It's Design Wall Monday Again

 

These blocks are still on my design wall.  Not sure I'm going to sew them together this way, but I do need to have the top done by the 19th.  And yes, I'd like to get that ducky quilt quilted, too,  this week.  However DGS#3 and DS#2 are coming Thursday for a quick visit from CO, so I may not get either of  these two items done.  Family comes first!

I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times and Lyn's BOMs Away! See you there.

Stash N Video 11/10/13

Had to share a video with you:  "Catalina's Paradise" Applique Quilt "

by Jane Newble .  Jane says: For this quilt I used a mixture of the Civil War Bride patterns by Corliss Searcey, a picture of the original 1864 "Bird of Paradise" quilt, and my own drawings, some from pictures of other old Baltimore quilts, and some from photos. It is hand made with needle turn applique, and echo quilting.  Altogether it took just over a year to make.

 

As to the stash report - used a few bits for my LE BOM, and also a yard for the back of the pieced flannel charity quilt I shared yesterday.  So about 1.25 yards for last week. I'm shocked I have anything since I was sick all last week.  So my numbers are:

in 0.0 yds.; out 1.25 yds.

Stash in YTD: in 9.0 yds., out YTD 108.33 yds.

Donated YTD: 51.26 yds

Net for 2013: out 99.33 yds

 

And since I like to share a photo with you, here's the two DGSs when they came trick-or-treating:

 

 

Gone are the days of grocery bag costumes.  I'm linking to Judy's Patchwork Times - see you there.



Finish it up FMQ Friday

Having been sick all week don't have enough hexies to show for a Hexie Friday, so here's a finish I hadn't reported yet.  It's another charity quilt.  This one I took all these bits of flannel that were left over from rag quilts and made a flimsy, then sandwiched and backed it with a cotton to get the reverse of what we usually make for St. Anne's.  That is flannel backed baby quilt.  Here's a cotton backed flannel baby quilt.

Those aren't black flannel pieces around it - midnight blue ones.  Measures about 34" square.  I used 4 different FMQ designs on it.  Here's the back

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I'm linking to Leah's Free Motion Project and Crazy Mom's Finish it Up Friday.  See you there.  Thank you to all who sent prayers and good wishes while I was sick.  Docs didn't have a clue what was wrong. However, a friend has a friend who came down from Sacramento and had the EXACT same thing for the same length of time at the same time as I did!  I don't believe in coincidences.  Must have been some kind of bug - never felt flu-like or stomach virus like - oh well - it's over now - all all those tests they did - normal - which is reassuring.  Again, thanks for getting me through it!