Reindeer Quilt

I finally finished the Reindeer Quilt.

As usual I'm not real happy with the quilting.

But this time it's justified.

I did alot of stippling trying to make the designs stand out.

Since the back won't be seen much this will work.

I made this for my oldest daughter and I have another one for my youngest.

I probably won't get to that one til next year.

Sure felt good to get this one out of the frame.

 

Happy Scrappy Christmas

My sister gave me a pattern for a Christmas quilt Happy Scrappy Christmas by Lucy Fazely.

I bought some fabric at JoAnn's on Black Friday that I though would look really nice.

I cut my squares and made my half aquare triangles.

I pressed all the seams open and by the time I finished that I had pretty much decided that I wasn't going to square them up.

But I changed my mind and 6 hours later I was able to sew them up. 

I sewed up the 16 blocks and layed them out to see what it was going to look like. 

I was going to wait and put it all together later but I couldn't stand it and finished it up last night. 

It was too big to get the complete picture so this will have to do for now.

I did the borders my way instead of the way the pattern called for.

I am really proud of the job I did on this one.

It pays to take your time and do it right. 

 

Owl Forgotten

I completely forgot about finishing this owl quilt top over the weekend.

I had envisioned this differently than it turned out.

I had to make an effor to make sure I got all my stripes going in the same direction.

The colors look real good together but this looks too busy to me.

Since it's a baby quilt I guess it will be ok.

 

Or will it make for an angry baby???????

Something to think about!

Merry & Bright

I was so pleased to get this in the mail from Inchworm Fabrics.

Now I need to make a Christmas quilt.

I have one in the making right now - hopefully I will have the top finished by the weekend.

Merry & Bright is definately on my to-do list.

But is is so hard to break the seal on a cool jelly roll.

Go check out Inchworm Fabrics for some great deals

I also wanted to share something I use alot - Glow-Line Tape.

When I first bought this I didn't think it would be very useful, now I can't do without it.

It is a transparent and fluorescent tape for highlighting lines and shapes on rulers.

It won't leave any residue on rulers and it comes in three colors - pink, orange and yellow.

It can be repositioned many times and still stick to the ruler.

Funny how something so minor can spoil a person.