Beautiful Quilt Received!

I found a wonderful SFRR quilt in my mailbox this morning - what a great Christmas eve gift! The back is just as fun as the front, and the workmanship is beautiful. Margaret hosted a wonderful swap and I really appreciate all her hard work, as well as the work of Susan, Valerie, Margaret and Jeanne who created my beautiful quilt. I have it on a small table right by my front door now, but it may be destined for my daughter's yellow room.


I've been working with my Gwen Marston - style borders and blocks to add to my center, and I decided these 16-patch blocks didn't add anything great. However, when I laid them out all by themselves, they look pretty good. I may now have a new center and work on 2 quilts at once. It seems one or the other or both might need a bright zig-zag border.



The Christmas jammies were finished in plenty of time ... photos of the completed project soon. I love the rocket on the front of my son's - I hope he does as well!

Instant Gratification

Even though I have some bigger projects in mind, I always come back to the instant gratification of comfort quilts. I was playing with my 2.5" strips and whipped up this Chinese coins top and a bordered box quilt. Fun colors that I hope will give a child something fun to look at.
















I recently purchased Gwen Marston's Collaborative Quilts book and am very inspired by her whimsical style. I pulled out a small friendship start quilt (30 x 40) that I had made from some leftover half square triangles. I started adding borders and lots of brights and black and whites ... I really like how it's coming along! However, I have some Christmas eve jammies I need to finish (a tradition in our house), so I'm putting it aside while I finish those.