SIX PACK BOOM!

 This quilt was started by Sarah several years ago.  She got all but the last row attached.  When she didn't play last year because of her back and then it looked like there wouldn't be a Six Pack team anymore I got disappointed that it wasn't ever finished.  Then Sarah was invited to join the Six Pack 14-2 team this fall so I knew I had to finish it.  I added the last row and borders.  Sarah's original plan was to add SIX PACK and a Volleyball to the borders but since they added "BOOM" to all their cheers (It's our way of letting everyone know SIX PACK is in the house!) I had to add it to the quilt as well.

 These pictures were taken at their last tournament of the season in Udall. Of Course they took 1st place, again.

They finished the season with 5 First place, 1 Second place and 1 Third place.

They were also ranked #10 out of 188 teams as of March 12th.

Of course, now I get to mark another quilt off my list from last May. BONUS!

Merry Christmas!

So it's been awhile since I posted anything here.  Been very busy with school, running the girls to their various and many activities, Christmas shopping, Christmas wrapping and then celebrating Christmas.  Here's a little wall hanging I made for my Secret Santa at work, Mrs. Regina Rose.  He was fun and quick to put together.  Will probably be making him again.

Here's a little table quilt using up what was left of the panel from the Trick or Treat Wall Hanging.

Trick or Treat

Here's a table-runner/wall-hanging I completed over the last couple of weeks.  It's the first time I've tried Prairie Points.  I don't think I did them correctly, but, at least it's finished and hanging up in the downstairs stairway.

Split 9 Patch Caregivers Quilt

I was looking for a quick quilt I could make for my friend and co-worker Gaila.  I had this idea of making a "caregiver" quilt.  Her husband has cancer and our quilt guild and given him a quilt when he was first going through treatments and surgeries.  I got to thinking about that and thought it would be nice to give one to the caregiver as well since I know from personal experience they spend many nights sitting up in a chair keeping watch over our loved ones and wouldn't it be nice to have a quilt that someone loved over and prayed over to keep them warm.

I had  purchased two charm square packs (5 inch squares) from Amazon last summer when I needed to add to my order to get free shipping.   The fabric is from Moda and it's called "Simple Marks".   I loved the bright colors.  I did a search online for quilts using charm squares and found one at Snippets of a quilter.  So here's how it went together.

First you sew the charm squares into 9 patches.

I had enough to make 9 squares.

Next you cut them down the center in both direction to get 36 new blocks.

Now the fun part was trying to decide which way to lay them out.  I tried several different way but finally went with a totally random arrangement of 7 rows of 5 ( I have one square left over).  It was very overwhelming, all those colors mixed up and jumbled.  I left it laying there on the basement floor until Emily came down and suggested little strips of black around each block. It was the perfect way to "calm" the blocks down.

Here it is before I added the borders.  Of course, Maggie couldn't resist laying on it.  

I ordered border and backing fabric from the same fabric line.  Here is the finished project.

I know several other caregivers and will be looking for ideas for quick quilts to make for them as well.

Here Kitty Kitty

I saw this in the Quilter's World Autumn 2013 issue and just had to try it.  It's called Fright Nigh Kitties and was a wall hanging with 5 kitties on it but I just wanted to try the one.  I put this together last night and then put the binding on it tonight while waiting for Elizabeth to get home.  I have to stay busy or at least fall asleep on the couch to make sure I wake up when she comes home, Plus I just haven't been able to sleep the last couple of nights.  Now I have to decide what to do with this little kitty.  Do I hang it up here, or maybe at work but I'm also thinking of sending it to a friend who loves Halloween.

Welcome Wall Hanging

Here's a little Wall Hanging Kit I purchased from Connecting Threads a couple of years ago.  I've been working on it for the past couple of weekends.  The top is all finished, backing and batting ready to go and even the binding is ready to be put on.  Now I just have to wait for my sewing machine to come back from the repair shop because it has my walking foot that I need to quilt. (I used Sarah's machine to put this one together.)