A Few New Quilts

I have recently finished up some quilts that I have had laying around. It seems like I am really good at getting the tops done but drag my feet on the quilting. I try and hand quilt at one quilt a year and would like to do more but the frame takes up so much room that one is about all I get done. I do not own a quilting machine and never got the hang of quilting on my Bernina so I take mine to a local machine quilter and love her work. This first quilt is a block of the month from several years ago, in fact the quilt shop is out of business. They offered this in two color ways and I made both but have since sold the one that was made with brights. This is the Batik color way.

All the squares are quilted with a Celtic motif.

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Celtic Knot

This next is from the Michael Miller Bird Swing line and a pattern from ohfransson.com.

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Back

This last one is from an old Fons and Porter magazine and uses reproduction prints from the 20's-40's.

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Dogwood and leaf motif.

New Bird Quilt

I finally have pictures of my most recent quilt. The fussy cut centers are from Alexander Henry's Bird fabric. The fabric that surrounds the center is from various makers; Alexander Henry,Michael Miller,Joel Dewberry etc.....

I had it machine quilted with a "double bubble" pattern. I will be listing it in my etsy store- http://www.etsy.com/shop/fabricfriend-soon:)

Happy Sunday

Well,another busy week here and word is we are supposed to get 6-10 inches of snow on top of a little ice that will start falling late tonight:) Snow day here we come-maybe Tuesday. I started my new on-line class and am getting my sketch book already. Found some cool new charcoal and graphite pencils and I am ready .

I finished another quilt using Alexander Henry's Starling fabric that I fussy cut. It kind of looks like a smaller one I did but this one is set with white and the backing and binding is red with white dots.

New Quilts

Here are a couple of new quilts that I just got back from the machine quilter.

This is a Filmstrip Quilt. I have not used this color scheme in a long time-I think it turned out pretty good.

This was a block of the month I made a few years back and just got around to the setting and quilting. Both soon to be in the etsy store.

Sold Quilt

Well.I sold another quilt off my etsy site!!!!

Goodbye lovely quilt. You are going to a good home.

Summer Time

I am trying to stay busy around here. My professional life is in a bit of turmoil. Hopefully that will be straightened out soon. In the mean time here are some pictures of what I have been working on. Check out my shop on etsy.

Lovely Alexander Henry Starlings fabric.

This pattern is from an old issue of Fons and Porter.

I love using bits of old stuff to create this little art quilts.

SOLD

WOW!! I just sold a quilt!! One of the volleyball moms saw a quilt I was using at a tournament and said she really liked it and before I knew it offered to purchase it. I will post pictures but it is a pink/gray quilt that I made using the pattern from Oh,Fransson's site-ohfransson.com.It is the modern quilt pattern-she had a quilt along that I missed but I did make the quilt. In fact I have made two using the same pattern and I am not crazy about either one of them. I love the pink and gray fabric but do not like how it is machine quilted and do not like the rust fabric that I picked for the other one at all. Do not know what I was thinking.
I don't sell very much so when I do have a sale it is cause for celebration! It gives you that boost of confidence to keep creating.