Housewife

I finally received my copy of Remembering Adelia by Kathleen Tracy. If you've not seen this book check it out at Amazon ASAP. It's CHOCK full of wonderful patterns. This is a book that I will do every pattern in. It's that good, really. The first pattern I had to do was the housewife. I love the idea behind it. Women made them for themselves or for loved ones. They were taken on the trips out west. Men carried them into battle during the Civil War in order to make quick uniform repairs themselves. It's just a wonderful little sewing kit that you can drop in your purse and carry everywhere. You never can tell when you're going to have time to get in a few stitches =0) Here is mine. Completely hand pieced and hand quilted.

and inside pockets for thimble, thread, scissors, etc.

I also finished another variable t-shirt quilt this past weekend.

Now onto my next project. It's called Goose Chase and I'm using Charleston IV fabrics for it. Aren't these fabrics yummy?

New Finish and New Puppy

We have a new edition to our family. Is this the cutest? He's a little 10 week old Jack Russell and his name is Spike. Gotta have a tough name for something this sweet and little. He's such a cuddler.

And oh by the way here's the quilt finish. Couldn't resist one more sweet picture of this guy. It's another small quilt about 16 x 20.

Robynsnest

Finished! My own Robyn's nest. The pattern is by Country Threads.

Small Quilts

This is a challenge quilt I made with my online group Small Quilts. It was really fun to make and quick. The challenge was to use fabrics you don't normally use. I used some from my stash that have been hiding in the back for some time. I call them ugly fabrics because I wasn't very fond of them. Now that they're in here though I really like them.

Paper Piecing

This is my first foray into paper piecing. I'm doing the BOM Washington Medallion and the center, feathered star is paper pieced. It was difficult to get my brain around lining up the pieces to begin with but now that I have the hang of it, it's pretty easy. I like the way my star turned out. I see some errors but hopefully they won't show too bad and I still like the way it looks. The little house was the test piece to practice.

Little Quilt & February Stitchery & more

Here is a little quilt I finished recently. I love little quilts. It's such a nice small way to decorate and use up little scraps. And February's finish in Gail Pan's Christmas BOM. This is tons of fun. And they're so pretty. Thanks Gail!

I had to add a close up of the quilting my Bernina and I did on the Double Delight Quilt Along. This quilt is on my bed now.

Quilt Show

I'm a bit late in posting these. This is from a quilt show the first of February. There were some beautiful quilts and beautiful displays of sewing as well.