Bug Jar Quilt Fluttering Fun!

Cute little butterflies are now swirling around this wonderful Bug Jar quilt.

This "bug" quilt will be the show piece for the "Taste of Derby Festival" silent auction...an official Derby event benefiting Dare to Care Food Bank.. a non profit agency providing food to those less fortunate in our community.
This year's "Taste of Derby Festival" is on April 22nd at Louisville Slugger Field.

Some lucky kiddo will get to enjoy snuggling with all these critters. I really like the jellybean jar too!

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs!

Up next, a bug jar quilt!  My daughter giggled with delight as she looked at all the bugs "escaping" some of the jars.  She even figured out the ladybug lid must not be on tight enough because they got out too.

My client, Linda, made this quilt for a local charity auction.  I will be doing a flight of the bumblebee stitching on it.  The cute frog will soon have a button eye.  I don't have a shot of the backing fabric but it is a LUSCIOUS butterfly batik.

Jacobean Lovely!

Isn't this beautiful?

I put undulating feathers in the outside border

The setting squares have a dramatic feather motif and each block has a swirled ribbon in the petals.

The petals of the applique were accented on the outside and curvy Q's reach out to the corners of the blocks.

I used a cream thread which matched the INCREDIBLE fabric she had for the backing.

It turned out incredibly beautiful. I have no idea what she is going to call her quilt. I've been calling it Jacobean Lovely!

5 yard Quilt from Houston Show

At Houston I picked up a 5 yard bundle which came with a pattern.  In bold letters the pattern yelled, "DO NOT WASH THIS FABRIC".  "DO NOT TRIM UP THIS FABRIC".  

The reasons for the big bold warnings was because there is exactly enough fabric to make this twin sized quilt out of the 5 yards.  I mean- exactly.

I put huge feathers all over it and I'm doing the binding now.  My mom says it looks like my grandfather's old bathroom decor- you know, retro.  I'm pretty sure she meant it as a compliment, though.  

Spring has Sprung!

It's done!  

I put daisies in the baskets and daisies in the negative space.  The wreaths got leaves and the borders got cabbage roses and vines.  

Spring is in the air! 

The quilt is a kit for sale at Among Friends Quilt Shop.  It will be hung at the shop soon!

Spring Fling

I got a call from one of my local quilt shop gems.  They asked me to quilt a top for a kit they are selling.  Isn't it fun?  I'm loading it today.  My daughter wants me to put Easter Bunnies and Easter Eggs all over it.  That would be cute but would date it too much.  She'll be disappointed when she learns that I haven't utilized her design suggestions.  It was so cute, though, to listen to all her ideas about what to sew with the longarm.  She is a natural!

Feathery Fun!

I participated in an online Christmas swap with some quilty friends and I was given these blocks.  

I wish you could see the precision reflected in the piecing.  Exquisite!

I decided to put some music on and put the top together. 

 Then I couldn't resist playing with some feathers in the plain blocks.  FUN!!