Home At Last

"Home At Last"

 

This is the finished little log cabin...

12"x12", 172 different fabrics, 1,344 pieces. I'm not a piece

counter usually but I've been asked again and again, "how many pieces are in it?"

and "how long did that take you?". The pieces I could figure out, but

the time.... I have no idea. I would sew a little at a time when ever I

got a few minutes. My little labor of love. I really love this quilt!

 

Man Pants!

Look what I came across on a "vintage sewing" search the other day! Oh my goodness! Like the mustache is not cheezy enough, the Man Pants have to be leopard! The funny thing is, I bought this pattern for a woman's pair of panties back in 1988 in a five and dime in Mississippi. Love everything (almost) vintage! Thought this was good for a chuckle, but not suitable for framing... share the joy with a sewing friend...

From a stack of tee shirts...to this...

A stack of tee shirts retrieved from the attic, add a little black fabric, some batting and thread and it's a tee shirt quilt for my husband! Which he loves by the way!A lot of fun memories brought back in a flash seeing those tee shirts again.The quilt  ended up being 90x68, quilted with a motorcycle design that I bought when I first got my longarm machine. I finally got around to using it on something! Even I like this quilt. The colors really pop against the black fabric and will hold up well for traveling to classes and demos on making tee shirt quilts. The first one is tonight at the library...lots of phone calls showing interest! Should be a full house!

Finished February!

This is the second little quilt for the Quilt-a-month Challenge. I love it! The center block doesn's show but but says "Be Mine" I'm really enjoying doing these little quilts. I'll grab a few minutes at a time to sew and magically they are getting finished!By the end of the year I will have twelve new little quilts to hang on the door! Hoping next month is something green!
now back to work...

OK, the February Challenge is posted for the Quilt-a-Month Challenge.Here are the fabrics
that I've selected. The challenge is red and whites with a embroidered heart in the center and half square triangles in the broken dishes style surrounding. Well, never being a big fan of
the color red, I've chosen the next best thing... pink. The Quilt a Month challenge is again from Kathy Tracy's book PRARIE CHILDREN AND THEIR QUILTS. EQ here I come...One down, eleven to go...So looking forward to some time in the sewing room. I must confess, just getting out fabric and playing is pure joy! I know most of you get that!

January Challenge Quilt: Mourning Crosses

In early January I joined a miniature quilt group on line.  It turned out to be a great group, very active and so inspiring!  They do some pretty wonderful  things, challenges included and the new one is "a quilt a month" for 2012 and all will be from Kathleen Tracy's books. January's challenge is Mourning Crosses, from her book Prairie Children and Their Quilts. I don't have this book (yet) so the block was drafted in EQ. I enjoyed doing the first of these little quilts SO much and am eagerly awaitng the February announcement. This is paper pieced and machine quilted, but on my domestic, not the longarm. The blocks are 3 1/2 inches, finished quilt size is 10x10.

 With a little luck I'll have 12 little quilts by the end of the year!

No, I don't knit! But if I could...

...I would definetly knit one like this! I found this yesterday at TJ Maxx. And the best part, CLEARANCE, (just about the only way I shop) for $8. It matches a sweater I have too. Same brand and made in Ireland. Wondering what little beauties I will find in Ireland...?

more little quilts

Finished reading this new book by Kathleen Tracy and loved it! Lots of great little quilts to make and enjoy.She also has some older books that are wonderful as well.Check out her website...countrylanequilts.com
Happy New Year!