1st Quilt Finish of 2012

Here it is, all quilted and bound, my first quilt finish of 2012. It is a pattern of Kathleen Tracy's, who is doing a mini-quilt each month this year. Since I love participatory quilt projects, I was all in for this one!

Pink Lemonade

I have finished my top, Pink Lemonade, from Lori's quilt-a-long. I almost gave up on the yellow because I wasn't sure how much I liked it with the pink but now I'm glad I stuck with it. The yellow came from my stash, like the rest of the fabrics, and fortunately I had about a yard of it. That limited my choices. I will quilt it in a simple fashion, starting tonight! Thanks, Lori!

Crosses Mourning Quilt

One of my goals for 2012 is to make one small quilt each month, inspired by Kathleen Tracy of A Sentimental Quilter. Followers will make a quilt every month from one of her books. The first one is Crosses Mourning Quilt from Prairie Children and Their Quilts. Since I have several of her books and love to make little quilts, I am on board with this project!

Another goal is to work from my stash. So far, so good.

Log Cabin from Civil War Scraps

Well, Barbara Brackman's block-a-week celebrating the 150th anniversary of the civil war is over. Every Saturday morning in 2011, I looked forward to a new block, which I usually made on Sunday or Monday. This past Sunday, New Year's Day, I gathered up the pile of civil war reproduction fabrics that have been sitting on the floor next to my sewing machine. I sorted them by color and put them away in my stash. I set aside any "scraps" and began cutting them into 1 1/4" strips. I immediately started sewing them into log cabin blocks, pictured above!

Of course I will finish my Civil War 150 quilt. All the blocks are done but I have to go shopping for some sashing fabric and that could take a few weeks. In the meantime, I will work on my Civil War Log Cabin. Happy New Year!

Quilts of 2011

My year-end review of quilts I completed in 2011. Midnight Stars was a quilt-a-long offered by Lori of Humble Quilts. Her directions are easy to follow and I look forward to her next project in 2012.

This is "Four Flowerpots" currently hanging in my kitchen. It is the result of a challenge from my weekly quilting group.

"Baby Steps" now belongs to my 6-week-old great-nephew, Eli.

"Mini Diamonds" is made from my vast collection of nineteenth-century reproduction fabrics.

"Vintage Nine-Patch" started as eight very humble, old nine-patch blocks given to me by my friend, Linda.

"Animal Alphabet Games" was a panel I hand-quilted for my great-nephew, Mason.

"Winter Scraps" is a folk-art table topper I made for my brother and sister-in-law.

Fabric Notebooks

My quilt guild is making things again! This time, fabric-covered notebooks from a pattern in Quilting Arts "Gifts" magazine.

December 1st

Inspired by Lori of Humble Quilts, I made this festive table topper designed by Cheri and featured in the current issue of Primitive Quilts magazine. The pattern called for cotton and wool fabric but I didn't have any wool so I used all cotton. The appliqued shapes and "pennies" are fused. I may quilt it using perle cotton, not sure yet.