The Lair....Quilt Central...Woman Cave-New Projects in Progress!

[speckledhen]

You know me, I have rarely followed someone else's pattern/plan, but these are so nice and simple to make, very straightforward. I really like them! Thank you again, Terrie. I can't wait to get the borders on tomorrow so it will come together and really shine.

 

[speckledhen]

Have the red w/gold stars border on (the book has a red with cream dots border) and I'm putting on a navy blue border. I don't have any beige floral for the outer border at all so what I'm going to do is make the 2" navy border into a 3" navy border and leave it at that. It's already a really good sized runner with a longer drape over the sides than the last two I made.




ETA: Have to wait to buy batting to finish up on it. Meanwhile, pieced a wallhanging/table topper. Wasn't sure I'd like it, but the final result isn't too bad. It is a 24" block from one of the bed runners in the book, guess it's really just a large Rising Star block.

 

[speckledhen]

Almost to the border on quilting this wallhanging/table topper. It's about 33" square, or just slightly over that.

 

[chickencrazymamahen]

Lovely table topper, love that star pattern....and of course your beautiful quilting!!

 

[speckledhen]

Thanks! Its turning out better than I thought it would. I really want to learn to free motion quilt with my machine so I can turn out small projects faster, though generally, I prefer the look of hand quilting.

 

[NanaKat]

You have been a busy lady!

 

[speckledhen]

Keeps me off the streets and out of trouble!

 

[Judy]

I was fortunate enough to win the auction on this wallhanging, and it arrived this morning.

I have to tell you, the pictures do not begin to do the colors or fabric pattern details justice. It is absolutely gorgeous! I was prepared for excellent workmanship, but it is really beautiful, and I'm not a "craftsy" person at all.

There is a rather large blank wall over my laptop that will now be filled with something quite lovely. Thank you, Cynthia!

 

[speckledhen]

I'm thrilled you really like it, Judy! They are colors I love to work with so it was a pleasure to create. Now, it's in the home of someone who has become a very good friend.

 

[Lacy Blues]

Just found this thread. I've been thinking about doing some quilting or piecing this summer as it's too hot to be outside much. I like to hand piece. I know it's slow but it helps me relax in the evening or when (if ever) I'm on a road trip... even if its only an hour away!

I hate being completely idle.

Does anyone besides the OP do any quilting? I like your quilts speckledhen and I admit I didn't read through all 11 pages of posts but was just wondering if anyone else sews? Do you have a group you work with? Do you ever do any round robin type of things? I've done a couple of those and found them to be really fun!

So, just popping in to say hello. Looks like this was a fairly active thread for a while and seems to have faded just a bit. Are you working on anything in particular now?