The Garden is DONE!

Not an actual Garden Garden...but My Grandmothers Flower Garden (that is the name of the quilt pattern, still thinking of a name this actual quilt).  This quilt was made by hand and I started this in March of 2009 and finished it in May 2010.  So 'only' 14 months of handwork.  I do plan to hand quilt this one.  The size is 80.5 x 98.5.  I really enjoyed the time I spent making this quilt.  I'll be honest and admit that I'm arleady thinking about making another one with the same pattern but with bright colors.

This is the back side of the quilt.

This is the front of the quilt.

New Chalk Board

Fell in love with the chalk-less chalkboards. Loved the look of the 'unique' looking chalkboards. Found a mirror frame at a thrift store for 10 bucks and got rid of the mirror but refinished the frame. Got a piece of plywood and painted magnetic paint and then chalkboard paint. Originally I wanted a silver frame...but that was too difficult to meet my expectations. So I settled for a can of gray that was sitting in the paint closet. I think I'm happy with it! I wrote 'Thank You' on it to Herc...thanking him for hanging it up for me. Love you Herc!!

What's Black and White and Caa-ute all over?

I found this idea on many blogs that I frequent. I just LOVE the look! So I bought some fake pumpkins at the Dollar Store and spray painted them either Ivory or Black. In the vase with the wheat are black beans to help the wheat stand upright. Isn't this caaaauuutttee??

Let's Be Jolly!

Well, I know it isn't close to Christmas, but danggone it....Let's Be Jolly since I've completed another Christmas Quilt top, and it is soooo adorable! I'm not a fan of working with printed panels since they are printed so wonky....as this one was. I worked with it and came up with this cutie!! Now I just need to know what color I should do the binding...the green in the border? The red in the skinny border? The yellow? Or the blue? What say you? These photos were taken with my phone....soooo pardon the wonky pics.

Red Rules!!

After painting this I just could not be happy with it. I thought and thunk and ran amonk trying to think of a way to make it POW WOW in your face. Ok, that sounded weird. But anyways....I think Red Rules! And I'm quite happy with the results, thank ya very much!

You can SEE the Progress!

This is SO EXCITING!! I can actually see the progress on my Grandmothers Flower Garden. This is not the set layout....I just laid them down to see what it would look like....it WILL be re-arranged. This is gonna be one STUNNER when I am DONE! Whoo hoo!!

Orange Crush

Orange Crush was its name. This was a fun quilt to work on....not a big quilt, just a small wall quilt. Hope you can see the cool rhinestones that is on it. The binding will have to wait, other quilts I need to do first. Priorities!