On to the next

I finished up my "Little Buds" quilt by Lisa Bongean.  It is from www.primitivegatherings.us

I bought this little kit at a Minnesota quilt show a couple of years ago.  Great directions and she included enough fabric for the back and the binding as well as generous amounts for all the other pieces in the quilt.  This quilt is 10.5" x 14.5".

I thought I would show you what I did in place of a sleeve.  I used corner hangers.  You can just slide a small piece of dowel up into the corner slots and hang your quilt.  This works great for small quilts.  I learned how to do this on the Minnesota Contemporary Quilters website.

Here is the finished front of the quilt.

And the back.  Lots of quilting for something so tiny.

Decided on my next project.  I purchased this on a Twin Cities Shop hop a year or so ago.  It will be a great project bag.  Lots of room for everything.  I may have been influenced by the fact that my daughter is named Stephanie!  But it does look like a great bag.

And the fabric I chose.

Have a Creative Day

Janet

P.h.d. (Projects half done)

I'm working on some of my Phd's this summer!  Sounds impressive doesn't it.  I am definitely a 'beginning' quilter, I love to begin quilts.  I'm trying to become a finishing quilter.  

I've been enjoying all the flowers in my yard this summer.  We have lived here for almost 22 years now so I think we are almost finished landscaping.  We add one or two new flowers, or trees, or shrubs each year.  So, when I came across this tiny flower quilt hiding in my sewing room, I decided it was time to finish this project,  I bought this kit from a vendor at the Minnesota Quilt Show a couple of years ago.  It will only be 10 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches when it is finished.  It is a Primitive Gatherings design by Lisa Bongean called Little Buds.

I have all the little flower pieces cut now.  Next is the added embroidery.  After I trim the blocks I add a few borders.  One of the borders uses 1/2 inch thangles.  I have never used thangles before so makes it fun to try something different.  I think it is like paper piecing.

Enjoy the summer, it is over too fast!  This year we added a raised bed garden.  I am loving having a vegetable garden again.

Have a creative day

Janet