I like to try to tidy up any loose ends as the end of the year draws near. I received several quilts back from my long-arm quilter, Pat, and all that was left to do was to sew on the bindings. Those quilts sat on one of my dining room chairs for close to a month. Finally, this past weekend, I decided it was time to get the binding on those quilts. I sat on the living couch, a pup nestled close by, and tuned in my audiobook - The Outlander. Let the sewing begin.
Worn and Loved II c.1865
Designed by Carolyn Goins
Featuring Fabrics from the Worn and Loved II Collection
by Jeanne Horton (Country Sampler)
Quilted by Pat Butikofer
Jelly Bellies
Miss Rosie's Quilt Co.
Quilted by Pat Butikofer
Jo Morton's Stripy Quilt
Quilted by Pat Butikofer
I love Jo Morton fabrics and have quite a collection of her fabrics in my quilting stash. I wanted to feature the blue fabric in a quilt top. I wasn't successful in finding the perfect pattern to showcase the fabric, so I decided to create a stripy quilt using nine-patch blocks between the blue feature fabric. I'm very pleased with the outcome.
I've also finished the piecing on my Gettysburg quilt top. I love the way the border is constructed in this small 41" x 51" quilt top.
Gettysburg
Civil War Battle Series #10
Clothesline Quilts
The final quilt top of 2009 is my Red Zinger. I still need to add borders to this quilt top, but I'm having trouble deciding how I want to handle the border treatment.
Red Zinger
Karen Griska - www.selvagequilts.com
Quilter's Home - Sept/Oct 2008
Emma was very put-out that she was not included in the photo taking of the quilts. She was a bit too frisky when it came time to set-up the shots and was banned to the bedroom with her brother Owen. I'm making it up to her by including a snap of the Christmas ornament I had made for Emma.
The Emma with Santa egg was created by Cathy Santarsiero of The Christmas Corgi. Don't you think that Cathy has captured Emma's likeness to perfection?
Before you go thinking that I've given up stitching in favor of quilting.... I wanted to share a snap of what I've been stitching on this past week. I went searching through my WIP closet and brought out Sheepish Designs - Alpha sampler. I'm stitching all three samplers as one long sampler with some minor changes.
Oops I have to include one more snap. Someone (Tanya) complained about the lack of snow in my Holiday snaps... here you go Tanya.
