More Fabric Fun

The quilt for the Quilts of Valor is finished!  (except binding).  I was so worried that I wouldn't get it quilted.  I hate how life gets in the way of the best laid plans!

I'm (somewhat) happy with the way that it turned out.  I quilted (freehand) random swirls all over.  To represent the wind.  It was the first time I quilted that pattern, and there were areas that were less than perfect - definitely room for improvement!  It does look very nice and it came out very cuddly - I was striving for a loose pattern that would result in a soft quilt.

Later in the evening, Diane brought over her Surfboard/Beach quilt for me to put on the longarm.  I ended up quilting allover feathers in a free flowing design. (freehand - I prefer to quilt on the front end of the machine) When I was drawing it on my dry erase board, we agreed that it looked like kelp. Perfect! (I don't know what that says about my feathers!)  What a fun pattern to quilt.  I finished it around 12:30 am.  Poor Diane nearly fell asleep in my big comfy chair.  I was having so much fun, I lost track of time!   (One UFO done for Diane!)  I have a week to catch up!


Sorry about the poor photo quality - the flash kept washing out the colors and without the flash the colors are all muddy.  Taking photos in the wee hours of the morning is not a good idea.

The House Quilt is coming along.  I'm playing around with a layout.  I still have to appliqué the letters for the Home Sweet Home panel.  There are 3 more paper-pieced hearts left to make and 4 more houses.  I'm planning on adding some blocks in the borders too.  I should have it done by the end of this coming weekend....maybe.


I delivered the Quits of Valor quilt to Fat Quarters this afternoon.  There on the sign by the front door: 30's Reproduction Fabric 25% off!!  Woohoo!  I had a list of fabric that I needed for my tablecloth quilt -all 30's Reproduction -  getting it on sale makes it that much more fun to shop! 8 - 1/2 yard cuts for $20 and some change! What a deal!  That's pretty much all I need, I have backing fabric and I found a white floral in my stash to go along with it all.

Vintage Tablecloth and 30's Reproduction Fabrics

UFO Fabric

I'm thrilled to have finally come up with a project to use this floral.  I bought this 4 years ago on a quilt run.  I loved it then - thought I would make a table runner.  That idea seemed great at the time, but I never got around to it, probably because I didn't have a pattern that I loved as much as the fabric.  I do believe this qualifies for a UFO.  That will be a two for one!
Notice how I always manage to buy some more fabric.  It's like paint (I'm a painter too - did that all the time before I discovered quilting).  Without  the right paint colors, you just can't paint what's going on in your head.  I can't make a quilt if I don't have all of the right colors!  Thankfully, I have a husband who understands my creative bent.  I think I amuse him at times, and other times, he just shakes his head :)