Happily Quilting in the New Year!

 This little baby quilt is for a great nephew to be born any day. Fortunately, I got it in the mail this week before his arrival. That one was down to the wire. All I was told was that it was a nautical theme so I chose sailboats, polka dots, sea creatures and found a fun border at Intown Quilters.

 Here's a little close-up - I'm glad I chose to do the striped border on the bias - it just adds to the quilt I think.

 I had enough fabric/blocks left from the quilt I made for my daughter at Christmas to make another whole quilt. It went together quite easily since the blocks were already put together. I used up almost every single bit of the fabric - I like that!

 This is for some friends of ours that really need a 'hug' this week. I put a flannel backing for warmth also.

Here's another block that is prepped for stitching of my Primitive Garden quilt. Slow but sure. I got the pieces bonded yesterday so it's ready for some stitching . . . sometime!

Happy New Year and hope you are finding time to stitch a bit also!

Still Here and Quilting!

 I'm not sure what happened to me but I just didn't seem to want to blog for a while - but here are a couple of quilts I have done. When my husband was treated for prostate cancer this spring in Jacksonville, Florida, he was a patient at the University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute. They had art classes for children and adults alike and I spoke to the art teacher about quilting. As it turned out, I met two other quilters that helped some patients and family members make quilt blocks. All this began just as I was leaving.

This is the second quilt that has been made and I was happy to be able to quilt it for them. Brenda from Tennessee put the blocks together and sent it to me for the quilting and binding.

A close-up and below showing the backing!

Many of the blocks were hand sewn and I trust the patients enjoyed learning a new craft/art and having some therapy with it.

This quilt is a Christmas gift and went together quite well. I really like the colors in it. I'm still sewing the binding on it.

Here is most of our small quilt group - all but Wonda who had an injury and could not make it. We went to a tea room for our Christmas luncheon. Very nice and I feel so blest to have these wonderful ladies as my friends!