Magpie Quilts

This was made for a Christmas gift and because I didn't want it to be seen ahead of time, I haven't posted it yet - just a sneak peek on my Facebook page . I've had these bright colours here for a while and love the way they pop with a gray background!  This size of table runner is so versatile - here it is on my dresser as a dresser scarf - great bedroom accent piece!  Quilting is kept simple with a meandering all-over machine quilted pattern.  And binding is machine stitched to the back and then top-stitches to the front. And backed with a muted lavender print! I hope the recipient was happy when she opened this gift! --Ann

This bright colored quilt was finished today for my grand-daughter. She's the one busy making art in the picture below! Charm square quilt Beautiful artist! These are the fat quarters of fabric I started with and the photo on the right is what I originally thought I'd make. I cut each fat quarter into a couple 2.25" strips for binding and the rest into 5" charm squares. (I've lost my work sheet that I used to figure it all out, so there are no exact instructions here today!) I love my design wall because I can see the whole design before I sew anything together. In this case, the layout was just too busy for me - it came down rather quickly as it seemed to jar my senses every time I looked at it. After some rearranging and rethinking the design, this was the final result! 5" charm squares separated by 2.5"x5" strips of white Kona cotton, put together in rows. Normally I send my bed size quilts out to be quilted, but this quilt was

Maple Leaf Seasons Mini Quilt Summer leaf details Here's the finish on the Season's Mini Quilt that I posted about earlier this month. The maple leaf block is one I've used many times, but this time I didn't piece the stem. Instead, I machine stitched the veins in the leaves and the stem with a variegated green thread and then did a close stippling on the sky blue background. I'm still waiting patiently for the quilt my partner made for me and will post it here as soon as I get it! --Ann 

 Just came back from the Post Office where I sent these quilts off to their new home in Texas! It's so exciting to see where my quilts are ending up and these bright blue quilts were a pleasure to make. These photos are taken in our basement guest room which was repainted earlier this year from a chocolate brown to a creamy white. The room is much brighter now and the neutral colour means I can now take photos of my quilts there. I still need to make curtains for the window and am thinking that just a plain bleached muslin fabric would be perfect with a little black trim or  embroidery to add some detail. Blue Tempest #1 Blue Tempest #2 The pattern chosen by the customer was the Tempest from Cherry House Quilts . Isn't it gorgeous here in shades of purple Kona cottons? The pattern was lost in transit and so I just improvised so I could get these quilts completed, but Cherri is resending, so I'll have a copy soon! Cherri is the author of the quilt b

My Little Chickadees from HoneynCloves  I think I've burnt out on making quilted stuff for my Etsy shop and am ready to make a few things for myself! I recently bought this little chickadee wool kit off Etsy from HoneynCloves and I hope to piece it together over the holidays. Just a little low key, relaxing handwork. Four Seasons Mini Quilt Swap on Flickr And I did sign up for another mini quilt swap on Flickr and the due date was November 30. I had lots of wonderful ideas in my head and thought I'd have plenty of time to finish this, but only got it done today! Here's a peek and you'll see the whole quilt when my swap partner receives it. And here's the link to the Flickr Mini QT group so you can see the other mini's that were swapped! Blue Tempest Quilt ( pattern from Cherry House ) The twin custom quilts and pillow shams are at Blueberry Hill Quilts in Chestermere, Alberta to be quilted by Marie. Someone asked me about the pattern last week a