Another "January Get It Done Project' complete

Carpenter's Star Quilt of Valor

This afternoon, I sent in a request for a longarm quilter for the Carpenter's Star Quilt of Valor top.  I went ahead and made the presentation case using some of the same fabric as in the quilt top and I used the sausage pillowcase method.

QOV Presentation Case

Home of the Brave quilt top done

Home of the Brave Quilt top

Yesterday, I finished sewing the final borders on this Home of the Brave quilt.  I will be turning it in to my guild for another quilter to quilt.

Design Wall Monday

Home of the Brave Quilt

Our local Quilt Guild met on Saturday to work on Home of the Brave Quilts.  The last time I made one was in 2006, so I still had several fat quarters of Civil War fabric in my stash.  One block didn't make this photo due to lack of contrast.  I'm working on the last 3 blocks for this quilt and then I can rearrange the blocks and decide on the border fabric.  The block with the light green and blue may have to be replaced also, since it is really standing out.  

Design Wall Monday

Carpenter Star QOV Dec 2012

Last week, I purchased a solid red for the 5" border that will be sewn on all sides to bring the completed top size to 60" x 70" for a Quilt of Valor.  I used Judy Laquidara's pattern from Patchwork Times.com.  This quilt was shown on her website as a free pattern under her post of 5/8/2012.  I did change the size by making the squares 6" finished and the top & bottom HST units 4" finished.  My narrow strip border is 1" finished and the outer red border will be 5" finished.  Judy made it so easy, since I did not have to design the quilt, I could just enjoy picking out the fabrics and sewing.

Will Funky Chickens bring a smile?

Funky Chickens

Before Christmas, I thought it would be fun to make a few Funky Chickens for little gifts.  About 10 years ago, I made over 15 little chickens and gave them to my co-workers.  This year, I discovered it takes more time than I had anticipated to make these little characters.  My sample took  3 hours, so I decided it was best to work up a few, via the assembly line method and chain piecing.  Here's a picture of the few I made. 

Get It Done in January

Got one project done in January--my sister's tablerunner.  It was easy to sew together, just triangles and the sides consisted of  one additional triangle sewn to each side of every row and when it was all sewn together, you just cut down each side and added the black border.

Giveaway at Desert Sky Quilts

Giveaway at Desert Sky Quilts

Here's a link to celebrate Desert Sky's 1,000th post.  Check it out by clicking the link above.