Quilts for Angel Quilt Project

I should have posted the pics of my Christmas Crackers ages ago but have been keeping myself busy enjoying finally getting back to my sewing machine.  Here's what I've been up to... 3 little quilts for premiees for the Angel Quilt Project.

Christmas 2012 Goodies

It was a long hard year 2012 was.  Most of the year I continually laid up with the knee issues but I'm happy to report that I am FINALLY healed.. well as much as I will be... ages gets ya everytime...

Now is the long hard track to lose all the weight I had lost before this adventure began...

But first.... updating with an album of pictures of all the goodies I received in my many exchanges and swaps.  This is the best way I've found to get the wonderful variety in my stash as there is limited items available locally.  I can only hope that what I send out isn't available where they get sent to so that it increases their stash too.

I thought I was clever and added to my outgoing items as so many did for me last year.. course I have to watch how much due to postage... this year... the ladies have swamped me with goodies and there's just no way I could possibly top it!  I have to first give a HUGE THANK YOU to all who sent to me....  I was having a miserable Christmas but each package helped to brighten things for me and gave me the inspiration and will to dive and get back to my crazy quilting again.

so here goes...

 12 Days of Christmas... 

this all came from Susie.... she spoiled me the most this year!

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

Day 9

Day 10

Day 11

Day 11

Big Surprise!

Next is the Secret Sister Package from Joyce

opened

unopened

goodies inside

Victorian Boot Stockings

from Sarma

from Mary

Ok folks it's late for and and I shouldn't have been sitting at this computer for this length of time... I need my lazyboy!!!

Tomorrow I will post all the pics from the crackers.

More Victorian Boot Stockings

I was able to finish off both of the other Victorian Boot Stockings tonite so had to show them off too :)

First is the second of the stockings for the swap.

This one is one in whites and silver.

This is the one that will be a gift for my sister, shhhh....

The Black velvet used in these two stockings are from leftover fabric that made 

my sister's cape for her recent wedding.  In this stocking

is the blue lining used to line her cape.

After a trip to our local "danger zone" (aka fabric store) the colour schemes 

for the other 2 stocking came out. 

 Mostly due to the buttons :)

1st Victorian Boot Stocking

I have just completed my first Victorian Boot Stocking and I'm so thrilled with it I simply had to share! 

I have two more I just need to put together so I'll be finishing them off next! :)

Christmas Tree Skirt wedges

Wow... it's hard to believe it's been this long since I've posted but it's been a slow hard spring and summer and I'm finally beginning to get back on track again.

After a long haul of dealing with severe knee pain, a surgery and then a longer recovery period then I've ever had before (guess it's true it does take longer after you're 40 :(  ), I'm finally learning to deal with the pain I still have left (severe arthritis) by taking the breaks I need and not doing as much as I used to.  So no long hours sitting at the computer and getting up and moving around frequently during the nites of stitching.

I finally finish up those strips needed for that Teen Crazy Quilt so will have to go digging for the pictures of all the quilts that did get completed, but for now I have pictures of the CQed Tree skirt wedges that are finally ready to be sent back to their owners... I sure hope they'll forgive my tardiness and enjoy the work done on them.. I sure loved getting back into CQing by working on these.

Juli #1

Juli #2

Leslie #1

Leslie #2

On Juli's wedges I started with adding silkies of elves and gave them each a border.  I then added in several seam treatments from stitched to trims and added in some buttons and a brooch along with a few other little things.




On Leslie's I used lots of trims, with lots of golds and added a Santa silkie on one and a gold spider on the other.  I did several stitched seam treatments thou kept them to a simple treatment both to save time and because I kept having the vintage look run thru my head while working on them. There are a few buttons and even a brooch as well.



These will be mailed out tomorrow during my day of errands so I'm off to package them up ready to go.  I hope you ladies like the work I've done on them and again.. I'm soo sorry for the delay in getting these done.

Teen Crazy Quilt

This is the center block in the next crazy patchwork quilt that I am working on.

I had in mind the teens would like something like this.

Teen Crazy Quilt
center block

It will be bordered with the black and red stripe fabric... and then another border of the crazy patchwork.. and then an border border of the black and red stripe.

It will backed and binded with the colourful stripe fabric.

Sweet Dreams baby quilt

Wow what an incredibly busy year I've had so far... I've gotten several things done despite having severe pain in my right now... however I've not had a chance to really update my blog of what all I've been up to.

However today I have a treat... I've just finished the quilt top of a baby quilt entitled 'Sweet Dreams".  I think it came out beautifully so I simply had to share with everyone!

The center panel is cross stitched... a design from Pine Glen Designs it was then bordered in a 2" pastel stripe fabric and then the next pieces have Sweet Dreams which were printed on fabric with an ink jet printer and hand appliqued onto the fabric.  once those were all put together it was bordered with 6" strips of crazy patched pastel fabrics and then bordered again with the same pastel stripes fabric.

Sweet Dreams

This will then be quilted and a binding put on.  The angel will be hand quilted around and possibly the Sweet Dreams as well.  the rest will be machine quilted.

This quilt will be available for sale during a couple of local Native Pow Wows this summer.  I sure hope it is picked up by someone who can truly appreciate the work going into this quilt.