Friday, February 28, 2014

Delightful Star Blocks QAL

Don't they look nice?  My points are great, if I do say so and pressing the seams open makes the blocks really flat.

Here's last week's block:


And now together...


Monday, February 10, 2014

Unveiling the finished Coffee Mug Quilt

I like this more every time I see it.  My DH says, 'very orange' but he was smiling I think...



coffee cup

I did a simple machine quilting finish with slightly wobbly vertical lines 1/2"-3/4" spacing.




The binding is done by doing each side separately so it was easy to make the bottom blue to match the border.







Thursday, February 6, 2014

Alphabet Blocks

I had this idea to make my own alphabet designs.  So I sketched what I wanted on paper and started printing out the patterns.  I quickly realized that I need them all mirror image so the letters wouldn't be backwards.  (How did I find that out??? you ask... Thank goodness 'L' is quick and easy to piece...)



I've been using these as my warm up, trying to make two each time I go to the sewing room... It's coming along....


Monday, February 3, 2014

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Flimsy Done of Little Stepping Stones

Looks at this, with the input of my DH I finally got some borders on this one and I'm reallly happy with the result.  I even patched on the backing...


As my sister always says, 'Red is best...'