Creative Homemaker

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...

As if I didn't have enough on my plate...(that must be the understatement of the year)I'm jumping in. I was just going to sit back and watch the clues unfold. But I've gotten sucked in! I'm doing this. I love Bonnie Hunter's quilts. They are everything that appeals to me, colorful, scrappy, frugal with lots of great details. I love her motto about "ugly" fabrics, "If it's still ugly, you just didn't cut it small enough!" Once the first clue came out I knew I had to play along. I love green and pink together. It is all over my house in different shades and combinations. My poor husband has to sleep in a froo-froo bedroom. Which he does willingly to keep my happy. (The first time I saw him, he was wearing a pink Izod button down shirt.) [swoon!] Yet, I digress. So, I'll post my progress here. I'll put up a picture as soon as step one is completed. Ok, I'm excited now! Eating is overrated, isn't it? "It's Campbell...