I am a little uncomfortable making quilts for others.  A part of me is afraid they won't like what I make.  But I love making quilts, and I only have so much room in my house.  This year I am stepping out of my comfort zones, and I am endeavoring to make quilts for my siblings.  First up is a wandering star for my oldest sister.  Her couch is kinda teal, and I don't have a lot of teal, so I rounded up what teal I had, and I added everything I could find that worked together.  So here it goes:

An action shot on my chair:

Close-ups:

and:

And the back:

My husband has given it a thumbs up, so I hope she'll like it, too.

I bought an out of print quilt book by Doreen Zimmerman awhile back.  I was inspired by these little sailboats on one of the quilts, so I made my own version.

The boat in the upper left corner was initially pieced together incorrectly, but I liked my mmistake so much, I made another mis-pieced block for the opposite corner. Each boat is 2" x 2".  To give you a sense of scale, here it is hanging by my fireplace:

I fell in love with green while working on this quilt: http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=235506.msg2578507#msg2578507
I decided to make a bed quilt to go along with it:


Now I have to make matching pillow cases.

Enjoy!

When I first started quilting, I made a lot of sample blocks so I could practice and develop new skills.  I made blocks with half-square triangles, quarter square triangles, flying geese, strip piecing, etc.  Most of those blocks got donated to people making charity quilts.  I held onto a group of those blocks, and 9 to 10 years later I sewed them  into a quilt top.  After stitching in the ditch around the blocks, I set the quilt aside.  Zoom ahead 10 more years. . .  and I finally finished quilting it.  Here it is, 20 years in the making:

I also took a picture of it outside, but the morning sun in Winter doesn't create the best light:

A few of the individual blocks. . . 
Balkan puzzle:

Aunt Sukey's Choice:

Card Trick:

My stippling skills leave much to be desired, but if you don't look too closely, you might not noticed all the mistakes!!

My brother and his wife asked for quilted placemats for Christmas this year.  When I asked about color scheme, they said something like old world maps.  I didn't have any old world map fabric, so I gathered all the fabric I could that fit my image of an old world map, and I came up with these. 
All six on my table:

A few of the individual mats:




I made each one a little different, but I still think they go together well. What do you think?  I hope they like them.

I have been having so much fun making these.   Here a  few of my newest:


These are a great way to use up scraps, and they make great gifts.  Thanks.

The birthday girl liked her duffle bag and clutch a lot [ http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=390233.0 ], but what she really wanted was a place to put her new Kindle. . .  so we worked together to make this:

The zebra flap carries over just a little on the back side:

And you can see the Kindle poking out just a little from the pocket:


I took it outside to the birdbath to take its picture.  I have the hardest time photographing black!!

The birthday girls loves it, and now I want a Kindle just to make another pouch.  I cannot believe how well it turned out.

C&C welcome.

It is birthday season around here, and one of the birthday girls is into zebra EVERYTHING.  I got busy this week. . .   and this is what I came up with:
A gathered clutch from noodle heads tutorial [http://www.noodle-head.com/2010/04/gathered-clutch-tutorial.html]:
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and the interior shot:


Plus a mini duffle from Lia [http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=7290.0]:


I love both of these tutorials so much.  Thank you Craftster for introducing me!!

So are aprons clothes or household items?  You wear them, so I am putting my pix here (after much internal debate).  Some of the fabrics came from old sheets, curtains, and a dress I made in college. . .
My Noah's ark apron (note the yo-yos!):

My Country blue apron (more yo-yos).  I made this one from a set of sheets that I used for curtains:

My tiger apron used to be a dress that I made and couldn't part with:

Lastly, a patriotic apron made from fabric dating back to the bicentennial!:

Just finished!!!

I actually pieced this quilt some time ago, but it took me a long time to decide how to finish off the quilt.  I am  really happy with how it turned out.
I think that the salmon stop border works really well the the blue binding to frame the quilt and set off the colors:

I'm not very good at machine quilting, so I kept it simple with a grid pattern, as seen by the back:

My daughter says that the back fabric is pretty boring, but I got it for a great price. . .   . . . and who is going to look at it anyway??