A Year of Pillows, Baby Quilts and Unfinished Projects.....

I feel like I did more pillows this year than in years past....

Pillows are like doing a mini quilt and soooo much faster....

This rainbow pillow was done by Molly and proudly sits in my family room....

Union Jack....

A Dresden Plate...

Another Union Jack....

A pillow for Enzo...

A pillow to match the Coin Quilt....

I have had a few babies to sew for this year....

And a work-in-progress....

I have lots of ideas floating around for projects in the New Year.  But here are a few I will continue to work on and finish....fingers crossed!!!

  

Whew!!!  Better get to it!

Happy Wednesday!

mary

A Year of Finishes....Part One

As my first full year of blogging is coming to an end...I thought I would recap the finishes and some beginnings of 2011....

In the Quilt Category.....

We have one of my favorite quilts of all time and certainly my favorite quilt design. 

Gypsy Kisses is a pickledish design from Kathy Doughty of Material Obsession fame.

This is a multiple techniques quilt....paper foundation piecing, patchwork piecing, hand applique, and hand quilted.

A popular theme this year was the Union Jack....

 

 

And Molly helped with the label.



Another Material Obsession quilt started and finished....although not completely quilted yet....

Strawberry Fields - which I call Tea Party

I love the sweet feminine nature of this quilt, but for some reason quilting it seems like such a chore for me....does this ever happen to you?  Here is the best thing about this quilt....it was while making this quilt that I emailed Susan {I didn't know her at all but I knew she had made this quilt}.  My copy of the book had errors and I wasn't sure why things weren't working out properly.  Enter....Susan to the rescue!!!  What a lucky girl I am :)  Good reason to finish this one, right????  

  

I was so fortunate to be able to do a couple of quilt samples for the shoppe using Suzy Ultman's fabric lines.....Appleville and Critter Community...

  

In May I was in a New York state of mind....a New York Beauty that is....

A whole cloth quilt...

made from flannel on the front and linen on the back....

  

A baby version of my Coin Quilt made from Birch organic....

I love this quilt....with the straight line quilting and then pick stitching...

   

Molly {my oldest daughter} decided to try her hand at quilting.  She does fabulous embroidery and loves crazy quilts.  So I thought she would enjoy a little hand applique and then to quilt in crazy quilt style!!!  Well, she did a marvelous job....

   

Then Lark {from Amy Butler} arrived in the shoppe....

  

Most recently, I have finished the Wonky Little Houses Quilt...again a sample for the shoppe...

It has been a fun year of quilting and making good friends!  I have a few more finishes to share later in the week....

Hope you all had a wonderful holiday weekend :)

mary

Merry Christmas from My House to Yours!!!

Ticking down to the final hours before Santa takes his big ride.....I want to say Merry Christmas to all of you!  I truly hope your holidays are warm and filled with loving family and friends....

I will be spending Christmas at home with grandma's visiting - the girls coming and going - first here and then spending time with b'friend's families.  That's just the way it should be.

my Scandinavian inspired skirt is under the tree....with a few packages finding their way to our place :)

And my Christmas bunting is on the mantel with homemade stockings and lots of sparkle!!!

  

And, finally, I have one more finish for 2011!  Most likely the last quilt of the year....

This is a baby size quilt from Such Designs

The Wonky Little Houses Quilt

Carrie Bloomston, pattern designer, encourages the quilter to 'release your inner artist'....

So I did just that!  I added birds in flight and a big, bright sun.....

I pieced the background, adding some kona in bone, snow and a little natural linen...

       

  Each house is hand quilted as well the entire background...quilted with perle cotton in 1 inch intervals between each line of stitching...

I added a bright yellow rik-rak to the edge of the sun...everything is better with rik-rak!!!

The binding is a sweet pink polka dot!

I am glad to have one last finish for the year!

And the cutest pup {my humble opinion} wishes you a wonderful holiday!!!

   Flanders :)

Happy Christmas Eve eve!!!

mary

Monday Makings

In a bit of a panic the holiday mood, I did some baking and sewing today....

here is a peek at my work bench kitchen table...

Not so bad?  Not so fast - here it is from a different angle....

wonder where we are eating tonight?

I am making some needle books for my nieces....hope they aren't reading this....

the tutorial is from nanacompany.  If you haven't visited her site she has some very sweet things.

The embroidery transfers are Jenny Hart...

A little stitching and a little patchwork....

Some felt pages for pins, needles, buttons, etc....

  

Do you think of more to make just as the day draws near???

Happy Monday!

mary