2010 NYE Mystery Quilt

I'll be doing Ann Smith's NYE mystery quilt. These are the selected fabric. We were asked to choose a focus fabric, a "pop" fabric, a medium and a background. I've done several of the NYE mysteries and they're fun to do. I expect this one to be also.

Family handprint quilt

In November, my family was talking about what to do for my mom for Christmas. My daughter in law made a suggestion of a handprint quilt so when people were together for Thanksgiving, handprints were traced and I began to design a quilt. For this a simple 9 patch would do. Each handprint has on it the name of the person that handprint came from. Here you'll find photos of the quilt and also the center block. The finished quilt is 45" x 60" and there is space enough to add additional handprints.

9 patch and tatting pincushion

This is the little pincushion I made for Jan. It's made from a 3 inch (finished) 9 patch. The pincusion is filled with sand and I used embroidery floss to attach the button. The floss was taken through a button hole, through the filled pincusion to the back and then brought back to the front of the pincushion, through the other button hole and tied. I then attached a tatted edging which I'd made to fit this project.

Sewing notions

I made an apron for a mug to be used to put sewing notions in, keeping everything handy and accessible. This one has pockets on the inside and the outside of the mug it covers. I put a couple gadgets in but it will hold lots more. Keeping with the sewing theme, I used a "button" novelty print. This was a gift for my friend, Jan. Now I need to make one for myself. I have a couple other projects to finish first.