My goal this year is to have more finishes than great starts. It’s been really tough at times as I feel like there’s a leash attached to my creativity. But I’m trying. Summers End is a finish!This quilt {Summer’s End} was started in the fall of 20…
It’s a Wrap!
The First 2017 Finish!
First finish of 2017 is Geese Tracks and Black Shadow Applique! Yay! It feels so good to have one that’s quilted to the point of getting binding on. Whew! This years starting out a little slow compared to last.Geese Tracks & Black Shadow Applique f…
My Beautiful Pickle Dish Quilt is Finally Completed!
I told you I was on a finish-it-up roll this year! Still another finish to come if/when I get that other binding on, but enough about that. I finished my Pickle Dish Quilt! So very exciting. This quilt. Yeah. This quilt. Words almost fail me.My be…
String Play a Reminder to Keep Playing With the Scraps!
Picture heavy post! String Play is a completed quilt now. This is a quilt made almost entirely from my scrap bin. Before quilting her {I want to call the quilt a ‘her’ for some reason}, I would have said she wasn’t one of my favorites. Now I’m complete…
A March Finish!
First of all, the Scrap Quilt Secrets Giveaway is still open for comments! I have made an executive decision however, that I will not be responding to each comment individually as there are so, so many of them. Wowsers! Lots of great discussi…
The First 2016 Finish
Muddy Creek is now a finished quilt! My first 2016 finish in fact. It was actually quite difficult to get good pictures of this quilt as the center tends to fade in and out depending on the lighting. Not exactly my specialty! And see how yellow the qui…
And That’s a Wrap For 2015!
2015 FinishesLooking back at my 2015 quilty accomplishments I feel a bit overwhelmed at all the quilts brought to the finish line, but also a nagging sense of ‘is this it?’ So puzzling as the time invested adds up to a whole lot of hours. What’s with t…
A Pre-Holiday Catch Up
Got my computer back late yesterday evening but refused to plug it in until all my Christmas cards were addressed and mailed. Which finally happened today. And wouldn’t you know it, a ton of addresses needed updating. Why do people move? So annoying.Th…
Scrap Basket in the Fall 2015 Blogger’s Quilt Festival
Scrap Basket is my first entry into the Blogger’s Quilt Festival this fall. This quilt is one that I started a couple years ago very impulsively with a very tiny germ of an idea!Scrap BasketThe ideas for this quilt seemed to build, chang…
It’s a Finish!
Ooh, I do love this quilt. It’s a simple one. Came right out of my scrap bins in fact.Old Fashioned StringsBut it speaks to my heart and it’s helped sooth my frazzled nerves here in the last couple weeks.It’s a finish!This is the exact kind of quilt th…
Vertical Baskets in Spring 2015 Bloggers Quilt Festival
Time for spring Bloggers Quilt Festival again over at Amy’s Creative Side! Love this mammoth online quilt show to pieces. So many wonderful quilts to look at and admire!Vertical BasketsI’ve been dragging my heels a bit about getting the binding fi…
A 2015 Finish!
Finally, a 2015 finish! Yay me!! I was so dreading getting this quilt washed after the last two quilts with red fabrics had bleeding issues. Well, needless to say it hindered me a bit from wanting to get the binding taken care of in a timely fashi…