Christmas Kaleidoscope

Ok so this is my new block. I was trying to find a block to use all the soccor fabric I have for my husbands quilt. I think this will be a nice for that. I was just trying it out on my christmas fabric first. I kind of like it so I think I'll finish off at lest 6 and make a wall hanging. Although I'm not sure if I like the white to much. Well anyway. Oh yea, I burnt my nuckle in the process and it really hurts. getting a blister. Oh well no pain no gain. I got the patteren from a book I had called Quilts! Quilts! Quilts! second edition.

Just need a border now.

All sewn together now I think for the border I'll sew the left over strips into one and use that, it will be all the pastels together. I like the idea, how about you. The top has taken me such a long time to do. I'm sure i started it at least 4 or 5 years ago. but because I'd start another project this would get put away. So I've been trying to clean out a little and pulled it out again. Yea, I'm sure glad I did.

needle point flowers

Well I decided what to do with the
pastel's I had.

My mother had these blocks
just sitting for years and some time
she gave them to me. There are more
but they are the state flower & bird
on each block. I just did the flower
blocks. And yes I did all the needle
point my self.

How many of you out there like
to needle point, I sometimes think
it's a dying art. I just think that
sometimes if it's done right it can
be so beautiful. I love these blocks
and can't wait to see what they
look like all sewen together.

Hat's, Boots & ponies

I decided to go with the blue as
the border. I really like it. Another
top done. Yea.

Now to pick a border.

There's a story behind this fabric. My sister and I took a trip to Roseburg two years ago to visit our Aunt Lona, while there we went to the locol quilt shop. We had so much fun the next year we went to LaPine to visit our mother and also went to the quilt shop there, a very nice place by the way. I got this fabric there and started working on it in our hotel room. We spent about three hours just quilting and talking it was a neat expirence. So were planning another trip for next July to see our brother memorial stone in Newport Oregon, and of course we'll hit the quilt shops along the way. I just finished this part of it today after taking apart what I did by hand and redid it on the machine for a better look and a straighter stich. I love it but now I just have to decide which color to use as the border. Yellow, blue or Green. I'll leave it hanging there while I decide. I have a thing from cowboy quilts. Actully I just love cowboys!

Happy Halloween!

One of my trick 0r treaters!

It's finished. at least the top is.

first 3 done

These are the first three blocks i've done with the autum fabric I just got. I really like the way they are turning out.

Ok so here is the finished top. I like it
I found the patteren on someones else's
blog and really liked the way it looked.
what do you think. I'm thinking about
calling it cup stacking. It looks like cups
to me. Like the ones the kids use in
cup stacking. This is one of the first times
I was able to really match up my corners.
yea me.

learned a new block

These are my first two Wonky Blocks.
I like the block with the striped center the
best. I learned something about this block.

I don't know about you but I wasted alot of
excess fabric on this block but I like the way
it looks when it's done. The problem was that
I was trying to match the ends up exactly and
you can't do that with this patteren. It's fun to
do once you get the hang of it.

A year in pictures

I just finished this quilt top, I started it last year
I think, and pulled it out today and finished it
up because I kept getting in trouble by my sister
for not having new post up. you happy now.
I may add a little hand work to the tree and turkey
like eyes and maybe some presents under the tree.
still thinking.

Sean's Quilt

This is the top of my son's Christmas presant, he attends BYU in Provo Utah, so I made this in the school colors. All the patterened fabric was baught at University Mall in Provo at Deseret Book which by the way has a fabric department in the back of the store. How cool is that. the boarders I just got the other day. I think he will love it, his favorite color is blue. So it's perfect.

Christmas treasures

I started this 5 years ago, and it's not done yet. the work is so intricate and takes a long time I get tired of doing it after awhile. The ribbons throughout are silk and the corner scrollwork is being quilted.