UFO - Blazing Star

We all have those UFO's we look at but never seem to finish.  Well, one of my New Year's resolution was to finish as many UFO's as I could by the end of the year.  To date - I have completed 2 of my UFO's, 2 more ready to bind and 3 ready to quilt.  Not a bad start for the New Year.  I won't embarass myself with the number still under construction.

This UFO was a pattern found in "The Quilter"  Sept 2004 "Blazing Star Ensemble" by Margaret A Rouleau.
At the time I started this quilt, sometime in 2004 or 05, I had just stated to quilt.  This quilt was way above my expertise level at the time.  Still, I am pleased with the results and it is on my list to make again.

Hope you enjoy.

Thimble & Threads Quilt Guild

This post is to showcase some beautiful quilts from the Thimble and Thread Quilt Guild in St. Louis.
Sure hope they enter the Show Me Quilt Fest in St. Louis - June 2012   SMQF

CQ - RR

Have entered another CQ Round Robin and posted my block today to Japan.  It is always exciting to see what another culture brings to the finished block.  Anyone in the RR always surprise me with their talents and ideas.  It is so much fun.

The block has cotton, silk, satin, velvet, and sateen fabrics.  The small gray section has elephants in the design and was a tie I purchased in India.  I plan to use it as a pillow on my bed.

Valentine Swap

I have just finished my Valentine swap and will post to the receiver on Saturday.

I am very pleased with it and hope sure the receiver likes it too.  When you do a swap or round robin, the stress is doing work that someone else will like.  The center fabric of the this heart is a taupe fabric with beading in the fabric in the design of a tree branch.  Sorry it does not show up real well in this photo.

Cute Christmas Wall Hanging

At my Thursday guild, Janice worked on this cute Christmas wall hanging.

From the sane side...

In April, I attended the Hearts n Hand quilt guild.  They were holding a garage sale and I found the cutest duck fabric. I finally pulled out the fabric and chose the "Yellow Brick Road" pattern to make this cute "Ducky Baby Quilt".    I simply love their feet.

Hope you like it too.

Monday Sewing - Crazy Quilt Block

The sewing group met today and all but 1 of the 5 girls had their quilt block ready.  Of course, of the 5 only 2 of us are real quilters.  One is a knitter, one is a rug hooker, and one likes crosstitch.  With that in mind, I suppose it is amazing that only 1 did not have her block.

I received Judy's block - which is above.  What do I do now?  How do you know where to start and what is the right direction to take.  In this case, Judy has added a decorative piece from a previous job.  I can move the piece anywhere on the block.  This is very exciting and yet so scarry.