Thursday, January 5, 2012

Welcome 2012

I'm glad 2012 is here as some of 2011 really was not good for me healthwise but I am plugging along and hoping my illness stays under control this year, but on to fun quilty things.

First of all, sorry for the less than ideal pictures as it is a cloudy day here. First up is a Fig Tree pattern that I started pulling fabric for quite a while ago-June in fact. I love this quilt. I used a lot of favorite fabric scraps and love how it came together. There's something about seeing favorite fabrics together in a quilt that makes me happy. I prefer to put a quilt together this way rather than buying a whole collection of one fabric line.


I actually finished this sometime back in October but I hated both of the borders I had on it so I removed them and then did nothing until recently and I love how it came out. The original pattern has only a small border of the background fabric but I prefer this. My quilter chose a wonderful quilting pattern and I will get the binding on soon, which will be the same as the inner border.

Then I finally got borders on what I refer to as the ugly fabric quilt because I didn't like the flowered fabrics but they are looking pretty good now!

Again, my quilter chose a happy pattern and quilted it in green. The binding will be the same as the inner border. I think this one is destined to live at our lake camp.

So that's what I've been up to. We haven't had a drop of snow since the Halloween storm. It's so strange to see grass instead of snow. Now that I've said that it's bound to snow a foot or more soon!

10 comments:

  1. Beautiful beautiful quilts! The leafy one is calling my name and I have 2 jelly rolls that I think would look great in this pattern. Thanks for the inspiration! The quilting on both of these is so pretty - I love how it makes them look - just want to wrap up in them!

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  2. Both quilts are amazing and the quilting on them is spectacular!

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  3. Those quilts are both just gorgeous. What fun it would be to decorate around them.

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  4. I love your Fig Tree quilt and the border fabric is gorgeous and set it off beautifully...well done!

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  5. Love the fig tree quilt but the ugly fabric one is wonderful too. Both are so peaceful...love the colors!

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  6. Lovely quilts, both of them. I hope your weather is kind to you.

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  7. So pretty! I love the solids against the floral prints.

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  8. lovely quilts!


    Margaret
    www.quiltsoflove.blogspot.com

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  9. Love your fig tree leaves quilt! That is just gorgeous. The border is perfect!

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I pray that risen from the dead,
In glory I will stand,
A crown perhaps upon my head,
And a needle in my hand.