Mary, Mary

Quite contrary.... how does the quilting go?
NOT! I have over 2000 seedlings to tend for and I just got a call from Fabricland that batting is on sale among other things. No time, no time to quilt at all. I am going to have extra tomato plants, that's for sure. I don't need 80 roma plants, plus the same amount of beefsteak and little yellow pear. Thank goodness all my Tiny Tim and Manitoba did not germinate! I only have a dozen or so of each of them....
Maybe by June I'll have time to sew.

UFOs on the table

Feb 2, 08

Here is the first quilt I am working on to finish this year. It is a Storm at Sea that I am making for ME. Traditionally it is made in blues, but I am making it in greens and burgundy to go in our living room. It is a lap quilt, I have to make Mariner's Compass to go in the corners, so I don't know yet what size it will end up. About 50 x 64, I think. Now that I have it up here, I know it will get finished!

Update Feb 14, 08

Happy Valentine's Day!

Well, the quilt is still at the same stage, but I have decided how to do my Mariner's compass, so that is a step in the right direction. Check back here, once I get the camera home I will fix the colour on the picture so it is more accurate. It looks quite black on my monitors, and it is lovely shades of green.

AND.... new fundraiser coming up that I want to make a quilt for, so I have to do some thinking. Any ideas? I have to have it finished by the first week in April, so it can't be too large or difficult.

Leave a comment with any suggestions.

Thanks.

Ann

Quilts I gave at Christmas (and after)

I just love Snail's Trail, and chose to make a duvet cover for Neil and Meghan for their spare room. I quilted the top to flannelette to protect the piecing from rubbing on the duvet. Then I backed it with flannelette to help it stay on the bed.

Sydney and Kaylee both received little Irish Chain doll quilts; this purple one is Sydney's. They measure about 22" square. To keep them light, I just used white flannelette for batting and cute flannelettes for the back.


The sampler quilt in pinks and purples I gave to my good friends Terry and Arlene. My stash is getting low!

Still to come are pictures of the quilt I gave Scott and Tara for their spare bed, which is this quilt that I added borders to so it would fit a double bed. It turned out really nice, and I hope to get a picture of it soon. Also a picture of Kaylee's quilt. I sure wish I'd had the camera at home when I finished all these!

My newest little great-nephew Jamie (born December 28th) got a Nemo quilt, and while I was shopping for fabric for it, I found a wonderful Thomas the Tank Engine fabric, so Jessie got one too. I did just a simple pattern so that the fabrics would not get too chopped up and there would be large chunks of the design. Jessie was suitably impressed with his, Jamie didn't say much!

My new year's resolution is quite keepable, I think. I want to finish all the quilts I have started. So there should be some more pictures up in the next month or so. I am working on a Storm at Sea quilt in greens for ourselves. Now that I have put it up here, it WILL get done!