December 2012 NewFOs

I'm linking up to the final 2012 NewFo over at Cat Patches!

 

Here are the things I started (and even finished [one]!):

 

First are 1/2 sized sample blocks that I made for Walter & Judy's quilt.  I put 'em together & sent it up to them to see how it might look - and to use as a place mat for their cat Elizabeth's dishes.

 

I decided that the coins need to be wider,
with narrower borders around them.
But that's the whole point of samples, right?
 

I had fun trying out some FMQ while I was at it too.

 

 

Next is a block I made just because I felt like sewing

SOMETHING!

 

I just kept pulling scraps out of my bag

& sewing them together a la 15 Minutes Play.

 

 

And finally, I wanted to make some

Criss Cross coasters for a friend of mine.

I decided to make half of them straight & half diagonal.

They should be finished today.

 

Started with 48 4.5" squares,



Then lots of ironing & more pinning than I usually ever do.

So that's that!

Onward to 2013!!

 

Happy New Year!

 

sue



 



 

 

Why Yes, I Have Been Sewing!

I'm linking up to the NewFO linky party

with Barbara at Cat Patches.

 

And I have two (yes 2!) projects to share.

Ain't life amazing?

 

The first is a block that will soon be backed, quilted & bound, then joined with others from my guild into a Potholder Quilt for our out-going President.

The pattern is from Quilter's Cache called

Wild Geese Variation.

You can get the pattern here.

I did choose to use 3 colors instead of just 2, and I am so happy with the way it turned out!

 

One quarter....

The whole block!

Now this is the worst part of paper piecing:

Trash, trash, trash!!
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I was originally going to send my next project in to Pokey Bolton, for the Festival Pet Project Fundraiser.
They had asked for 4" X 6" postcards that they planned to sell at the Quilt Festival in Houston, with all of the monies going to local animal shelters.

As usual, I couldn't decide what I wanted to do.
I went through several designs & didn't like anything.
Finally I settled on this

and traced it onto some Steam-a-Seam2 fusible.

Cut 'em out & decided on a background.

After fusing, I stitched around the cats & quilted them.

Up 'til this point, everything was working well.
Then, when I added the back & stitched around the outside, it was a huge FAIL!
You may notice the outer edge of the right postcard is a bit wavy & wobbly.
Yep, it was HORRID.
There was no way I could send them in like that & they needed to be in the mail that day.
No time to start over or figure out how to fix it.

As you can see, I did eventually spend several HOURS picking out the layers of satin stitching around the edge.

I just have to decide on a different way to finish them.
Any ideas?

So there you go - my two NewFOs.

Click on over to Cat Patches to see some more wonderful projects!


sue