More Pix

How about this, two posts in one day!

I took pix of the finished quilt top, the finished string quilt and a cake I made for my beautiful niece's graduation. First the cake:

Brianna is a smart and talented young woman, who graduated early from high school and now is attending college. She is taking pre req classes to get into the nursing program. Of course, I am thrilled that she chose nursing!

Now those two quilts.

The Blue and Yellow still needs it's binding sewn down, but I'm showing it now because I got the pix taken! I'm not sure where it will go yet, but I'm thinking Hospic House.

Then the quilt top: I'm excited about quilting this one!

I'll post it when done.

A Couple New Pix

I have a couple new pix. One of my third Happy quilt and one that I was going to post awhile ago, but didn't get around to until now. The quilt top is done now, so I'll get a picture of it soon. First the Happy quilt:

Then the quilt top laid out on the design wall. It had to be put together bit by bit, as the pieces are all interconnected. It was a wonderful pattern and I'm going to call it Gypsy Stars. Fun and challenging, it was from Love of Quilting Magazine-Feb 2009 issue. I will put it in the quilt show in October.

I have another quilt top I'm working on, out of a Thimbleberries book. It was also a challenging block. I'm calling it Valentine Star-I'll post a picture soon. Oh! and I finished the Yellow and Blue Heartstrings quilt-all but the binding.

QOV

Yesterday, Gloria on the Heartstrings website asked me where I got the pattern for the QOV quilt. I got the book out so I could give her a specific title and found I had the wrong author written down. It is from Nancy Martin's book "A Treasury of Scrap Quilts". The border blocks are from Quiltmaker July/Aug. 2007-No. 116-the pattern name is Ribbon Tribute. I just wanted to make that correction.

I started a new quilt top from the latest Fons and Porter magazine called Gypsy Rose. I love the challenge of the piecing-it is mostly 1/2 sq. triangles, so I use a walking foot for the piecing. I'll hopefully be able to post some pix at home tomorrow. Shara said out computer is not working...oh no!

Happy quilt with novelty border

The picture did not post, so here it is, I also forgot to include my blue and yellow strings quilt top.

Charity Quilting

I have been enjoying making quilts for Heartstrings since the big snowfall in Dec. I have finished 2 Happy Block quilts, 1 QOV, and I have another Happy quilt to quilt and a string top. So...it's time for pictures.

First is my Happy quilt for a girl to be donated to Sally House. I like the purple border and binding.











Second is my first Quilt of Valor. I love the block I put in the center. It is from Judy Martin's book Scrap Quilts. The border is from a Quiltmaker magazine paperpieced pattern. I was tired of thet pattern by the time I made all those 6 inch blocks, but I sure like the effect around the inner blocks.











Third is a Happy quilt with a novelty border. I had several novelty squares left over and I did not wasnt to make anymore happ blocks, so I cut them in 1/2 and sewed them all into a border. It turned out pretty wild, but the thing grew on me after I quilted and bound it.

January

Well, it is a new year, and I have resolved to be more active in my Heartstrings quilt group. I also want to get involved with the charity group here locally-I can't think of the name right off hand-but they make quilts to donate locally. Some of them might enjoy the Heartstrings project too. I started off the year by making 201 Happy blocks and just about finished a blue and yellow string quilt. I am going to quilt this one myself and donate locally. The Happy blocks are for some small quilts to give to Sally House and the rest will be sent to the Heartstrings block collection. They will be combined with others from all over and made into quilts for kids at a sew-in some time in the spring.
I also have just about finished a QOV quilt-Quilts of Valor. These are donated to returning soldiers, many of whom are wounded. I will send this one to a lady with Heartstrings who is collecting them for soldiers. Her goal was to have 400 of them to donate...not sure if there is a dead line or not.
I do have a few new things for my etsy site as well. I did manage to finish a basket quilt that is cute to sell. I still have a big pile of quilt tops waiting to be quilted, so my second resolution is to finish 5 quilt tops a month from ones I already have made. That is the goal anyway, so if I shoot for that, I may clean out my backlog of quilt tops by the end of the year! Will post some new pix soon...I'm writing this on a break at work!