TGIFF and Finished or Not Friday Comfort Quilt

I finished the comfort quilt for my sister. The label is on it, though to protect her privacy I won't show it to you. You'll have to trust me that it is done!

I am going to be with her for her second round of Chemotherapy in early March. I will give it to her then.

Sorry about the corners being cut off in the photo. Indoor pictures are hard sometimes.  It is snowing again outside...so no photos are possible. Next year I really hope to have a "clothesline" set up so I can do outdoor photos no matter the weather.

This is the backing I chose. It is flannel. Her husband was a cabinet maker and I hope the wood like fabric will fell like his arms around her when she uses this quilt.
The quilting, though hard to see is called Wandering Daisy done by my friend Lynn Grassel. If you look closely in the light background you can see the leaves look like wandering hearts. I love that! It's done in a variegated thread that picks up the colors in the rectangles.

I'm off to finish some laundry and check out the other Finished or Not Friday link ups at Myra's blog, Busy Hands Quilts.
And I'm linking up with Alycia and TGIFF at Alycia Quilts.




Stay Busy and Stay Happy

Chubby Little Heart Shaped Pincushions and some progress

I have been struggling the last two weeks.  I am in a FUNK!  And I am not sure why!

The first Wednesday of every month, I sew with my Loose Threads group. We had to cancel our October retreat because the Resort we go to, had a water well fail!  Not their fault but we were all sad. At our meeting we decided to try to do an "In Town" Retreat in January. November and December are all so so busy and traveling in any winter month in Wyoming is iffy at best! So it is set up to sew at our local library for 3 days. We can't carry in, they don't have kitchen facilities. But we will call for take out and then the last night, we plan to pack up , then go out to dinner somewhere. We will sleep at home, in our own beds, but sew sew sew for 3 days.! It will be fun!

So you would think, I would be in a better mood!  Hmmmm!

I did finish two pincushions that were on my November APQ (All People Quilt ) Challenge, for November.

I started with a pattern and two fat quarters from a bundle I have had for "years". You can see the Pink Ribbon fabric. The whole bundle was Pink Ribbon themed. It was serendipitous that this was the project chosen for November. In November of 2000, I was diagnosed with breast cancer and by December16th, I had a mastectomy. Chemo started on New Years Eve and I was finished in March. A whirlwind of a time. I have been cancer free since, so 18 years this week.

I also picked a third fabric, a pink pin dot, that upon examination, had fades slightly on the fold lines. Showing its age, for sure. That fabric was for the tie at the top, so it did not show the fading and they turned out cute!

 Two fat quarters make two pincushions. The directions called for plastic pellets in addition to the fiberfill. I did not have pellets, used some walnut hulls instead, but that did not work very well.  I would do it different another time.

I also have been working at sewing diagonal rows for my Rick Rack Nines quilt. It is a slow process, but that is ok. My goal is to get half of them done by the end of November. My design wall is not big enough to do the whole quilt at once. So half and then the other half.

I have rows 1-8 sewn together. Row 11 is the lone one above. 

Rows 9-10 are on the ironing board, awaiting pressing. I have been sewing 2 rows together, then the two rows to the main part. It seems to be working well. There are lots of seams to "nest" and press!

When I take photos like this one, I realize that I may need to spend some time straightening up my space!  YIKES!


I am linking up with Finished or Not Friday with Myra at Busy Hands Quilts and
at TGIFF with AlyciaQuilts this week ( I am a newcomer here)

Ten people for Thanksgiving, so I am off to plan, plan, plan.

Stay Busy and Stay Happy