Waverunner in Red

I saw this tutorial at Bumble Beans and knew I had to make it. This is for a good friend's TV room that is without color - until now.

The top came together pretty easily - in just two afternoons. The quilting and binding took less than a day. Improvisational piecing was more enjoyable than I thought it would be.

Not having straight lines is a little bit daunting.

I put a warm, fuzzy, light blue flannel on the back. You can't see this in the picture, but there's a light design on the binding fabric.

I really enjoyed working with all of the solids in this quilt!

Details: 60x80, flannel backing, 2.25in binding, grey quilting thread

Purple Plainspoken for my niece, Ashley

I finished and gifted the Purple Plainspoken quilt to my niece, Ashley.

This is Ashley á

This is her quilt â

She chose purple camo for a fun, warm, flannel backing:

Fake-napping for Aunt Patticakes, so I could see it in action:

Around the Purple World! Finished.

This purple "around the world" quilt was made for a pal who loves purple.

Here it's blowing in the wind.

This is a huge monster - over 110 square inches.
A purple print on the backside and purple with polka-dots for binding.

Shadows of trees hide the quilt's real color.
I hope she loves it!

Uncle David's Vintage Drunkard's Path

The wonderful vintage fabrics I first mentioned here have been cut, pieced, & quilted.

These fabrics came from Uncle David's mother & sister:

I'm pretty sure these two gals bought these fabrics, stashed it in a box, and forgot about them.

In 1955.

These cloths were in great condition!

This is my first attempt at curves and at the drunkard's path quilt pattern.

The pattern is super cute and easier than I expected.

Here, you can see the pieced backing with the vintage pieces:
I used the red fabric with green strawberries for binding (also vintage)
The curves came out so much better than I could have imagined:
Again, quilted by the fabulous gals at Melear's Fabrics in Salem & Sullivan MO.

Delivered to Uncle David this morning.... I think he loved it!

Scraptakular #1, quilted!

I'm loving how this turned out!

Scraptakular #1 just came back from Melear's Fabrics.

They did a super job on this! I love their quilting.

I rolled the backing forward to bind the edge.

My scrap pile's gettin' smaller!

Dragonfly Baby Quilt for a New Mother

A friend just had her first baby.

I think this blanky will welcome her to this world with warmth and style.

White chenille patches on the front and pink gingham on the back.

Can you see the dragonflies on the green pieces?

Scraptakular #2

More scrap than takular... patchy, nonetheless.
This was made from remnant squares, all from previous projects.
Perfect size for napping: 58x72


The scrap pile is dwindling.