Birdie Sling Bag for Her

I love these weekends (or 4 day weekends) that we get to spend together sewing!!  This one was just what I needed - a little bit of yard work, some sewing and time with great friends!!  I am so excited to say that I started and finished something in one day!!  I thinking finishing projects is something that I could get use to!!!

Here is the Amy Butler - Birdie Sling - I made for Her!!  I do like your choice of colours better!!!

Enjoy!

ME

Retirement quilt

Hey there,
Here's the retirement quilt I made for a colleague who appreciated my dry wit and sarcasm.  Her late mother was a quilter so I know she'll appreciate the thought.  Andy found out that she liked fall colours so I went with so Moda Weave colours that said fall to me.  On each of the yellow blocks I free motioned the name of a school she had taught at.  I'm giving it to her tonight.

So what have you been up to?
Her

Something to try?

Hey there,
I was scrolling through Friday Finishes and saw this great tutorial for HST's and some interesting ways to lay them out.  http://sewpreetiquilts.blogspot.ca/2014/04/four-patch-hst-boston-block-tutorial.html
  What have you been up to? 
Her

Up for a challenge?

Hey there,
So I've been reading a lot of blogs out there where the quilters have some sort of fabric challenge.  They get the fabric and have to create something with it.  So in my sleep deprived brain I was thinking we should do something similar.  We could exchange something from our stash/scraps, make a quilt and return it to the other person.  It could be win-win, we get to be creative, maybe leave our comfort zones a bit, and de-stash (thus freeing room for more fabric?). What do you think?
Her
Afterthought-  It could also be a WIP that you think you might never finish or something you just want done so you can donate it.

Never ending baby quilts

Hey there,
  So here's a couple of pics of recent finishes.  The first one is a panel quilt that I did some stitch in the ditch around the blocks.  It has a bit of a franken-back but I wasn't going to the store to get more fabric.

The second one is a plus inspired quilt with scrappy blocks.  It's for a male grade one teacher and his girlfriend who are expecting this spring.  She's an artist and very bohemian so scrappy seems to be the way to go for her.  This one was designed on an envelope back.  I know, very technical, who needs computer software.

Some straight line quilting in the scrappy blocks.

So what's up with you?
Her