October Blocks for Bee Modern

These blocks are for Tweedledee designs on Flikr. I really like the fabrics she chose for these blocks. She is having a baby and wants to make a quilt and bumper out of the blocks. She wanted a tree and a log cabin block.

Here is another picture of the group. I really like making trees. They were fun but my comfort zone is in the applique trees. I really liked making the pieced ones though. This is why I am going these swaps .. to stretch myself and learn new things and develop a new comfort zone ; )

Odds and Ends

I was asked to make an angel placemat for some one who did not get one. I made this one for Kylie in Australia.

Here is the back of the placemat; Kaffee Fassett

Here is the

back of the placemat. Who doesn't like Pokemon?

I decided to make a placemat for both of her children. This is for her son.

This one is for her daughter.

the back... She said that her daughter carried it around all day. How sweet?

Blocks for Bee Modern...Birds with ric rac...in a flower garden

birds in a cage

birds on branches

Runner in the Dinning Room

I decided to make a runner for the dinning room. This is the back of the runner on the buffet. I used Kona cotton and in coal. I really liked using the black thread and dark fabric. I used batiks for the front and left overs for the back. I also made triangles on the ends

Here is a close up of the quilting. It was my first attempt at feathers. I think the turned out OK. I overlapped in some places and it was hard to get them to go the same way around corners. However the effect was good and what should I expect for my first try?

Here is the correct side of it . I love it and think it is pretty! It is kind of like the stacked coins but on their sides ; )

Girl Quilt for the Meals on Wheels Auction

Here is my girl version for the Meals on Wheels Auction. This quilt has a variety of materials; Moda, Kaffe Fassett, Kaufman, random cotton pieces from my scraps and Kona cotton. Bento Box pattern, free motion quilted, machine pieced, cotton batting; 42'/42'

Tree Quilt

I made this quilt to donate to Meals on Wheels. They have an annual auction and I have some friends on the Board. They asked me to donate a quilt. I made this quilt with linen. It was the first time working with it and it moves more than cotton, but I really like the way it quilts up.

Blocks for Bee Modern August

These are the blocks that I made for my online quilting bee. They were very fun to do. This was the first time that I actually cut up a block to make an asterisk. I shuddered when I first sliced it but then I figured that I could fix it if I messed it up. These blocks are a great learning tool and by doing this swap I think I could make just about any block.

The Banyan Tree - Back

The Banyan Tree - Back
Originally uploaded by mamamary2

Back of the quitlie