My African Houses

This was my first paper-piecing class - oh, around Sept. '08. This piece is finished and I'm not sure if I'll quilt it or just set it on a frame and hang it as is. I like it a lot!

Crazy Curves

This was actually my first quilting class - and a difficult one for me. Those curves were tough! I used all batiks and I'm happy with the result. This is about 2 years old.

Jan. 17th - Here's the Slide Show

Slide Show of My Quilts

Above is a slide show of my quilts. I'm so excited! I found a site called slide.com on another blog - I follow several quilt/art blogs - and followed the instructions. Neat, eh?

Completely Dotty - new project

Here's a pic of my new project, called "Completely Dotty" because every single piece of fabric has dots! I'm taking an 8-week class at my wonderful quilt shop in Newbury Park....the instructor is truly inspirational, funny, understanding, you name it, she's got it good. I completed eight units today in the first class....each quarter circle is a unit. This quilt is paper-pieced, so there's few, if any, errors. Easy, really. And the finished product.....well, gorgeous! So these two pics show the complete quilt and my progress as of today.

We don't really have room on our walls for the full-sized quilt, so I'm thinking of making it 1/2 sized and the other half as a gift. Any takers? :)

Ciao for now................................

Sheila's "Pottery"

I'd taken a fusible-web class a while back and learned how to fuse fabric onto a background fabric........we did a huge project in the class.......then make a quilt sandwich and quilt the piece. It took me forever to finish my own huge project and I'd promised Stan's sisters that I'd do a smaller version for them. Well, long story short, I messed up my own project, so it's not even hanging on our wall currently, and had to re-learn how to take a pic of some pottery and transfer the pic to fabric, then cut it out, then fuse it, then.......

So here's the one I finally did for sister-in-law Sheila and SHE HAD IT FRAMED! I looks quite smashing on her wall and the fact that she likes it enough to actually hang it in her already beautifully furnished home is very flattering. So, thank YOU Sheila.

12-12-08 Pillows and our pretty kitchen

I appliqued two pillow covers for Family Fenster in Israel to replace the ones that good old time and kids have demolished. I'm going there on the 16th and it'll be a JOY to see the family, since it's been since July, when Mordechai entered the world.

These are pretty much my first attempt at using fusible web, then machine applique to make pillow covers. Lili likes mauve (maroon? wine? dark red?) and deep blue and flowers, so I just had to include some green too! I hope she likes them.

Here's also a pic of our newly-painted kitchen cabinets, black on the bottom, white on the top, new pulls. We're loving the look.

Nov. 2008 Two more quilts

Here are two more quilts I made about 6 months ago. The blue one was for little Mordechai and the pink one for Dave & Isla's little Lilly.

Nov. 2008 Triangle Quilt

I purchased a kit to make this quilt. It came with pre-selected fabrics and instructions, but I didn't enjoy some of the chosen fabrics, so I substituted some of them. I learned so much about how to join triangles so that I'd have the necessary 1/4 inch seam allowance to stitch them together.

I really love this quilt and it is gracing our dining room wall. There's a reflection in the dining room mirror....which only doubles the joy!

We'll look upon it with pleasure for many years to come.

11/13/08 New Quilt Top

This is the new quilt top I've finished. Now comes the grunt work!