finally....flea market fancy finished

(sorry about the bad lighting on this picture!) Here it is....the largest quilt I have made to date, my Flea Market Fancy quilt. Every fabric on this is from the out of print Denyse Schmidt line (Flea Market Fancy). I started collecting these prints about 18 months ago and last December started cutting into them...I am so glad I did, I am so glad I don't have all of that fabric just folded up in a drawer (although I did open that drawer quite often to look at the loveliness of all of it). (click on the photo's to see the quilting upclose) Now I am going to make a pillow or two for my bed, I thought about pillowcases but I think I am going to go with some solids for those and make some fun patchwork throw pillows instead, use up more of the remaining fabric. It felt so good to use this, when I was done I actually sold the larger pieces on eBay....I figured it was someone else's turn to enjoy it.

These are two of my favorite blocks. Honestly if I would have had yardage and yardage of these prints I could have seen myself making an entire quilt with just these colors, so pretty.

I did get all of the bindings done on all of my quilts, I only jabbed myself on my thumb a few times and under the nail of my thumb a few times less, OUCH that hurts! It feels good to get all of these projects finished up....now we just need to make a trip to The Hospice House to donate 2 of them. I am getting closer and closer to finishing up a quilt for my parents 40Th Anniversary (it was in February!) I hopefully bought the last of the fabric I need for the sashing, then after putting all of the top together will only need some yardage for a border or two then I.will.be.done.with.that.thank.God. :/

mini quilts

A month or so ago I was at my local quilt shop and I spied the Moda teeny tiny charm packs, they are 2 1/2"....so cute!! I really like Kate Spain's collections, so cheery...this one is called Verna. These little charms are so cute, all of the line for only 4.00! I had to have them....this weekend I made up a few mini's using them with 2 1/2" squares of white fabric, cut them in half and walla....enough 1/2 square, or triangle squares to make a few mini quilts....this top one is for myself.

This one is for the Aunt of my Nieces and Nephew on their Mother's side....she is a quilter herself, in town for the weekend and thought I would make her a little something.....

Up close :)

finishing up!

I can't get this picture to rotate! BUT....see this cross stitch? I started this in 1994, yes 1994!!! I finished it a few weeks ago....only took me 16 years....good grief.....It has traveled with me through several apartment moves, several boyfriends, many camping trips or vacations vowing to work on it (hardly did hence the 16 years it took me to finish) now 2 kids and a husband....I had finished all of the pictures...oh let's say several years ago and when my kids both had H1N1 this past October it was the perfect project to dig out AGAIN to work on while sitting between the two of them on the couch for a week.....

At the beginning of every new year I always make a list of things I want to do for the year....I can't tell you how many years "finish cross stich" was on it....well it won't be for 2011! YAHOO! Several weeks ago I dug this baby out again and started doing all of the outlining...I really enjoyed it and I finished it!! YEAH

Now that I have most of my "to do" list done....I had a project of a friends "to do" to finish....my friend Leanne is a knitter....she thought she would try her hand at some fusible web applique towels and after buying the book, the towels and all of the fabric had not even started it and knew it was not for her....she gave me all of it because she knew I was "crafty". I got to them this week and I think they turned out darling....I got her address (she moved a year or so ago) and little does she know but I am sending the finished towels back to her....she has no idea...they were fun to make...I kept the book and might be whipping out more of these for gifts this year for some teachers....

Working on any "to do" things for you or someone else?

pinwheel sampler top FINISHED!

Wow look at me...no blogging in 2 weeks and now I have 2 blog entries in less then 2 days! :)


Here is my finished top for Rachel's pinwheel sampler quilt a long. The color combo is still not my favorite but I am really happy with how this turned out.....there are so many fabrics in this that I just loved and when putting it all together I just kept thinking "I don't usually pick black, red, gray" but I think it works....I am SO glad I made the mini pinwheels in the sashing....really tied it all together and just as happy if not more that I used more fabric and did the borders....

Here is an up close shot of one of my favorite blocks....love it!

Another favorite...the red floral fabric was one of my favorites in this....it is a Mary Jane Butter's print....there are 2 other of her prints in this quilt too.

It has been raining and so gray here the past few days...sorry about the bad pictures (click on them to see up close) but hey I am a quilter not a photographer!

I have no idea what I am going to do with this top....it does not go with anything in my house...no hurry to quilt it...might just put it in my closet until I figure out what to do with it....if you want to see more quilt a long blocks and finished quilts look here....there are some BEAUTIES!

a few finished things

I have been working my buns off the past year or so getting a lot of WIP's finished and here are a few of them....I just got these quilts back from the quilter, I am really happy with them....This large aqua/blue/red/pink quilt is for Emily, she just loves it, says it is real cozy. I used the tutorial from this blog.

This pinwheel quilt is for our family room...I used the tutorial from this blog.

And this quilt was from my own little pea brain....it was originally going to be for my daughter but after I made it I realized it was not big enough for her bed so I started the coin quilt....I am giving this one to my niece for her room/bed...she will be 7 at the end of the month...she will love it I'm sure...she thinks Auntie can make anything....the quilting on this one just screams little girl....hot pink and butterflies.