feathered friends

Last year 4 of us gals did a round robin. One of them I put chickadees on the last round, paper pieced from Margaret Rolfe's Animal Kingdom CD-ROM. Great book! Anyway, Joanne who is from Maine loved the Chickadees. Apparently they are the state bird of Maine. She wanted one. This is after I had to pick out stitches twice, then redraw the section and resew it! ugh! I said I won't ever do this block again. LOL. Well, I did. Joanne is such a good friend to me, so I made her three. Her husband is going to hang it in the breakfast nook and we'll see if she notices it. I have to sneak it to him.

Carpenter's Star

the wood grain one is for my brother and his wife in Michigan. He is a builder. The soft colors are for my brother and his wife in Delaware. He is an aeronautics engineer. Way cool career! They are hand pieced and hand quilted.

Trish's quilt

After 12 years, I finally finished hand quilting my dear sister's Sister' Choice quilt. This is one of the first quilts I started. Her birthday is Thursday July 24th. It will go out in the mail Monday.

The wallhanging is hand pieced and hand quilted. It is a Carpenter's Wheel, but I call it a Carpenter's Star in memory of our Dad. I had made him one, brought that home with me. I have made one for 2 of my 3 brothers and now my sister. I have one more to make. I made them in their choice of colors. I will post the other two that I've made. Different fabrics really change it.

Happy Birthday dear sister! I'm still 2 years older than you!!

Friendship Block swap Row by Row

10.5 months ago, friendship blockswap yahoo group started a row by row. Season's was the theme. I picked Spring. In memory/honor of my dad and his honeybees.

There was 7 of us, one gal dropped out d/t life issues, so the hostess stepped in to fill her shows.

The rows are each different: 1st row being the quilter's theme row, squares/rectangles, curved piecing (hardly anyone's favorite technique), applique, hearts, triangles, quilters choice. One row came from Australia, my journal was sent to France and Australia. The France gal was living in the USA when she joined us.

They all did a wonderful job and their work is gorgeous up close! Thank you!