Three More Kitty Quilts...

 Here is the Kiki Quilt for Kiki the cat. I gave a whirl at partial seaming and really it is so much FUN! So the next one is the lovely Phoebe quilt.  

Another partial seamed but with all the Asian prints it gets kind of lost but I notice that the pictures really do not due the quilties justice! SO pretty in person. Love making the scrappy quilts.

And this one! Pure scrappy from my scrap pile for our own kitties - you cannot have too many kitty quilts to put on chairs, etc. for the kitty fur to leak on. Enough quilties to wash and replace. I used oranges here that I knew I just did not like. Had fat quarters. But when the quilt was done it really does look nice in a chair. :)  Fun wrapup to the year!

OMNI and Me...

 OMNI from Superior Threads is my favorite thread. Someone asked how the 6000 yard cone fits on my machine - well, with a machine with builtin thread stand on the back you do have the room. I keep at least one spool of OMNI on my machine at all times and that means just SEWING when I want to. I have four basic colors - all sort of mellow tones - grayed out a bit. Pink, blue, yellow and green. At the moment I am using the sagey green one. :) It has quilted two kitty quilties and a few other items over the last month or so.  I just wish they sold it in smaller spools! There is a TRY ME of OMNI and you can choose white or a couple of tans. I have those as well. LOVE them.  They are - I think - 1500 yards.

National Park Panel Whole Cloth...

Even though there was no piecing involved, this was a project that took time. My Warm & Natural Batting plus the weight of the panel and the backing fabric - it was heavy. Took me quite awhile to do the curved walking foot quilting, and then I loved doing that binding. I used Timeless Treasures "Shimmer" for the binding. The top thread is OMNI in a tan, and the bobbin thread was prefilled So Fine 60.  Meanwhile I ordered two large cones of OMNI, and gave away over 12,000 yards of good threads to make room for my two new cones of OMNI in a pastel yellow and faded light sagish green. Whisper Green and Lemon Cream.  The backing is Prairie 108" Wide Pink from Lori Holt for Riley Blake Designs. It is lovely fabric of a slightly heavier feel than light quilting cotton. Beautiful stuff. 

 

As you can see - I had help making the quilt. :) Pearl always has to inspect the work in progress. 

The quilt is for my dear daughter-in-law. She is a pleasure to know and a wonderful person. She loves National Parks and has taken the family to quite a number of them. I wanted to make two quilts for each of my kids and for her as well. I don't know how many more large quilts I have in me at this point. The weight is difficult to work with in the quilting, but I do love quilting itself.  The National Park panel I bought at eQuilter. It is a Riley Blake Design as well, and measures 54" by 72".

Ladybug Pincushion Fun...

I had bought the book sometime ago, and finally decided to sew this little guy up. I skipped the tulle wing-like thing, and went for simpler eyes. I had the red and black dotted fabric remnant, and it's so cute! Filled with chopped batting leftover from other projects. had the black print from way back, so this was a fast and useful project. Would make a cute little gift for someone as well. The book is called Make Pincushions. 

 

 

Meanwhile, working on a largish quilt....more on that later.