July~~ Free Motion Quilt Challenge & Sewing Projects

 Free Motion Quilt Challenge

This one was hard for me. I wasn't able to get my lines straight and my curly weren't so great either. More practice needed.

Baby quilt.

Front

Back

Another practice piece.

Here are some post cards I made this month.

Lottery block for TBLOVERS2

Pillowcase dress this is the first on I have ever made. 

Apron for a swap.

And a UFO finish...

Hand quilting in the white areas.

front

back

Quilty stuff

After watching "The Quilt Show" Episode 1011 – Stupendous Stitching (Carol Ann Waugh)
I made this small piece.

I am looking forward to making some more quilted art pieces using Carol Ann's technique, I love machine and hand embroidery stitching and combining them together is lots of fun.

My next piece is a quilt postcard using Ricky Tims' Primitive Rail Fence block that he taught on "The Quilt Show" # 1013

Next is another post card. 

The FMQ techniques learned from  SewCalGal quilt Challenge 

feathering -  Diane Gaudynski

pearling and grid work - Cindy Needham 

look closely there is a pearl necklace quilted in the design.

Last is my June lottery block for TBLOVERS2

Pattern is found at

Quilter's Cache called City Streets



Quilt Blocks, Post Cards and Lady

Click Here for Quilt Give away.

Here is a sneak peek of the some of the "Winters aren't Blue" table topper blocks.

August Purple & Brown challenge block

I am providing the quilt block for Sept P & B challenge. At first I thought I would do this Shadow Trapunto..

But decided to do this maple leaf block.

I made this block for a friend.

These are the Post Cards I received in the FabLoversSwap first post card swap. Theme ...Garden

Lady

Oct 1998 - Aug 2009

Lady was my first beagle. She was a wonderful momma dog. She loved puppies and thought they were all hers. She even raised one litter of grand babies when her daughter suddenly died. Her favorite treat was bacon. She loved hunting and tracking but couldn't do much because of bad allergic reactions to poison ivy. She thought it was marvelous to go out with us target shooting. She also was very good with children and loved to play with them as long as they understood which toys were hers. She loved to get her nails clipped and get baths and ride in the car. We went to a many of yard sales and she always knew the beany squirrels were for her.

Post Cards and quilts

A short time ago Kim from TBlovers2 got me interested in making quilty post cards. They are lots of fun to make and don't take to long to complete.

Here are a couple I made from my winnings from FAbLoversSwap UFO challenge.

This is one I made and sent as a thank you to the quilter that donated the winnings

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And this post card is for a swap on TBLovers2.

Next is my Star Swirl W/U challenge quilt for the N2Quilting group. It only needed the binding sewn on to complete it. So it is now finished.

The last pictures are of my FabLoversSwap Heartfelt 2009 Anniversary Wall Quilt. We swapped 6 in heart blocks.

As to what I am working on right now. I am hand quilting a table topper for a very dear friend. No pics right now.

The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped: therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth; and with my song will I praise him. Psalms 28:7

May swooping through

The last few weeks I have been enjoying watching the birds in the backyard. We have 2 bird feeders. We had buntings, doves, brown headed cowbirds, grosbeaks, cardinals, thrashers and other birds visiting. It has been fun. For a couple of days now we have had a daddy cardinal teaching his 2 chicks to fly and eat. The first day the chicks were sitting on the peach tree limbs and daddy would grab some feed from the feeder and fly to the chicks and feed them. Last night he had the chicks eating on the feeders. They are still a bit clumsy.

My seven sisters rose bush bloomed. It was very pretty.

Seven sisters rose bush 2009 and
china berry tree stump and brown shop building


It still doesn't compare to pre-Ivan. Seven sisters growing up China berry tree. May 11, 2004

My 1st quilty post card

Pink and Teal BOM

Mike and I at Big Lagoon State Park for my birthday.

A few days later, we celebrated our 33rd anniversary by visiting Fairhope AL.

We went to the rose garden by Mobile Bay.

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

II Corinthians 9:8