Saying goodbye to another friend...

My friend, Melissa is moving (Take a look at her fabulous blog)

So sad for me. Can you guess what her going away present was?

A quilt.

Of course!

Note the kitten at the top.... my son thought it would add a nice touch to the photo.

Giveaway Win

Yep! I actually won something! A big thanks to Shari at Mumsyblossom's World for sending this wonderful Australian magazine my way. When I opened my mailbox and saw the envelope from Shari, I could hardly wait to open it. If you haven't seen any of the Australian quilting magazines, you are missing out. Their projects are soooo nice. Now all I need to do is decide on which project to start first!

Pumpkin Patch

Here is another fall quilt I started and finished this year. It went together really fast and then I had Cathy quilt it -- and she did a wonderful job in quilting it too. The pattern for "Pumpkin Patch" is found in the book Season to Season by Patchwork Moon. On the pattern it says "little details like quilted stars, leaves, and pumpkins make this harvest wall hanging 'fall-tastic'!" So true!

Pictures of the wedding quilt

Remember this sneak peak? I finished the quilt quite a while ago and sent it up to get quilted by another friend of the bride. This is one quilt that I DID NOT like as I was making it... but by the time it was finished it had grown on me.

What was I thinking??!!

I LOVE using my scraps and stash... so when I see a pattern that works with lots of colors, I'm ALL excited to get started. This pattern was in the February 2009 American Patchwork & Quilting. I actually cut it down about 1/3. But it was still crazy.

How crazy?

429 pieces of fabric.
429 pieces of fabric cut.
429 pieces of fabric sewed back together.

But I LOVE it. And now I'm sad that it is going to live at my MIL house. It's a good thing I love her more than my quilts. A very good thing.

Another UFO done!!

I finally finished my Block-a-Day Nine Patch. I obviously didn't do a block a day (since I started it waaaayyyyy back in April).

But I love how it turned out!

Bernina club quilt

This quilt was started 6 years ago, This summer I worked on

trying to finish up projects that had been put aside. I got 5 quilt

tops done and only 2 quilted so far, Hopefully more to come soon