A few more completed

Realized that this has actually been a pretty good year for finishing quilts.

This bluestar one was done just to prove to myself I could actually do something in blue. I like it more than I thought I would, also fills the "seasonal" need to have something reflecting Winter.

At one point I realized that wanting a Christmas seasonal quilt meant that I had to get working on one before Christmas so, after a Pinawa retreat where Judy Blatz helped us discover the "split nine-patch" this festive number was done with those Christmas fat 1/4's I'd purchased early in my quilting career before I realized that a fat 1/4 is really useless unless you buy about 20 of them...so some of my ugly Christmas themes got used in this one and it still looks nice :)

A fun experience was a workshop with Heather Lair from Gimli. One of her trademark pieces is the crafting of Quilting postcards. Doug actually bought me my first one when he was on Staff retreat one fall. I loved it and when the opportunity came to do a workshop with her I was tickled. This is the post card that came out of it...I think there are a few more in me! This one went to one of the "used to be church ladies".. Karen when she moved into her new house and hosted us for a fabulous dinner...Love those ladies!

And now for the actual pics! Had some trouble with these last night, try again.

This was a commission for a wedding. Siblings purchased it for their brother. Variation of the "round in circles" original design done for Westgate Mennonite Collegiate Bursary fundraising banquet in 2010. Have since done two wedding quilt commissions of this pattern or a variation. This one is lap size, 55x60.
Here's the "crazy eyes" with it's retro girl. still love the polkadots on the dark purple.

Hotshots is the pattern, super fun was the quilt-making although, deceptive is the pattern in it's apparent simplicity. ripped more simple seams on this one that ever I think! Experimented with machine quilted feathers, and, they turned out super for first time! Even the arch and the corners turned out slick...maybe I'll have to try those again!

these are a few of my favourite things

Here's a few of the quilts that have flown off the machine in the last little while. Oh, and the recipient of the whacky one from the previous post.

Loving my loft space for working, open the door and the window and nice little breeze wafts through. Thanks to the insulating the boys did last summer, it's actually not even that hot up there (yet!). Looking forward to some stitching time during vacation! Can hardly wait, first actual paid vacation that I can remember, usually just get vacation paid out at the end of the job. Thought I'd do it differently this time.