My Little Red at Home

My Little Red looks so cute hanging in my living room. I'm going to have to get used to not having a big wall at the office to display my "office art". I may have to make some smaller quilts :). There are so many cute mini quilts out there, it will be hard to pick. That will have to wait as my plate is full with other things (lots of fun things I might add)!!
Here are two more Karen Stone quilts. I was sitting all the way in the back so some of them are not the best, but you get the idea.

She is such a master at color and technique. It's amazing!! Makes My Little Red look a little subdued..... that is my favorite part about quilting - it's all wonderful!

Have a great day,

-Karen

My brain is spinning

In my last post, I told you how much I love lilacs and how crazy I am about this new line by Brannock and Patek. Well, my brain has not stopped spinning all week!! I have designed a quilt using these two books and combining elements from quilts in both of them to use with Lilac Hill. I am so excited!! Can't show anything yet Do you ever feel like the next quilt you make may be your most favorite one ever?? I've got a few commitments to finish, and then I'll be able to start. I'm still waiting to find some yardage from this line. Let me know if you find some :).
This may be my most favorite part of quilting. I just love the possibilites and the joy that comes from knowing that what I am about to create has not existed exactly like this. That's what hand-made is all about to me. Stay tuned :). Have a great Saturday.
Until next time, make something beautiful,
-Karen

Birthday recap

I love lilacs!! Growing up in Rochester, NY (which by the way, is the lilac capital of the world), we had a lilac bush in our backyard. The first time I saw this line, I went nuts!! It is so beautiful, I can't wait to see the yardage - which I think should be out soon. Anyway, back to my birthday recap. I had a wonderful non-birthday this year. As a leap year baby, this was an off year but it was wonderful beginning to end. Lilac Hill was a gift from my "partner in crime" -I'll let you guess who that is. She is such a dear friend. She was thinking maybe another Schnibbles, she might be right :) I can't wait to start planning....Speaking of Schnibbles, My Little Red is looking just fine in it's new place on my office wall.

The pattern looks different to me when seen from a distance. This really is such a sweet quilt.

And these were given to me by a co-worker, most of them from her garden!! She is our resident office florist :). Thank you Donna for the flowers. I also had 2 carrot cakes yesterday, my favorite!! In my opinion, the cake is there only to support the cream cheese frosting LOL!!

My desk just looks so pretty with flowers on it, makes the work go better, it seems.

Until next time,

-Karen

My Little Red is not a UFO

I am so proud that my Schnibbles project from last October, "My Little Red" is no longer in the UFO pile. This is such a sweet little quilt. I think I'll take it to the office on Monday and hang it. This looks a little wintery and I need to make a pretty spring quilt to hang, hmmmm..... I do have another project in the UFO pile that might just work. Stay tuned. :)
I am really happy with the center of this quilt. I free handed circles which worked really well. I did a feather in the border that I'm not terribly happy with. Oh well, we learn something from each project - right??

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Until next time,

-Karen

Can You Guess??

Okay, first clue. Here's the piles of cut pieces. Can you guess what project?
Okay, here's the second clue.... Schnibbles! I've finally picked a pattern - yea!! It was really hard - they are all so cute!!! Can you guess which pattern I've picked?? Well, you'll have to wait :). I'll let you know as soon as I've made the top.

Here's my latest purchase - the one on the right (Spirit by Lila Tueller) is going to be the backing for the owl and bird quilt for my granddaughter. I'm ready to baste - yea! And I'm slowly adding to my Kaffe collection, here are pieces # 2, 3 and 4. Can you believe it - I'm up to 4 whole pieces!!

And here's the start of my next project. This is not a very good picture. When I have all the fabrics pulled, I'll take another. It may not look like much, but it's for our newest guild challenge called "Chasing the Rainbow". I'll tell more about that later.

So until next time, make something beautiful.

-Karen