TaDa! This quilt top was made at a Vice President's day quilting day at Oxford Quilter's Guild at least 3 years ago. The idea behind VP day is to work on a simple pattern chosen by the VP that can be finished in one day. I found the top in my UFO drawer and took it to one of my retreats in November where I pieced the back, pin basted it and did 3/4 of the quilting. This week, I finished the quilting and added an orange solid for the binding. This will go in the baby quilt pile. I like to have some gifts made ahead of time.
You can see the quilting better in this picture. I used 28wt orange thread for the quilting. The backing looks gray in this picture but it is actually a black on white print called cross stitch.
I finally finished the mushrooms and trees on my winter cross stitch and have a good start on the Christmas tree in this quadrant. Progress is faster when you sit down to do some stitching each day...
Finn laid in the supervisors chair while my daughter worked this week. I like how the heart on the blanket is right above his head!
Since taking this picture, my daughter has started the third side of the Christmas light border. You can't tell from this picture, but the Christmas lights puff out a bit from the white background. She will be bringing this home at Christmas to work on it.
I often attend the weekly sewing day at the guild and in December, they like to make a small project together. They had admired one of the Wide Open Zipper Pouches that I made one day and asked me to show them how to make them for this year's December project. The free pattern is from Noodlehead.
My quilting lines lined up almost perfectly...by accident, not by design. It does look neat though!
Our Christmas tree is up and most of the gifts are wrapped. I have one more gift to sew this week. The big day is fast approaching! I will link up with Kathy and Frederique.
Wow, your baby quilt is bright and beautiful, I love the pattern and your color selection. Well done with the mushrooms, they look pretty. Your daughter made great progress on her blanket, these lights are fun and very festive! Your pouch is beautiful, no wonder everybody want to make one too! Thank you for sharing and enjoy preparing the holidays!
ReplyDeleteThat baby quilt is adorable!!! Way to go on the pouch and having the quilting line up like that was truly serendipity at its best!--TerryK@OnGoingProjects
ReplyDeleteThat is a cheerful quilt!
ReplyDeletepretty colors on that quilt - I really like it!
ReplyDeleteI really like your quilting design and using bright orange thread is so fun! I think I have that cross stitch pattern! Your daughter's project is very cool - I haven't seen anything like it before!
ReplyDeleteThat is a really pretty quilt! I love the orange, teal, and black and white combination. Hooray for a finish! That's a fun tree on your cross-stitch, and love the section of your daughter's crochet project that you shared, too. Sweet Finn always makes me smile!
ReplyDeleteI really like that baby blanket. The colors are fantastic. Your daughter's blanket is so pretty. I'm sure that making each light takes time, but what a pretty border. Your cross-stitch is progressing nicely. The tree is pretty. I look forward to seeing a Finn photo with each post.
ReplyDeleteLove the colours in your baby quilt! And nice progress on your cross stitch. Finn is always photogenic.
ReplyDeleteLove the baby quilt, and that picture of Finn is precious. I also really like that pouch you made. Great work!
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