Small finishes.

I've gotten little stuff finished. Yes, finishes!

No pictures of the two knitted items because they still need to be blocked. But I have the Autumn Coat done and the Feather & Fan Smoke Ring. The weather is fore-casted to get HOT so I wanted to get the wool items done so they aren't laying across my lap as I work on them.

Carol @ Brown Quilts is collecting patriotic pillowcases for her friend. Have you read the story yet? My pillowcases are done and will be in the mail this week. 

I also made a couple of the Snappy Bags from this tutorial. The first one I made wasn't deep enough to hold all my cosmetics so I made another that is just a bit deeper. It is a good idea, but I think I like the smaller bags like this that have a zipper closing. This snappy bag OTOH is great for those times that you do not have two hands to open the bag.

C.O.W.

This block is in the hands of the USPS and is on it's way to Nancy, Near Philadelphia. I originally drew the cow many years ago for a scrapbook page and thought it would work well for this. Hope you like it Nancy!

Carter Lake, Colorado

I have unintentionally taken a blog break. Between a family member's life issues, spring, and camping not a whole lot of quilting has been happening. The first photo was taken on Friday, May 13 while camping at Carter Lake, Colorado. Blue skies, blue mountains and blue water.

The next photo was shot yesterday, Sunday, May 15 on the same camping trip to Carter Lake and is approximately the same view. If you look closely at both shots you will see the same buoy.

It pays to be prepared in Colorado.

A Whole Bunch of Knittin’ Goin’ On

The pointy sticks have been flying here at Casa del Quilter.
Let’s start with a pair of socks for an adult, shall we?

How about another pair? This time for a child.

Followed by an alpaca prayer shawl.
There are no idle hands here.

A Story and a Request

I just finished reading Carol's blog post with a story and a  request.

Can you sew? Have you made pillowcases? If you can help out, please do.

Applique

Did you ever have one of THOSE days? I've had several. I didn't realize it at the time I was working on all of those flowers for the Hugs and Kisses quilt, but I did the wrong flower for the sashing cornerstones. I made the small flower instead of the larger one.

But wait! It gets worse!

Forging ahead, I made the larger flower for the border, thinking it would work. I also used the wrong fabric since the border flowers should be dark blue. Ha! look at this photo. I think it looks a bit like staring eyes or boobs, or boobs staring at you. I don't want a whole quilt of this mistake staring at me *smile*. But I also don't want to remove the cornerstone flowers and put the larger ones on and THEN remake the ones for the border.

It's design decision time. What is inherently bothering me about this is the close proximity of the same shape repeated over and over. After playing with several different elements and fabrics, I have decided to add three teardrop shaped leaves (two big one small) that are used elsewhere in the quilt in the bright green fabric. It removes the boob looking thing and also changes the color.

The next time you see this quilt, it will be a completed top ready for quilting. Now the quilting is a whole 'nother thing.