School Heritage Quilt

I got asked to make a quilt for a local International school's annual fund raising event.   http://community.magellanschool.org/gala/?page_id=25 Each first grader in this class was asked to bring a piece of fabric in that represented their home country.  Wow, what an interesting lot of fabrics I got!  Flannel, woven blanket, poly scarf, Chinese silky fabrics, tee shirts, linen.... it was quite a fun challenge!

The finished quilt

Reusable Grocery bag fun

 In preparation for the plastic bag ban at the local grocery store I decided to make a couple of new bags so that I could retire some of my old ripped and nasty bags.   I found this awesome tutorial http://www.sew4home.com/projects/storage-solutions/make-your-own-grocery-bags 

Here is my version:

It was really fun giving it a test drive today!  Makes me want to make another trip to the fabric store to shop for more fun canvas prints.

Sneak Peek

Here is a sneak peek of my new quilt design Cascarone featured in the fresh off the presses Fon's and Porter's Easy Quilts.

A close up!

A photo quilt

This is what is the works for me this Monday.  I'm making this commissioned picture quilt for a family to give to their mother for Christmas.  This was a design they came up with all by themselves.  I think they did a great job.

Ruby is waiting for Santa under the Christmas tree.

December's first WIP

I'm working on a mandala design that was inspired by Tibetan mandala art.  I've really started to embrace applique, there is very little that you cannot do.  I'm still playing with colors and layout. It will just keep getting bigger until I feel like it's done or until I run out of ideas... whichever comes first.

Soccer Jersey Quilt

Well tomorrow will bring us the first day of December and things have already started to get busy around here.  Lots of jobs coming in to keep me busy.  Here is a quilt made with a little girls soccer jerseys and t-shirts.  I used flannel on the back as a request from her father who says she is always cold.  I know she will love this! 

December also means time to get out the Christmas decorations... Ruby is not at all happy that it is December and has decided to be the Grinch instead.

Until next time

Fun with Opt Art

I've been playing around with this opt art pattern.  I think I'll leave it this shape and go ahead an quilt it.  This has been a  really fun project... I know it's industrial looking, my hope is that quilting it will soften that some.