Start/Finish

WHY DO I START SO MANY THINGS AND FINISH NOTHING????

I have started:

 2 Christmas quilts........almost done, just need a border.
 Red Churn Dash...........made several HST to use as border. Not added yet.
Elongated Churn Dash............back half finished.
Floral Christmas............Can't figure out what to do for back.
Granddaughter's High School Graduation quilt......can't even remember what it needs.
Green Rail Fence with black star.............144 blocks done.

I am doing quilting..............just not finishing anything.

I am using up a lot of my stash tho.  Gotta love that!

Happy Quilting!                     Lynda

Wedding Quilt for Lisa

I love Friday's at the Missouri Star Quilt Company!

They always have a new video tutorial to watch.

This one just caught my eye!

It was a simple idea......you've probably seen the

Flying Geese using a folded strip between 2 background fabrics.

Open it up, fold it down, and it makes a Flying Geese block.

This was the same idea......just roll the open edge and sew it down,

causing a rounded edge appearance.

My sewing must have been off here and there because

I ended up with some geese not fully attached!

Had to go back and resew.

Then I was worried that the quilter would have a hard time

with the open edges so I double sewed them down.

But I do LOVE it!

And Lisa loved it too!!

IF I ever make it again........I will be much more careful in my sewing of the blocks,

making sure I catch every seam fully!

Happy Quilting!                                Lynda

Baby Shower and Ride Em Cowboy

A brand new baby girl will soon be coming to our family.

My nephew and his wife are having a baby in November.

This Saturday is a baby shower.

I just LOVE baby showers!

Here are a few things I have made for her.

Never too many burp cloths!

Gray Minkee and bright pink monkey fabric.

Needed a fun little quilt to cuddle.

Of course, her name had to be on the back.

I can hardly wait for her to arrive.

One of the young girls I used to work with got married recently.

Her announcement said, "Lizzie got her Cowboy" so I had to make

this quilt!

This picture was taken inside and shows the background color much better.

This picture outside kind of faded out the background fabric.

Here are a few closeups of the boots.

Each one I made I thought it was my "favorite"!!

We gave it to her today.

Funny thing.........she had on cowboy boot earrings!

I think it was the perfect quilt for them.

Happy Quilting!                    Lynda

A few more pictures of the Quilt Show

I am always drawn in by the quilting!

This quilt is titled, "There's No Place Like Home".

I had to show a close up of the quilting.  It is superb!

Can you believe this Lion?

 I grew up with a painting like this next quilt hanging over our piano.

"I've Got Rhythm" is the title of this quilt.

Isn't it just so cute.

 I really like the wonkiness of this quilt.

I wish you could have seen this one in person.

The picture doesn't do it justice.

So sweet!

Who doesn't love red and white quilts???

Great way to feel like you are on vacation.

This "Fractured Rainbow" really caught my eye.

I love attending Quilt Shows.  I always find inspiration there.

There is something for everyone!

Gorgeous, whimsical, sweet, wonky, fun, amazing.

I just want to touch every quilt (but that's a NO-NO).

This is my latest quilt top finished.

I saw this on Missouri Star Quilt Company.

I look forward to every Friday when

there is a new tutorial.

Happy Quilting!                       Lynda

Utah Valley Quilt Guild Show

Another UVQG Quilt Show and it was amazing!

This first quilt is made from baby clothes for a sweet little 16 month old girl.

So full of memories!

I think I will just post a few pictures so you can see how talented and diverse

quilters are in their work.

I think this might have been the most striking quilt!  

The colors are so bright.

Beautiful!!

Just had to show you the quilting on this one.

Gold sparkly thread made the design on black.

It was stunning.

This paper pieced quilt used blacks, browns and white.

Always a great combination.

"There is Room for Everybody" is the title for this quilt.

Isn't it sweet with all the flowers around the homes.

A tribute to the quilter's Mother, who taught her to quilt.

I just had to take a close up of the quilting on this masterpiece!

This amazing quilt titled, "Let Us Walk in the Light" looked like a painting.

The quilter had snipped and cut and placed each piece individually

to imitate the textures of the trees, branches, leaves and ground which all 

came to life with her raw edge applique.  

The original inspiration came from a photograph taken by her brother-in-law.

This cute quilt, titled, "Comfy, Cozy Spots" made us all smile.

Each chair looks so inviting.

Look at the little table with a doilie and old radio.

And this one with a piece of chocolate cake ready to be enjoyed.

More tomorrow.  

Happy Quilting!                             Lynda

Busy! Busy! Busy!

It is just too hot to be outside right now so I've been spending some finishing time in my sewing room.

