Crazy Crumbs

As I was viewing Pinterest I came upon this quilting method that intrigued me so I immediately to my sewing room to make one and I was hooked.  I later in the month taught a class in it to our quilt guild and everyone else got so excited and were very busy making blocks.  What a great way to use up scraps of all sizes.  I also added some counted cross stitch and lace and fancy stitches to make it  a bit more crazy quilt looking.  February 2016

 

Victorian Posies

This quilt is 60 X 68 1/2" first i made the blocks like potholders, then I quilted them, next I had to blanket stitch them all the way around and then crochet them all the way around.  After that i joined them with crochet with a variegated crochet cotton.  I made the little apple blossoms for all joined points on the front and back.  While I was crocheting the apple blossoms I was at my daughter-in-laws house spending time with Megan while my daughter-in-law and her husband were on a vacation.  They have a big chocolate lab and he came up to my table and quickly ate 3 o4 4 of the apple blossoms.  I tried to pry his mouth open but they were gone----soooo back to making more apple blossoms. February 2016

Baskets and Sunday Satchel

I think i must have at least 1000 yards of strips cut for the clothes line baskets and love making them.  I use them all over my sewing room as the big one made from 100 feet of rope will make a basket big enough to hold the cut out pcs for a queen size quilt and the instructions--thus my project lines up in my sewing room waiting to be completed  never run out of UFO's   The Sunday Satchel is a real handy "busy bag", i add a zipped pouch and scissors that i  hook to the inside of the bag that so you never leave them somewhere they are always attached.  The bag is a origami fold, i sandwiched my fabric and quilted it, added the binging and did the folds and added the straps.  I think this may be my 6th or 7th one.  They make great gifts.

March 2016

Origami Table Runner

Our guild had a class on Origami quilting, it's quite easy after you get on to the technique.  I have pearls in the flower centers.  19 X 40" The colors in real life are better than in the picture but you all get the idea.

April 2016 project

My friend JoAn U'Ren gave me a huge bag of denim jeans that she had all washed up and some cut a part.  I tried to give them away to my friends that so i wouldn't have one more project but i ended up cutting 90 circles out of those jeans and then added a charm pack for the top side plus adding some lace in places.  I was inspired by my granddaughter Alissa when she went to a country concert and wore a pretty floral dress with a denim jean jacket and cowgirl boots.  She looked so beautiful and young and full of fun I

wanted that reflected in this quilt.  Lots of buttons to sew on--it's not a real big quilt 46 X 56.  April 2016 

These are baby quilts I made for a charity ---the Rice Lake Pregnancy Center.  The quilts were displayed at the Mall and then judged.  I didn't win only winning in the fact that some little babies will be cuddled in my quilts.

the top quilt is called "Crazy Crumbs" blocks, i used several children's patterns and the second quilt is made from counted cross stitch pc's that I buy at yard sales or thrift shops I just think they need to be re-purposed into something new==after all someone put many hours into the work and it was discarded and then rescued by me.

This is a class project that many of us made, I didn't think i would like it but once i got started it was a lot of fun.  I think I will make another one some day.