Design Wall Monday

This is a pattern called Twist and Twirl, from Quiltmaker M/J 2009. I have been meaning to make this for a long time. I made a test block and posted about it here, almost a year ago. This week I was looking for a quick project to keep me busy. My daughter moved out two weeks ago and while I'm happy for her, I'm feeling a little lonely. This helped me keep my mind off it.

Design Wall Monday

Finally something new: the hot cross buns blocks sewn into a top. It turned out darker than I'd like due to the navy sashing. The blue print borders brightened it up a bit. Of course the photo is brighter than real life. I'll quilt this and put it aside for a baby gift. The blocks are only 5 inches across, the whole quilt is 37" x 49".

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Design Wall Monday

I have a new project today. I have been wanting to make a bug bottle quilt for a long time. My friend, Barbara, who owns the local quilt store, gave me a grocery back of bug fabric and two different patterns last year. I cut the fabric up today and have enough to make 8 quilts! I will make a couple myself and get my friends to make the rest. Most of them will go to the Valley of the Moon Children's Home and the San Antonio Childcare Center.

Last night I finished my Ranch Hands 2012 Challenge. Here's a pic, and the back, too. I had extra fabric and made some back art. It's about 42" square. It's also a UFO finish.

Design Wall Monday

A new project today! This block is called Hot Cross Buns and it's from Bonnie Hunter's Addicted to Scraps column in the Nov/Dec 2010 issue of Quiltmaker. I am thinking of navy sashing with red or yellow cornerstones.

Here is the wedding quilt finished. I gave it to the bride last Saturday and she was thrilled. Details are included on the Finshed Quilts page.

Design Wall Monday

Actually it's design floor Monday. This quilt is way too big to fit on the wall. I am almost finished with the center and then I'll decide what fabric to use for the borders. I have two choices, a brown print or a green print.

Design Wall Monday

I haven't posted anything in six weeks because I haven't really worked on anything during that time. Life has been getting in the way. I did start a new project. This will be a wedding gift for a good friend of my daughter. She's getting married in April so I better get going. The pattern is called Beach Party and it's from the second Nickel Quilt book. I changed the four-patch blocks so they would form Xs instead of diagonal stripes.

I also made a trip to the Valley of the Moon Children's Home last Friday and dropped off 29 quilts, pictured below. I dropped off 6 quilts at the San Antonio Childcare Center earlier in the week, not pictured.

Design Wall Monday

This probably doesn't look much different but the slip of paper pinned on the left marks row 4. I had to fold down the finished areas to make more room to work. It's taking me about one hour to put together an 8 x 8 square. The top row in the finished area contains two 8 x 8 squares. I also need to cut more fabric to finish this row. Due to holidays and furlough days I don't have to be back at work until January 3. I should be able to make a lot of progress on this, though I have a lot of longarming to do also.

Christmas day was great. My daughter and I joined our extended family at Dillon Beach. It's the first time we have been able to get everyone all together at the beach house in four years. The photo below is from the porch, although not taken yesterday. It was sunny and the parking lot was packed.