Busy month and busier week

As I was cleaning my room up this month I came across this baby size quilt that was layered and basted with thread. Talk about old! The background fabric is from my first ever quilt. ha

It is so not my style anymore. I quilted it in about 2 hours on the longarm.

It was really poofy in spots. But it came out pretty good. Just in time for Valentine's day.

The Good Fortune quilt is quilted! Did it this week. 

I used a design by Anne Bright called Clamshell Sun. This quilted out really fast.

Here's the back. You can see the quilting design here. So I decided to name my quilt 

"Tequila Sunrise."

I finished this one last week. The quilting was forever and a day! Custom placement of every single block!! Including the chain part. 

It turned out good. Lots of dimension in the chain squares.

The back is a flannel with little snowflakes. The border is a single pass of snowflake swirl.

I used a wider than usual for me binding. Machine stitched of course. The binding is the same fabric as in the chain blocks. This quilt top was sewn together many years ago. I'm guessing at least 6.

Oh look! I made this binding yesterday. It is now sewn on and I just have to sew it to the front and it will be done today!!

I had these blocks made last summer. I just didn't like it that much because of the bias triangles I had to add to the corners. This is actually a really cool design but not my colors. It was a kit.

My friend likes burgundy so I got it back out and sewed the top together over the weekend. I just need to add the burgundy border and call it good. I will get this quilted next.

This is currently being quilted as I type this. It's the Cactus Wreath from the previous post.

This is for my other friend. She doesn't like flowers so I used this quilting design by Anne Bright called Mystic Feathers. It's turning out really nice. I love this design. It has a feather that looks like a fern leaf. Swirls and a few small circles. This will be off the longarm later today.

Purple Cactus Wreath

The name of this pattern is called Cactus Wreath. I've had the pattern for years. I made one in Christmas colors and finally quilted for this past Christmas. I needed to make a purple quilt for a friend so I decided to use this pattern. 

I don't know about you but I need to take pictures of the positions of my fabrics so I don't get them turned around and put them in the wrong place.

The blocks are all sewn together. I just have to finish the last border.

Parts for the final border.

My notebook page for this quilt. I use watercolors. This notebook helps me track how long it takes to make a quilt. I always have multiple projects going on in various stages. 

Good Fortune Mystery and the last border

I was cleaning my room this week when I stumbled upon this flannel backing fabric. I forgot all about it. Out of sight-out of mind. It has been waiting patiently to be used. Well don't you know that it is the perfect backing for this quilt. Just look at those colors. 

I could use a cocktail right about now! haha

This quilt was brought to us by Bonnie Hunter of the famous Quiltville.com

Check out Bonnie's Link up to see other color ways for this quilt.  

You can get free pattern until Feb. 1, 2019

 https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019/01/mystery-monday-link-up-reveal-2.html

Here she is in all of her glory. It fit together perfectly. It is super busy in person. You can't see the chain at all. Not enough contrast between the yellows and the grays. I wish I would have put lime greens in place of the purples and darker greens for the pinks. I'm pretty happy with the outcome though.    What do you think? Would you change any of the colors?

If you are interested in how much I got done in 2018 take a look at 2 posts ago. Enjoy! 

Good Fortune with 3 borders on.

Here is my Good Fortune mystery quilt with 3 of the 4 borders on.

It's vibrant if nothing else.

4th border laid out.

Half of them are already sewn together. I should have this all done in a couple of hours.

QUILT FINISHES FOR 2018

This one was a layer cake that I cut into 5 inch squares. Quilted and gifted this past summer.

I just went through my photos from this year to see how many quilts I completed.  

I completed with binding for myself 35 assorted sizes of quilts and a couple of pillows.

I quilted 16 for other people.  I started 6 others that are not finished. One of these is a quilt along and I haven't gotten all of the instructions yet. One is Bonnie Hunter's mystery that I put the first border on today and it needs 3 more borders. One is a quilt along that I stopped working on because it's too ugly to continue with.  One needs quilting. One is lost somewhere. Ha it's buried under a pile it's just a mini quilt. And the last one I need to assemble the blocks and borders.

So I counted 57 for this year. 

Placemats I made for myself. I couldn't pass up this cute fabric from Joann's.

This one I quilted for a friend.

This one is the second "Midnight at the Oasis" by Jen Kingwell quilt that I made for my friend.

Here it is all bound. I told her I would make it for her but using her scraps because it would mean 

a lot more to her.

This one I quilted for a friend. It's so busy you can't even see the quilting.

Another one quilted for a friend.

Same friend different quilt. Halloween Crossbones.

This one is mine. A UFO from at least 6 years ago. I only had 2 blocks done on this-had to basically start from the beginning. 

My friend's quilted by me.

One more of same friend different quilt. This is called Buzzsaw. This one is super fast to piece. 

Good Fortune mystery quilt parts 7 and 8

I actually lost track of part 7 because it blended right in with part 8 which is the reveal of the final destination of this quilt.  So part 8 was assembling these blocks.  If you want to check out the reveal click on this link: https://quiltville.blogspot.com/2019/01/mystery-monday-link-up-reveal.html 

These 4 patches ended up being extra pieces that we can use at our discretion.

I am still working on the final piecing of these blocks. They are rather pretty by themselves.

Here are three blocks together. A little funky with the color combo. I'm going to forge ahead and see how I like it after all the borders are on. 

This Triple Irish Chain was pieced at least 4 years ago. I used Primitive Gatherings Snowman fabric. I used a Jelly roll plus yardage and a few odd balls from my stash to make it more scrappy. I'm slowing progressing on this. One block at a time.

This was a quick mystery mini from Persimon Dreams. I am going to try their challenge this year. It's called "Project Quilt" hence the P. Q.  If all else fails I'll give it to my sister. She's married to a P. Q.

Last Up is a page of Quilty Items on my Bucket List. Not necessarily for this year. But sometime in my life. Hopefully.