Toile' The Night Before Christmas! 66" x 66"
At the last Clamshell Quilt Show I won a prize certificate for free long arm quilting by Debbie L. I picked a swirly pattern.
I finished this top January 2016!!!! yikes.
I was playing with these in August of 2014. They are blocks that I swapped with 3 friends from Illinois; Sheila, Kathy and Mary Pat. You know I love a good swap! We swapped cheddar nine patches, each combination making a pair.
We used my swap instructions you can find here.
I used two Circus themed fabrics for the backing. It was quite a complicated piecing feat.
It is a funny "fake" Ringling Bros. print, avoiding trademark issues I assume.
I met up with Christine Wickert while at the Vermont Quilt Festival. She is a such a nice woman and I admire her work so much! Many of her quilts have won multiple Best In Show.
Click here to see a video of Christine.
She had asked me to bring my quilting stencils so we had a little "boot sale". Here is a quilt that she hand quilted for a special girl named Alice.
Summer Fun for Dogs:
I made some Pup-sickles for Coco and a visiting puppy Hoot. I used low sodium beef stock and a few dental chews and cookies.
Coco loves them
and Hoot loved it too!
Up-cycling and paper crafts came together in a little Birthday package I made for a friend. I'm trying to reduce my one-time use purchases so I used bits and pieces found in my craft stuff.
I always snap up old patterns from the free table at guild meetings.
I saw this construction punny "horse" on a walk with coco. I love when people go the extra step to make something fun.
Hope you're enjoying these last days of summer!
xo
