Last angel received

This is the last of my 2009 angels from the angel roundrobin. This was tatted by Maria. It's called Joyce's angel and is a pattern by Martha Ess. It now occurs to me that I didn't make an angel for myself and that often is a part of a roundrobin. So I will give some thought as to what I'll do and get one done. It won't get done and posted until next month as I'm vacationing until August. I promise myself to add another angel to this 2009 roundrobin collection. That will make 6 angels. The next thing will be deciding what to do with them. Frame them? Maybe a mini-quilt ?- 6 angel blocks would be nice. A mobile - only if all the angels were stiffened.

My angel for Eva

In reviewing my angel roundrobin photos, I believe that this angel didn't get posted. I made this angel for Eva. It is a Mark Meyers' pattern and uses #70 thread in varigated pink and also white. The gold is a rayon thread.

Alphabet Swap Block Quilt 1

This little quilt (36" x 42") is made from a set of alphabet swap blocks (from blockswappers). The set of swap blocks included each of the 26 letters and the 4 stars. The colors look a bit faded in this photo. This is a bright, cheery little quilt that will hang in my classroom. I put a hanging sleeve on the back, knowing that I will be hanging this quilt.

I have another set of alphabet blocks from the same swap but I'm still thinking about how I want to put them together.

Machine Quilting Practice

This was a pre-printed panel. I put it together with batting and backing and machine quilted it. This was good practice for me and I have a little quilt that I can put up for a future gift. This little quilt is 34" x 40", just a little smaller than I usually make baby quilts.