Quilt Day from November 2010

I know this is quite a while ago, but here are some pictures from our quilt day in November.

First is a picture of my mom and Carol. My mom is working on the Abraham Lincoln quilt she is making for my dad (Christmas present). She is using Civil War reproduction fabric and making it "nap" size (long enough for my dad to nap under). :)

Carol was playing around with some fussy-cut centered log cabins for a table runner that she was making from scraps - they really went together nicely. I thought I had taken a picture of her final product, but I can't seem to find it. The colors were brown and green.


Maria worked on her red and white quilt blocks that will be for her daughter's bed when she gets married. The picture really doesn't do justice to the colors - it is vibrant and the squares are so precise.
Lastly, the project that I (Carrie) worked on were placemats for a Christmas present for someone at work. I found the free pattern at sew4home.com and it went together really nicely and used up batting scraps. :) I had made cloth napkins (using a rolled hem foot) for the same lady last year with the fabric that is in the middle of the placemats. I used the last little bit of the middle fabric that I had left over for a bread basket napkin. The backing is the same poinsettia fabric that is on the outside. I did stitch in the ditch down the middle and top-stitching around the edges with gold thread - it turned out nicer than I was expecting. :)

Our next "quilt day" is scheduled for February 26th, I'll try to post pictures right away after that one. :)

Breast Cancer Shawl

I made a breast cancer shawl/scarf for my aunt in Texas. It's a very loose yarn-over, knit 2 together pattern that should be perfect for down there. My sister is modeling it while stretching for a run.

Sold Some Quilts

I sold two quilts to a lady at work this past week. The far left is a baby blanket for her friend, who is pregnant, and the right one is a twin-size for her 9-year-old niece, whose birthday is coming up. The baby blanket I already had made up but I had to make the twin, which, unfortunately she didn't like the first one so I had to scramble to get a second one done, which is the one shown now. She liked the second one much better (thank goodness!!). It was fun but I definitely need a break from quilting because it was very, very stressful!!

Black History Month Poster

Here is my poster. I decided to make the Underground Railroad Quilt squares out of paper and, as you can see, did not take into consideration the seam allowance. So, I had to improvise with some of the squares and several are quite a bit smaller than that others. And they're not in order because they almost all didn't fit onto the poster! Oh, well! I think it still turned out nice. I also included a little excerpt with each square providing the square name, quilt number, and a small explanation of what it represented.

Snow on Christmas

Here is our house covered in snow. This photo was taken Sunday morning so it hasn't even really started yet. It finally stopped Sunday evening and we're hoping it will melt quickly so that traffic conditions won't be too bad.

Saturday Quilt Group

Okay, confession, I didn't do any quilting. But I did start my 'Bruno-n-Jake' vest so here is a picture of that. I'm not very far along but I'm very excited to see how it turns out! In case you were wondering, this pattern is in the "Knitting Green" book by Ann Budd.

Socks

This Happy Feet yarn was bought in Colorado. I'm finished with one sock and am about half way through the second (I just have the foot and toe to finish). I did mess up on the second one though so I may have to rip it back some to fix it (which I hate doing!).