What's on my Design Wall

I took these blocks out again and made another one.  I've been a bit aimless so I thought I needed to remind myself of the projects waiting for my attention.

This will be bright I think, hmmm.... But I like it.

Clara's Quilt is all Done - Yeah

So here it is finished.  Lovely, a citrus-y quilt for a fresh little one.

A Baby Quilt

My DD has commissioned me to quilt her baby quilt gift for her friend.  The top arrived in the mail today and after some photos of possible backings I spray basted the carcass together.  It's so sweet....

Blue Christmas progress

I have been working most afternoons for a bit on this hand quilting project.  I am kind of torn when I hand applique something - and I usually think I should hand quilt it too.  This was an easy choice as it is relatively small.

I love the feathers especially when hand quilting...

My Circle quilt is off the Design Wall

Finally, I got my christmas quilt off the design wall and on to the hand quilting frame.  After a bit of marking, the quilting is begun,

Getting my blue circle quilt off the design board

I think I started the blue circle quilt a long time ago but I had it on the design wall last year in the hopes of getting it done for Christmas but I finally took it off the design wall with some good idea of what I will quilt on it.

I think it will be a couple of traditional but skewed designs....
But I am getting ahead of myself - first I pieces some quilt batt.

I just butt the edges together as best I can and use the wavey zigzag on my machine although I am sure a regular zigzag would work too.  It helps if I use the rotary cutter to straighten the edges.

Then I spring for the 505 spray basting.  I get mine at Fabricland.  It's made in France - who knew but is waaay better than the Fabricland brand.  I used the Fabricland (Unique I think ) brand for the Row Along quilt.  It worked but it wasn't as stable as this stuff - and it stunk more.

Ok, another Tablet Cover - for my Daughter

Further to my sister's comments, yes, I guess I did forget to blog about the ipad cover I made for my daughter and her kids.

I got her to trace the kids feet and then just straight-stitch appliqued them onto the sandwich.  I chose mostly pink fabric because it is a very popular colour in her house.

Their feet were actually bigger than I expected and pretty much covered the entire cover so I reduced them to about 65% on my scanner and used the smaller sizes.
Cute, huh?