I have another finish for Feb. one I am so happy to have completed as it has been going since Sept .
I hand quilted it so that is what took me so long , it isn't a huge project but I only worked on
it occasionally in the evenings and at times got carried away with how much quilting to do ,
this is just a wall hanging ,a panel by Nancy Halverston , hope I have that right , it is just
adorable , love her work . This was a gift from a dear friend in Denmark , Susanne , wasn't
she sweet to send this to me !!

It is sunny and mild here today , oh you can feel spring in the air and that is a very good
thing. Hope the sun is shining where ever you are .
Sheila

fabric landscape

I just completed this fabric landscape ,it has been on my design wall since Nov. and it was calling my name this past week so I finally bit the bullet and finished it off . It is a complete figment of my imagination , I just used the fabric as it seemed to work for me and so enjoy making these landscapes .The landscape section I actually did on a flight to visit my son and his family ,since it is all handwork it is a great project to take along ;-0
Sheila

Finishes

Thought I would share a few more finishes for this month . I made the table topper yesterday , loved that center fabric so much just had to make something special with it and I really like how it turned out . I just used flannel
as the batting so it would lay flat and am pleased with how that worked .
The baskets I made after a visit to Jenny's blog and the tutorial can be found here .
They are such fun to make , quick and easy , my kind of project and are the perfect size to store lots of things like charm squares .
The drawstring bags I mentioned before , I made these for the ladies at our local womens shelter .It was a request to our quilt guild to make these as the women do not have a bathroom of their own when they 're there and must have something to carry their personal care products in when visiting the shower . This month we will each bring some personal care products for these bags as well , it is a much appreciated project and we all agree it is important to help out these
women in their hour of need .
Thanks for stopping by .
Sheila

Our quilt guild is having a paper bag swap ,those participating placed three to four fabrics of their choice in a bag and they were exchanged at our meeting in Jan.
These are the fabrics I received and the way it works is I had to make something for that person using Only the fabrics in the bag ,you could add embellishments but no other fabrics .SO....... these three things are what I came up with , a fabric basket , a sewing companion and a large pincushion because a gal can never have too many pincushions .
I'm sorry I neglected to tell you where I got the patterns for these items . The basket is from a great tutorial from the Pink Penguin and if  I do this right you should find it here http://ayumills.blogspot.com/2008/05/tutorial-fabric-basket.html . The sewing companion is from a Country Patchwork &Craft magazine Vol. 5 No.#1 and is from Blue Willow Cottage .The pincushion is from Better Homes and Gardens Quilts and More ,spring 2008 .

I guess that gives me three more finishes for Feb. yeah!

Our quilt guild is also helping out the local womens shelter this month so I have made three drawstring bags and a pillowcase for a child , I haven't incuded pictures of those yet but will do that later on . We also take in items that they need such a toileteries ,sheets, towels etc. This is an annual event and is very successful and the shelter really appreciates our efforts . We also give them quilts around Christmas time to be given to those that are in the home at that time or throughout the year .

It is snowing here today , a light drizzle with high winds ,thankfully no huge storms on the horizon ;-0
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.
Sheila

Here is my second finish for February , this was a mystery quilt I did from Planet Patchwork a couple of years ago and just never got around to finishing . I finally got my act together and finished the applique that I had added as I felt it was rather boring the way it was . I also did the machine quilting myself experimenting with free motion in the borders and I did see improvement by the time I got around to maybe the third side ;-) I had quite a challenge finding enough fabric to bind it , I know that I will probably find that fabric one of these days but thankfully I found just enough with about one inch to spare .

I have another mystery quilt sandwiched now ,this one was from a local quilt shop , they have a mystery quilt each summer during that communities festival week so a few of my quilter friends went out to take part and even though they have had theirs quilted for a long time I am just getting around to starting that :-( Oh well I can thank Kris and Peg for starting the OPAM challenge it sure makes me motivated to get things complete ;-)