RAG RUG WITH CIVIL WAR REPRODUCTIONS FINISHED

RAG RUG USING AUNT PHILLY TOOTHBRUSH TOOL.  MEASURES 27" X 49"

I ENJOY MAKING THESE AND THEY ARE GREAT FLOOR MATS THAT WASH UP BEAUTIFULLY

THERE ARE PROBABLY ABOUT 16 YARD IN THE RUG WHICH MAKES THEM SO STABLE AND NICE

THESE ARE GREAT FOR USING UP YARDAGE JUST HANGING AROUND IN YOUR STASH.  I LOVE THE HODGE PODGE LOOK YOU END UP WITH. EVEN IF I START WITH COORDINATING FABRICS I USUALLY RUN OUT AND HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING TO ADD TO THE RUG. EACH ONE IS SO UNIQUE.  HAPPY RAG RUGGING!

Aunt Phillys Website with toothbrush tool

Sea Turtle Parade

I finished one more UFO:  Sea Turtle Parade.  I started this kit a number of years ago and happily am finished.  I got to finally try out applying Swarvorski Crystals with the Kandi's crystal applicator tool. It worked great.
I quilted it with oceany swirls around the applique and outlined the applique with some interior lines as well. The quilt is now on our family room wall over the TV so we get to enjoy it when we relax on the sofa.
This pattern is by Mount Redoubt.

The Sea Turtle "Honu" is one of my favorite sea creatures, along with dolphins.  I always think of the hymn, All things bright in Beautiful, lyrics:

                                                   All things bright and beautiful,
                                                   All creatures great and small,
                                                   All things wise and wonderful,
                                                   The Lord God made them all. 

  when I see these wonderful animals.

HAPPY EASTER! HE IS RISEN

May your faith be renewed by the Holy Spirit this Easter as we celebrate the resurrection of Christ the Messiah, our LORD.  May you feel His grace and acceptance for the first time this Easter too. He died and rose for us all.

EASY STREET FINISHED HURRAY!

The joy, elation and satisfaction of finishing one of Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilts is just great.  I whine so much in the middle, I'm not sure I deserve to be so happy, but I am!  Yeh! shouting from the mountain tops, or at least from the top of our stairs.

All I can say to someone considering doing the mystery quilt next fall is, don't miss out.  It stretches you into new skills,  leads you to the assembling line method of getting lots of cute building blocks done, uses up stash that is left lingering on the shelves, and encourages the blending of colors that I know, for myself, I never would have dreamed of.

Thanks Bonnie for being the wonderful teacher and encourager that you are.

Now for pics of mine. It ended up 96" X 96" quilted. I did a really small stipple allover, with a mountain mist "New" 1/8" poly batting. It was nice and airy and soft and flat. I love how it gave the quilt that neat old fashion flat look without the heavy weight of cotton for such a large quilt. I used a wide back gray flannel from Joann's. And even with the flannel the poly batting helped to make the quilt not weigh a ton and crush me or its future user! My gray, lime green and white tone on tone were one fabrics, and the turquoise and purples were scrappy. I used up big chunks of stash which was my biggest goal. The binding is a couple of pieces of turquoise blue batiks, cut on the bias because I curved my corners so the quilt wouldn't hit the floor on the corners. I used this method of getting a lot of bias binding out of the cut piece. Quilting Nanny: bias-binding-tutorial . This great gal based her tutorial on another wonder gal, Shelley's excellent instructions! bias tape tutorial with all the info you need . It worked so well I don't think I will go back to straight of grain bindings.