My Poor Abandoned Blog

I can't believe it's been weeks since I last posted. I have been busy, busy, busy with quilts lately.

I showed a sneak peak of one of these quilts a few weeks ago. 

Sandra used to own a longarm machine but due to health reasons, she had to sell. Sandra had the neatest cabinet built for under her quilting machine. We worked out a trade; I got the cabinet and Sandra had some quilting done.

quilted with Page Boy

quilted with Camellia 

The quilting shows up so nicely on the quilt.

And lastly, a lovely Bento Box quilt.

quilted with Autumn Leaves

For Hamel's

One of the latest quilt kits from Hamels Quilt Store.

I love the fabrics in this quilt; so very pretty. Because of the business of the quilt, I quilted it with a simple meander.

Onto the next one!

Me time

I saw this quilt on Moda Bake Shop, I had to make it. Dave has been travelling off to Calgary and with a good friend spending a few days with me, it was time for some sewing. I had a Tonga Treat and with some yardage I had, I quickly got started.

My blocks are all sewn together and I'm eager to finish off this top. And decide what to do with all these leftover blocks.

This and That

I finished this little wall hanging up yesterday. It had been waiting to be quilted for to long.



And now I'll spend the rest of my day with this lovely quilt of Sandra's.

New Toys

I love gadgets; rulers, templates, gizmos, I love them all. And my newest toy? Circle Lord.



I have some charity quilts that I am practicing with the boards on.

Swirls



Square Spirals



I can't wait to try this on a quilt of my own.

A Pleasant Surprise

When Barb came and picked up her quilt yesterday, she brought me a gift.



Rhonda quilted the cover quilt and pillow. She has one more in the book and I quilted the rest. So neat to see them all together.

Another long weekend

Has come and gone. We had a fabulous Easter with some out of town family spending the weekend with us. I even managed to get some piecing done on a quilt for myself!

Spring Market is just over a month away and I have started working on some of Barb's quilts for the show. I gave you a sneak peek of this quilt in my last post; here it is finished and ready for pick up.



I echo quilted around the leaf appliques; stippled in the rest. I put in a few leaf shapes here and there as well.



I copied the pattern in the border; sadly you can't even see the quilting but it's there.



And the backing fabric; love it.



Such a pretty quilt; I might have to make one too.