Two More Finished

Disappearing 9-Patch

I finally finished these two small quilts. I made them about a year ago and figured it was about time I got them done. This first one I made from a couple of Charm Packs. The other one is just a simple box block. If you click on the photo you can see how I quilted it. It took forever because of all the ends I had to pull in. I should have done it a different way but I thought this would look nice and I am pleased with the result. They are both on their way to a good home along with the white Coin Quilt that I had posted earlier.

This Took Forever

I made this baby quilt a little more than a year ago. Now it is finally done. I straight line quilted this and it took forever to pull in all those threads but it was worth it. I am working on two more that were made about the same time. One just needs the binding hand stitched down and the other one I am just starting to quilt. I just thought it would be nice to get a few things done and out of the way.

Star Quilt

This is one of those quilts that you make with the half square triangles. I have wanted to make this one for a long time but as I said before I am not that good with HST's. I had a ruler that helps with them and just never tried it out. I can't say I was too happy with the ruler in the end but it was fun making this quilt. I won't use the ruler again because my edges were on the bias. Who needs that?!

One nice thing about this quilt is that I did not buy any fabric for it. It all came from my stash. I pieced the back of it too but I wanted to wait till I had the quilt together before I posted a photo of that. I have a couple of other things to get out of the way before I get this one sandwiched and quilted. I am still practicing the free motion quilting and I think I am doing a lot better at it. The hard part for me has been to get control with the whole speed thing but it seems to be working out OK now. I was hoping to free motion quilt this one but we shall see. It is for my youngest grandson, hopefully before he is four years old. LOL

The Pink Quilt

Ok Amy here ya go.....you have been bugging me about this LOL.. It is finally done. I had a few issues with it while quilting it. I used some different spray glue and didn't like the way it gummed up my needle. Then I said I wouldn't use it again but I did on a doll quilt to go with this one.My thread kept breaking so it is taken

apart and I am soaking the glue off of it so I can put it all back

together and try it again.

This quilt is for a very special baby. I want to get the doll quilt done in the next couple of days so I can get them mailed out.

And as always you can click on photo to make it bigger. I wanted to show the back of it too.

Pink Is Not My Style But.........

I bought two of the Moda Kashmir IV charm packs some time ago. There was something about this fabric that I liked. I am NOT a person that likes pink all that much but the fabric still drew me anyway. I just wanted something simple to make, we need that sometimes. All I did was sew the squares together. The idea was to try and free motion quilt when it was done, I chickened out. I just did a diagonal line through the blocks

In the mean time my nephew and his wife came to visit, they just had a baby girl, and she fell in love with the fabric. She isn't a pink person either. What was it about this fabric?? So the quilt is going to her and I didn't want to mess it up by my poor free motion quilting skills. I did put a wavy edge on it and that was a challenge for me. It is all washed and ready to go to its new home.

Finished UFO

I had posted this quilt before it was done with a red for the binding just laying at the sides. After I got it quilted and trimmed I decided that I liked it just the way it was. I was lucky to have enough of the fabric left over to make the binding. Then at the last minute I thought what if I cut the corners off. I had seen some quilts done that way and thought I would try it. I admit that I did not think it out too well then after I did it I thought uh oh how is this going to work out. I like to try some new things on

baby quilts.

I didn't have any trouble with the binding in a continuous strip but wondered if I had put the binding on in single strips if it would have looked better. All in all I am happy with the way it came out.

I took the photo on my front porch and had to put a sheet over the

railing because I didn't want to get it soiled.

And thanks to every one about the nice

things you said about my hand quilting and thanks for

visiting.