Mari's Quilts n Stuff

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Christmas Quilt Embellishment

I am working on embellishing the appliqued Christmas quilt. I found some very cute plastic charms that I sewed down on the tree. I also added very cool red pompoms as garland.

I am designing a quilt top with the owls that I received in the Mary Lou Weidman owl swap. So far I have a tree designed with layers of owls. Not sure where I am going from here but ideas will come with time.

My Second Block

This is the beginning of block 6 in the Civil War Bride Quilt. It is my second block but it's the 6th one in the pattern book. This will have about 40 leaves or more on it before it's done.

Civil War Bride Quilt

I decided to start working on a 20 block appliqued quilt called the Civil War Bride Quilt. I have completed one block, well almost one, I still have to do the feet. I chose to do this on a lightly polka dotta background. This is going to be a long on going project. I predict at least a year and that's if I don't get bored and give up.

This is what the completed quilt will look like except mine will be on a golden background and a little brighter fabrics.

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Working on my Parliment of Owls.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Working on Garden Quilt Top

I have been trying to finish up the applique on my pieced and appliqued garden quilt. i started this in Mary Lou Weidmans class in May and have been working on and off ever since. There are lots of cats and birds. It's very colorful and makes me happy to look at it. I have a few more bugs and butterflies to put down and the sun needs to sewn down. Just trying to figure out what I should do to the outside edge. I need a small border but I don't know what to put down. Hmmm. have to think about it.

Bee Swap Quilt

I joined a group of women who made and swapped bees made in a very free style commonly referred to as hoochy style. You make it look like a bee but it doesn't have to be perfect.