Possibilities

Out of the Scrap-Basket Surprises book that I did the ribbon quilt, is another one that I might try sometime in the future. It is called Belize. All the quilts in the book are jelly roll friendly, using 2.5" strips. What do you think of this one? As always, there are more projects that I would like to do than time to do them in.

Ribbon Quilt Finished

Finally got the ribbon quilt done. Sent it out to be quilted. The lady usually has a one week turn around, but it took 2 weeks this time. She must be getting a lot busier. I know at least 4 quilt shops that use her services. She is very reasonable in her pricing. I love the look of this quilt. It is great as a scrappy quilt and would probably look good in 3 or 4 colors.
Instead of the traditional binding, I just folded the backing fabric over to the front. It looks nice, but I think I prefer the traditional binding. These are pics of the quilt and the backing fabric.

Now to move onto my Downey charity quilt. I also have a child's quilt that is at the quilter's that I will need to finish and mail off when I get it back.

Happy Quilting

Baby Afghan

Used up some pale green yarn to make a baby afghan. I personally prefer bright colors for baby things, but had the yarn. It will be donated to a fundraiser for Cancer that we have here at the lake every Labor Day Weekend. I made up the pattern from a design I had bought some time ago, but lost the pattern. It turned out pretty good if I do say so myself. It is done in crochet with single and double crochets.

Hex Quilt - July

This is my progress on the landscape hex quilt. I have completed 2 sides of the quilt, therefor, my diagonal rows are getting shorter. It always feels good when I reach this point of a hand pieced quilt. Hopefully the piecing of this one will be completed by November of this year. I'm looking foward to starting new projects.

As you can see, I now have some sky with clouds. I have been making minor changes to the pattern as I go.

Ribbon Quilt

This is the pattern Christmas Ribbons done in batiks. It is a very easy pattern. It only took me 7 days working approx. 1 hour a day. This one is a small one measuring 47 x 31.5. It would be beautiful in lots of reds and greens for Christmas. As you can see, it is a great scrappy quilt. I'm thinking it would also be a great 2 or 3 color quilt. Now I have to move on to a baby quilt that I need in 3 weeks.