Your Opinion is Solicited

Trippin' Out, the quilt for Vince, has come back all assembled from Therese. See the beautiful cross back that Cathy made?

Also, I spent a little overtime at PQM meeting and finished the top for Siesta. See the gauchos havin' their nappy-time? The crazy 9-patch blocks were rejects from a swap--they didn't quite fit the guidelines, but now they have a home. And the siesta fabric has been begging to be used since we started this ministry. I can't wait to see how Cathy does the cross for this one! Opinions solicited: I really liked how the blocks just floated on the blue, but maybe it's a little weird; should I trim the blue and add another border?

Now I must must must spend some time working on quilts for the family! Has anybody else noticed that charity quilts get done and personal quilts just sit in the box?

Scrappy Tops Done!

Good news! My camera and my computer have kissed and made up. Their little tiff has kept me from blogging. Here's a picture of Jingle Bell Christmas Tree Farm. I've been playing with it lately so the next picture will show some progress. The pattern calls for fancy-shmancy overdyed silk threads and specialty stitches and beads, too. Fun stuff!

And in other news:

Tripping Out quilt top (for Vince) is done--yay! The detail picture shows the border fabric which I used for inspiration. The back will have travel fabric as the cross, a deep orangey sashing, and a denim-blue background.





Sunshower quilt top is done, too. See? I found the corners. (There are still 3 of those units left--the scrapper in me needs to find a home for them.) Valerie keeps teasing and telling me it's too bad my quilts have such muted colors. What do you think?