Koi Fish Table Runner

I had Saturday and Sunday off this week and got this table runner finished.  I had purchased this remnant of border fabric at Country Cloth in Altaville over a  year ago, not knowing what to do with it, but loving this Oriental print.  It is called Kingyo, from Red Rooster.

Later I decided to make a table runner for my friend Cherie, who has a koi pond.  I cut the fabric and lined it up, hoping to get 4 patch posey blocks, but these turned out to be only slightly effective.   I do like the end result, however. 

I put it on my wall to photograph it and started to think it looks real nice there....

I used a black meandering stitch in the ditch around each block, then did an ecru simple leaf design in the center of each.  I used Echo Shell for the border.

For the binding I used a coordinated floral from the same collection that I found on E-Bay.  I have several yards of this beautiful fabric.

This is my largest FMQ piece so far, following Peter's Tee Shirt Quilt

Start of 2011 Block of the Month : Houses

I have been having a blast learning paper piecing and following along with the Blocks of the Month on The Quilting Board!  

The theme on the first of each month for 2011 is Houses.

Here are mine so far.  I did not post all of them, but there are photos of the finished quilt in a later post.

January: Church

February: Farmhouse

March: Old Red Barn

April: Bird House

Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt

Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt, a set on Flickr.

This is a quilt I made for my friend Debbie after her son passed away at the young age of 40 last year.

She gave me all his favorite shirt and asked me to make a quilt for her and Peter's sister, Mackenzie. 

This was my first FMQ project.  I learned the designs on Leah's website, drew them, tested them on a muslin square, then FMQ'd each tee shirt block.  Each of the 36 blocks uses a different design from the Free Motion QuiltThis was a very fun and rewarding project. I then assembled them using QAYG and Marguerita's McManus Crazy Short Cut Quilts method.

The link to the Flickr set should show more detailed photos of  the FMQ on all 36 blocks and my assembly process.

Peter's Memorial Tee Shirt Quilt, finished

Picture 1 Whole Qiult, a photo by nickersmarie on Flickr.

Wonky Log Cabin Pot Holders

I just love wonky blocks, that is, when it is done on purpose!  Here are a couple pot holders I made for my friend Cherie.   She won't use them, just hangs them as decorations.  She says they are too pretty to use...