Rowdy Rooster and the Mushroom

I keep forgetting to post my quilts to the blog - and I almost forgot Rowdy!  He is one in a series of Radical Roosters by Florine Johnson here in Georgia.  I love all of them, but Rowdy in particular.

Isn't he cute?  I'm finishing his brother Reginald today, so I'll add him tomorrow!

And the other thing I've been working on is this little needle keeper.  Tiny Stitches is going to sell the kits at Shop Hop.  It's made of wool felt, has several flaps for keeping needles and a pocket for keeping small scissors or your needle threaders!

I'm working on other wool applique, but haven't finished anything yet.  Later!

What I did at Retreat

I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted anything.  How will I ever keep track of my quilts if I don't take pictures of them?

Last weekend was the CES annual retreat at the FFA/FHA center in Covington.  Even though I wasn't feeling great (I had a cold the entire weekend!), I did get some fun things done.  Mostly I worked on my Irish Chain quilt, but I only have a picture of ONE square to post.

And the color doesn't even show up right - The blue is really a light purple!  This is one of two squares in the quilt and I haven't finished all of these yet!

I also made a Radical Rooster named Rowdy

Two angelfish

And a dog that will eventually say, "I wuff you" on the cookie.  He also needs eyes and a mouth.  And to be quilted.

That's all for now.

I found lots of small, interesting projects at retreat, but haven't made any of them yet.  Soon, though

Forest Friends

This little quilt is called Forest Friends and is made of the flannel.  It's so soft!  I made it as a store sample - and will give it to Tristan and Catie, for the new baby, when I get it back.  Hopefully I'll get it back before the baby is born.

Jessica's Turning Twenty Quilt

I'm in Jacksonville right now and Jessica suggested that I add a post about the quilt that we (Jan, Jessica, and I) made for her.  The pattern is called Turning Twenty.  We started it (and finished it, I think) last year - the year she turned twenty.

Floral Fantasy

I finished Beverly's quilt, Floral Fantasy, and brought it to her birthday party today, but didn't get to stay long enough to watch her open it!  I hope she likes it.  I took a couple of pictures today, but neither of them is very good.  Here's the best.

I also have been making hot pan holders to use some of my scraps.  I gave one to Kristen and Bridgette today, and I have a couple more that need binding.  I have to work at the BOE tomorrow, so I'm going to take one of the hot pan holders that needs binding with me.  We have plenty of time, usually, to work on puzzles or read or whatever.  I might as well make the time useful!  Maybe I can even get the binding on another one tonight.

August 2011

I've been busy - mostly because my quilt room is so messy that I can barely walk into it.  So I want to make some scrap quilts to use up some of the fabric that I bought when I first started quilting.  Since I didn't know what kinds of quilts I wanted to make, I would buy yardage of any fabric I liked.  Consequently, I have lots of fabrics that are stand-alone pieces (pieces without any other fabric that coordinate with it.)

I bought a book that shows several scrap quilts and started making one of them.  Unfortunately, it's not using nearly as much fabric as I'd hoped.  And it's going to be smaller than I like, so I'm going to lengthen it and make it one row wider.  That's a project on hold right now.

Also, I told Kristen I'd help her with some of the kits she has bought over the years.

So, I brought home one of Kristen's kits and made the quilt - a sweet baby quilt.  She had bought so much extra fabric that I was able to made a 24" x 24" baby doll or sleeping baby quilt with the scraps.  I also made a pillowcase and a smaller baby doll quilt - and still have some scraps left!

I made a four-patch Halloween quilt for Bridgette - and a pillowcase to match!

I made Patrick a pillowcase out of fireman fabric.

And, since Beverly Lawley's (Beverly was mom's caregiver during her last year - and she was fantastic!) 60th birthday is this weekend, I decided I'd better finish the quilt that I'm making for her.  It's the Floral Fantasy quilt that was a Saturday Sampler at Tiny Stitches the year that mom died.  Beverly saw me sewing one of the blocks and told me how much she liked it - so, of course, this was the quilt for her!  Last night I made the binding and sewed it on.  Today, I've started the hand stitching.  It needs to be done by this weekend so I can give it to her at her birthday party.  I'll post a picture when it's finished.

The Red Door

This quilt is called Red Door.  I made it for Christmas in July and kitted it for the shop.  Since all the kits sold quickly, I already have it back and will be able to enjoy it this Christmas.