AnneElizablog

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Midnight Stars

I've been working on a few other projects and was anxious to start on Lori's quilt-a-long, Midnight Stars. I finally got it in gear and here it is so far, on my wall. The pieces are not sewn together, just arranged where they are meant to go. We had ice last night and this morning so no school today.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Cardinal in Snowy Tree & North Star Block

What was happening outside today...

And what was happening inside.

January is great for sewing!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Kathleen's Nickel Quilt

A group of us got together last Wednesday to put together and tie this quilt for our friend, Kathleen, who is very ill. The pattern is Baby Nickels from a book called Loose Change. It is made from 5" squares of 1930's reproduction fabrics.

Monday, January 3, 2011

Civil War Quilt - 1st Installment

Barbara Brackman has started a Civil War Quilts blog and will be posting a new block pattern each Saturday. This is the first installment, entitled "Catch Me If You Can." I was pondering how to commemorate the Civil War Sesquicentennial quilt-wise and this is perfect! Thank you to Barbara who has done so much to keep our quilting history and tradition alive.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

1-1-11

A project for the new year. This is my four-block quilt top, made for my Tuesday group's Rainbow Surprise challenge. We each picked two paint chips at random and had to make something (anything) using those two colors. My colors were "American Beauty" and "Daisy" - a rosy red and a bright yellow. I had always liked four-block quilts and this is the result. I'm planning to hand-quilt it sometime during 2011. Happy New Year!