Cut Glass Dish

The Farmer's Wife Sampler BOW #1 was Cut Glass Dish. I am in catch-up mode, so here it is -

Autumn Tints

This is the second block I have finished for Farmer's Wife Sampler, BOW#6. Machine pieced using Marti Michell templates A-1 and A-5.

Edelweiss - Dutch Treat block

Here is one of the October BOM, didn't even get the second one started. Oh well, one more done is good :)

Flannel baby quilt done

It's been a quilty kind of day. Got the binding done on the flannel baby quilt. If you look at the upper right corner you can see my name and date. Now, blocks (fun) or the other baby quilt to be quilted (also fun). Should get the other baby quilt done, so I guess that will be next.

Deco Rose top done

Someday I will have a better place to take pictures, but until then, you get to see the taken from an angle pictures. Here is my Deco Rose Double Irish Chain top. Now I can send it off to my dear Sister and she will quilt it for me. What a deal :)

Sylvia's Bridal Sampler is Home!

Yesterday I came home to a fabulous box, my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler is home. Sue Baddley did a fantastic job. We e-mailed back and forth about designs and layouts and she put it all together and made my SBS super wonderful. So far I have just looked at it, and oohed and ahhed over it. Someday soon I will pull out the fabric for binding it and do it. I plan on using Sharon Schamber's binding technique again, but first I need to get a few supplies. I plan on getting it show ready, with attached sleeve, when I do the binding. Also need to get a label made. Love this quilt!

Boring bits and procrastination

I love making blocks. I love drafting blocks and picking out fabrics. What I don't love is sashing, putting on borders and binding. Oh, and basting isn't much fun either. But in order to get a quilt from concept to finished, you have to go through all the steps, fun and boring. Maybe some of the steps aren't so much boring as scary. Did I measure that border right? Did I measure the quilt that it is to be attached to correctly? You have a nice square (or rectangular) center, and then things go catty-wompus. Today I am trying to get the border on my Double Irish Chain. I had a lot of fun designing it in EQ6, picking out the fabrics, using my new Alto cutting system to cut it (yes, cutting is more fun with the Alto, who knew?), and I had fun seeing it all come together as a top. Then things stalled. I got to the scary part. Hopefully tomorrow you will get to see the completed top, but for now, here is the center.