I LOVE LINDA'S QUILT

This quilt was finished last weekend for Linda.  She will be joining us on our annual quilt retreat and we'll be using her house in Port Charlotte as well.  These ladies were so kind to open their homes to us and I wanted to make them something special.  I never cared much for the log cabin but after seeing the fat quarters with all the gold highlights I decided to do that and once I found this layout - I was stunned how pretty this came out.  It's sooo much nicer in person than the picture.

BACKING

Here is hte backing of Marilyn's and LInda's.  I used the left over Christmas prints.  8" sqaures seem to be the perfect size for me.  It's a little more work than plain backing but I love the look.  These areso much prettier in person.  All the fabrics have the gold highlights I love so well.

MARILYN'S THANK YOU

I just finished Marilyn's quilt Tuesday night.  She was gracious enough to offer to let us use her home in Port Charlotte next week for our annual quilt retreat.  She loves civil war quilts

but I figured she probably had a ton of civil war fabrics so I used Christmas fabrics and a civil war pattern to make her a holiday quilt.  I think she liked it.

FINALLY SOMETHING TO ADD

I can't believe I've had nothing to add for months.  Couple of heath things bothering me this year and tax season really took a toll on me this year.  Once you combine that with my FMQ juki breaking and having to wait for parts from Japan along with the new machine dying and having to be shipped back to GA to get repaired, I think I actually have quite a bit done.   Here is one I finished in March.  It's just a lap quilt I did with scraps.  It went to a client I'me very fond of that was in the hospital for quite a while.  I just send em where God says they need to go.  This is before it was quilted but I didn't get an after picture.

NOT GETTING MUCH FINISHED

I haven't gotten much finished yet this year although I have several started and planned.  Tax season and health issues have kept me busy but I'm working on some so when they are finished they will be posted.   This is the one I have finished this year.  I made this for my bed and finished it up the end of January.  Right as I was putting the final binding stitches my son-in law told me about a co-worker who was going to miss her missions trip as she didn't have the funds to go.  So I donated this quilt for her to raffle.  I sold tickets, she sold more at her church and was able to raise $450.  My friend Cindi won and I'll be delivering it tonight.  It really is a beautiful quilt.  I'll be making another for my bed.   Opps I did finish one other and gave to a client that was in the hospital but was a rush finish and I didn't get a picture