost didn't buy kit at all). A red, white and black ribbon quilt, couple of kid quilts with bugs.  

We didn't want to buy anymore stuff on Saturday (after going to M&L) so we went to the movies and saw the new Star Wars movie.  Great movie.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Pirate's Treasure

Jan 18, 2016

I made this quilt top many years ago.  I think it was a sweet treat from Pincushion Boutique.  The pattern was Mystery Sampler in the Fat Quarter Quilts by M'Liss Rae Hawley (pg 50).  I like this pattern because you design your own quilt but there is still structure.  Great for newer quilters wanting to stretch beyond the pattern.

I quilted the center with 5 large X with a meander connection between.  I then echoed around the X s and meander lines.  In the black boarder I used Leah Day's Spiral Tree and the outside boarder was quilted with a stipple.

Size: 63 x 81