Stars of a feather done

Here is the quilt that I have made for the HMQS show in SLC. It is a wallhanging that measures 26 inches square. I did machine trapunto in the center stars and in the setting triangles.

Hunter got a mohawk

My four year old son always begs for me to shave his head bald, and I have for the last two summers, but this year we kept some curls by giving him a mohawk.

Show quilt, unquilted

Here is my wallhanging that I am working on for the HMQS show in Salt Lake City. It is the first quilt I will enter in a show. I plan on quilting it with trapunto and feathers. Need to decide today if I will add a small border on the outside before quilting. The peach fabric with the small TOT dot will be the binding.

Row Robin, Fairies in the Garden

Here is the row I have added for Shawn in the row robin swap on about.com . Her them is Fairies in the Garden. She made the row with the dragon and I added the row with the word Fairies on it. Very fun to do after I decided what I wanted to make. I painted the faces on the fairies.

Rylee's birthday blocks

Here are most of the blocks that Rylee received from the birthday swap on about.com, my camera isn't working right so I couldn't take a photo, had to copy them off the makers webshots etc and 2 people didn't post photos.

Doll quilt done

I finished my doll quilt for ??? (it is a secret who it is for.) I will be mailing it today. I used machine trapunto for the feathered star. I am happy with the front of it, not thrilled with the back and binding though. I had done string piecing for the back, but didn't get it exactly square, so I made the binding wide on the back to cover the uneven border fabric on the back. Not perfect, but at least it will be on a wall. Hope ???? likes it!

1st purse made

I went to a 3 day retreat, and there made my first purse. It is called an Ashley bag, but I can't remember the name of the designer. I think it turned out really cute, and will make more.

Doll quilt swap 2, top done

I finally finished my top for the Doll Quilt swap on about.com. It is a feathered star inside a feathered star, with snowballs around the edges. Now I just have to figure out how I will quilt it.

Doll Quilt 2 swap

I have decided on a design for my doll quilt for the 2nd round on about.com. Here are the fabrics I will be using.

Taupe quilt ideas

I have decided to have a taupe theme for my row robin swap rows. I love this article that was in QNM in July/August 2007. Here are a few examples and the color palettes. I think I only want a little bit of the blue, pink, and green taupes along with lots of the more brown and gray ones.

Veggie Jars

Here are my first 4 jars for the jar swap on about.com . I am trying to decide which ones are my favorites, I think I like the jar with the bottom that is not just straight across the best. I can't decide which lid I like best.

Quilt top from Aunt Phyllis

I was very excited to receive Christmas packages from Aunt Phyllis and Aunt Jan today, however, the post office didn't take care of the package from Phyllis and a bottle of homemade salsa ended up on the quilt top she sent me. Jack was able to wash the salsa out and I should be able to get it finished. isn't it pretty? No one has ever made a quilt for me before (except the doll quilt swap I participated in)

Secret Santa Swap

I organized the Secret Santa Swap on about.com this year. I had 2 great Santa's. For Group 1 I got stuff from Julie in Australia. I got a beautiful nativity panel, some angel fabric, chocolate covered macadamia nuts, an angel ornament, a snowman ornament, some Australian pepper flakes, an aromatherapy candle, and some quilt block organizers. For group 2 I received stuff from Deb A. I got a cute Santa panel, 4 FQ's, a scissor fob, a bobbin organizer, and some 1/4 inch fusible tape. I am very pleased with it all!

30's framed four patch finally done!

I finally finished the 30's framed four patch quilt for Aunt Phyllis. I will be mailing both framed four patch quilts to New York tomorrow. I love how this turned out. I used rickrack in my binding at it turned out great!
And here is the label for the batik framed four patch.

Christmas lights after the snow

Here is my house after it snowed quite a bit, the lights in the tree are done now.

Liberty with glasses

My 5 year old, Liberty just got glasses. isn't she cute?

Christmas lights

We are almost done with our Christmas lights. As you can see from the photo, my brother Tom is busy putting lights in our tree still. You can't see it in the photos, but our mural of a snow covered country scene with deer can be seen from the road through our window.

Batik Framed four patch done

Finally done except for adding the label. This quilt was made from swap blocks from a swap on about.com. The quilting was done by Ami at www.enchantingquilts.com and this will be a gift for my husband's Aunt Jan and Uncle Jonny. I got the idea for the striped bias binding from Shelley on the about.com forums.