Round Robbin - Aug Quilt

Attached is the Aug quilt.  The directions were to add 3 color strips.  I chose to add a strip of repeating 3 color strips.  There are 8 people in my group and not one person has interpreted the direction the same.

Round Robbins

One of the quilt guilds I belong to has a Round Robbin.  Attached is the July quilt.

  I added the outside row of squares on point.

Izzy's Saddlebag

Recently I participated in a Judy Niemeyer workshop held by the Thimble & Thread Quilt Guild.
Cappucino was the pattern offered.  Not caring for this pattern, I decided to only make 1 block.   I used fabric that I absolutely hated.  After making the block, the contrast fabric worked perfectly with the hated fabric.  I still would not want to make this quilt, but the block could be used individually in other ways.

I decided to make a saddlebag purse for my granddaughter to carry her school books.  The picture attached shows the finished bag.  The first picture shows front of the purse with the JNiemeyer block on the left.
As you can see, there is great contrast in fabric.  The second picture shows the bag with the flap down.  Here I added Isabelle's initials.

Fabric Sale

Friends & Quilters

June 14th and 21st will have a major fabric sale...

All are welcome....

Barb's quilt

A friend Barb, found a panel of 4 Minnesota prints and wanted to create a lap quilt for her brother.

The brother of course lives in Minnesota.  I took the prints and created this quilt.  It is a complete design as you go.  

She sees it for the first time tomorrow and I hope she likes it.

2nd UFO Challenge

Getting my first UFO completed, I was inspired to try another.  This UFO required applique.  Applique work is not my passion and possibly the reason this quilt had become a UFO.  However, I recently took a class with Suzanne Louth on "Broderie Perse" and she totally released the fear in applique.  I pulled this project from the bottom of the stack and completed it in only a few days.  Wow!! I feel great!! Another UFO bites the dust.

Hopefully I can get both quilted before the Jan 14th deadline.

Guild UFO Challenge

As the program chair for our quilt guild, I set up a UFO challenge.  This meant I had to pull out some of my UFO's and complete at least one before the Jan 14th deadline.  Below is the first UFO I pieced.

I started this project in 2004 from a kit I purchased online.  All the pieces were cut and prepared in 2004 before I developed any of the necessary skills to do this advanced piece.  Still, after making a few adjustments, I think it turned out pretty good.