String Quilt Complete

Do you have certain fabric that should be thrown away but you just cant seem to do it? I know I do! This quilt is the result of not wanting to throw anything away. I found this fabric years ago on the side of the road during a city clean up day. I told myself after I made this quilt I was going to throw the rest out because it was thin and not very good fabric. Guess what? I never did. The tote is back in the basement waiting patiently for the day that I get it back out for another project. 

Cat Quilt Complete

I was happy to finally getting this one finished. I had this top done for over a year now. The pile of quilt tops are slowly dwindling down but it will still take some time to get them all finished. I just have to take one quilt at a time! Easier said than done!

Two More Finishes

Well, its been another busy day. I spent a couple of hours this morning working on crumb blocks until I switched over to get these two quilts finished up. I really like how the scrappy bear paw quilt turned out. I may just keep it! It seems like I either donate or give away most of the quilts I make. That's ok though. I enjoy the look on people's faces when they receive a quilt. It makes me happy! I have kept very few compared to what I have made.

This brick quilt started out as a hexagon quilt. I was frustrated on how my Y seams were turning out, so I made a design change. I ended up cutting all of the hexagons into bricks. This is what I ended up with! I may try hexagons again, but it wont be anytime soon!

Economy Block Quilt #2 Complete

I didn't think I was going to get this one done this afternoon, but after completing the other economy block quilt earlier, I figured why not. I assumed both of these quilts were the same size but this one is a bit larger with one more row across and down, I ended up using some of the quilt backing that I found this week that was 75 percent off. It ended up being 4.49 a yard! You can't beat quilt backing at that price. I ended up getting a total of 12 yards but I probably should have got the rest of the bolts. Live and learn!

Economy Block Quilt Complete

So many quilt tops, so little time! It seems like I am never going to get all of these quilts finished. It probably doesn't help that I am still making tops when I have about forty that are waiting patiently to be quilted. Today I decided to work on this economy block quilt. There are some ugly fabrics in this one but it seems to work for some reason. I have another economy block quilt top to finish as well. That one has a lot more white in it and has a different look to it. It will be fun to compare them when I get the other one done!

Another Crumb Quilt Complete

It has been a pretty productive day. I had finished a quilt earlier in the day and figured that would be it. I at least wanted to load this one on the longarm and ended up working on it this all afternoon to finish it up. I love making these quilts. It is nice to have a project that you don't have to put much thought into! I also like using every little scrap in my stash. I have three more crumb quilt tops to finish yet and each one has a different color for the sashing. I still have to figure out what backing fabric I will use for those. In the mean time, I still have plenty of other projects to do!

Cowboy Boot Quilt Complete

This is the first of two cowboy boot quilts that I had worked on while overseas. This is the smaller of the two. For some reason, I thought I had cut up more fabric for blocks out of my scrap dive fabric but I was wrong. I still made it work by using wider sashing and larger cornerstones. I thought about adding a border but decided not to after finding backing fabric that was the perfect size. Sometimes you just gotta go with what you have!