Wednesday, December 7, 2011

What I've been doing; 2 Finishes, Give Away

I've been missing in action. My life kind of spun out of control.  What have I been doing?  The very brief version:  In September we had our guild's quilt show, in October I went to NYC and in November I helped coordinate a major line dance party.  I wasn't able to work on anymore Quiltmaker's 100 blocks so I didn't complete the goal to get them all done in a year.  I'll make another post about my NY trip, but here are two finishes.

I did a major happy dance when I completed my dear Jane quilt I call Scrappy Jane.  Hey, that officially makes me a Janiac! The fabrics are only used once per block or triangle; no repeating once the unit was completed.  I enjoyed the process of making the blocks and triangles, having fun with the challenging piecing.  What I did not like was binding the darn thing!  I'm glad it's done and I'm so happy that it does have scallops.  My next scallop quilt will most definitely be smaller. I started out hand quiting, then took it to a local church group to do some hand quilting; it still needs more quilting in the triangles but for now, I'm putting it aside.  Oh yeah, it won 2nd place in the quilt show in Bed Size Quilts category.

Here is another finish, cathedral stars, but I named mine Crystal Stars.  I didn't think I'd ever get through making all the units. Another one I'm glad to get off my to do list.

I have some other quilts I've completed but don't have photos of yet.  Let's see, two baby quilts, a quilt I made for a family member and at two more. So, don't go away too long as I promise to be back soon with more eye candy.

I noticed that while I was gone that I now have 100 followers.  If you are a follower and leave a message, I'll enter you into a drawing.  I have been cutting my batik quarter yards into strips.  I'm sending  15 batik strips 2.5" wide to the lucky winner.  You have until Sunday at 8:00 p.m. to enter.

Have a great day everybody!

-------------------------- Type-u-later, http://www.teaquilts.com

19 comments:

  1. Nice finishes! I remember how happy I was when I finished the "Sylvia's wedding quilt" from the Elm Creek book series and those are 6" blocks. Don't I remember that Dear Jane are 4" blocks? Great perserverence!!

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  2. I am fairly new to quilting and I love your quilts. I'm still doing quilts that are quick and easy. Yours look so time consuming, but so beautiful. Maybe I'll get there someday, I hope so. Just finishing my 7th quilt and helping my granddaughter make one for her friend for Christmas, so I'm still learning so much. Enjoy your post.
    Carmen from Illinois

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  3. Lovely work! I started following you just before your hiatus. Glad I stuck around - I love all the wonderful colours you use!

    Cheers from Lizzy Down Under:-)

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  4. Welcome back to the blog-o-sphere, I've missed your posts!

    Your Jane is a beauty and a real accomplishment! I love the scalloped edge you added to it. And Bonnie's Cathedral (nee Crystal) Stars is also lovely. I've yet to try one of her mysteries -- are you doing the current one, Orca Bay?

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  5. Those are both beautiful quilts! Congratulations on the big finished and the ribbon.

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  6. I've been a follower of yours for quite a while. It's good to see you back.

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  7. Glad you are back. Missed you but I see you've been cranking out the beautiful quilts. Thought you had made a DJ previously..didn't you show one in your trunk show? I don't do the follower think, prefering to list my favorite blogs on my sidebar and read from there, but I definitely read you. Merry Christmas

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  8. Doing a Dear Jane quilt is on my list of dream quilts to finish. Yours is quite lovely!

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  9. I was wondering where you were. What great finishes. I really love the Dear Jane quilt!!

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  10. Yes, indeed I have been a follower. Congrats on finishing your Dear Jane/Janic quilt. What a great accomplishment.

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  11. Your Jane is awesome! Wonderful finishes.

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  12. Good to "see" you again! Life sometimes hijacks our quilty plans! Your finished Jane quilt is an amazing accomplishment!

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  13. Your JD is spectscular,I love!!.
    I start this summer with mine.

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  14. Glad you are back! I missed you!

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  15. Congratulations on your ribbon Tea! Your quilts are spectacular!

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  16. hi, tea. glad you're back.

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  17. Your scrappy jane quilt is beautiful. Love Batiks, thanks for the opp. to enter. : )

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  18. Congratulations on your finishes! They are beautiful. Thanks for the opportunity on the batik strips - who can ever have enough variety there? We are all winners though in following your eye candy projects.

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  19. Why am I always a day late and a dollar short? hahahahaha, I fell behind in reading my blogs and missed entering your contest. Congratulations on having 100 followers!

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