First project of 2011

When I was cleaning my sewing room I came across some small triangles that were left over from a tablerunner that I made.  They seemed to be calling out to me so I sewed them together and came up with this small quilt.  It is 7 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches.   The squares are 1 1/2 inches.  The fabric is "Objects of Desire" from Moda.  I had used it in a tablerunner called "Little Charmers III". 

YKW asked me what it was and I said it was just a nothing.  He said I should make it into a wall hanging or something after all the work I had put into it.  So now I will put a hanging sleeve on it and hang it on the wall.

I used my rotating mat as a background to put the small quilt in perspective.  This way you can see how small it actually is.

Peggy.

The Thursday Group

Four of us have decided to get together on Thursday afternoons to do some quilting.  It has been an interesting time.  We are all working on something different and everyone helps everyone else.  Some days it seems we get very little accomplished but that is alright because we eventually get things done.

We took a 5 week course in the fall so we are all still working on our quilts.  This past Thursday we spent some time looking out at the snow and wondering just how much we were going to get.  Not much fell, about 5 cm, but it sure was blowing.

This is Joyce and Maria wondering about the snow.

Joyce's quilt.  I love the beautiful colours in this quilt.  They are maple leaves.  It is called "Autumn Ridge Lap Quilt" from Company's Coming Crafts

Maria's table runner is the "Little Charmers III" pattern but she added a another square and triangles to the end so that it would be very long.  What beautiful gold colours and accented with black!!

Joyce and Pierina busy sewing.  Pierina's is a Buggy Barn pattern done in flannelette.

Pierina's quilt all finished.

Here's the four of us.  Me, Maria, Joyce and Pierina.  We are so lucky to be able to use Joyce's plant room ( as she calls it) with all the natural light coming in through the windows.  It makes for a great afternoon.

Peggy

I love Tablerunners

This tablerunner is a pattern called "Little Charmers III".  There are 3 patterns in the pamphlet.  I used Moda Charm Squares "Objects of Desire" and the fabrics from the same line for the background and backing.  It is very bright and summery.  I tried to do some free motion quilting but I am not very good at it.  I really think that I have to practice some more.  I usually use some of my fancy patterns on my Babylock Quilters Choice sewing machine instead of free motion quilting but this time I thought I would try something different.

Peggy