Wicked Fairy Costume for my granddaughter Halloween 2016

My Granddaughter wanted to be a mean fairy for Halloween, so I made a tule tutu and added a leaf overlay to it in shades of blues and purples.  It turned out tutu cute!

Jelly roll race quilt with triangles

In January we headed south to get out of the cold Iowa winter for a spell.  I took my sewing machine and a Moda jelly roll along with several other pieces of fabric I had picked up with an eye for a possible border or two.

Doll Quilts

The Doll Quilts group I belong to distributed 968 quilts this Christmas!  Didn't quite reach our goal of 1,000, but we will next year.  Rock Island Schools Head Start - 474; East Moline schools SKIP program - 360; Davenport Schools - 100; East Moline Wells school - 24; Davenport Police Dept. - 30 to go to their Domestic Violence shelters.  Many boys and girls are now enjoying our efforts

Quilts of Valor

Mississippi Valley Quilt Guild has a very active Quilts of Valor group. 

They meet once a month and sew beautiful quilts to give to veterans.

Today I joined them from 9-2 and made 12 blocks as well as a pillow case.

This was a fun block that starts with a 10 inch square.  You sew around the outside then make specific cuts to end up with 4 half triangles 4 arrowed strips and 2 smaller squares already

sewn down the middle with which to make your 4 square for the middle.

Hexi's

I am putting together a kit of fabrics so that I can make hexi's while recovering from hip surgery.

I am going through my fabric stash and pulling smaller pieces.  The ones below were made from a strip that was a little larger than 2 1/2 inches.  My hexi's are 1 inch along each side.

These are good because I won't need to be at a cutting table or ironing board.  I also won't have to sit up to a sewing machine since I make them by hand.  The above ones are basted but not sewn together yet as I am not sure how I want to put it together.  If I make enough I will do a Grandmother's flower garden quilt.  If not, I will use them as applique flowers on another quilt.

I used plastic reusable forms to get the shape.

Christmas Table Runner

A fast and easy Christmas table runner made several years ago from just 2 fabrics plus a backing.

I donated it to a fundraising auction for the Intermediate School I worked at.

Random Roses

Took two classes on Thursday from Karen Eckmeier.  

She taught us how to make random roses:

This is my first rose.

Here are two roses auditioning on a green fabric for leaf background.

4 roses completed