Fifth Sunday of the year

Things I've been working on

Napkins ...

Kitchen Towels ...

 

A toddler blankie ...

A new pair of socks ...

UFOs this week

What have I been working on in my list of UnFinished Objects?
Mostly ... I finished this baby quilt for my newest nephew!

Crumb quilt stripes!

Little cars and trucks!

Checkerboard quilt back!

I love crumb quilts lately! I guess it's sort of a full-circle thing. Seems like my first-ever blog post was about "made fabric" crumb quilting. Still love it!

I'm linking this post to this week's UFO Challenge at Jo's Country Junction.

Fourth Sunday of the year

The Why of my Quilting

Every now and then, I think about why I make quilts, or someone asks.

There are lots of reasons. 

Here are a few.

Because ...

Color! 

Creativity!

Finished products!

Giving!

 Customizing!

Recycling!

History!

Warmth!

Sending a "hug" miles away!

UFOs Again

This week's Wednesday UFO report:

My Vintage-Inspired English Paper Piecing has finally seen some progress!

That left and top border have gotten another row of diamonds since last week. (See the "before/during" pic below.)

  

The current cream-and-white border is almost complete. It needs one more neutral row (almost 100 diamonds), and then a colorful row. I'm not sure what's next after that.

I'm working on my (elaborate) quilt back for my weather quilt. I've got about 130 of these (8-inch) triangle blocks made, which is plenty.

Lots of progress on this, and lots of scraps being incorporated! 

(This process has, of course, resulted in a bunch more colorful stuff partially assembled, which will become part of another project.)

I'm linking my UFO report to this week's link party at Jo's Country Junction.

Third Sunday of the year ...