Last of 2013

I would love to post my 2013 finishes and progresses!  I bungled around Picasa 3 this morning and couldn't see how to use it to collage my year's work.  So I will just post what I'm doing currently!

 I am working on the 'red quilt.'  It's layered and the quilting on the inner part is finished - I quilt 'near the ditch' often, and am slowly getting more accurate.  I am deciding what to quilt the border.  The layers slip - maybe I need more pins.

These small pin cushions were fun to make.  They are 4 1/2 inches and were made with charm squares, buttons, and poly pellets.  I will share them with the ladies in my friendship group as New Year's gifts!

My cat Abby has decided she likes to stretch out in my lap if I'm cuddled in a quilt - especially if I'm hand sewing.  She's fascinated by the thread traveling in and out!

I won't make any New Year's resolutions - it is too disheartening when broken! But I find myself automatically making new starts by cleaning out my purse and closets - and the MOST fun, re-organizing my fabric!  I bought some nice size boxes on sale at Costco and put my small, less-used, old-fashioned fabric in them.  I can still see the fabrics because I (compulsively) ordered them so that each one, no matter how small, can still be seen.  The larger, multi-yard pieces I keep separate for backs.  Now I can use the extra saved space to spread out my batiks and contemporary fabrics.

I enjoy reading Exuberant Color's blog every morning with my morning coffee.  Hopefully I will find the time and quilting progress to blog more often in the new year.

December already

Christmas is creeping up on me.  I've finished making the gifts for my children, have been given a few ideas for giving to my grands, and have partially made little pin cushions for my quilty friends.

This hanging is my homage to my Alaska cruise.  The zentangle animals were cut from fabric I bought there.  I'm trying to place the animals and select fabrics all at once. This will be a modular quilt - quite a departure for me!

I want to sometimes change the quilt hanging in my loft, and felt this one deserved to be seen.  I smile every time I come upstairs!

 I didn't shop Black Friday, but my daughter-in-law and her mom and aunt did.  Here they are looking over the ads and making a list of shops and intended purchases. 





I have a lot of gift shopping to do before Christmas and I'm trying to quilt a few things in between trips.  I'd like to finish this Alaskan animal quilt and get a good start on the 'red' MQG quilt and Riley Blake challenge.