Sunday, January 25, 2015

Catching Up

I have 3 different things going on in this posting.  

1st is the finished Fair Isle quilt I made for my friend Pat for Christmas. I gave her the top on time but had to take it back to send out to the quilter.  I finally got it bound the first week of the new year.


Pat is the person who pushed me into knitting as I pushed her into quilting. This quilt tied the 2 together so nicely.


She knits me Christmas gifts and I quilt hers.

After all of those solids I had to get some dots for the backing.


I just love the way it came out.  For me this pattern was challenging primarily because so many of the pieces were 1 1/2 inches.  Way smaller than my comfort level.



Love the colors 


this pattern is by Lee at Freshly Pieced
http://www.freshlypieced.com
you can find it there.

2nd, I am retiring at the end of this month. While cleaning out my desk I found this tiny little cross stitched ornament.  It's on perforated paper. 


And last but not least

I have finished the tops for the 2 Little Letters quilts I started on September 7.  The pattern is by Temecula quilts and can be found here    
http://temeculaquiltco.blogspot.com/2014/09/little-letters-getting-started-and.html


The patterns for the letters were released every Wednesday and Sunday for 13 weeks.


The blocks were so easy that I decided from day 1 to make 2 quilts  The one with the lime green inner border is from the kit I purchased from Temecula Quilts.  The one with the the dark dots in the outer border was made from my scrap bin.  They measure 39 by 45


I thought it would be a great day for photographing them but the white outer border on the one with the green inner border kind of got lost on the snow and when I used the pines as a contrasting background the breeze wouldn't cooperate.  



It's OK they will be back once they get quilted and have a little more weight to them.  Hope to get to them some time next month.

I've also made a couple of post cards for a Valentine swap due to go out in the mail next weekend. Can't post until they get where they need to be.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

9 comments:

  1. Love the Fair Isle quilt and the polka dot back makes it all the more fun. Two Little Letters - wow. They are both sweet.

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  2. Wow! Love both of your quilts! Lovely.

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  3. Wow, absolutely LOVE your fair isle quilt, the colours are wonderful and the green polka dot backing makes it really pop!
    Judy

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  4. I admire your persistence! I've been doing some tiny piecing projects, and it's making me a little crazy. It's so much easier to sew a little piece the wrong way, and on top of that, if it's a monochromatic quilt. I've ripped my way through the whole quilt. You've obviously got this down! They're all beautiful. Congratulations of all 3 finishes.
    Julie

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  5. I absolutely love the Fair Isle quilt. You did a spectacular job. And the letter quilts...just too cute!

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  6. Love your Christmas quilt! It looks amazing. The dots backing is perfect. The alphabet quilts will be darling too.

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  7. Your gift for Pat is an adorable quilt. I love the dots on the backing fabric.

    Congratulations on your retirement...it's getting closer. Soon you will be taking pictures of your quilts in sunny Florida :)

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  8. Your Fair Isle quilt is fabulous! It looks like the perfect quilt to gift a knitter! I cannot imagine making a quilt with such tiny blocks.

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  9. Selina that first quilt is just gorgeous! I love it so much....the colors just pop on the white background! blessings, marlene

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