Muddy Spring

Sunday, December 29, 2019

Art Cards from Alaska

This is my second finish! Both of these I finished just before they were gifted. This one's been in the stack only a year or so, but it still felt great to finish it! This one was for my Mom. It's my adaptation of the quilt pattern Postcards from Hawaii (http://www.quiltpassions.net/shop/c/p/Postcards-from-Hawaii-by-Lisa-Boyer.htm)

I changed the "postcards" to 5X7 Cards, which represents how my Mom collects art--through cards. I also changed the orientation as most of the fabric worked better this way.

The fabric is a collection of Alaska fabric and just things that remind me of her or things she does and/or loves.

Here it is in it's new home:

She liked it!

I didn't get the back of this one either and it is a wonderful Masha D'Yans Umbrella Print from the Spring Umbrellas line. I got it quite a long time ago to use in a quilt for her so it's fun to have it in a quilt!

So that makes TWO of the bigger quilts on my list completed. That feels pretty good and now I'm feeling like I should keep going so here's to 2020 being the year of finishes!

4th Quarter List

Better Yet Make One Finish!

I have a finish!!! I have a finish! It's a big one too! Not so much in size, but more in the this has been on my list forever!!

When I was young if my Dad was home as we left for school he would often call out the door to us, "Have a great day! Better yet make one!!

So I thought it would be fun to make a quilt with those words on it.

It's long, but then my Dad is tall and I wanted to be sure it was long enough to wrap around.

He liked it!

I forgot to get a picture of the back it has a gorgeous blue and gold fancy fabric on the back. That was to add the classy to the fun, just like my Dad. Always Classy.

It feels so great to cross this one off my list AND have it delivered!!

4th Quarter List

Thursday, October 10, 2019

4th Quarter

Last quarter the only quilty thing I accomplished was to trace out some applique patterns.
Here's to a better quarter! (I think I have been saying that all year!) I moved two to the top of the list, because I'm hoping to have them done by Christmas! I really am going to focus on that once I get done with this month's birthdays.

Dad's Line Quilt

Mom's X & O's Quilt

Pettiskirt

Tree of Gondor Quilt

Flamingo wall quilt (traced!)

Library Quilt Show Quilt

Circle Table Topper

30's fabric Quilt

Fairy Quilt for Babywan

Fairy Quilt for Tiny

Midnight Sun Quilt for me

Seahawks Colors Quilt

Christmas Tree Quilt

Halloween Quilt 1 and Halloween Quilt 2

100 Days Quilt for Mowg

Table Topper for wedding

House Blocks Quilt

Bird quilt

Red and White Embroidery Quilt

(my Mom embroidered this quilt and got it started she gave it to me for Christmas so I could finish it)

Fall Quilt

100 Days Quilt for Tiny

100 Days quilt for Babywan

Embroidered Flowers Quilt

Needs another border and quilted

I might have someone else quilt this one.

Just has to show a little detail of the embroidery--it's amazing.

Gnome Quilt

Very Busy Spider Quilt

I love those little spiders

Cabin Quilt

Animals Quilt

Nursery Rhyme Quilt

Pi Day Quilt

Welcome Friends Embroidery Quilt

Table Runner Flowers

Table Runner Halloween

Orange and Yellow Quilt

Christmas Wreath Green

Christmas Wreath Blue

Christmas Tree for the Wall

Sarah's quilt with fairy panel

Bear Flower Quilt (baby)

Dog Quilt

Wade's quilt

1930s Fabric Quilt

Charley Harper Quilt

Yoda Throw

Foxglove Quilt

Alaska Quilt

45's Music quilt

Map Quilt

Baby Moccasins

Scottie Dog Pillows

Salmon wall quilt

Row by Row Block/wall quilt

Food Quilt

Tidepools Quilt

Chickadee Wall Quilt

Circle Skirts for my girls (panda and blue flowers)

Green and Brown Quilt

If you'd like to join in this quarter you can go HERE to link up.

Thursday, July 11, 2019

3rd Quarter Finish-A-Long List

I did complete a couple of quilts on this list, but have misplaced a camera card so wasn't able to link up at the end of the last quarter. So I decided to "strike through" so I could see what I'd finished. It felt good to get more than I thought I did done! I also made some progress on some of the quilts--My Mom's quilt is 1/2 way basted and the backing has been put together. I have several quilts that are prepped to be basted. The wedding table topper has a flimsy nearly ready to quilt. On my new list I have a few quilts that I came across as I've been reorganizing. One or two that I finally have a more concrete idea (and materials) for them. I got a yard of fabric to add a border to the seahawks colors quilt. (I don't know why Sour Apple Green has been so hard to find!) I'm hoping to hit some organizing hard so that I can get to completing some of these quilts.

Library Quilt Show Quilt