I’m back with a couple more finished projects . . . .  My goal was to get everything finished in December, but I didn’t quite make it.  I just got the rod pocket done on this one the other night.

 

 

The technique is from my Sizzlin’ Sixites book.  The quilt is actually a reject from the book, so that’s why it wasn’t finished 6 months sooner.  I decided not to use it in the book because I decided it wasn’t original enough.

 

But that after all that work, I decided I had to finish it.  Plus, I love this border fabric.

 

Several of you have asked about the machine quilting on my quilts.  I have an APQS Millenium that I use to quilt all my samples. 

 

The center design in the block was done free hand, without marking or using a stencil.

 

 

 

Here’s how easy it was to do – 

The hexagon block  up of six 60-degree triangles, like the one shown below.

 

I started in the bottom corner, made a loop up in the center, and made my way back down to the right bottom corner of the triangle.  If you do six of that motion in a row (without stopping), you get that simple design.  Easy Peasy!  I love when I don’t have to mark a stencil, it’s so much faster.

 

 

I also finished another runner from the Sizzlin’ Sixties book. 

 

I can’t seem to get enough of this runner – This is my fifth one!

 

You may remember these two, that I made last summer.

 

 

After seeing this picture, now I’m wishing for summer!  It’s so nice to be outside (without four layers), have flowers blooming . . . . .

It’s still been really frigid here, with temperatures down to 25 below zero.  We are expecting a warm up next week though, with highs into the twenties.  I can’t wait!  It will be nice to go outside a bit again.  Plus, when it’s this cold, the furnace runs continually.  When I was laying in bed last night listening to it run, I felt the urge to get up and go insert a dollar into it every fifteen minutes or so, just to keep the heat coming.  Kind of like a Juke Box, but without the fun 😉

Have a good weekend and stay warm!

H