Redwood Quilt

This kit was purchased at the quilt store in Kerrville, Texas called Creations. I fell in love with the backing when I first saw it in the window. It is a very simple patchwork design, but it shows off the colors of the fabrics---called Redwood---- so well. I folded the corner so you could see the backing. The little white dot in the photo is from my camera--the picture just doesn't show the richness of the fabrics though.----------Maybe its time for a new camera!!!

I have all my dolly dresses embellished and today I hope to set the top together with the sashings. Also adding to my pile for the retreat. I have a list that I keep from retreat to retreat, so that helps me a lot. We divide up the food preparation, so that makes it more pleasant---you can sew and know you only have to think about cooking food for breakfast and one meal. We eat very well!!!! LOL!!!

It's another beautiful spring-like day today and this kind of weather makes me want to-----------------clean---go figure! So the last 2 days, I have been dusting and doing the floors and just giving the house a good spring cleaning--I know it isn't spring yet, but at least I have a nice clean house. I have been splitting it up into several days, so that helps a lot---too old to do it all in one day anymore!!!! Today will be vacuuming day!!! But I will be quilting some, too!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Been Busy Doing...................

Half Square Trianges for the Liberty quilt with no end in sight yet! I'm about half way done with the HSTs for this quilt. The HSTs are coming out nice and square with the use of Thangles, but it means a lot of paper ripping!!!!!

I have another pile as big as this pile of Thangles to go when I get done with this one!! I decided to go smallest amount to biggest amount, which was probably the wrong way to go---LOL!! But I'm sure I'll like the results when I'm done, so I will press on.

The Mystery quilt top is all finished and I will post a picture as soon as I can get my quilt holder to hold it up for me--haven't been able to remember to do that when he is home for some reason--too many other things going on, I guess!!

We've been having the most wonderful weather--March certainly came in like a lamb--daffodils are blooming and I even saw some iris in a yard looking so pretty--ours are growing green and nice, but no blossoms yet. I have wood violets and spring beauties that are very lovely though! Spring is a very colorful time of the year, don't you think?

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan

Wedding Rings Topper

This is a small wallhanging or topper that I put together for a young couple that are getting married in June--I thought Wedding Rings in their wedding colors would be nice! Now we have to figure out how to quilt it--something small, I guess, since it is only 24" x 24" big.

Now I'm working on more chickens--Brewster the Rooster, who is plaid and Betsy Ross, who is a red, white and blue chicken sitting on red, white and blue eggs--very patriotic!!!! These are for the barns quilt and have more triangles for paper piecing around the outside--oh boy, my favorite--NOT!!! But like I said yesterday--get to it and do it--make that my attitude and they will get done faster!! I guess I need an attitude check--right!!!!??!! LOL!!

It's a nice spring day here--highs in the upper 60's to 70 with the sun shining. A bit windy, but that will dry things out from all the rain we have been having! It's nice to see the wildflowers (although the bluebonnets are not as thick as they have been in years past) and my bridal wreath (spirea) is blooming nicely. Pretty soon the flags (Japanese iris) will be blooming. The winter pansies are still smiling with their gay little faces. They are my favorite!

Let quilting help you make someone smile!

Jan