Borders On!

I sewed the blocks together and added a plain border. I could have taken the easy way out and stopped there, but instead I took the time to make half square triangles for the border.  I'm glad I did!

I was working from scraps and was OUT of golds.  I rounded up the browns, introduced a couple new ones, and stitched them up with a variety of cream prints.  Do you think it needs another gold border???

(36" Square)

Hourglass Blocks

In my first experience with crooked hourglass blocks, I went off on a tangent:

I enjoyed them so much that I made more.  This is on the design wall now.  It's all I have of these golds and browns, so I'll stop here.  But I have more hourglass ideas in my head! 

FUN!

Back from oh so many things!

Without going into details of any of my trips, I wonder if I can just post a few pictures of what I have been up to.

Here is the latest finished quilt. I call it "Postcards from Thailand"
I used total of six blocks from the book to create this medallion.
Hourglass
Half Square Triangles
The border of Hourglass quilt (from the book)
Lattice
Triangles from Endless Mountains
Rail Fence (On the back)

This quilt is very special to me because it marks our latest vacation to Thailand with our daughter, Kavita.

I taught this class at Port Gamble, WA and here are the pictures from the class.

Student work

Student work

My class display

Student work

It is always fun to see a finished quilt from a participant from a previous class. Here I go again with forgetting the name of this lovely quilter. Please introduce yourself and claim your beautiful quilt if you are reading this post.

We had so many wonderful, hilarious moments, I am thankful for being able to visit so many places and meet fabulous quilters.

I am thrilled to see the progress on Michelle's quilt. Don't you love these tipsy geese?

I am also glad to be back home to my sewing machine. Today was a start of a new quilt and can't wait to put it together and share it with you all.
Sujata

Windmill Quilt Top

After finishing this top, I posted it on another other blog but never wrote about it here. I made this from scraps my sister planned to donate. Instead she has a quilt for one of their outreach programs.

Rocky Mountain November quilt top

And she thought these fabrics didn't "go together." Ha.

Thanks for a quick and lively block, Sujata.

Ann

Quilting my blades

It's taken me nearly a year,

but I'm almost finished quilting my small blade wallhanging,

which measures 17 by 34 inches.

I made it from a set of Denyse Schmidt solid charm squares

at the beginning of 2016.

I machine quilted it with  Aurifil threads

of various weights and colours

and then threaded a crewel needle for some big stitching

inside the blades.

I still like it, and I'm wondering why it took me so long to quilt.

Baby Rail #2

I realized after posting a photo of the third African rail baby quilt, that I had not posted a picture here of #2.

Baby Rail Fence #3 Finished!

This is the third and final baby rail fence quilt for a local organization. I have used up all but one of the blocks I cut. I consider that a good use of materials!