2017 Finishes

First finish of the year….Sushi. Jan 10, 2017. 60″x40″. Based upon Score 9 from Sherri Lynn Wood’s book Improv Handbook for Modern Quilters.

Next finish (mid-January) is this Comfort Quilt for a friend of mine who is fighting a medical battle from HELL. I made 50 blocks from The Splendid Sampler program and then lost interest. It was nice to have those blocks when it was time to quickly get a quilt made. I did walking foot quilting in gently curved cross-hatching. Between the top and the back, I have used up nearly all my batik collection – only a bag of scraps left.

And a quick and easy finish (late January) is this cot quilt. It was made out of 9 patch blocks from an online exchange (note to self – don’t do THAT again!). I sub-cut them into disappearing 9 patches. I had a piece of fleece and used that for the back. Tied it with Pearl Cotton 8. It will be put in a ‘grandma’ basket. First time grandmother. I’m not sure I am a supporter of showers for grandmas but I went with the flow and made it.

January Mighty Lucky Quilt Challenge finish-

February

Boro-style patching to my favorite jean jacket

Knit and crochet scarf with Wolle’s cotton yarn

Three dress-up bibs

Knitted washcloths and a baby quilt with the fabrics left over from the bibs.

Needle Cases using Indigo & rust dyed fabrics. Machine Sashiko stitching.

FB Improv Challenge piece. Original image of a building. Manipulated in Photoshop.

FB 2017Score2 Challenge piece. This image is actually up-side-down. Pieced border should be on the bottom and right.

Another FB Improv Challenge – 2017Score1. We were to use a fabric we didn’t like (the pink tablecloth background) and then use a deconstructed New York Beauty block. Mine symbolizes Lady Liberty crying because of the petulant, overgrown orange man-child that was elected president of the USA.