Falling Charms

 Despite having the flu

(yes, the real flu)

And putting holiday decorations away,

And visiting with family and friends,

I finished two quilts that

had been waiting to be machine quilted.

Both of these

 

"Little Charmer"

"Falling Charms"

are a Missouri Star pattern,

Falling Charms Quilt.

It's a simple, fun pattern and

finishes fast.

I wanted to use up some more of

the line of fabric I had been storing for

about 18 years.

It's the Sandy Gervais line,

Pieces From My Heart,

that I had used last year for a

ABC sample,  Ewe and Me,

 offered by the Quilt Show.

It's on my list for 2015 to finish.

This one is a baby quilt for

 

 36" x 44"

my new great niece, Sophia.

I wasn't working with a charm pack

so

these squares were cut at 4 1/2"

and the strips cut at 2".

I didn't have anything left to
use in all

 4 borders so

each one is different.  

I love the look.

I quilted straight lines in the strips

 

  and 

diagonal connected flowers in the squares.

 I used a little stripe

 

for the binding.

The mini one

" Little Charmer"
22" x 22"

is for me.

This time the squares were cut 2 1/4"

and the strips 1 1/4".
 I quilted it the same as the other one.

After holding on to "that fabric" for so long

I needed something for me to keep.

And, yes, I still do have fabric left over.

I'm on the look out for something equally as simple

so maybe,
"that fabric" will make one more small quilt.

 Until Next Time-

In and Out, Start and Finish

With Thanksgiving over,
it was time to take some things out
of the picture

"Turkey Jack"

and bring some other things in.

 With such a short time between holidays,
there's not much time to waste.

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Some of the quilts I started recently

are now Finished!

A new flannel quilt

for a big boy bed.

Pretty simple, with
preprinted snowman fabric.

I only wanted to machine quilted between the snowmen.
But the design didn't have straight lines to

follow so I used a serpentine stitch and
aimed for the middle.

A perfect quilt for a little guy to
snuggle under.

The other quilt I had started was 

another simple pattern using 

 blue plaid half square triangles set

together with the Robert Kaufman's

Essex Yarn Dyed fabric that is

55% linen.

Quick and easy.

I machine quilted between the plaids 

and solid, but decided it needs something more
to make it my own.

I pulled out some perle cotton and 

did big stitches to 

define the asymmetrical diagonal pattern even more.

Some 1 1/4 wide blue painters tape was

just the right width.

I threaded two needles 

to work both sides of the tape at the same time and 

easily stitched perfectly straight lines.

Another finish

This is feeling pretty good.

Until Next Time-