Creative Homemaker

I just finished my first Leader and Ender quilt. They are quilts that sew themselves! This pattern is called Sisters 9-Patch, from her book Adventures with Leaders and Enders. This one is for the back of my couch and will sport a pretty cream and green border.

I belong to an online email list, (which shall remain nameless so the secret remains just that.) One of the ladies/quilters there has been a wonderful contributor to the list; often sharing fun patterns and free designs, much to the delight of all who read the posts. Recently, she has been missing, she has cancer and has undergone many difficulties in her recovery. It was suggested that we send her quilt blocks.  This heart pattern is what we chose. Then someone suggested that we send her a quilt, since she won't be able to sew for a while.  I volunteered to sew the blocks together if someone else would quilt it.  The little squishies started piling up in my mailbox. :-) I loved looking at all the fabrics from other quilters' stashes. The Heart Quilt project was born. We soon overwhelmed the original list and a sister site was set up to handle to overflow. Our first quilt is finished, with another quilt on the way to another member who has experien...

End of the year, (ok, actually beginning of the year actually, but I did these last year...) tally. The first finish was Robby's Winds of Sodor quilt.  It's made from strings and crumbs--wonky log cabin style.  It's the second in a series of three quilts for my boys' room.  The back of Robby's quilt has a train panel given to me by a friend who knows I quilt.  I added extra wonky log cabin blocks around the perimeter of the panel.  We now have a sort of two-sided quilt. I quilted it in a overall swirl pattern. It's interesting to see the improvement in my quilting.  That first wonky log cabin is, well, quilted, but not good at all. The pattern is laid out in a "streak of lightening" pattern, The light colors zig-zag across the quilt diagonally. You can see the stitching better here.  Robby says it looks like wind. The next quilt I finished is from February.  My father in law died and it's made from his shirts.  It's styled...