2021 I moved, I read a lot … Let’s see, what else did I do? Oh, yeah – I quilted every day that ended with “Y”! Here’s some of my favorite finishes:
When my son and his family were
in Panama, all their belongings were in storage. When the Almeda fire hit, the storage unit burnt
down. No one takes winter clothes and
quilts to Central America – the low temp in Panama during the 2 years was
65!!
They lost many beloved
belongings: photos, paperwork, love
letters and 27 quilts! So first thing on
my list was a new quilt for each family member – FIVE! Twin sized quilts. Twin size is great for snuggling together on
the couch!
Disappearing 9patch for my
DDIL This replaced her Master’s Degree
graduation quilt. Same pattern and some of the same fabrics!
Double 4patch from my DS This replaced his Nursing Degree graduation
quilt. I was lucky enough to find the
“Nurse Quotes” at Forget me Knots Quilt Shop in Bandon Oregon. Thanks Michelle!
Square in a Square Superhero
quilt for my DGS (8) He’s still into superheroes
and this simple quilt turned out really graphic – I like that!
Zig-zag Rail Fence for my DGD
(4) This was the same pattern I made for my oldest DGD (15) now. I still had some of the pink and I spy
fabrics from the prior quilt. A big hit! In fact, she loaned it to Pancho, the chihuahua, so he would know Nana loves him too!! But she took it back that night to sleep under!
P and I took a CraftTour to Japan in January 2020. Jim West throws a good tour/party! We brought back some fabrics and some food/candy wrappers and wanted to make a memory tote bag. 18 months later … it was so! This is a big bag and heavy with the interfacing to keep the wrappers from ripping. But I like it already – just perfect to take a whole project to retreats!
HOME wall quilts. I was moving; my son and his family were moving back to the US after 2 years. We obviously needed a wall hanging to welcome us! I had the Moda Alphabet book – mainly because of this quilt and of course, the alphabet! So, at April retreat I started making the wall quilts. P, my table mate wanted one too – soon we were all about “me, me, me!” They turned out cute. One was hanging when the Panama gang returned home. And I just finished mine in time to hang it with other house projects. P made me promise to not tell that her's (pink house) isn't done yet!!
During the deep days of
quarantine P and I worked endlessly on “My Small World” quilt by Jen
Kingwell. They were great fun but tiny
pieces!! We each made ours ‘our own’! With family jokes, geographic references and
printed initials! There were supposed to
be more NY Beauty arcs but we made a little ‘hill town’ instead. Much easier and still cute as a button! For the back, we started with the fabric calendars we bought at "Tomatoes".
Improv is a lot of fun, but we
discovered a marathon of improv was much easier than an improv challenge each
month. But the end products were so
diverse and fun to see in the group.
Well worth the trouble. We had
one month left after they were done … so our new assignment was a improv
holiday challenge. It could be any
holiday!! I had so much fun making
improv trees. There was a wall quilt on Pinterest – I tried to make it (in an
improv way, you know!) but no worries,
it turned out different and I loved the process. I admit I have enough extra trees for another
quilt twice as big!!
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