Dear Jane

 

 

 

 

Finished week 11 and week 12 Dear Jane blocks and am currently working on week 13.

 

 

week 11

 

week 12

 

 

Have a nice day!!



 

White Rabbits!!

Do you say "white rabbits" on the first of each month??  We do - it is supposed to bring good luck for the rest of the month.

I finished 2 projects this month.  The first is a client project.  A hand embroidered, monogrammed pillow.  Hope she likes it.

The next is UFO #2 for 2013. Yeah!!!

Have a great day!!!

WIP(work in progress)

This is a my design wall right now.  I am working on 2 UFO's at the moment.
One is a celtic knot applique that I found while I was looking for something else - surprise!!!
The other is a penguin quilt that I have been working on for a while - it belongs to my daughter and I gave the the one finished block to her for her birthday with the promise of finishing it this year. Hopefully!!!

 

 

The two small blocks are needlepoint versions of some quilt blocks that I am experimenting with. 

 

Have a great day!!



 

Dear Jane Update

Week 10 done!!

Week 10

 

 

There were a couple of tricky ones in this group but I muddled through.  Hopefuly they will look ok when the whole quilt is put together.

 

 



Dear Jane Update!!

I am falling behind on my Dear Jane blocks.  Finally finished week 9.

week 9

 

Have a great day!!

Upcycle Thursday

Today I have more ideas for upcycled quilts.  I found this upcycled tie quilt that can be made as a memory quilt or you can get old ties at a thrift shop.  The string pieced quilt instructions can be found here .  The  diamond star english paper pieced quilt at darling adventures is also made of old ties.

 

 

 

Ties That Bind pattern by Due North Designs uses old ties in a "bow tie" pattern.

I have a basket of striped dress shirts from a friend who took early retirement from teaching high school (surprise) and have been wondering how to make them into a quilt.  I found this quilt idea there .  I think it looks great with the centres a solid fabric.  This will be one of my UFO projects for this year.  He has only been retired for 3 years - when did he expect to get the quilt - for a retirement present - yeah right!!!

Hope everyone has a great day and think about what you can make into a upcycled quilt.  Doesn't upcycled sound so much classier than recycled.  Recycled always reminds me of water bottles and tin cans. 

UFO #1 done

This weekend I managed to get the first in a long line of UFO's done.  It is a stack and whack quilt that I started at a workshop in October.  It will go to my father-in-law for a belated birthday (only two weeks late)gift.  It is a lap size and has fleece on the back. 

 

I also managed to get some of the Dear Jane blocks done.  I got week 7 minus the flag and week 8 done.  I am almost caught up.  These little blocks take a lot more time that I thought.

Week 7

 

Week 8





 

 





Hope everyone has a good day.
I'm off to shovel the driveway.