First "quilts"................

Hi again,

    I could not even wait to show you my new stuff. First up the mug rugs with matching cup cozies. I like using much rugs to try new techniques, such as free motion quilting.

I have also worked on some quilts. You will find that I LOVE Scrap quilts. So I make a lot of scrap quilts.  These quilts are made for  Blanks for Linus. I was given scraps from the charity Girls Helping Girls. Where sewers donate fabric and make dresses for people in need. After the dress pieces were cut out they bag up a bunch of "scraps" and give them to quilters who quilt for Blankets for Linus. Here are two of the quilts I make from my bag of scraps. I have two more that are works in process. I usually try to make boy quilts but these needed to become girl quilts. I add from my fabric stash where and when needed. Please support these wonderful charities. All I am showing right now are the quilt tops. I hope you like.

This quilt was inspired by this quilt.  I used a few of the triangle blocks. I also used more scraps for the sashing. I thought a random placements of the triangles was best.  This is the layout I likes the best.

This quilt was  made up of the leftovers from the quilt above. Each center is made of multiple 1" strips. I likes the brick look of the blocks .

       

What are your favorite types of quilts to make?

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Last quilt .....

Hi all,
    I am still trying to get the hang of  this blogging thing.  I am not ,by any means, done quilting. This is the last quilt I finished on my old machines. Yes, I do mean machines. I seem to collect any machine I can find at a church sale, garage sale or any kind of sale.  This is good and bad. I have had some older machines that have been very good to me. But one by one they have died very sad deaths. Then everyone in my house, especially the blind dog, trip over them. So for christmas I recieved a new sewing machine. I say I love it at least ten times a day. I have so many new options with my new sewing maching. Here are a couple of images of my last quilt before my new Love.  This is my "scrappy" quilt I made for my neighbors. When we moved in to our new house we did not have a lawn more and our neighbors cut our grass for us multiple times. They woudl not let us reinburse them and I think they were getting sick of backed goods. So I created a  quilt that is  inspired by nature, they love gardening. Here are a few pictures of the quilt.

    

I love making the backs of my quilts creative.

Next post will have images of quilts made  with my new machine.....

PS. Forgive the mess in the background.