January Quilts

Thought I would show you what I've accomplished during the month of January.


I've shown you this fabric before but the pile keeps growing. I am trying a new technique where you quilt as you go. Quilt a section. Sew two sections together; put a fabric strip over the seam and when you get to the last section, your quilt will be finished. We'll see if it works. I hope it will so I can do queen and king quilts easier since I do not have a long-arm machine and do everything on my Singer.

This is a lap throw that Lily made me from fleece. Doesn't the green and burgundy look good together? And it is so warm and comfortable.

This is my Valentine's Day wall hanging from the book Holiday Collage Quilts by Joanne Goldstein. I got adventurous with the edges - won't do that again. I don't like the effect and it doesn't hang very well. But it is done!

Since I had given away all my lap quilts, I decided to use this material to try out making zig-zag blocks. It wasn't as hard as I thought. And I have a colorful lap quilt for these snowy days.

This is John's looooong quilt I made out of my batik material (the center column is not batik - just filler) and some other odd material. I used the Greek Key stitch to quilt the rows and I think the back may look better than the front. If they don't like the brightness of the front, they can always flip it over and use the solid side.

That's what I got accomplished during January on the quilting side of my life. Not much else happening since the weather is not pleasant enough to do much else.

February is dedicated to making the purple quilt, celebrating John, Jake and Lily's birthdays, celebrating Valentine's Day with the ones I love, seeing Lucilu's vet, seeing all my doctors - GP, Cardiologist, dentist, mammogram, and any other part of my body I think is older than my brain and is in danger of falling apart!!