Sunday, January 14, 2018

Mini-quilts

Finished a few mini-quilts this week.

2 as birthday gifts for 2 of my aunts.


The sheep is just 9.5 inches square.


This cardinal is 14 inches square.


1 for my mini-quilt wall, 11 x 13 inches.
I'm lovin' the snowflake border, 
I may have to use this in the future.



and

1 extra (not sure who will get this one), 11 inches square.


Fun projects but, I'm done with cardinals :)

Carolyn



Friday, January 5, 2018

Small *Supernova* Quilt


Finished this small *Supernova* quilt over
Christmas break.  This little gem has been on my 
I was debating the border treatment, finally decided to do 
a simple piano key style border.
The pattern idea came from 
the link is to her tutorial.
The quilt really isn't this wonky, 
just hard to take a picture on the floor.



A close-up of the quilting that radiates from the
center of the star.  This quilt also qualifies as a scrap buster,
nothing was purchased to complete the project....yippee!



For now, the quilt has found a home on our living room sofa.

Don't let the sunshine fool you, it's freezing outside,
which makes for good sewing weather.

Stay warm!
Carolyn


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