Hubby's Lap Quilt

Finally done. I gave hubby his lap quilt yesterday. He just loved it. In fact he loved it so much now he says he may want to use it as a wall quilt. Well...so long as he uses it, I guess. Here it is, both front and back.

Manly colors, don't you think. No where near the colors I would have chose for my self, but its a guy thing This whole quilt was very impromptu. I had no idea where I was going to go with making this quilt for him. All I had in the beginning was the symbol as you can see from my previous post.Once I came up with the idea for the front and finished it, I said to myself 'OK, what are you going to do for the back?'. As you can see, I pieced it. I actually kind of like the idea of a pieced back. It gives you more of an idea to play with how the back will look (that is, if the back will be shown).

Lap Quilt

I have made things for others in my family, sometimes a couple of times over but so far I haven't made one for hubby yet. I started a big one for him some time ago but it became such a huge undertaking that it became an UFO (in quilting terms, its an 'unfinished object'). Well that seemed a little unfair since he has indulged my obsession with fabric and pretty much anything quilting, without too much fuss, so I am in the process of making him a (a much smaller and more manageable) lap quilt. Here is a part of the center panel...

Its a symbol that means 'Except for God'. A symbol of the omnipotence and immortality of God.

Forgotten Post

Well I guess better late than never! I forgot to post the last two Christmas gifts I made. Life can be a little distracting at times, don't you think :)? They were both bed runners. Here is the one I made for my mother along with the back.

 

The back is laying on my cutting table long-ways and half folded over. And this is the one I made for my sister and her husband with its back.

Argyle - Done!

Ok it took me way too long to post this. I had finished this mini two weekends ago. I actually became enamored with the argyle pattern earlier this year (like that was so long ago) and decided to see if I could create one of my own. Here is the end result...

Its very shadow-y so I will have to post a better picture soon. I used gray thread to quilt the top, thinking that white might be a little too much and as I look at it more and more I think I should have gone with the white instead. Oh well...you live and learn.

Argyle

Here is my rendition of and Argyle mini. There are a few others I have seen that inspired this one. This is only the top at the moment. I will be quilting it this weekend.

Delivery No. 1

Finally got a chance to deliver one of my three Christmas gifts (at least I got it there before the end of January). Here it is in the WIP stage...

It is a table runner. This is the finished product. I added a few coasters to go along with it.

Unfortunate Loss

We lost a beloved friend and family member this past Friday, January 14, 2011. Her name was Daisy...

This is a picture of her in her younger days. She had been a part of our family for almost 7 years. We adopted her from the Virginia Westie Rescue in 2004. She was 4 years old when we adopted her. She was taking a whole host of medication when we first adopted her for various illnesses. Fortunately for her and for us, most of her illnesses seemed to melt away once she understood that we loved and would take care of her. It turned out that all she really needed was the love and security of a good family. She was a very patient, caring and loving animal and she will be missed very much. God bless you Daisy girl!