A SIGNATURE QUILT TO CELEBRATE A 40TH ANNIVERSARY

I was asked to design and make a signature quilt commemorating the 40th anniversary of a quilting organization that I belong to.  It turned into a more labor-intensive project than I planned on.

It was my own fault as I think I over designed it not anticipating the work involved.

It contains 131 signature blocks which I gathered from members of the organization over a three-month period.  Members also contributed 56 different pieces of red fabrics to be included in the quilt.

The design has almost 300 flying geese units. I'm a lousy flying geese maker, so I paper pieced them for accuracy.  (I'm now laying off flying geese units for several months!!!)

I finished the quilt top in July, and turned it over to the organization.  It will be machine quilted by another member;

 and, hopefully, be completed by the first of 2019.

Here are some photos of the unquilted top ---

I hope to have some better pictures after it is quilted.

I was honored to be asked to contribute my efforts to an organization I have enjoyed belonging to for 36 years.

It was a fun project ---- just don't ask me to make any more flying geese for awhile!

I'm joining the following:
Have a Daily Cup for Share your Cup Thursday
My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
What a Hoot Quilts for BOMS Away Monday

DECORATING WITH QUILTS FOR 60TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY

Our 60th wedding anniversary has come and gone!  A project I have enjoyed over the last couple of years was making small quilts to use as table decorations for our reception/celebration/hoopla.

I also made two long table runners for the food tables ---

a wool crazy quilt with memorable appliques for the registration 

table ---

(Yes, that is a picture on the table of Bob and I on first date in 7th grade.)

a smaller runner for one of the memorabilia tables ---

there were 11 large, round tables for

 guests ---

the garden flowers were arranged by my talented granddaughter, 

Caitlin ---

my husband made the wooden boxes to hold the flowers ---

the flowers were gathered from our garden and the garden of a generous

 friend ---

One of the round tables did not get photographed; plus several of the small quilts were not used.

As usual, I over-planned!!!

Being a quiltmaker and my husband a wood worker; it was a fun family effort.  Then, to have our granddaughter work on the flowers was a bonus.

I'm joining the following:
My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Cooking up Quilts for Main Crush Monday
Em's Scrapbag for Moving it forward Monday
What a Hoot Quilts for BOMS Away Monday

BOOKCASE QUILT

I've come late to the bookcase-quilt bandwagon.

My granddaughter is a book lover and reader, and indicated she would like some of Barnes and Noble's Classic Editions to add to her collection for her 22nd birthday gift.

I figured she needed a bookcase quilt to go with the books I bought for her.

I made it in three units incorporating some of her favorite books plus some imaginary ones.

She loves pretty book covers, so it was fun digging in my scraps for different fabrics.

I incorporated striped fabric and machine embroidery on some of the books.

Also, I used a couple of family pictures to accent the shelves.

No pattern -- as usual, I just made it up as I went.  A fun project, but time intensive --- I probably won't make another bookcase quilt.

THE STATS:
"Caitlin's Bookcase Quilt", 2018, 22" x 44",
Machine pieced, paper pieced, machine appliqued, machine embroidered, machine quilted.  The printing was computer generated on my home printer.

I'm joining the following:
Have a Daily Cup for Share Your Cup Thursday
Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop Friday
Crazy Mom Quilts for Finish it up Friday
Love Laugh Quilt for Monday Making
Em's Scrapbag for Moving It Forward Monday
Cooking Up Quilts for Main Crush Monday