Sending Love Lucy's Way

I love making quilts, and I love my family.  So when Lucy was visiting recently, I had to give her a little quilt love.

After looking at all the quilts I had to "give away" she picked this one.

The cardinal fabric on the border is still one of my favourite fabrics.  This quilt was a mystery quilt that I taught a couple of years ago.  I can remember where I bought each of the red fabrics in the quilt.  Just don't ask me what I had for supper yesterday. LOL!

And of course, here are this weeks hexagons.  I decided the quilt needed a little red in it so I went hunting through my stash of batiks to come up with some.

 

You'll Never Guess......

You will never guess where my farmer's wife blocks are this week.  The Checkerboard and Churn Dash blocks snuck into someone's suitcase and went for a grand adventure.

Ken and Patricia went on a cruise starting in Chile, sailing around the tip of South America and back up to Brazil.  Along the way they took these pictures for me.

The blocks are hanging out, literally, at Iguassu Falls, Brazil.  Doesn't Patricia make a great quilt block model?  When my quilt is done it should be one of the most travelled quilts around.  Thanks Ken and Patricia for the pics!

Betty's 3 D Quilt

Betty's version of this quilt pattern by Jenny Rofe's is exquisite.  The three dimensional appliqué is one that I hadn't seen before on a quilt and I was quite taken by it.

Betty complained that some of the appliqué wasn't perfect.  Looked pretty darn good to me and I look at it a lot closer than most when quilting it.  It was a joy to have this quilt in the house, and I certainly had a hard time letting go of it.  What a treasure!

Have a great weekend everyone.

Happy Thursday!

Well, the sun is shining and I'm having a great day.  Hope you are too!

It's hard to believe that it is week 8 of the Hex-a-thon.  Where does the time go?  Once again I did a little fussy cutting.  I love the hexagon blue fabric around the dinosaur.

If you remember a while back I showed you a jelly roll and background fabric of brushed cotton.  It was calling to me and I just had to take it home.  This is what it became.  A double pinwheel baby quilt.

Of course I used the Easy Angle Ruler for this one.  I sewed a feature strip and a background strip together then used the Ruler to cut 8 units with the strips right side up, and then 8 units with the strips wrong sides up.

Pair up the Easy Angle units up as shown above and then sew your two squares together.  I cut 2 1/2" squares from a feature strip for cornerstones and cut 2 1/2 x 8 1/2" background fabric pieces for the sashing.  A 2 1/2" border of background fabric all around, and it's done.

I think this pattern would be great done with a Bali Pop.  Oh if only there were more hours in a day.

A Postie Sunday

This week my Farmer's Wife blocks when to a Postie Quilting Sunday.  A group of Postie friends (and assorted others) get together at the local quilt shop and for a great day of sewing, eating and friendship.

They looked pretty lonely on the wall so a few of their friends joined them.

Donna's admiring some of Joanne's lovely work!

Wanda was pretty pleased with herself for getting this top together.  It is to be a raffle at an upcoming family reunion.  What a lucky family.

Everyone took a break for a minute and posed for a group shot.  I can hardly wait for our next Postie Day!

Another week of Hexagons

I would like to welcome all those who are visiting from Carla's Blog.  I hope you poke around a little to see what I've been up to.

This is the time of the week that I like to show this weeks Hexagons from Katja's Hex-a-thon.

With the nice big centre diamond I decided to feature a hummingbird in one and a flower in the other.

Now for some more hexagons!

This quilt I call Birds in Grandmother's Garden.  The block consists of four Birds in Air block pieced together and then a flower appliquéd in the centre.  To quilt the block I quilted in the ditch for the piecing, 1/4" from the seam on the hexagons and then a feather to fill in the area around the hexagons.

This quilt featuring more 30s reproduction prints is a pattern from the book Scrap Basket Surprise.  I quilted this with overall hearts on the 30s fabric and then a rose in the centre.

Both of these quilts were made as samples for Katja's.  After some time all my quilts get to come home.  I'm so happy to have these two home as they are a couple of my favourites.  After they visit with me for a while, I will have to find them a forever home!

Shopping Spree at Nee Nee Girl's

Nee Nee Girl's Yarn Shop in the Falkland Store is the sweetest little yarn shop you will find anywhere in BC.  Now that I know it is there, it is mandatory that my car pulls in whenever we are passing by.  This past weekend was no exception.

The wool is the most delectable merino silk blend.  So soft and adorable.  Don't know what I will make with it, I just had to have it.  The Tatting book was a nice surprise.  It is hard to find tatting patterns so whenever I see a book I don't have I just have to buy it.

So I know you are all thinking Tatting, has Linda lost her mind.  The answer is no.  Years ago I met a woman selling tatting in the mall.  I had her show me the secret to tatting.  And yes, I'm talking about tatting with a shuttle.

I made a few items, most of which I gave away.  I just couldn't part with this sweet little angel.  Some day I will get back to tatting, so in the mean time I have to collect as many patterns as possible.  LOL!