What's Done & What's Not!

It's fun working with Batik fabrics.  I love the colors 

and various prints available plus they look good

with any quilt pattern.

Left over odds and ends from last year's fabrics.

This and the national park quilt will be going

into the guild quilt sale in a few weeks.

... The Latest Collection ...

This is a big collection of 22 pieces including one panel.

My unboxing photo's ... still tossing around patterns to make.

Elizabeth will be shipping out to stores in January '26.

 

Finished & WIP's

Coastal Guardians by Henry Glass Fabrics

Came across the anchor pattern on line and did raw edge appliqué. 

Center panel with star blocks on the sides.

With leftover pieces I made this.  It was high tide in St. Michaels

when we photographed them.  Wilson is actually standing in the

street right at the water line.  I originally wanted to drape them

over the fence on the right and take photo's with the boats

in the background.  These turned out okay.

Jungle Romp by Henry Glass is the current collection

I'm working with.

The three dimensional pinwheel blocks is a new fav for me to make.

Planning to finish working with this collection by the weekend.

I received a Fed-X notice I have a 7 pound package

coming from Korea - currently it's in Anchorage, AK.

Catching Up & What's Finished

 

It's been a while since I posted.  That's due to two weddings one 

of which was in California.  I'll post those pictures later but

first I wanted to share my finished quilt projects.  This

quilt was made using a jelly roll and will be added to the

guild's fund raising sale in November.  

Florique is the name of this collection and was sent

from Jaftex.  It's wideback fabric [118"] so I have a lot

leftover to use on all my other projects.

The chicken quilt and nautical quilt [below] will be added to

the guilds fund raising sale.

I put a very reasonable price on my quilts for two reasons -

1.  I don't pay for my fabric

 2.  I want people to enjoy and use them

This quilt [which I love] was sent to Jennifers little girl

for her bed.  The pin wheel blocks were fun to sew and

I plan to use them again in a new collection I just received.

Another quilt for the guild sale.

I call this the bird lovers quilt which was yardage  

from the guild fabric sale.  Didn't do anything special

with this one because I didn't want to cut it.   

Made as a gift for someone who loves birds.

Florique + Other Finished Projects

 

Florique 118" from Blank Quilting.  I received 3 yards of each.

Two progress shots that I will send to Jaftex.

This is a pattern I wanted to try for a long time and 

finally found just the right fabric to give it a try.

This quilt [and the one below] will go to Outreach to finish

since I just don't have time to do it.

A leftover panel from last year that I finally finished.

This was also a panel which I incorporated into the back.

This quilt and a few other Halloween theme items

will be given to a friend for her girls.

Flamingo Fling: Final Photo's

Wilson and I did a little vacation in Myrtle Beach with my sister

 and her husband.  It was a restful week and the weather was great

I took all my finished projects with me to photograph.

I found the perfect spot.  The flower beds at the Marriott hotel

were in full bloom and the colors worked beautifully with

the quilts.

I tried a few shots from the balcony but the light was a little bright.

This collection was a fun one to work with. 

I have a new collection to work with which is

called "Florique" from Blank Quilting.  This fabric

is 118" wide and I have 3 yards of each color.

The Fed-X box weighted 27 pounds!

Flamingo Fling

 

When life gives you flamingo's 

[okay Jennifer really gave me the fabric]

you make all things cute!

This is the tote bag panel included in the collection.

I was drawn to add embellishments on the bag front.

I could have gone crazy, but I didn't.

On the completed bag I added large buttons just below

the handles and a fun flower to the neck of the lower flamingo.

I completed 2 flamingo quilts.  

I didn't take any progress shots of the 1st one. 

This is the block I decided to use on the top

and bottom of the other panel in this collection.  

With the leftover odds and ends ... I made a pillow!

While this is a pattern I made several times before I wanted 

to add a different touch to this time.  Since I had some of the flamingo

print leftover I added a mini panel in the center of the pleats.

The pillow actually is 16" square and turned out great.

The heart quilt will be shown later.  I plan on taking 

the flamingo's with me to Myrtle Beach next week

to photograph.

"Field of Seams: Bittersweet

 

Having made two projects with "Field of Seams:  Bittersweet" 

I can say I'm done with this collection and have 

moved on to "Flamingo Fling" which just arrived yesterday.

This is a free quilt pattern from the Studio E website 

I pulled last year.  The finished size is approx. 50" x 50".

Wilson and I watched the Netflix series "Wednesday"

so this was sorta inspired her love of black.

This is the beginning of the 20" x 20" pillow 

shown above.

Frostykins

 

How cute is this fabric?  I love the fact that the colors

are vivid, bright and not your 'normal' winter shades. 

Gosh, this is a big quilt 

[at least bigger than normal].

This is a new pattern I just happen to find that

was perfect for the two large focus blocks.

This is another new pattern that popped into my inbox

one morning while I was drinking coffee.  Since I was looking 

for a pattern to use the rest of this collection up 

I took it as a sign.

Next up ... Field of Seams [this not a typo!]