tomorrow is my first giveaway!

I am excited to post my first giveaway in blogland tomorrow!  I hope it will make someone very happy : )
I think it will involve a book....
piece,
elizabeth

tiger is not as excited about the giveaway as I am

antique hexagon quilt

I like to make hexagons and they seem to be very popular right now in the quilting world.  I have a wonderful hexagon quilt that my mother gave me.  I wish I knew who made it...I do know that it has been loved!

piece,
elizabeth

quilt as you go round 2

Here is my first block for the Quilt as you go--Round 2.  I think I will make a couple more blocks before I start the quilting process.

I am using Kaffe Fassett fabric along with center squares from Metro Cafe.  This is going to be a fun
quilt-along!

piece,
elizabeth

unfinished business

I have several forgotten quilt tops that I need to finish.  My hope has been to machine quilt them myself.  I am very interested in the modern quilts that I see lately, and I like the grid quilting as well as stippling.  I may get my walking foot out and give the grid quilting a try on one of these quilt tops.

Fushia Fans


I think I may need to add a border or two before they are considered finished tops, but  I have plenty of fabric for that!

piece,
elizabeth

This is one of my Charms on Point quilts(see my post on 9-15-10)

Sentimental Journey

working with solid fabrics

There is a give away today on Cut To Pieces blog!  She is giving the book "City Quilts" and it is a book of projects using only solid fabrics.  I was looking through all the different colors available in Kona cotton and had a very hard time trying to find a favorite.  For now, I would like to add medium gray and slate to my stash...not necessarily my favorite colors, but colors that I would like to work with right now.
Here are a couple pictures of quilts I made years ago with solid fabric.

piece,
elizabeth

turning charms on point

Here are some pictures that I took while making a charm square quilt that I want to turn on point:

I started with 5 inch charm squares sewn in rows (8X12)

Then I cut a diagonal line and I sewed it to the top row as shown.

The arrows show the sewing line.

I cut another diagonal line and then sewed it to the row on the right and now the quilt charm squares are on point.  I will show this quilt again when I get it finished.  I haven't decided whether to stop now or add a couple borders.  So stay tuned : )

piece,

elizabeth

(Sorry about the picture placement and captions.  I am still learning how to post pictures and I have so much to learn.  That is one of the reasons that I began this blog, and that is to learn something new!)

picnic quilt

I have my picnic quilt back from the LAQ and now it is time to put on some binding.  I haven't decided on the color yet, so suggestions would be appreciated!

piece,
elizabeth

wool pincushions

A quiet day doing laundry.  My pincushions are calling for me to come play : )

i'm thinking red

Here's a little red inspiration:

i took the process pledge

  I am new to blogging and have found this pledge that I think will help me as I blog.  The following is given to help get some good discussion/blogging about our quilt process.  This will make it more meaningful to both the one reading the blog and the one writing it!  This is a very interesting adventure : )

piece, 

elizabeth

Do you have any new sketches to show?

Is this design inspired by a past quilt or someone else's quilt you saw (link, please)?

Does the color palette come from somewhere specific?

Are you trying to evoke a specific feeling?

Is this quilt intended for a specific person?  How did that inform your choices?

Are you following a pattern, emulating a block you saw somewhere, using a liberated process, or totally winging it?

What are you hating about this quilt at this stage?  What do you love?

Did you push yourself to try something new?

In working on the quilt, are you getting ideas about what you might want to try next?  What?  Did you sketch it?

Thank you, Rossie from Fresh Modern Quilts

http://r0ssie.blogspot.com/2010/process-pledge.html

bindings and football

I finally got the binding on a cute baby/throw that has been patiently waiting to be finished.  I got it done while watching football with TR!   We celebrated our 29th wedding anniversary this week-end and there  always seems to be a football game to watch on our anniversary : )

piece,
e

end of summer

I am always amazed how quickly time goes by.  This summer has been a bittersweet one with my mother no longer with us, and I have caught myself going to the phone to call and tell her about the arrival of the hummingbirds, a pretty rainbow, something my kids are doing...nothing important, but just things that we liked to talk about.

We did spend almost a month in Colorado, which was a wonderful, relaxing and cool change from the extremely hot weather we have had in Oklahoma.  Here are a few of the pictures from my summer that I hope will be inspiration for a quilt or two in the future.