Tis the Season finished!

My Tis the Season Quilt is completely finished and and I love it!

I wish I had had time and I would have quilted it with pearl cotton, but I still love the straight line quilting.

Now to start the new stitch-a-long Some Kind of Wonderful plus a few Christmas gifts.

Lori

Journey of a Quilter

Wow I am the worst blogger there is.  I really need to get my act together and post more!

Anyway, my friends, Kelly, Holly and I have decided to start Leanne Beasley's Journey of a Quilter block of the month quilt.  I am so excited.  Here are my fabric choices.  Which do you think is better?

Fig tree quilts (mostly Fig & Plum with other Fig Tree scraps thrown in)

or these from 3 Sisters (Simplicity and Sanctuary)

Sorry, the dates are wrong on the pictures.  They were taken today!

Let me know which you think would better - I am leaning towards the Fig Tree fabrics

Oh and here is my progress on my hexagon quilt from the Vignette in Stitches magazine - which is a beautiful magazine!

back to work!
Lori

Rory, Molly, Tis the Season, Teddy Bear, Vignette in Stitches BOM

 This is my beautiful cat, Rory.  He is so sweet sitting beside my computer!

and my sweet girl, Molly:

They helped me post my May blocks for Tis the Season!  Here they are:

Oh and look at this teddy bear my husband bought me on Mother's Day for our 22nd wedding anniversary.  It is made out of a 1930s quilt.  I just love it so much!  It is sitting on my Darjeeling quilt.

Back to more stitching!  I am working on the Vignette In Stitches BOM too!  Hopefully I will have some progress to post on that one soon!

Lori

A Gardener`s Journal, Tis the Season

I have finally finished the binding on my A Gardener`s Journal quilt.  I love this quilt so much.  It is hanging in my diningroom.

Also finished my blocks for April, Tis the Season.  Sorry the dates are wrong on the pictures - well just the year

Haven`t been blogging much lately.  Life is getting in the way.  Onto my May blocks for Tis the Season!!!

Tis the Season First 3 Blocks, My Garden and Pony Express

I have been busy stitching my Tis the Season blocks for Chookyblue's Stitch-A-long.  They are quick and easy and so much fun.  I love the look of the variegated thread.

 

 

  

Here is Block 2 of My Garden

  

and my progress on my Pony Express blocks.  These are fun to make using the Square in a Square technique

Postcard Cuties for Winter, A Gardener's Journal, A Kitten's Tale 3

So my daughter, Emily, and I have been working on Postcard Cuties for Winter together and finished our first blocks.  Emily is blanket stitching with black - it looks great and really stands out.  Her block is on the left and mine is on the right.  It is so great to be working on this project together.  Emily is already stitching her second block.

I also finished Block 3 of A Kitten's Tale.  It reminds me of my dog, Molly, and my cat, Rory. I ordered the pattern from Pastimes on Line - love Valerie.

AND yes, yippee, I have finished quilting A Gardener's Journal.  Emily is holding it up for me.  The binding is on, I just have to stitch it down.

My dog is laying under the top of the quilt in this picture

 

and here is a close up of the quilting - I quilted flowers in the border.

Off to sew down the binding.

Happy Stitching, Lori

My Daughter and I

My youngest daughter, Emily (12) and I have started stitching Postcard Cuties for Winter together.  I am using the fabrics Anne Sutton used in her original quilt and Emily has picked her own which are gorgeous.  Mine are on the left and Emily's are on the right.  What do you think?

We are working on our first blocks, which I will post when they are done.