A few months ago, I won this delicious pile of Kona fat quarters from Lily's Quilts.
I cracked them open this weekend in order to make the first block in my solids In Color Order HST quilt a long.
I like making HST. One of the the things I like about this year long quilt a long is that I can pre-cut a whole bunch of the 4 inch squares, draw my line on the white squares and stack them ready for the next block! Assembly will go much quicker that way.
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Happy Stitching!
Two years ago, I decided to make quilts to celebrate as each of my sister's reached a particularly significant birthday milestone.
For my first sister, I made this quilt - which I called Fabulous.
My DH's brother hit that birthday last August and I decided that why not include my DH's siblings in my significant birthday quilt gifting. (Between my DH and myself, there are 8 siblings.) Finally got this one pieced over the holiday break. This quilt doesn't yet have a name.
The fabric is Primitive Gatherings. The pattern is called Moca Twist from the book Scrap-Basket Surprises. I had purchased a layer cake of the fabric in one of Missouri Quilting's deal of the day without a plan for it. I also had two charm packs of the fabric purchased with the intent to make the Full House Schnibble quilt. The layer cake and two charm packs were perfect for this quilt (A jelly roll would have worked even better!). The backing will be from my stash - I've a deep brown flannel that will make this quite the cuddle quilt.
The quilt finished at lap quilt size. For some bizarre reason, I am tempted to FMQ it myself on my little machine instead of taking it to the LAQ. I quilt smaller things all the time - guess I am feeling more confident about my skills as well as lulled into thinking I'll have all this free time. I haven't yet decided which way to go - since the gift is already late, a little more time won't matter.
Happy Stitching!
Back to work tomorrow after enjoying quite the nice break with the family. I found time each day for quilting or stitching (!!!!), time to declutter some of the house, family games and walks. The weather in NC has just been wonderful - warm and sunny especially for December.
On New Years Eve, I made some homemade bread using a very simple recipe. It tasted really good - my DD could have eaten the whole thing at one sitting. I always start making bread this time of year and keep it up for about 5-6 weeks and then move on. (Basic bread recipe.)
With this bread, I did make wonderful french toast New Year's morning. I staged a photo to remember how pretty I can actually plate food! (French toast recipe)
Much stitching was done - I started a quilt for a relative. Here is one of the blocks - more of this is actually done but no photos yet.
Happy Stitching!
