Holiday Lights

Wayyyy back in 2005, I went to the Houston Quilt show and bought this beautiful pattern.  About every six months, I have taken it out.  Looked at it.  Dreamed of making it.  And the promptly put it back in my "quilts to make someday" list.

Then I had a vision.  A vision of a year without quilt presents for family and friends.  A year when I would only make things for myself.  I'm calling this my selfish phase.  And I'm loving it!!!

Trust me, a king size quilt is VERY time-consuming.   I get an A+ for selfishness!

Holiday Lights pattern by Alex Anderson

Holiday Lights quilt by ME.  Merry Christmas ya'll!

Nativity

This is the quilt I made for our stake's community nativity exhibit (the 4th year for this event).  The nativity panel was the inspiration for choice of border fabrics and for choice of quilting used throughout the entire quilt.  I wanted to use fabrics that would draw one's eye to the center of the nativity -- the Christ Child.  Cathy also accomplished this with her quilting.

Cabin by the Lake

I made this display quilt for a local quilt shop earlier this year.  The shop has since sold all the kits and fabric, so now it is mine.  I wish I had a cabin to take it to:(   It is soooo cute!  Cathy did a fabulous job quilting it.

Our quilting sister needs your vote!!!

Ladies.... please go to:  http://quiltinggallery.com/2012/07/13/vote-now-memory-quilts/ and vote for the Fiftieth Anniversary quilt that our quilt sister Julie has running in this contest.  It is amazingly beautiful and she deserves to win!!!

Lilliana

I finished this quilt last year in about a day.  It was made with fabrics from the Lilliana Collection by Andover Fabrics, using their pattern.  It would be a good pattern to use if one has a border fabric to showcase.  And it is so easy to do!

Operation Wood Hollow

There have been so many wild fires this year and one of our Quilt Sisters (Hi Susan!) was evacuated from her home in Woodland Park, CO.  Luckily, she was able to return to a home still standing.  Many were not so lucky.

I recently found a quilter from Utah that is collecting quilts to donate to those that have lost their homes in the many fires this year.

You can see details on her blog:  Having Fun Quilting!!

My heart has ached for all of those affected by the fires and so I'm excited to find a way to help!  Now if you are thinking you need to make a brand-new quilt or that it has to be intricate and fancy; let me reassure you that it doesn't.  I have many quilts that I have made over the year that have been rarely used.  I'll admit I have an obsession and one of my kids tried counting all the quilts but gave up after about 70.  I plan to find one that has not been abused by pets, kids or outdoor activities and ship it off.

Pass the word along!

YW Camp Quilt 2012

The theme for this year's Young Women's camp was "Happily Ever After"  and their color was blue.  I had lots of fun designing this quilt.  I took my inspiration from a similar picture, but with a castle instead of the temple.  Taking "Happily Ever After" one step farther, I added "Eternally" to go with the temple.  Cathy did a wonderful job quilting it.