Candy Cane Bouquet - Done!

I know I haven't been in blogland much lately.. and I am sure I have missed some wonderful posts, but I have just been super busy (Like all of us this time of year!) with a new boss at work and all that comes with that!  But I wanted to share with you a UFO finish!  Yahoo!

This quilt, Candy Cane Bouquet, by Laurie Simpson was on my 2014 UFO list.  So I am really happy to have it done and actually hanging up for this holiday season!

Love the mix of cotton and wool.

I started this quilt last year.  You can see the post about it here.  The pattern was in the Winter issue of Primitive Quilts.
I don't have a lot of other quilting projects ready to post right now... so I thought I would just share some Christmas quilts, etc. from the past.

Table runner in the living room with misletoe and pinecone fabric.

In the front hallway, a runner from Log Cabin Star blocks won at a quilt guild party many years ago.

Two friends cuddle together on a Christmas quilt.

A table topper that was a challenge to make.  This is about 9 years old, but still looks great on the coffee table in the family room.

Gracie just like to snuggle amongst all the Christmas pillows!

I still have Christmas sewing to do (oh, my!)..so I better run!!

Happy Stitching

Deb

What's a UFO??

Now this may sound like a strange question coming from a quilter...but what REALLY is a UFO?  It is something you are currently working on (WIP)?... or maybe something you worked on a while ago and haven't touched in weeks, months....  dare I say... years?  Or BOTH?  Yikes, I could be in a lot of trouble. LOL.

So I am a little late with this, but I have been toying with the idea of a 2014 UFO list.  You know...those quilts you plan on getting done, hope to get done, or regret not touching when the end of the year rolls around.  However, it's kind of like telling everyone  you're on a diet, or proclaiming to the world your New Years resolution.  I am sure you can understand my anxiety! It's frightening when you think of the potential of failure and public scutiny! LOL  But, I have decided to press forward!  With some support and encouragement from all of you, I might just get some of these UFOs off the list in 2014!

So here is the pile of UFOs.

 

Here is the list in the order they appear above:

1. Caribbean Angel Fish - needs quilting and binding
2. Sweet Hearts - needs borders, quilting and binding
3. Baskets - need to complete blocks, borders, quilting and binding
4. Sweet Sixteen - needs borders, quilting and binding
5. Libertated Log Cabin - need to complete blocks, sew blocks together, quilting, and binding
6. Candy Cane Bouquet - need to sew binding down
7. Bachelor Buttons - needs to quilting and binding
8. Chintz Bouquet - need to sew binding down.

And of course they all will need labels!!!!!

 

I will post the list permanently on my blog to 1. Remind myself, and 2. To keep me honest!

Thanks to Kathy's Quilts for this great motiviation!

Whew!  Okay - now that I have taken that first step - It's time to get to work!!!

Thanks for your support!

 

 

Deb

Holiday Catch Up!

Well Christmas is over and while we really enjoyed the holiday and the time away, it is always good to be back home.  I have quite a bit of blog reading to catch up on! 

It was good to have the stitching time that long rides in the car give me.  I was able to get caught up on my Sweet Hearts and finish the Candy Cane Bouquet.

Today I am getting the last few rows of Sweet Hearts sewn together and added to the quilt as we wind down to the last couple of days of the year and the last couple of Sweet Heart blocks!

The red berries are now all sewn onto the Candy Cane bouquet wall hanging and I even added a frond at the base of the urn.  I guess no one will know that the bottom of the urn was crooked.... opps.  But quilters always find a way to correct their 'challenges' in a creative way!  Now just to decide whether to hand or machine quilt this....

I think this lovely poinsettia fabric would be great on the back.

Now here is another Christmas project I made this year.. but couldn't share because it was a surprise!

This table runner is based on the quilt Pines & Presents from McCall's Quilting Nov/Dec issue.  It is machine pieced, machine quilted with some hand big-stitch quilting. 

Perfect Scissors were the perfect quilting gift from a quilting friend.  Can't wait to use these!  Hope Santa brought you some new toys!

Happy End-of-the-Year Stitching!

Deb