Stuff I've finished up lately:
Mom's chicken quilt. This one will be quilted with little chickens on it, I think.
Last year's east central Illinois shop hop quilt. Never again. This isn't the whole quilt, I think it's 3 x 5 blocks, but you get the idea. I was so sick of pink and green, and this was my first project with Thangles. Useless, useless product. I haven't even decided whether to mess with quilting this top. If you can see any black lines along the edge of the picture, that's a cat's tail.
Mama K's American quilt. Made this for Carl's mom, of course. Really, really easy pattern. Lots of fun to put together, too. This quilt was supposed to hang in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential museum during the month of July, but I didn't find the binding for it in time. Probably will do that next year. I think it's 81"x81". The quilting is done with red, white and blue variegated thread. I'm really pleased with how well it turned out.
The advent calendar. This is the most recent project. It's quilted with tan thread, which turned out to be a mistake. Should have used invisible, but I'll know that for next time. The little ornaments hang on red and green buttons. I need to get a close up shot of the quilting, because I outline-quilted most of it, and then repeated that pattern all the way through to the center, so you can actually tell from the backside what's on the front. This one will find a good home somewhere else, though. I found a different one I want to hang in the family room.
Next up, the blocks of the month. I should be able to finish the batiks off this week if I quit procrastinating, and then I have to find the finishing kit for both that one and the Christmas quilt. My mom has dibs on the Christmas one, but the batik is still up for grabs.
Posted by tomiandc at June 20, 2006 09:43 AM
