Handmade gifts galore!

This year the majority of my gifts are handmade.

For the littlest grandkids...quilts.

First, Fancy Forest by Elizabeth Hartmann for the baby.

My youngest granddaughter gets Le Jardin by Bunnyhill.

 

I even wrote her name in the corner. 

Both of these quilts were hand guided free motion and ruler work 

with Le Jardin having some computer borders.

The baby also gets this quilt from my daughter. 

She designed, drafted and pieced it using a purchased pattern for the fox.

And details of the quilting I did.

My daughter's family will receive this cuddly quilt backed in minky.

Quilted it using one of my favorite edge to edge patterns.

                                   I made two of these collage quilts from Laura Heine

...one for my sister and one for my DIL.

The hardest things I made were these pencil cases with a pattern ByAnnie called Flipping Out.

I am still working on charity quilts; but alas, with the pandemic, no one will accept them.

 I will hold on to them to gift in the future.

So what is next...

I am piecing a sampler quilt using stash fabrics for 

A Year of Stars,

a year long tutorial on free motion and ruler quilting by Natalia Bonner starting Jan. 1st.

I'll have a red and green quilt to gift next year!

Wishing you all a happy holiday season! 

A little progress each day...

leads to a flimsy!

I consider myself a connoisseur of the UFO and WIP!

My mom used to ask me why I had so many unfinished projects.

My answer was always,

"I have to do housework. When it comes to my creative side,

I don't have to finish anything. When I am done,

I am done."

She never understood that.

After all, I am in what I call my midlife of quilting...

I contemplate whether completing a project will truly enrich my life.

Not with this project...

started and finished in less than a week!

Of course, mine is an abbreviated version of 

Laura Heine's Cactus Collage Sampler.

My granddaughter played along with me.

She made the whole quilt...LOL!

The front of my Tidepool Pouch is also finished,

but I will save it for when it is actually a pouch.

Connecting with my quilting community helps me combat isolation,

so thank you for stopping by and taking the time to read my blog.