My friend, Leslie, gifted me with some UFO's and lots of fabric a while back and I have been busy trying to decide what to make out of all this wonderful fabric!

This first finished top is one that Leslie started.  She had many of the blocks already finished and the pieces cut for the rest.  Easy finish.  The top is together.  Now I just need to decide on the back and get it to the quilter.

 She also gave me a large stack of greens and red fabrics that I've been caressing for a couple of months.  I made 2 of the same quilt except the 1st border is cream on this one, and red on the next one (not shown).  I still have to cut the 2nd one and sew it together to be a Twister.  I am still working on what kind of border I want on each of them.    I just love Pinterest where I can type in quilt borders and find all kinds of ideas of how to finish my quilts.

I have a couple others started also.  It is fun to have several in process at the same time.

Keeps it interesting.

Happy Quilting!                              Lynda

Another Bricks and Stepping Stones

This is my good friend, Bunny.  

We met a little over a year ago and have been

serving in our Church's Women's organization together.

She is a remarkable woman. 

She recently moved a couple hours away

and we were having a "goodbye" lunch.

We wanted her to know how much we loved her

and enjoyed serving with her so we

gave her a quilt to remember us by.

It is bright and lively, just like her!

She will be missed.

Happy Quilting!                         Lynda

Wedding Quilt picture at last!

Thanks to my friend, Bonnie, for taking a picture of her daughter, Mandy, 

with the quilt I made for her wedding.

I love the way it turned out!

Scrap quilts are so amazing!

They were very happy to receive it!!

Happy Quilting!                     Lynda

Wedding Quilt!

Yep.......there isn't a picture of my latest quilt!  

I just forgot to take a picture. 

 It sat here for a couple of days...........

the sun was shining outside...........

perfect days for pictures.       

Yup, my brain cells are going rapidly.

It was a scrap quilt.  I am very fond of scrap quilts.   That's it!

Happy Quilting!                    Lynda

Another Graduation Quilt!

This time the graduation quilt is for one of my grandsons, Jordan!

I love the Bricks and Stepping Stones pattern so I made

his in browns and blues.  

I really like the bright blue inner border before the black border. 

I really thought I had put a dent in my brick rectangles,

but as you can see, I still had plenty to make

an interesting back also.

Kerry, at Utah Valley Quilting, did the machine quilting.  

I chose Funky Monkey for the design.

I thought Jordan would like that.

Now I head out to Arkansas next week to attend his graduation

and give him his graduation quilt.

Luckily, he has chosen to go to College out here

in Utah so I will get to see him more often.

Happy Quilting!                             Lynda

Another GRADUATE!

I haven't been sitting around idle.  

After I finished my Dad's quilt I finished another

High School Graduation quilt.

This one looks so different in the different lighting.

The 2nd picture with the happy recipient shows the colors much better.

I love making quilts and giving them away.  

The happy smiles are such a reward.

Now to finish a wedding quilt for a May wedding.

Happy Quilting!                   Lynda

Procrastination!

I grew up in Spokane, Washington.  My parents had purchased a double lot which seemed like a million miles away from our home in town.  The freeway was coming through and taking our home so we needed to move.  The lot seemed so far away from my friends but it was covered in trees and had lots of places for me to run and play.  My Dad built our house and had to cut down and dig out many of those trees but it still left us with 57 trees in our yard!  I loved those trees.  He didn't.  Of course, he was the one who had to rake those long pine needles out of the grass, and I wasn't.

Twenty-five years ago, Dad and Mom were now living with me and my family in Utah.  They had sold their home with all those wonderful trees.  I signed up to take a class on making a Tree Quilt.  I was going to give it to my Dad with the title, "No More Raking Required".  Cute, huh?

But............the class was held on the same day that I brought my Dad home from the hospital with terminal cancer.  Needless to say, I didn't go to the class and the pattern set in my sewing stuff for a few years before I finally got around to starting it.  I ran across the pattern and all the fabric that had been purchased for the quilt and decided I needed to get it done.  Over the years it was worked on and the top was finished and it was again shoved into a corner of my sewing room.

A few months ago I refound it, got the backing fabric and took it to the quilter to be finished.  What a beauty it is now.  Kerry, from Utah Valley Quilting, quilted a paisley design to match the paisley fabric.  The thread on top blends in with all the fabrics but the backing thread is that minty green/blue color and shows off the paisley pattern so well on the tan back.  I think Dad would really love it.

We always had a cat and dog.

Butterflies.

A kite caught in the tree.

A view of the back.

Yep, I think he would really love it.

Especially the no raking part.

Happy Quilting!                  Lynda