Snow's Done and SunShower Nearly Over

As you can see, SunShower is just about done.

What is left for Sunshower?

1. 2 sides with corner pieces attached. (Oh, and I have to find the corner pieces!) Somebody abandoned some 4-triangles-make-a-square units in the scrap bin at church. Yay for me!
2. Choose materials for the back. (That may mean piecing together scraps for the cross.)
3. To Cathy, who finishes most of my prayer quilts with a bee-yoo-tee-full cross back!To Therese to quilt it and birth it.
4. To any of several angels who put the ties in... so glad I don't have to do that!
5. The hand-colored label gets sewn on the back.
6. We pray over it and send it off to the recipient.

Ta-da! Cold Feet, Warm Heart is done, matted, and framed! Yay!

This quilt was started yesterday. I know it's a little hard to see yet, but it will be cool, I promise! I set four blocks on top of the inspiration fabric, which will appear in a few blocks and as the border. The pattern is called Stitched Scraps and goes together really fast. (I LOVE making scrap quilts!)

It's a prayer quilt for a guy with inoperable liver cancer. Say a little prayer for Vince, will ya? Here's a link for our prayer quilt ministry. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll find it.

Charmed, I'm Sure

On Sunday, I took a fun little class at Quilter's Paradise: Party Charms tote. These are the fabrics I chose:
And this is the tote I made. Cool, huh? It's got topstitching and a magnetic clasp. I am just as thrilled as I can be!

Carol, the teacher was very encouraging and explained every step. She actually adjusted the original pattern to make it work even better.

I've finished all the stitching on Cold Hands, Warm Heart. Now it calls for French knots, but I hate making French knots. So I'm putting in beads instead! This little guy is gonna be done in no time. (Especially with shows like Top Chef on!)

SunShower and Snowman

Sunshower got some attention today. Prayer quilts always get attention, and personal quilts get ignored. So sad. Okay, so it has more to do with the fact that Sunshower is a really fun quilt to work on! Those little parasols have been calling out to me ever since I spotted them in the "Ladies' Prints" Bin. (A scary name if ever I heard one, but I was brave and found this little charmer.) Then I hit the scraps and had a blast!



Cold Feet, Warm Heart is almost done. Got a lot of work done while watching "Top Chef!" Just background and backstitching left, as well as French knots. I'm not a real fan of those, so I'll probably put beads in instead.

This was a kit from the Dimensions Daydreams line. Here's the other stuff that came with it. I think it will make a dandy Christmas gift!