My Scrappy Runner

One night I was feeling in the mood to sew, didn't really have a project in mind, and was eyeing that horrible peach-and-burgundy (really? who puts those colors together?) fabric I have had on my shelf for three years now. So I matched it with a few others from my stash and tried a new pattern ("Linda's Simple Trios" from Mostly Table Runners by Calico Printworks).

Crinkled from washing and drying.

I love how it turned out, just not the colors.

Burgundy binding -- love it!

Side note: I picked the fabric up from a free rummage table my church had three years ago thinking it might be cute with the right colors. Well, I think I thought wrong. But at least it is off my shelf, along with all my batting scraps which I pieced together. My favorite part, besides the fact it was 100% FREE? I got to practice machine quilting! Next time, though, I'm using fabric I LOVE.

Two More Done!

These are the brown and red stars. So cute!

(Did I mention I love this project?!)

Well, it took all day...

...but I did finally finish one star. Hey, the instructions are from an Amish woman. Beautiful design, but hard-to-follow steps. I think Jason did a great job picking out a project for me!

Happy Turkey Day!

I worked extra hard last night to finish this cute little quilt just in time for the holiday! My mom gave me this cute little kit a few years ago and I finally had time to finish it. Hopefully you all had a wonderful day, and may your leftovers be especially delicious!

Joy To The World Quilt

Holy cow, this is a lot of applique! My mom and I worked on our quilts together, and she had hers finished two years before me. That's right, years!

I absolutely love the finished product!

A close-up of the applique

My excuse for this one is BABIES. In fact, I call this my baby-interrupted quilt. I began working on this quilt and finished the majority of the applique by about the time my oldest had just turned one (I wish I had realized how much more free time I had then!). Then pregnancy and moving stopped all creative flows for many months. I finally got the borders on and attempted a little bit of hand quilting here and there, but with no real time and a colicky baby to try to calm - nothing was accomplished. Trying to decide what to quilt in the borders stopped all progression on the quilt, and then another baby came along. With even less time and less space.... *sigh* That was a hard time in my creative life! In February 2009 just after my youngest turned one I finally finished this beauty!

And now I finally have a house with room for Christmas decorations. Hallelujah! I can't wait to hang it up! Be prepared for pictures.

You Can't Beat a Homemade Wedding Present

I've made this little quilt three times now. The first time was for my best friend Jeanette's wedding. I absolutely fell in love with the pattern and began making my own but decided to gift it to my mom instead. The next time I decided to make it, my SIL ended up engaged, so off it went to its new home:

Maybe fourth time's the charm!

Pumpkin Bars Quilt

I finally finished this one! I worked on the embroidery in April 2008 during an extended trip to see family in Idaho. After I got home I was in a creative surge and quickly pieced together the pumpkin blocks. To my semi-perfectionist horror, MY SEAMS DIDN'T MATCH! Ha ha, when I think how much I have mellowed out since then... In August 2009 I finally felt another creative burst and quickly put the little quilt together:

I am probably going to rip out the center quilting -- I was going for cute loopies and instead got ugly, crooked, crazy, uneven loopies...

But I do love my pumpkin blocks! (And you can't really see where they don't match. Nice.)