2016, Quiet Book for the Teeny Guy

 1st page, boy holding kites with matching kites n the basket,  2nd page, mail box, that opens with letters from grandma inside.

 3rd page, a circus tent, zipper opening, full of funny animals to put in and pull out.  4th page, shoes, appliqued down with one shoe with laces to tie.

Next page, ice cream cones with fresh ice cream to be buttoned down.  Next page, a Jellyfish with tentacles with beads to push up and down.  First tentacle with 1 bead, the 2nd with 2 beads, etc.

Next page, butterflies, and dragonflies, bodies sewn down, but the wings can be moved.  Next, pieces of fabric to feel, corduroy, minkie, etc and one little zipper to play with.

Next two  pages, a roadway from Archie's garage to the houses, with a dog and pond appliqued down.  Inside the garage are several large cars to play with.

November, 2016 Single Irish Chain

My friend and co-worker, Robin, in Maplewood wrote to tell me she had worn out the quilt I made for her 15 years ago.  It's nice to know someone just loved my quilt to death.  So I made her a new one, this Single Irish Chain.  It's a little larger than the usual throw size.  The back is this nice, soft pink flannel.

2016 Two Small Wall hangings, One Half Square Triangle Throw Size.

 This is my Halloween quilt for the front door.  I was going to sew a pumpkin, but I found these
9 patch squares and decided to just sew the face on them, no pumpkin.

This is my Thanksgiving quilt for the front door.  The Turkey is made from my plaids, of course, in the Dresden plate style.  Happy??? Thanksgiving???  He looks a bit startled.

 This quilt was years in the making.  When you make flying geese, or snowball blocks, there is a small corner to cut off.  Usually these are thrown away as scraps.  But I saved them from lots of projects.  I squared them off to a little less than an inch and a half, very tedious.  When I sewed them together, I didn't bother about matching points or cutting off points.  Then I added the larger HST's to make it bigger, and give the eyes a place to rest.  I found the perfect stripe for the back.

2016 16" pillows for Jill

Jill sent me this wonderful fabric a few years ago for curtains for her baby's room.  This past year they moved and the curtains don't fit their new house.  She sent two back to me to be made into pillows.  The other curtain will go into a "tuffet" at some future date.  Of course I couldn't just make pillows, I had to patchwork design them.
Each pillow is different.

October 2016 throw size for KIC

 This is such luscious flannel fabric given to the guild from the family of a member who died this last year.  It is a small simple quilt with a soft pink backing for a girl in Kids in Crisis.  These quilts are sometimes given to the women's shelter, Seekhaven, in town.

September 2016 Flannel Quilt for Kids in Crisis

 I made this quilt from heavy flannels, so I didn't use small pieces, it went together quite fast, but still took time.  The material is very rich in color.  I just put it together randomly.  I got the material from a woman in the quilt guild who recently died.  Her family gave most of the fabric away to be used for Kids in Crisis.  It really is amazingly beautiful material.  I already happened to have some heavy flannel in my sewing room.  I think I was going to use it to make a snugly warm nightgown for myself.  But it was perfect in color for the backing of this quilt, shown on the bottom picture.

5 Single Irish Chain Quilts for Newborns at Church

 Earlier I showed the box of squares that was overflowing.  I cut the light fabric squares and then spent the last 6 months or so, sewing the blocks and using up the squares.  I was determined to finish these quilts before I allowed myself to go onto something new.  The bluish one is for a boy, of course, the pink ones for the girls and the yellow/green for whichever.  I really like the combinations of fabrics on the yellow one.   They are all different sizes and will go into the cupboard at church to wait for the babies to be born.