Red Truck Panel

Quilted this panel to give to Dale’s Dad, Dave, for Christmas.

Large Wire Frame Tote

My sister, Shaina, found the pattern for the Large Wire Frame Tote in Havre at the Bearly Square Quilt Shop.  The pattern is from the Fat Quarter Gypsy.  Shaina wanted Mom to make the tote for her to haul her groceries.  Shaina owns Andy's Restaurant in Havre.  Although Shaina asked Mom when she was going to have the totes done once, Mom told her that she needed help from me to understand the directions.

A number of months ago, Mom brought the pattern to me to have me explain it in words.  It didn't work out so this round, she brought supplies to create the totes.  Our first stop was Bernina to get extra supplies.  At that time, I purchased supplies for me to create a tote too.  I wanted to created a tote so I could show Mom what to do with her totes.  I wanted to stay one step ahead.

By the time Mom headed back to Havre, she had completed one tote.  She had started on the other three she is intending to make for Shaina.

I used some of my Judy Niemeyer fabric for this project.  I like the result a lot.

Started Large Wire Frame Tote on October 23.

Finished a Large Wire Frame Tote on October 25.

Pillowcases

There were some flannel pillowcases that Dale brought into the marriage 15 years ago.  They were beaded up and I didn't think they were very comfortable.  I reallocated the pillowcases into dog beds.  The night I first put that dog bed in the pile, Keegan, age 9, walked by and saw said pillowcase.  He started crying saying that he loved that pillowcase.   How could I make it into a dog bed.  He was pretty inconsolable.
On Monday, November 4, I started making Keegan and Dillon pillowcases for Christmas.

Stocking

The Featherweight Friday project at Trackside Quilting on November 1 was a quilt as you go stocking.  Rather than the organized wedge pattern suggested, I just did willy nilly crumb quilting with really big pieces.

I donated the stocking to Adult Resource Alliance as part of the Christmas giving program through Quilt By Association quilt guild.

It was nice that all of the supplies for this project were from stash.  And I was able to complete it in the one day at Trackside Quilting.

Community Quilts

I was trying to take things easy after my gum grafting surgery so I quilted some community quilts.  I don’t love to do the binding so I just turn the pieces into QBA without binding.  There are some ladies who love binding so I will let them do it 😊

This polyester top was in a bag to be made into a dog bed.  I thought it was fine enough to be a quilt for a human for a while.  So I quilted it.

Keepsake Quilting now has fabric printed that looks like denim scraps on top of each other.  I had been thinking about my denim scraps for a while.  When I had some backing left on the bottom of the other community quilts, I used my quilting machine to put denim scraps together.  These are cut about placement size.  I made a bigger one that I like better.

I had this denim bordered polyester top created for a long time.  I intended to use it in case I had to do a demo.  But I finally decided just to quilt it.

Another placemat.

Friendship 2019 Shivery Snowmen

The pattern selected for this year's Friendship Block Exchange is Shivery Snowmen.  We had 3 different fabrics we could use in our blocks so fabric was less important this year.  We did still have the restriction of all batik fabric.

Blocks I created for the exchange:
January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Following are the blocks I received from my friends:
Because there were fewer than 12 people participating, I received 2 of my blocks back.  January was the first block we got to keep.

Sue W.

Lynn C.

Kris L.

Marlene W.

Rita O.

Sue C.

Sue H.

Mine

Sue W.

Lynn  C.

Kris L.

Now I need to get the quilt completed by the next get together on Saturday, April 4, 2020.

The exchange party was Saturday, September 7 at my house.  It is always fun to get together.

I had part of the top put together to show this at 60 Day Club at the Laurel Golf Club on Saturday, November 2.

Finished putting on the outer borders of the top on Monday, November 4.

Started Holiday Star Table Runner and Square Topper at Table Topper Tuesday at Trackside Quilting in Laurel.  The pattern is by Sue Colley.