a little Easy Street part 5 .... and then Grandkids!

Easy Street ......part 4

Keeping up with the mystery quilt that I started with Bonnie Hunter from Quiltville.    NO, that is not all I did this week.    I should have taken photos of cookies and bars and cinnamon rolls!

Easy Street Mystery Quilt Part 3 ... and cascading ruffle skirts!

Sewing projects for the week.  I am loving the mystery quilt.  I am very happy with my choice of fabrics.   The easy angle ruler has been a wonderful tool to help with accuracy.    Thanks again to Bonnie Hunter at Quiltville for all her expertise and sharing of her pattern and her knowledge. 

Collected single knit fabrics for awhile to repurpose for the little girl skirts.   Can't wait to see them on the two girls they were sewn for!  

Mystery Quilt... Easy Street Part 2

Finally completed and I am posting this weeks assignment.    I did find the easy angle rulers helpful in cutting and sewing the flying geese blocks.   

I have never participated in a mystery quilt project before.  It will be exciting to see the design unfold in a few weeks. 

Strippy quilting.

Rag Quilts for 4 Special Kids

Mystery Quilt..... Easy Street!

MYSTERY QUILT.... EASY STREET

Thanks to Bonnie Hunter for all her planning and continued efforts in sharing this quilt pattern mystery with us!! 

These are my choices of fabrics and I am so anxious to cut into the colored selections.       

Two Finished Quilts

This first quilt is for my master bedroom.  When I took the Babylock longarm quilting class in St Louis, we had a field trip to a wonderful fabric store.   The selection of batiks was superb.

This is a Scrappy Trip Around the World done in 2 inch squares.    It is a good "stash buster".

I have become very fond of   http://www.quiltville.com/.     Bonnie has wonderful patterns and ideas to share there. 

Finished quilt for a twin log bed.

This quilt was made with some REPURPOSED FABRICS.   I got good quality larger 100% cotton men's shirts from the GOODWILL boutique.    Cut them apart and all the blocks are those fabrics with the exception of the borders and setting triangles. 

Tea Party

It has been awhile since anything has been posted here.  There has been some traveling to see mom, some special company recooperating from illness, and the general everyday duties and happenings.  

.......  and a little bit of quilting.   

Scrappy

Saved random width strips of fabric for a while....

Back yard sunset thru the pines.

Project Linus ...

Donated a few finished quilts to a nice cause. Project Linus is a national organization for giving quilts and blankets to children newborn to 18 years. Each local chapter works within their county so the quilts are distributed locally unless there is a national disaster.

It was an opportunity to use fabrics in my stash that I would like to clear out.

I saw many interesting blankets at the Make A Blanket Day. There is a lady in the community that makes quilts nonstop and she is almost 90 years old. The organization tries to keep her supplied with donated fabric for the cause.

shhhhhh.......Quiet Book... for special little boy!

Small Table Runner

Visited a small little quilt shop in South Dakota a couple years ago. Picked up this little group of fabrics.

My "Baker City Oregon" Quilt

I have had a goal to start and finish projects that are already in my quilting collection. It seems the new fabrics in the store sometimes look more inviting than what I have already purchased.

One day when I lived in Baker City, I went to my favorite quilt store. On the counter to be "kitted" was a stack of fabric on bolts. It was the collection in the above quilt. I hardly ever bought a kit because I love to choose my own colors and patterns. However, this particular set of fabrics appealed to me and I couldn't improve on the selection.

I got this pattern and fabric out and completed this quilt last week. I have lots of memories of living in that town. I did not live there long. Life has taken me away from there. I came to Baker at a very difficult time in life. My husband Roger had been diagnosed with dementia. The last chapter of Roger's life was lived in Baker City.

I have some wonderful friends in Baker. Grandchildern were born there. A little piece of my life story was written there. Traditions Quilt store is still there. If you are ever in the area stop in and say hello to Dawn K for me. ...... and I do miss the beauty of the mountains on the horizon.