Halloween Placemats

I just finished 18 Halloween placemats for my great nieces and nephews AND it's still September!  Here are 16 of the 18.  I have already mailed two to Australia.

Each is approximately 12 x 20 inches.

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August Projects

 August 19 - 22 a friend and I hosted a guild retreat.  It was a virtual Cruise to Alaska.  We opened the Zoom meeting 11:00 am on Thursday and left it open until 5:00 pm on Sunday.  We had a shop tour from one of our local shops, Picking Daisies, and The Quilted Raven in Anchorage.  Through our fellow quilter in Alaska we also had a tour of Seward, AK. She provided photos about the local area and her husband's commercial fishing enterprise.  All of this without leaving the comfort of our homes.  No packing, no hauling supplies and machines, no forgetting any needed items, AND we slept in our own comfortable beds!  A great time was had by all.  We're now planning our next adventure.

During the cruise I finished quilting the inside blocks of one quilt, completed a table runner kit from Shabby Fabrics that was in my stash, and while looking for another project I found two kits in my Halloween stash purchased who knows when and from who knows where.  The fact that I had two kits meant is was a good sale price!

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Shabby Fabrics Table Runner
14 x 56 inches
Covid #21-25

Mr. & Mrs. Hall O'Ween
16 x 16 inches
(pillow)
Covid #21-26

Halloween Kits
22 x 61 inches eachk
started quilting
Covid number assigned when they are finished.

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November projects

These were projects I worked on in November.

Guild class with Mel Beach

A type of reverse applique

This is the back.

Pumpkin made during a guild meeting.

Sorry it took forever to write a minimal description for this post.

 

Tree Skirt is finished!

I finally pulled out the crystals and embellished the tree skirt. They do not show up in a photo, but really sparkle under a Christmas tree with lights.

This is finish #23.  

Today I picked up my machine from its yearly service.  3,500,000 stitches in just under a year.  (This is not my embroidery machine.)

62 x 72 inches

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July Progress

Here's an update on works in progress.

I started quilting two of my older tops.

Halo Medallion.  The Quilt Show BOM 2017.

In My Garden. A Laura Heine kit started several years ago. The top was together I just needed to add borders.  

I have the foundation/ditch work done on both of these.

I quilted a top for a friend. It's her first grandchild and she didn't realize you had to get in line for a long arm quilter. I offered to do the quilting for her.  40 x 40 inches.

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Early July Finishes

I'm sharing three projects I finished since July 1.

Fall Cornucopia.  66 x 66 inches.

I started this quilt several years ago.  A friend visited recently and we pinned 5 quilts for her and three quilts for me.  I'm excited to get this one finished.

I struggle with quilting a sampler quilt. I have to decide
on a quilting pattern for 12 different blocks.  This time
I devised one design that I used for all blocks. I did a little
ruler work mixed with free motion.

It's a Girl Thing.  49 x 63 inches.

This is a donation quilt for two fundraisers that have been combined due to the pandemic.

Think Pink and Got Red. Breast cancer and women's heart health events.

This is the second time I've used this pattern. Cut squares, divide into groups and stack, cut the curves, shuffle the fabrics, resew, then cut new blocks down to a uniform size.  (Stack a New Deck, Karla Alexander). I'm amazed at how quickly this goes together. Start to finish - 7 days. Hopefully it will do well at the fundraiser.

I followed the curves and quilted feathers over the quilt.

Left Overs.  28 x 39 inches.

I made 80 blocks for the quilt above, but some of them were too small. I saved them and along with extras from It's a Girl Thing, I cut them all the same size and created a smaller quilt.  This one will be donated to the hospital gift shop for a baby quilt.  Nice and bright!

It's not clear in the photo, but I did "hooked" feathers in the border.
The center section is a design I'm using for my own pantograph.

These are quilt numbers 20, 21, and 22 completed since January 1, 2021.

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I hope you're having a productive 2021.

Getting Caught Up

In June, when I sent my WIP (Works in Progress) reports to my friendship group, I was amazed at what I had accomplished that month. I'm going to catch up on reporting finished from February - June. Maybe just a few at a time.

February:

Enchanted Garden (52 x 72 inches)

  

Fay's Quilt.  (91 x 91 inches)

This one is looking for a home.

  

Valentine Records.  

Valentine "Cards" sent to great nieces and nephews.

 

New York Beauty.

I finished the blocks as a pillow rather than make a small quilt.  (24 x 24 inches)

I included a fat cording.  Not sure I'll use that size cording again.

Class with Sara Bond.

 

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I'll keep posting till I'm caught up.