Holy cow...she actually got us done!

Hey, it's me...Maynard again.
Been awhile since you heard from me huh?

Well, I'm happy to report that the ole girl actually got us quilted and we are happily keeping her bed warm!

Not like it didn't take her long enough. I believe it was Memorial Day when we saw you last!
That's just nuts...and speaking of nuts, she even managed to get that Peanuts quilt done before us.
Now that's just wrong!!!!!

 

Here we are in all our glory. She put a fun little daisy quilt design on us!

 

Then put us right to work keeping her warm! 

Speaking for all my brothers and sisters...we are thrilled to be out and doin our job.

Thanks Red Boot Quilts...

Without you, there wouldn't be us!

Check out our pattern and many others right HERE.

You can't believe how affordable they are.

On that note...she's got another Red Boot quilt to share next week,

which is the real reason she got us done.

She needed her longarm!

Gheez.

IBA/YCQ Blog Hop Day 13...our final day!

Today Marlene is wrapping up one spectacular blog hop.

She will share finishing ideas right

HERE

You may have noticed the blocks I've done,

 with my hand dyes, through out the hop.

 

It's still a flimsy, but it's together.  

I have no idea just where the time went!

A big round of applause to AQS and Island Batik for a wonderful blog hop. And it goes without saying...

Marlene and Leila, none of it could have happened without you.

I do hope that you all have enjoyed this trip thru the new

 "You Can Quilt" book.

Round Robin Reveal

I've never participated in a round robin before, but when Bea from "BeaQuilter" posted she was hosting one, I jumped right in.

I bet your not "even" surprised that my block had a moose on it!

Moose and fusible applique. Two of my favorites.

This made it's way to 5 fabulous quilters to add their spin to my block.

Never in a million years did I expect for it to come back looking like this!

Is this just not the greatest?

I'm in awe...it's just incredible.

These gals really "get" me!

Best yet... this was supposed to take 6 months to complete.

Thanks to all, I got mine back almost 2 months early.

Whoop whoop. I guess everyone was as excited as I was, 

to add their round and send it on.

Here is what I got to work on for the others.

In June I got Carol's scrappy center block.

She wanted scrappy...so I pieced a scrappy log cabin round for her.

July brought me our "fabulous" leader, Bea's quilt.

She wanted a Christmas theme quilt for her church.

Some simple piecing, picking colors from the quilt in progress,

 I then appliqued the Christmas message around it.

August was Carol's second scrappy quilt.

Yes, she loves these round robins "sew" much that she had 2 quilts going! This time was scrappy hearts and she wanted some black and whites in it. I added the top and bottom hearts to her quilt.

September I had Julianne's gorgeous Christmas quilt. 

It was so rich looking. The fabrics were just gorgeous.

I added the Snails Trail blocks around this one.

(Shakespeare in the Park, with all the Snail's Trail 

blocks is on my to-do list)

;-)

October brought me Rebecca's, book theme quilt.

I did a little research online and came up with 68 

book titles I could embroider to add to the final

round of blocks on her quilt.

I learned a good lesson on this one...

Wanna know just why it is, that writers have proofreaders?

OMG, I couldn't believe that I did this. 

Glad I caught it before I stitched it in.

:-)

As for my beauty...it's not quilted yet, but when I do...

I've got this quilt label to remember these wonderful gals with!

A big thanks to all who participated. 

You girls are just the greatest, and

 I'm thrilled to have been a part of it all!

Rumor has it, there just might be another one after the first of the year. Wouldn't you love to join in?

IBA/YCQ Blog Hop Day 12

Let Linda Stewart Pearl take the challenge out of 

Challenge Blocks.

We CAN all do them.

Visit her right...

HERE

IBA/YCQ Blog Hop day 11

Don't let those inset seams scare you.

Pamela Boatright will show you just how easy they can be.

HERE