Busy, Busy, Busy

I have been very busy quilting my latest quilt tops.  I finished my quilt that I started at the Quilt Bee on April 5th.  It is 36 x 48 just the right size for a wheel chair quilt.

Windmills at Night.

I finished making tops from my Magic Stack N Whack.  I thought that if I made one top it would be too big for me to quilt on my own so I put 4 blocks together and made 2 quilts from the 8 blocks.

Quilt Number One

Quilt Number Two

The borders of both quilts are the same colour although they don't look it.  It is black with a swirl in it, and it turns gray when I take a picture.

A few years ago I made an Easter Egg Tree table topper so I decided this year that I needed some placemats to go with it.  I wanted them bright with some of the fabric from the Easter Tree.  The only fabric I had on hand was from the border and binding, so I used it on the placemats.

The center square is from the same line and I also cut the side borders from that fabric.  I fussy cut the center square and then had to scrounge fabric for the side borders.  I had barely enough to make my four placemats.

I also put together a new purse.  Linda G took the Bag Class and asked about making a bag with a gusset for the zipper.  She found a pattern and I said I would give it a try.  It turns out that it is not a true gusset but fabric added to the zipper so it is a false gusset.

The Bia Bag.

I think if I made it again I would make it wider and not as deep. but I am happy with it and have used it a few times already.  Since mine is all one colour it is a little more dressy than the original.

Peggy

Magic Stack-n-Whack

One of the groups I go to decided before Christmas that it would be fun to try a Magic Stack-n-Whack Quilt.  I have never done one and had to go and buy fabric for the quilt.  There were about 5-6 of us that thought we would try this technique.  Today 3 of the gals and myself bought our completed squares to share with the group.

These are Sharon's squares.  

She chose fabric with

birds and fruit.  I love the way the

squares seem to spin.

Deb's square.  

She thought her fabric was too

busy, but it looks just great.

These are Leila's squares.  

She chose fabric with flowers

and also different background fabrics.

This is my square and you can see what happens when

you buy fabric that isn't busy enough and there

was too much background in the main

fabric.  I think that my 8 squares will

become 2 donation quilts. 

I have to go and buy some black fabric now

to use for sashing and borders.

I will post the quilts when they are finished.

Peggy.