Here's Allietare as a finished top. This one was the most fun I've had with a "mystery quilt" designed by Bonnie Hunter! Still probably 2,000 pieces but mostly half-square triangles (HST's) so I could have another chance to master them. I still have a way to go but they're getting better!
And today I finished this baby quilt - I'm calling it "Lucky Petals". I appliqued the petals onto the white squares and then I quilted this one using my walking foot and lots and lots of stitching. The little flowers in the white areas remind me of 4-leaf clovers, thus the name. Now, I simply need to find a little girl who might need a quilt!!
I surely enjoy this "hobby" "passion" of mine! I know it gets expensive to keep buying fabric and then simply piling up the quilts when finished. I try to find homes for them and I think this one will actually be going to the local Cancer Center. It fills my heart knowing they might be used and loved for a long time.
Think I might have to get a job! I wonder if anyone would be interested in hiring a 68 year old without a lot of skills - except, of course, for her "passion"?
On to scrappy tops now! I'll work on emptying some tubs and that will make me feel "thrifty"!!!
Your "little girl" quilt is adorable! I am sure you will find the perfect girl for the quilt. Maybe you will even find two or three little girls and need to make a couple more little girl quilts.
ReplyDeleteOh, come on now Judy - you have long been someone I've looked forward to hearing from - and now you have MORE for me to think about doing!! hahaha I actually put squares that have been sitting on my sewing table for a couple months into a top - the last of the Civil War fabric squares. AND I added 4 rows to my "leaders/enders" project of 2 1/2" tumblers (that's another of Bonnie Hunter's ideas). I know I won't live long enough to finish all I want so maybe I'll just send some of them to you?? Thanks for making my day!!
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