My Saturday

between getting the laundry done, dishes, packing my HV Lily up to take her in for some general maintenance and getting re-acquainted with my Mega Quilter - boy is it heavy!  I managed to get these done:

   

and then something for a different season and different technique!


crayon technique

Hope you had a great Saturday, too!

Happy quilting!

I've been MIA

more doodling

no really good excuse, had a cold for a few days, work is crazy, inspiration was taking a holiday - all the usual things! But, I did get some quilting done this week - I used some things I learnt in Carla Barrett's Quilt Whisper class, and finished off my Christmas quilt.  Do you remember Figgy Duff? 
I started it last February - got the top pieced in no time flat - I based it on a quilt made by Amanda Jean (Crazy Mom Quilts) last year for the Moda Bake Shop, but made it bigger, and then it sat. 

Figgy Duff - pieced

And sat.  And sat some more.  I pulled it out and started working on it at the day long retreat I did with Krista (Poppyprint).  I got half of the middle quilted before I got bored with straight lines, and switched over to the inner border's feathers.  That was better.  Got that border done, and then it sat - again! 
Until this week, when I realized that Christmas will be here before you know it, and I wanted it done!  I worked on it on Thursday and got the cross hatching finished in the middle, the pieced border outline quilted, and half of the outer border's feathers quilted.  This was a feather design I got from Carla in the Quilt Whisper class.  It was a good day! 
Today I finished off the border, trimmed and bound it. 

I wanted it done, so I did a machine applied binding, start to finish. 


Feathers

 It looks pretty good!  and yaaaaaay!!!


Figgy Duff - Finished!

 I have a Christmas quilt done!  and I kept to my promise of having it done before this Christmas!  an OPAM & Christmas Projects 2010 finish!

Good thing, as you wouldn't believe the number of new ideas I've had as I was finishing this one!

Happy quilting!