My First Quilt

Well, again this post is for my bestest buddy, Joy !!! She keeps wanting me to post a picture of my very first quilt. This is still a work in progress but here are a few pictures of what it will look like. There are three panels of four squares, in three rows, and then small squares within the larger 12" square.




Here is a close up of the panels....and you can really see the colors of the quilt!!!



Now the quilt is ready for the top "lattice" pieces (the flowered tic-tac-toe pieces), and then the quilt will be ready for the borders. After the borders go on all that's left to do is to put the quilt top (below) together with the batting, backing, and trimming. Then, "stitch in the ditch" all around each square and it will be done...I can hardly wait to finish this and start my next project....a black, gray, and paisley quilt for Matt.



Pictures of Matt's quilt will be posted at a later date !

Table Runners

Well, here are all the table runners I've been making to give as gifts this Christmas, with two to keep for myself.

My First Table Runner (and first attempt at quilting anything)...is mine to keep



Here are the ones I'm giving to the wonderful ladies I work with at school...

This one is Tina's because she loves snowmen...



Here's Sharon's because she such a wonderful spirt !!!



and Debbie's because it reminded me of all the love she has for her dog and everything she has been through with it...



and then Pat.....who adores all my table runners and really wanted this one...



Even though this is not for a gift....I did make this one for ME for next Easter

Well, my bestest buddy (Joy) has been on me to post more on my blog. So this one is for you my friend !!! Joy and I are taking a quilting class together and having a ball. It's so much fun to see all the different quilts that these people are making. I am making my first quilt right now and am just so excited to see it all come together. Quilting is like painting to me, only with material. I really get my creative juices flowing. I already have my next quilt picked out and have purchased the material for it (because the quilt will be made for Matt). Of course, I have all of this to thank Joy for. She got me hooked and now I have the "FEVER".

Here is a picture of my very first attempt at making something regarding quilting. This is my very first table runner, which I'm keeping for myself (because it's not "perfect").






but, everyone who saw it loved it !!! Joy showed me what I needed to do and helped me figure out the pattern, cutting the material (which I HATE), and showing me the mitered corners. I have made eight more since this one (pictures to follow at a later date).


However, here is a picture of me working on my table runner at Joy's house, while she finished the baby quilt she was making for Pat's boss. I'm making this table runner for a Christmas gift for one of the ladies I work with at the school. I have two more to make before then.















And, here is a picture of Joy with the baby quilt...