Memorial Day

I'm enjoying the weekend relaxing and sewing. I finished this flag wall hanging in time to hang for the holiday. It is made using the 3 1/2" twister tool. The pattern was designed for a local quilt shop, The Gathering Room. The stars are made the usual way but the red and white stripes are put back together differently. It finished 21"x26".

Derby Quilt

My Derby Quilt is featured on the cover of the Metro Parks Recreation Guide. You can see it here. I'm disappointed that the quilting group is not mentioned as meeting at the community center. I think it would be a great way to increase our membership. The more quilters, the more ideas and the better the group becomes.

Here's a picture of the quilt my mother started. I still need to sandwich it and I'll quilt it myself. It is about 40"x54".

I've got 3 quilts to hand sew the binding on! It's always nice to get to this part of the quilt because the end is near. Two of the quilts were blocks of the month from my LQS from a few years ago. I made the blocks as I got them and have had the tops done for a while. I had them quilted in the fall and then it has taken me a while to get the binding on. One is 90"x112" and the other is 74"x90".

The third quilt I started in the fall and quilted it myself. It is 60"x80".

Last night I finished a top that my Mom had started 2 days before she died. She was so pleased that she started it and it was to be a charity quilt. The pattern is very simple, 5" strips, 4" pink strips and 1 1/2" green strips. The focal fabric has some cute frogs that we bought last summer. I hope to have it finished so I can take it to NY with me to donate where she might have donated it.
I started free motion quilting today. I need to finish this quilt by the end of the month. Then I have a t-shirt quilt to make for a friend of my daughter's. I am also going to teach the Fairdale Happy Stitchers how to make stack 'n slash quilts. They have selected a Buggy Barn and a Pieces From The Heart pattern to make. Busy, busy, busy.