Sunday, September 15, 2013

Ready for Fall

I wanted something to hang in the place of the flag i made for Labor Day and I wanted something I could use both for Halloween and Fall.  Of course I couldn't just make one.  I had to make one for my daughter also.  

Eventually I hope to have a hanging for every holiday

I found this free patten on line.  It's called Spookey Hallows and the link is here.  It was fun to put together and quilt.  I quilted the background with the pattern I learned in Paducah from Edita Sitar.




Just an after thought 

Little did I know when I was making this that I would soon have a cat just like this one.  She was a stray from work that would meet me every day at my car for lunch.  I finally realized he was a she and was pregnant.  When she missed lunch one day I started looking for her and found her and four new born babies.  Well I couldn't just leave them there she was so tired she let me pick her up and they came home with me that afternoon.  They lived in the tub of my spare bathroom until the kittens were weened.  The kittens have all been adopted & mom had been fixed and she is very happy to live here with Cubs and I.  Her name is Trouble.  She loves to pick on Cubs.  She weighs 7 pounds and Cubs weighs 19.5 pounds.

Thursday, September 5, 2013

Feathers!!!!!

 I'm getting the hang of it.  


I have been working on feathers for quite a while.  I think I got it!!


These were made from an American Basics  charm pack and the Tumbler template from Missouri Star Quilt. You can fine  the pattern and tutorial for Tumbler Flag Quilt here.





I actually made two of these the first one I will keep and my daughter called dibs on the other. Ill post pictures when I get them bound.

Here are the finished wall hangings.

This is mine

This is my daughter's