November finishes

This is the a little panel that I picked up at the Maine Quilt Show in July. I did a lot of stitching outlining in gold....black...and then added the sparkles and a star atop the tree to give it a little bling.

The story behind this is, I felt inspired to make this for a gal in our church that was almost dead and the Lord touched her and she lived and our church just set her up in her own apartment in time for Christmas. Her old apartment had been disbanded and  all her things gotten rid of except personal things. I felt she needed something special. We all know she is a miracle. I wrote at top left "God's Gift" and to the right "A Miracle"  and her name and date. For truly she is a miracle.

These are special pillow cases. The reason I decided to open them up is because on the first one I only had pieces but a great piece of baseball material and it worked out great. The last one is for my great-grandson - 2 who into green tractors...You can give him a farm book and he will spend hours looking through it...very unusual. When I was visiting my son in Tn. I found this perfect piece at Hancock's.

Close up

This is called 'Bargello with a twist' by Maggie Ball. Each year our quilt chapter has a challenge and this year we chose this. Mine is 40x40 and when I was in Tn purchased most of the material...I was really challenged in reading the book as it is not explained well but when I got past that with help from the gals it went together in jiffy time and I am really pleased...I am using wool batting and will be hand quilting. My hand are ready to do a small project. I have until Spring to finish. All the gals will be different coloring and layout. There are approx. 21 different ways you can turn these blocks to make a design..The light color is the key piece.