2019 finish

Wrapping Up 2019 So We Can All Move On from Quilty Folk

I always think this end of the year retrospective should be a quick post, but somehow

it never quite works out quite that way. Oh well. Time for a glimpse of whatever finishes

managed to come to fruition during the past year! It always surprises me how it stacks

up. Never quite what I imagined somehow!

2019 Finishes (1)

It's been a surprisingly productive year. So many times it felt like I was just sort of spinning my wheels, or at times, chasing after ever single squirrel that popped around the corner. Some of the oldest quilt tops did ...

added by audrey 4 years, 3 months ago. under 2019 finish , baby quilts , big tipsy basket , big woven basket , blue plumes , doll quilt , folksy flower , lattice , make beautiful things , patchwork triangles , playing with scale , rising sun , tidbits , vintage lily

Finishing Up the Last Minute Christmas Makes Was Great Fun from Quilty Folk

Well, here it is! Playing with Scale #2 is a true blue finish. It's been hanging around for awhile, just waiting on the binding stitches. While hand quilting this one, I decided to gift it to our oldest granddaughter. This seems to have a happy, youthful vibe plus it will match with the decor in her bedroom. Not that it matters to me, but it will probably make her mama happy!

Playing With Scale #2 is finished!

It's large enough that she should be able to use it for years and years too. Personally I have a fondness ...

added by audrey 4 years, 4 months ago. under 2019 finish , adhoc. improv. , barbie quilt , doll quilt , free cut strips , hand quilting , orphan blocks , playing with scale #2

This One Ended Up Without a Name on the Label from Quilty Folk

As always, I get to the end of a quilt and am amazed and humbled at how different a quilt looks with added stitching texture. Blue Plumes was put into the hoop back in October. Notice how much lighter it looks before the hand quilting?

Blue Plumes is finished!

That's because I used a brown/black variegated #12 Perle Cotton in all the blue/white ticking striped fabric areas. The thread is super thin, but eventually, all that darker thread starts making its presence known in a very subtle way.

It's been a little gloomy, but here's ...

added by audrey 4 years, 4 months ago. under 2019 finish , blue plumes , hand quilting

This is the Last of the Little Quilts from Quilty Folk

There are times we would rather be working creatively and yet other things pull at our time and attention. This isn't necessarily wasted time. It just is. We all prioritize and make decisions based on real life events and happenings. No need to apologize!

Another baby quilt finish!

Making baby quilts for friends and family is something that {most often} doesn't feel especially creative. It's fast, fun and sorta fluffy. Boom! The quilt is done and there's a sweet little rush. It's even sorta needful once in awhile, like eating a good piece of chocolate ...

added by audrey 4 years, 5 months ago. under 2019 finish , 9-patch , baby quilts , large print florals , orphan blocks , vintage faric

A New Fall Project and The Completed Tidbits Quilt from Quilty Folk

Someone used the word 'Autumnal' the other day and I thought it was a beautiful word. Fall is my absolute favorite season in a place where we definitely have four full seasons! Anyway, long story short, the word has attached itself to the brand new start around here. Meet 'Autumnal Tulips', pictured below!

The start of a new project

This project was inspired by a lot of things, though no doubt primarily by this post. It somehow gave rise to feeling of longing to make yet another tulip quilt, because really, can you ever have too many of them? The ...

added by audrey 4 years, 6 months ago. under 2019 finish , applique , autumnal tulips , flower quilts , hand quilting , log cabin quilt , tidbits

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