New Quilt

This sixteen patch is a sixteen inch block for a quilt I am making.  The alternate blocks will give an Irish Chain look to the quilt.  I saw a similar quilt at spring quilt market and designed the quilt in EQ6. I found the browns and blacks at Great Plains Quilts in Burlingame.  Today I am going to work on the alternate blocks.  More for you to see in a day or two.

This quilt will find its way onto the bed in my fifth wheel RV.

Reeds & Grasses Table Runner

This is a table cover for my fifth wheel which is decorated in tones of brown and black.  The pattern is from the Bernina web site and titled "Reeds and Grasses Table Set".  The cover is made from black linen and the designs are from the Reeds and Grasses CD.  I was learning to use continuous embroidery on my machine. It really looks nice!



The bowl is a project for this month's Software Sampler.  I was pleasantly surprised that I liked this project so much.  I have made another one to coordinate with the Reeds and Grasses Table Cover. The bowl is very easy to make.

Just Busy

Yesterday, my machines were singing all day.  The embroidery machine was busy making free standing lace angels and quilt labels.  I have five quilts that need their labels to be complete.  My other machine and I were binding two quilts.  So I have been working, just not on anything that is spectacular.

Owl Oven Mitt

The owl oven mitt is from a pattern, Kitchen Whimsy, by Common Thread Designs.  It is one of the new patterns that Roxane found at Spring Quilt Market.  Since I am the lazy type, I digitized the pattern so that I could use embroidery applique to complete the project.  This really is fun and quick to make. I forgot to take a photo of the pig oven mitt.  It is very cute! The Overbrook Quilt Connection has patterns for you.

Anita's Arrowhead 2012

Anita's Arrowhead is now completed.  I tried several different fabrics for a border and the blocks just did not want to play with them.  So the blocks end with a binding from one of the dark fabrics.  I completed the quilting with a design from Classic Line Quilting by OESD.  It really does look perfect for this quilt.  The backing is a small-figured geometric with colors that matched the other fabrics perfectly.

I finally found the binding fabric for the Mosiac Memories quilt.  So that is the next project to finish.

Thread Cabinet

Sometimes it takes years to find exactly what you want.  We spent January and February in Arizona.  I had the opportunity to attend a Sewing, Crafts, and Quilt Expo in Phoenix.  ROM Woodworking had a booth and I found this thread cabinet.  They were going to be at the Machine Quilter's Showcase in Overland Park, KS in May and so I could pick up my cabinet at the show. Thursday was the exciting day and today my husband helped  mount the cabinet in my sewing room.  I am so pleased to have all my embroidery thread in one place where I can see every color.  I still have more colors to add, so there won't be many of the 400+ pegs without a color.  This will make choosing thread so much quicker and easier.

Anita's Arrowhead progress

This is one block of Anita's Arrowhead that has been quilted.  I have the quilting half completed and now have to get more thread.  So I will finish the project when that happens.  I am using my embroidery module to quilt the blocks. There is still indecision about a border...

Saturday:
I have finished quilting all the blocks.  The remaining fabric has been laid around the quilt and it does not like any of it.  So the quilt will not have a border.  It will just have black binding.  A photo will be coming your way in a day or two.