Hello all, I finally found out that I get to pick my little pooch up tomorrow night, late, but better late than never! I'm about to jump out of my skin I'm so excited--it was starting to seem like it wouldn't really happen. In the meantime, here are some photos of my retreat projects. One of my latest quilting kicks is that since I don't decorate my house for any holidays (or have any company for that matter, but just in case), so I thought I would make a little throw for our upstairs couch (I also don't have a throw for my upstairs couch that's in my sewing room and is probably more properly called a scratching post as that's the reason we brought it from North Carolina--it was $30). Anyway, so I got the center (no borders) of my Valentine's Day (which I only made a quilt for because it had lime green) and my Fall/Halloween center done... Ultimately I will probably have separate Fall and Halloween quilts because Halloween is far and away my favorite holiday (it practically celebrates candy, how could it not be?).
Anywho, and the last one, the black one, is our current block of the month, but done in Lily's own personal colorway. I haven't done the border on that one either, it's a cool pieced number, so that may be a little while in coming.
Yeah, in case you can't tell, that is iridescent snake-skin fabric as setting triangles. This was done with a layer cake and used "Jelly Roll, Layer Cake, and Charm Quilts" a great book for those of us who are addicted to pre-cuts. This was also possibly one of the fast quilts I've ever done. I think it was like five hours start to finish simply because it's just huge blocks, but I dig the interlocking lime and red rings around the blocks.
Another easy fast one. This is from "Stop, Drop, and Roll", one of Anka's Treasures' latest books. Also a jelly roll. I like to work on semi-mindless projects at retreat so I can BS more effectively.
And last but not least, the not-so-mindless project. I love how this turned out and I'm so excited to get the border pieced and on so I can figure out how to quilt this bad boy.
You can look forward to some puppy pics, probably more puppy pics than you were ever interested in seeing, so I'm giving you fair warning.
Happy quilting!
She is quite the little lap dog, here she is, curled up in my lap our first morning together.
Kisses for me at grandma's house.
She is a bit of a mama's girl, and pretty relaxed with her favorite rope.
She gets her wrassle on with the rope.
Yeah, in case you can't tell, that is iridescent snake-skin fabric as setting triangles. This was done with a layer cake and used "Jelly Roll, Layer Cake, and Charm Quilts" a great book for those of us who are addicted to pre-cuts. This was also possibly one of the fast quilts I've ever done. I think it was like five hours start to finish simply because it's just huge blocks, but I dig the interlocking lime and red rings around the blocks.
Another easy fast one. This is from "Stop, Drop, and Roll", one of Anka's Treasures' latest books. Also a jelly roll. I like to work on semi-mindless projects at retreat so I can BS more effectively.
And last but not least, the not-so-mindless project. I love how this turned out and I'm so excited to get the border pieced and on so I can figure out how to quilt this bad boy.