alzheimer's art quilt initiative

I am going to start donating mini quilts to the Alzheimer's Art Quilt Initiative.   The AAQI is very dear to my heart because I have a family member that is dealing with this disease right now.   The donated quilts need to be no larger than 9 X 12 inches, so I am going to start making some of my

 minis to fit that requirement.  

Two minis that already fit that size are my Wonky Hexagon and Faux Piped Binding mini quilt.

These will be my first donated quilts.

I would love to know if any of you donate to the AAQI 

and/or if you would like to join me by either making a quilt

or purchasing one!  

piece,

elizabeth   

little quilt monday~~~b i n g o

Little Quilt Monday

I am making a BINGO card to play during the May for Me festivities.

 May for Me Host Blogs:  

Tonya at Hillbilly Handiworks (check here for the rules).

Sharon at Vrooman's Quilts (check here for the how-to).

Snoodles at Lily Pad Quilting

Marcia at Crafty Sewing & Quilting

I had fun looking through my fabric for the game squares.  I embroidered the BINGO with black embroidery thread and now I need to make it into a little quilt : )

I have been busy with life, and haven't gotten anything else done.  How about you?

Now it is your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and, please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

finished baby wheel quilt

I finished the baby wheel quilt!

I decided to use the gray Bella by Moda to accent the wheel of Flea Market Fancy by 

Denyse Schmidt for FreeSpirit/Westminster.  This was my final project for my

Curves Camp class.

I machine quilted along the spokes of the wheel with gray thread using my walking foot attachment and it went long smoothly.

I added some hand stitching in the inner circle and also along the outer circle 

using yellow crochet thread.

The binding was one of the Flea Market Fancy seed stripes fabric.

This little quilt measures 41 X 41 inches.

 Click on pictures for a closer look

I like the crinkly look and feel of a quilt after it has been washed.  I do plan to make

more of these, and next time may add one more circle of hand stitching along the outer edge : )

piece,

elizabeth

wip~~~wheel quilt top

I decided on the Moda gray for the Wheel baby quilt top.  It is ready to machine quilt!

I am also making more bow tie blocks.  They are easy to make like I showed you here. 

 They are fun to choose fabric for, and just like the granny square blocks,  

I have squares cut, sitting by my machine ready to sew when I have the time : ) 

It is a beautiful day, so that makes it hard to stay inside and sew.  I am ready to start planting some flowers in my pots.   I will probably spend some time doing both.  I love Spring!

piece,

elizabeth

I am linking up to WIP Wednesday.

little quilt monday~~~sliced mat

Little Quilt Monday

I have another Curves Camp project to show you today.  In the advance curves improv class we had several project choices and I picked the sliced mat.  I had made a bath mat before, and I am really enjoying it, so I knew if I made another mat that it would be useful.

This time I made it thicker, like Rachel suggested, with batting and terrycloth.  I machine quilted with my walking foot at half inch intervals on the top and batting.  Then I put the terrycloth and top with right sides together and sewed around leaving an opening to turn.  I stitched around the edge to close the opening and to give it a finished look.

Now it is your turn to link up something to

Little Quilt Monday

1.  This link-up party is for any small project.  For example, mini quilts, doll quilts, baby quilts, place mats, mug rugs,

wall quilts, table runners, etc.

2.  They can be a WIP(work-in-progress) or finished.

3.  If it is something from the past there is no need to write a new blog post, just link the one that you have already written, and, please link back to my blog post.

4.   If you are interested, you can add your pictures to my flickr group here, or join my Facebook group here. 

Let's inspire each other!

piece,

elizabeth

farmer's wife in your life tea towel

Friendship Star

I have made several quilt blocks from the book

The Farmer's Wife Sampler Quilt by Laurie Aaron Hird.

My sweet mother was a farmer's wife in Oklahoma.  Laurie's book is full of wonderful letters from farmer's wives telling their story about life on the farm, along with wonderful quilt blocks to make a Farmer's Wife Sampler quilt.  

I am using Summer House by Lily Ashbury for Moda to make my blocks. 

I decided to use one of my quilt blocks to decorate a simple tea towel for 

Sunni's Farmer's Wife in Your Life --Link Party.

Click on the pictures for a closer view.

First I ironed the quarter inch seam allowance around the quilt block.

Then I machine stitched the block to the tea towel using some green thread.

I added hand stitching in bright green and blue crochet thread, and some white lace.

The Friendship Star is one of the first quilt blocks that I learned to make years ago.

I have more tea towels to play with, don't you think these would make cute gifts! 

piece,

elizabeth

I am linking up to Sew Modern Monday and Fabric Tuesday.

  

giveaway winner

The winner of my giveaway is  AJ  (an email has been sent to AJ)

AJ said...
Thanks for the chance to win! I was recently recommended Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Thank you to everyone that entered my giveaway : )   Wow, I have enough book suggestions to keep me reading for quite a long time! 

piece,

elizabeth