Thread Tales From A Scrappy Quilter

I did not get to work on as many of my UFO's as I had planned nor did I finish by Bali Wedding Star but it is on the long arm table, design board, sewing machine... just all over the place right now.   Maybe by the end of next week it will be a flimsy!  I did take several classes (maybe too many) this year offered through the 3 guilds that I belong to and NONE of them are finished.  I really need to stop juggling so many projects, it makes me nuts!  But when incredibly talented, nationally acclaimed teachers are scheduled for our guild meetings, I just have to participate.   Being in the Houston area, our guilds get some of the best.  Also, some of my most fun work is in custom quilting YOUR finished tops.   But this post reflects on my  finishes , some that had been UFO's for years that I am especially happy to have gotten quilted and bound this year. January I pieced and quilted Fracture, compl...

I am entering "Wonky Donkey" into the baby quilt category for Amy's Bloggers Quilt Festival    IF the system will let me.  The entry dates end today... and something has closed all the links on her site.   Keeping my fingers crossed that I can get these added before I head off into wireless land for a wonderful getaway to celebrate my hubby's birthday. Wonky Donkey was just finished recently for my soon to be first grandson.  From a household of 4 boys, 4 granddaughters and now the first grandson!   You can find info on the original post on my blog.  

This is such a cute little quilt!    The pattern layers 3 fabrics and you cut out "wonky" strips centered around a focal point.  The donkeys are so cute in their rain boots.   The neighbor's cat that thinks he lives at my house... Checking it out.   "Drip" hand guided pantograph     "grown up" fabric for the backing.  2 layers of batting, Hobbs 80/20 and Hobbs Wool.  Glide thread.   Pattern for wonky-donkey-2 My quilt blocks turned out OK, I would have preferred to have more fabric and been a little more selective with my cuts.   With a random cut square of fabric to begin with, it was difficult to get a fussy cut center.   Or if you did get a nice cut for the center area it left the outer strips (8 of them) not so precise.   I loved the pattern though and knowing what I know now... I want to play with this technique more....