Bar and Cake Mix Quilts

I am so happy to share that my Bar Quilt  is finished, all washed up and crinkled just the way I like my quilts. The quilt is over 100" wide and long and I thought I would never get the binding done with hand sewing.

 I want to show two quilts I quilted for my dear friend Sallie. The first one is a red, black and white quilt.

 The red makes the black and white fabrics pop.

The backing is a black and white fabric with red hearts. 

 This is a pink and green Cake Mix quilt.

 The pink and green border bring all the colors together.

The pink and green backing is not from the same collection as the layer cake and jellieroll, but a good match. 

 This is a Cake Mix quilt I made for myself and it is hanging in my quilt room on the wall. Although it is the same pattern, but with the different fabrics the two quilts do not look alike. And that is the fun of quilting, you can use the same pattern over and over and make it new each time by using different fabrics.

 Happy Quilting and Stay Warm,

Giveaway Winner...2 little quilts!

This giveaway is now closed. Thank you so much for all the wonderful comments... You are all so nice and sweet. And the winner is (drumroll) Zlaty! I will get in touch with you soon.

 It is a New Year! 2010 was a good one, but I can not wait to see what 2011 will bring.  I have been working on a surprise giveaway and yesterday I finished the binding on the last little quilt. I would like to give both little quilts away to one person.

 The first little quilt is a Snowmen Quilt with two pine trees.

 I did the blanket stitches around the snowmen by hand.

 The second little quilt is from my scraps and I made the pattern up as I went.

Backing of the two quilts, the red backing goes with the Snowmen Quilt. 

If you are a follower or a new follower of my blog and would like to win these two quilts, please leave me a comment on this posting. I will pick a winner January 11. Good luck to all of you!

  Thanks for stopping by and for making me SMILE each day.

My UFO Goals for 2011

I have so many UFO's. I see so many pretty quilts and I will start a project or two before the previous quilts are done. I signed up for Judy Laquidara's UFO challenge. The plan is to complete 12 projects in 2011. These are my list of UFO's I would like to finish in 2011.

1. Square in a Square quilt.

2.  Log Cabin Quilt.

3. Rail Fence Quilt.

4. My youngest daughter's T-shirt Quilt.

5. My oldest daughter's T-shirt Quilt. All the blocks are prepared for the quilt and ready to be sewed together.

Now this is my son's pile of t-shirts for a quilt. I am not counting this as a UFO yet.

6. I am using the leftovers from this red Churn Dash Quilt to make a Pinwheel Quilt.

7. How Charming Quilt.

8. Feed Sacks Quilt from Kim's Scrap-Basket Surprises book.

9. Beach Cottage Quilt from Kim's Scrap-Basket Surprises book.

10. My youngest daughter's Happy Hour Quilt.

11. My Apple Core Quilt cut with my Go cutter.

12. This Bar Quilt just needs a binding.

 13. Turning Twenty Quilt needs a binding.

 14. With my ever growing scrap basket, I'm always working on a string quilt.

15. Chinese Coin Quilt.

 I should probably stop counting now... The growing numbers are making me nervous! I really want to start working on these next three Go cutter projects. The first is an Apple Core Quilt.

 This will be my blue and yellow Drunkard's Path Quilt.

 Here is another one which will have raw appliqued edges.

 This is my list for UFO goals for 2011. Wish me luck because I desperately need it to finish this many projects! And like I said I'll probably start some new ones too.

Happy Quilting until next year.



Working on a few UFO's

 I hope you are all having a good holiday. I am using the time to relax and to work on a few UFO's.

I started this Turning 20 quilt two years ago. I used Christmas fabrics from my stash. Finally the quilt is quilted. Instead of thinking I am too late to get the quilt done for Christmas, I am thinking I am a year ahead.

 I am on a fabric diet and used all the leftovers to make a scrappy backing.

 I  love to make room for new fabrics, but first I have to use my stash.

 My kids always say I am making cutting corner quilts. I love simple and easy designs. This quilt is so easy. I sewed 6.5" strips together and call them my Bar quilts. You can't get an easier and faster quilt than this.

I love fabrics with dots, but also with stripes. I absolutely adore the blue stripe fabric.

For the back I used a berry pink fabric and it has polka dots again.

I want to wish you all a Happy New year! May 2011 be a wonderful year. And let this new year's resolutions actually stick! :)

Happy Quilting until next time!