Four patch

This little four patch I made one evening when I just needed some simple ork to do. It was so much fun to do some no-mind sewing. It will be a baby gift most likely.

While I'm on. I also have been working on a few other quilts.

I can finally get back to blogging. I made a log cabin scrap quilt that I truly do love. I think that a red border would just complete this quit for my son.

This is the six inch centers that I made for
this beautiful quilt that I was making. I just loved making these cute little six inch blocks. I am going to make just a bunch of these blocks. I can see a beautiful border around them. I am doing really well with my knee so my ota says.

I'm not ready to do any quilting yet. I have to be on my knees too much for that.

The quilt up at the top is the quilt complete with the first of my six inch stars.

I've been making these, Star struck blocks. I'm using greens and red scraps with all my neutrals .
I'm planning a trip to Ohio in June. We'll have a big family reunion then. I'm from Delaware, Ohio just outside of Columbus. A small town near by are having a Memorial for my Grandma. I'd really like to go to it.

Today I'm thinking about the quilt block to use for our out going prez of our quilt guild. It is my job as last Prez to pick the block. I'm thinking because her last name starts with T to use the T block. What do you think? Please let me know I need help.

I had my knee surgery, March 16. I'm doing pretty good I can walk a little and I have therapy a few times a week. They come to the house and try to kill me. I finished the binding on this quilt during my first few days home from the hospital. These fabric are all hand Dyes.

My star in a star quilt is done!! What alot of work. I just love it. I put alot of fabrics in this one. Hardly repeated any of the fabric. I just really like the scrappy look that it has.
I'm really having a good day. Hope you are too!!!

Colorful quilts

I wonder if anyone is out there. I have nobody that is under my followers. I'll keep going so that I have a record of my quilts this year.

These blocks I made the half square triangles were done in early May. All stitched by hand.

Then I had an idea. I stitch the block together on the machine. Then I went on and shashed them. I found the border in my stash. Now another top ready for machine quilting.

These flying geese blocks I made at the first of the year 2009. I went ahead and put them together. I don't want any unfinished thing when I go to sugery. You never know!

Heather's quilted handbag

I've been sewing all day. I got this hand bag finished for my daughter, Heather. It is one of those crazy fabrics, y did I buy it, except for a purse. Hopefully she loves it. Lots of pockets inside.

The dog in the picture is Baby bear. He likes it.

This weekend I'm sewing pillows for my daughter to take for some of the kids at her preschool. It is not much of a challenge but the kids will like them. They are 10"x16" Big enough for little 2 or 3 year olds. They then have to get them in their cubby.

Small But Cute

It is another cold, COLD day in Florida! I'm sick of it. I don't have any pretty snow to look at just lots of brown. I'll be so happy to see spring.

My knee surgury will be on March 16. YEA!!!

This little wall hanging I did in the Laura Wasilowski style. It was simple and took me time to sit and do hand stitching and cutting! Love that. I feel like spring maybe just around the corner. Wow summer may come too! The wall hanging just makes me feel good.

These blocks I made yesterday. I had so much fun just putting all kinds of fabric together. I think I could just go on and on and make a king size quilt with these lttle 6" blocks. The sewing machine in the picture is my old Phaff that is about 17 years old I just love it.

This is my new Basket Quilt. I used my easy method for making baskets. This little wall haning was all done on the machine. I used decorative stitches for the applique.

Knee Surgery?

I called yesterday to see about getting an earlier appointment with my knee Dr. I got a call back today. I have an appointment for Monday. My knee is totally well so I'm hoping and praying that my Dr. will schedule my knee surgery for very soon. I'm so ready to start getting back to my regular life. I 'm going to go to exercise classes and do everything to get my tone back. I want to be better than I was actually.
I have a letter ready to go out to a publisher about a quilt book I want to see about publishing.
I'm almost afraid to talk about it yet. Wish me luck!

This is another one of my applique quilts that I did when I couldn't walk. I just finished piecing it this week. I want to get to the quilting on my Bernina. I designed all of the blocks because I wanted something that would be easy to handle back then. If you design it yourself you can't make a mistake. Right! I have always wanted a basket quilt like this one. Everything was done with my fat quarters and scaps of fabric. In fact that is what I call it "Fat Quarter amd Scrap Baskets"

To wash or not

I just about always wash my fabric when I bring it in the house I make a pit stop in the Laundry room and wash it first. Over the last few months I took it on in my sewing room.
This morning I collected it all and washed it all . Before I got confused about what was wash or not. Yesterday Heather took me over to Joanne Fabrics and bought me some more. Now all my fabric is washed and ready for my next qult of the year. I had decided that I'm going to use from my stash and not buy any more for a while. I'm even going to try some pieced backs.
Heather loves Moms quilts and she wants to make sure they keep coming.

I got my new quiltings added. The 1st is my pink Baby Quilt. The blue is a quilt I started back in April- May. I did four quilts back then in hand Applique. This one is the smallest. I knew I could quilt it on my Bernina. This weekend I want to start piecing one of the biggest it is a 12 block quilt. The block are all baskets that I desgned myself. It is kinda Folk art looking.

German Stollen Bread

I found my new Family Tradition, after Christmas I was thinking about my husbands tree. I thought I about my husband heritage. Alot of German so I thought I would try make a German
treat so I went on the internet and found Stollen bread. So it took me all afternoon. But at the end of the afternoon I had two golden loaves of a really good what I would call breakfast bread and the family just loved it. So I guess they are part Geman.
I've also been working on a little baby quilt. It is pink, yellow and some black background with daisies. Because it is small I can get it quilted and all right now. Just love doing my free motion quilting with my Bernina, Arora 440. I could advertize for them I just love it that much.
I went to my plastic surgeon yerterday he reased me. He is the Dr. that did all the really bad stuff to my knee, Not his falt so he says. But if my knee Dr. wants his help he'll be there for him. Oh! Boy!

This is my string quilt that I got pieced together this week end. I probably won't get it quilted until after my next knee surgery in March. But right now I'm on a roll getting them pieced.

I also got my Backporch quilt pieced together. I started piecing it back in March when I had my 1 st knee surgery. I did all the curves by hand. Just because back then I wanted any kind of hand sewing to keep me busy. So yesterday I pieced all the block together by machine. I love the way it turned out I want to put a couple of borders on it but I'm still thinking about what I want right now.