Harlequin Quilt

I made this quilt a couple years ago, but donated it to the charity pile at retreat. Team effort: one gal quilted it and one gal bound it. So, here's how nice it turned out--wow!

9-patch/snowball

So I wanted something easy to do, and pulled out some old 9 patches from a long ago swap. I thought I had plenty to make this throw. Not so much. About 2/3 are new, and you can see some fabrics where someone in the swap didn’t quite follow the guidelines (it’s not snow.) This was to be a nap throw. Seeing it on the bed, it’s so cheery looking, I’m thinking of increasing it to queen. What do you think?

All the minis

To make my sewing room look just how I wanted it, I made several minis to create a border like around the top of my room. 

Sewing room

Over Christmas break I decided it was time to redo my sewing room. It had been the ugly grey I bought it with and accessories left over from this room: 
It was tome for something new and fresh, creating an oasis of creativity. Here’s what I made: 










I’ll do a post with the minis later. I’m so much happier with this layout!!!

Mini!

I decided to make some minis to decorate my new sewing room wall (as in newly painted and organized). Here’s the first: 

Bright HST quilt

I started this quilt years and years ago! This is a throw size (76.5x56), cheerful and bright :)

Blue ridge beauty

So I never do a quilt according to a pattern. I generally like to change things up or create my own pattern. This quilt, though, has been on my to-do list forever, as is. It took months to do since I do a bit at a time, but here it is...Bonnie Hunter’s Blue Ridge Beauty: