Reversible Apron

Our Tacoma Quilt group met today and we had an all-day workshop to make aprons for those who chose to. This is not my cup of tea if you know what I mean. But I had this beautiful Christmas fabric given to me about 2-3 years ago by my quilter friend Sherry. She had been making aprons that were reversible with stitching that you could run the cord free so it would fit anyone. Today there were several patterns offered but I like 'simple' and 'quick' so decided to make this. Sherry was sick so I improvised and took a basic pattern and made a pattern and created this version. It really came out nice and I will give it as a Christmas gift. I never finish anything at a workshop but 'I did'...hooray!! Thank you Sherry for the inspiration. You can see the gals at our Tacoma blog.http://tacomalakesquilters.blogspot.com

February Mini BOM -

Block of the Month - February ....Country Junk'tion pattern by Amy Heaton. 8 x 22". I did needle turn applique and used heavy bonding for ribbon.

 A funny thing happened while I was beginning to top stitch. I had made myself a healthy drink ...chocolate based with bananas and blueberries and sat it next to me. Well, I hit that and it covered me and my hanging...broke the tall glass and covered the scatter rug and floor.....what a mess!  I washed the hanging and it came out beautiful......thankfully! I learned a valuable lesson....do not put your drink on a sewing machine...The thing is I never do...I usually place it behind me on a table....It sure was a mess. But I really like the way this turned out. The original was done in Pinks and Greens. BUT I am a black and white person so decided to do my own thing.

Part #2 America the Beautiful

This is the second section of a 6 part McCall's 'America the Beautiful' (see side bar for finished quilt). Four of us started out doing it and have been joined by another. I thought I would never get done these trees...stars are needle turn applique. The star within a star was part of the fabric which I fussy cut.