Monday
A Little Embroidery Work
Sunday
A T-Shirt Quilt
It was really fun to move the little graph paper blocks around until I liked where they were. What a genius way to work! It was just as fun to convert the graph paper blocks into a quilt top.
Monday
Villa Rosa Pattern Cards
Last year I purchased a large bundle of Villa Rosa pattern cards at a quilt show. I spent a little time recently going through the patterns and found some I had forgotten about. I matched a few up with some fabrics from my stash.
I used the Grand Prize pattern to make this spaceship themed quilt. It was a great way to frame the panel. The backing fabric glows in the dark.
Saturday
In Memory of a Friend
Sue and Jim Middlestead are one of the first couples we met when we joined the Legion Riders back in 2003. They were warm and welcoming and we liked riding to Veterans' charity events with them. Over the the many years we spent together, we always enjoyed each other's company. In fall Jim passed away after a long spell of illness. I told Sue at the funeral that I would be happy to make a quilt for her out of his shirts. In January, she took me up on my offer and brought me the shirts.
I cut everything out and started to put things together. This quilt is different because she added some souvenir tea towels. After moving blocks around, I decided the best thing to do is applique them over the top of the quilt.
It's all ready to be delivered to Sue next month when I see her. It feels good to help someone with a keepsake they will love.
A Charity Quilt for A Veterans' Event
Our Legion Post does an event called "Souper Sunday" where we serve a lunch of soups, rolls and dessert. Everyone pays per bowl and the event raises money for veterans.
Sunday
A Patriotic Quilt Marathon
I was gifted 18 yards of red, white and blue fabrics. They were vintage bundles still in the packaging. I broke them all open to discover all half-yard cuts. I proceeded to wash all the fabrics, sort by color and press them. It was an all-day project. While pressing, I had to come up with a way to use up all the fabrics. Since they were half-yard cuts, there's a lot I could do.
It didn't hurt that we're in a deep freeze here in Wisconsin so I wasn't going anywhere so I might as well get quiltinq!
I'm very happy to have given these old fabric bundles a new life.
Tuesday
The January Deep Freeze
Between the snow storms and the below zero temperatures, we knew we would be packing it in at home for a while. We loaded up on groceries before the weather came. I love the feeling of being home, safe, warm and secure. And it's so pretty after it snows. The backyard looks so serene. With temps around 8 below zero, I don't think we will be traipsing around on the patio for a while.
I'm planning on getting some charity quilts started this week. I'm going to take this fat quarter bundle of children's fabrics apart and cut a few quilt kits out of it. There's so many fat quarters that I think I should be able to get at least 3 quilt tops out of it.
Jeff's favorite college football team, the Michigan Wolverines won the National Championship last night. He is so very excited that they finally won the whole thing! And here he is in his 1997 Championship t-shirt. I was happy to see it still fit - haha!
Saturday
Wigglebutts
There's a deep freeze here in Wisconsin that doesn't seem to have an end in sight. So I'm quilting like a maniac. Yesterday I took out my rolls of batting and cut enough pieces to longarm 6 quilts. Some have the backing and some do not. I'm going to start getting them on the longarm so I can get them off of my to-do list. I used 100% polyester batting for these.