pinwheel flower for Ruth

pinwheel flower for Ruth
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

This is the second block for Ruth's garden quilt in the Blocks of a Feather Quilting Bee. I can't decide if the flower should have a center of dark brown or just to leave it as it is....

block for Ruth

block for Ruth
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

It's Ruth's month in the Blocks of a Feather Quilting Bee. Her theme is "the garden". The fabrics she chose are soft and remind you of spring. This is the first block that I made for her quilt. I know when I see the hummingbirds in my garden that spring is on it's way. I found snowdrops blooming in my garden on Friday and felt the anticipation of spring. Unfortunately it snowed 6 inches on top of my snowdrops on Saturday afternoon crushing my dreams of an early spring!

DQS8 ready to post

DQS8 ready to post
Originally uploaded by nanotchka

I have finally finished my DQS8 quilt for my partner. It will be in the mail soon and on it's way. I hate to see this quilt leave, I plan on making one for myself in March. On my way to teach at the Sewing and Stiching Expo in Washington State. Hope to see some of you there! Please join me in my class, I will be teaching a 45 minute seminar each day of the show! It's one of the largest shows in the country so don't miss it if you are in the area!

I hope my partner likes this little quilt. The small lace flowers are embellished with small pearls. I hope it will brighten up someone's world!

don't miss this giveaway!

Great giveaway on http://www.lovelylittlehandmades.blogspot.com/  She is celebrating her 100th post!  You won't want to miss this one!

This is the possible design for the doll quilt swap.  I found a small block design for this diamond  tree in a japanese quilting magazine.  I have enlarged it to a 22 inch wall hanging size that will hang on point.  I have chosen bright pinks and orange contemporary prints for the fabrics on a crisp white background.  I am hoping that my swap partner will like the tree design and bright colors.  this has been a fun little quilt to make and a different way of using diamonds.  I have needleturned some diamonds for the falling leaves on the tree.  I plan to embellish it further with some small lace flowers and tiny buttons from my stash.  Will post more pictures when I get it quilted and bound.

advent swap 2009

I am very very late in posting a picture of all of the fabulous "pressies" that I received in the 2009 Advent Swap from Kaylee in Australia!  Can you believe all of the wonderful things that she sent to me!  There were so many handmade gifts, like the tiny hand-beaded handbag pin and the hand-stitched basket of cheeries that is pictured here but sits in a frame on my worktable.  The Handmade ornaments are amazing and I haven't figured out how she made them yet.  My favorite thing in the world is fabric and she sent such special pieces that have Australian prints and some beautiful Japanese fabrics too.  The Australian cards are too pretty to send.  Lots of trims and special handmade items as you can see!  My final gift was the candy cane doll!  She looked so precious hanging next to my entryway table filled with candy canes between Christmas Day and New Years Day!  My friends and family were very impressed!  What a fun swap and we had so much fun chatting back and forth across the world.  I plan to keep in touch!  Thanks again Kaylee for being such an amazing swap partner and making it so much fun!

quilting 2009

Celebrating a wonderful year of quilting and exploration with a mosaic of my quilts and a mosaic of some of my favorites from other quilters that I have followed on Flickr...

My quilts

Some of my favorites!  Inspiration for 2010!