quilted comfort

 A comfort quilt made using the Done For Love Pattern 

by Deb Wendt of Wendt Quilting.

The original pattern calls for appliqued hearts, but I was pressed for time so I left them off.

It works up quickly and can made with or without a border. 

It would look great with some of the new, modern looking fat quarter packs.

To add interest a large medallion diamond was quilted in the center 

with freehand fillers in the open space.

neutral confusion

Made for the Neutrals Fusion Exhibit 

for Machine Quilters Expo East this past month.

A challenge quilt to use the pattern given and only neutral fabrics.  The neutral fabrics were provided and you could add other neutrals as well as the 1"colored fabric mini border.  

Quilt as desired.

It was a small exhibit, 2 handfuls of quilts or so; all different and unique. 

It certainly was a challenge to use only the neutral fabrics. My border was a little darker than I would have liked, and the opposite side of the fabric was used at that.  

It was what was on hand and I didn't want to purchase anything extra for this piece.

The five flowers on this quilt represent 5 lives lost between the time I received my challenge kit in December, to when I was able to work on the piece in March.

I'll admit-this was a design on the fly, but it was fun to work on a piece of my own.

It's quiet and peaceful and it looks nice where it's hanging in my sewing room.

Celebrating

Jack, Christopher, MaryJane, Georgia and Maizey 

the grieving heart

Today is the Fiberactions art quilt group reveal.

 color challenge #1

 As my small New England community mourns the loss of two young men with in the past 10 days; I put my colors away.

black - the absence of color  

Black silk sateen, Kimono black silk thread. 

8 1/2 x 10 1/2

RIP

when it gets cold outside

you might consider a pair of quilted mittens-

-a simple quilted design on pretty pink fabric with warm wool batting-

-a swatch of leather across the fingers; perfect for gripping-

-soft cuffs 

and

 lining

 from an up-cycled sweater-

-easy peasy lemon squeezey-

sew fun to make and toasty warm to wear

= )

egad it's been awhile since my last post

-it's been busy around here - 

*with holiday quilt work by the row*

*personal quilt work by the inch*

*challenge work by the hexagon*

 *Halloween snow by the piles*

*hiking the trails by the miles*

*and taming wild animals*

 

all take time

Thanks for visiting, hope you are well.

Happy Quilting.

And

thanks to our Veterans as America celebrates Veterans Day weekend

finished!

The first Guild raffle quilt is finished. I won't show you the whole thing until I have all the threads picked and get some good pictures. 

-here is another sneak peak-

And while you're waiting for me to get the pictures posted- 

you can check out the covers of some sewing/mending kits I've been working on.

Promise Ring

 Promise Ring is my friend Sue's quilt, of Sue Pelland Designs.

Sue is an accomplished quilter herself but when she is off  teaching, vending and developing new tools, I do her quilting work.

the Holiday tree

was made for, and will be sent to our American soldiers serving in Afghanistan for this Holiday season.

It was quick and easy to make.

And super fun to decorate!

Thanks for visiting. 

seed pods

Today is the Fiberactions group quilt reveal. 

The challenge word this month was transformation.

Seed Pods

Inspired by the seed pods left behind when flowers die off.

The fabric is hand made silk fusion.

This is the first in a series of seed pod quilts I'm planning.

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Be sure to check the Fiberactions link (here) to see the group's responses.

surface tension . . .

Today is the Fiberactions reveal day.

We created pieces using the word stretch as our challenge theme.

Click the link to see the interpretations revealed throughout the day and to learn more about our group.

Seemingly like magic, the water strider skates across the pond as if on a length of stretched plastic wrap.  Magic, it is not. In addition to his hairy legs which trap tiny air bubbles and act like life preservers; it is surface tension which allows him to stay afloat and stride so gracefully.