Hey Jude

This I Spy quilt has been sent to a little Australian friend called Jude. If you look closely you can see a few Beatles scraps.

My Words So Far

I thought you'd like to see the words I have so far. I'm pretty sure this is all of them. I want to make a few more, then start playing with design. I love all my words! -- carol e.

word for Carol

Finally, Carol here is your block!  Please send me your mailing address so I can get this off to you please!

On to the next project...Cher

An Unruly Challenge

Gee, am I ever thankful for Tonya's influence!  A year ago our local art quilt group began a 2-gallon-bag challenge.  I got the most awful assortment of fabric and trims!  BUT .... I gave myself a big slap in the face and said "that's what challenges are all about"!

The largest single piece of fabric in the bag was a pre-printed Jo-Ann's skirt panel with a tie-dyed color scheme.  Being a quilt shop owner and used to handling VERY NICE fabrics, I hated that panel.  There were also assorted scraps, trims, a needle felted flower (that didn't make it into the final project) and some sewn and stuffed shapes.  I felt like I was recycling, so that is the direction I took.

The quilts will be given to the person who originally supplied the bag.  A provision of the challenge was that we could also make a quilt for ourselves to keep from the same fabrics.  Here is my little piece (thank you, Jan Mullen).

Recycle Quilt:  30" x 22"
Bird Quilt:  11" x 14" 

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Liberated Amish Quilt

My 2012 Liberated Amish Challenge quilt is quilted and bound! 

I'm calling it Super Star.

 Thanks to Tonya for hosting such a fun challenge!

So Sew!

So I finally sewed the word sew in bright colours for Carol's birthday quilt. The first hard part of this exercise was remembering I had promised to do this (sorry, Carol!). The second challenge will be getting this into the mail this week. I hope it isn't too late!

Starry Starry Night

 

A finish of a longterm project :-)

Unruly components:  letters. sashing and border ( made from different shades of blue and black and yellow out of my stash )

More about it here

Heidi