A Little Catching Up

 Just a little catching up on projects not posted in a few months. I stay busy in my quilting room. It is my happy place. I always apologize for the photo quality. I imagine one day learning how to take a better picture.

This first quilt is one I love, but the picture does not do the colors justice. It is 55" by 55" and made of Free Spirit fabrics which are so bright and cheery. It is from a book called "Happy Hour" and I have made so many quick quilts from this book.

This next quilt is made from the scraps of the above quilt appropriately named "Secondhand Strips Quilt". It is about 58.5" by 75.5". It was so fun and was claimed by one of my granddaughters who helped me with the quilt.

This next quilt is a girl baby quilt for a special lady in my church. It is a disappearing nine patch with sashing and cornerstones added -- another go-to pattern.

This is another baby quilt for another special friend in our church. Just a patchwork of squares of blues with a touch of yellow. The backing was pieced with from leftover fabric and I added the baby's name in block letters cut from my Accuquilt.

This next photo are three dolls I made with my dear friend, Janet. She had a friend who had a nephew born without a thumb. The doctors will perform surgery to add a thumb using his pointing finger. We made the "Dolls like me" for each of the three sisters. The hands were a challenge!!!

Next-- a look at my Christmas stockings I made from Shabby Fabrics. They were so much fun and so adorable.

I have posted this next picture several years ago but never had a full view of the quilt. I found this and wanted to post it just for me.

The next few pictures are of my "travel quilt". This hexagon quilt has been in progress since 2008. The hexes for been from Port Gibson, MS to Peru (8 times), New Zealand, Alaska, Colorado, Illinois, New York, Shipshewanna, Gatlinburg and all the states in between. I have finally finished it. The ladies in one of my favorite quilts shops in Gatlinburg picked out the gray border. No other color seemed to work. I did add the border to protect the sides of the quilt. I am not sure how long the points would stay points if handled. After so many years in the making, I did not think I had another 10+ years to handquilt, so I used my Gammill Elevate to quilt it and get it finished. It was about time!

This last photo is a picture of some fleece throw blankets I purchased. I added a "patch" with embroidered saying -- "Jesus loves me this much", "God's Love Never Fails", "Hope", "You are fearfully and wonderfully made", "You are Special", "With God, All Things are Possible", and "For I Know the Plans I Have for You, Declares the Lord." These blankets will be used by a church friend of mine who works with human trafficking victims and sometimes must rescue them. Imagine the feeling of wrapping in a warm and soft blanket . . . .