Productive

April 20, 2009 by mariajhmom 16 Comments

That was my weekend!  On Friday, I finished my Rebel Roses quilt.

The pattern is from Quilting for Joy.  I’m too lazy to get up and get the book, so I can’t tell you the name of the pattern.  I do love this book though.  It’s by sisters Barbara Brandeberg and Teri Christopherson.  I’ve loved their work for years and have made lots of their quilts.

I also started a knitting project last week.  I showed you this photo.

I started the Aeolian Shawl on Knitty.  The yarn is Schaefer Andrea.  I feel like I’m knitting with pearl cotton!

I’d love to have this done for Mother’s Day.

On Saturday I finally finished a quilt that I started a year ago.  All I had left was the borders.

I made the outside border nice and wide so I can scallop it.  There’s one block in this quilt that bugged me a year ago and it still bugs me.

The pattern was from Let The Good Times Roll, by Heather Peterson of Anka’s Treasures.  The pattern uses a Jelly Roll of fabric and I needed all 40 strips, so I had to use that piece.  It’s a little better now that the border is on.    It will be a cute little girl quilt with the scallops.

I also pieced backings for the two quilts pictured here and this quilt.  This is the quilt that ended up 126 inches square.  It took me a while to piece this backing.  I also got the bindings ready for all three quilts.

Yesterday, I started a new quilt.  I’m going to work on it all day today, so I’ll have more to show you soon.  I’m being a bum and taking a day to quilt because it’s my birthday.  My family has something planned for later today, but I don’t know what.  I’m sure it will include white cake with whipped lard frosting.  Yum!  And there’s a baseball game tonight.  So I’d better get busy and go sew!