The next swap I'm doing is the 2nd of 4 spool block swaps for this calendar year. They're all 6" finished blocks. This set of blocks was to have stripes as the "thread" part of the spool. Here are examples of my blocks which I completed this week. I made 4 sets of 6 blocks plus blocks to keep for me. These are fun blocks to do. Thursday, May 27, 2010
Spool Blocks 2
The next swap I'm doing is the 2nd of 4 spool block swaps for this calendar year. They're all 6" finished blocks. This set of blocks was to have stripes as the "thread" part of the spool. Here are examples of my blocks which I completed this week. I made 4 sets of 6 blocks plus blocks to keep for me. These are fun blocks to do. 
Friday, May 14, 2010
Fall Colors Quilt
close-up of quilting
This is a baby quilt made from a kit I brought home from quilt guild recently. The kit was a completed top, batting and backing. My task - to do the quilting and add binding. I decided to try some decorative stitching on the seams and also do some free motion quilting in each block. It was fun to do all the quilted leaves in the blocks. I used scrap strips of fabric for the binding. This little quilt will be taken back to quilt guild and donated to a charity as a part of our guild's baby quilt project.
This is a baby quilt made from a kit I brought home from quilt guild recently. The kit was a completed top, batting and backing. My task - to do the quilting and add binding. I decided to try some decorative stitching on the seams and also do some free motion quilting in each block. It was fun to do all the quilted leaves in the blocks. I used scrap strips of fabric for the binding. This little quilt will be taken back to quilt guild and donated to a charity as a part of our guild's baby quilt project.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
100 mini s done!
May 15 is the mail date for the next swap I'm doing. I just finished the last of my 100 mini 9 patches today. These are 3.5 inch (3 inch finished) blocks. They are really cute and I've made several quilts from my collection of mini 9 patches. Two were wallhangings and one was a baby quilt. It's fun to have so much variety as the result of doing swaps. I'll send in my 100 blocks (10 of each one pictured) but I'll get back 100 blocks - all different. By swapping blocks, we extend and enlarge our wealth of fabrics as we get back all colors, patterns, and color combinations that would be difficult for any 1 quilter to collect.
I've also been making some extras to use in a craft class I'm teaching. We'll use these for little quilted ornaments. More on that later.
Connected Hearts Bookmarks
I made these little paper clips last week and gave them to my Bible study group. We were finishing a series of lessons and we were talking about our connection with one another. These little connected hearts (pattern: Hearts Entwined by Ellen Lai, May 2008) were perfect to remind us of our connection with one another and also of our need to be connected to God. 
These were made with size 50 thread. Larger thread would have made the hearts larger but I was using up thread already on shuttles. That's what's so nice about these little projects. They're a great way to empty shuttles and make something useful at the same time.
These were made with size 50 thread. Larger thread would have made the hearts larger but I was using up thread already on shuttles. That's what's so nice about these little projects. They're a great way to empty shuttles and make something useful at the same time.
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