Pointless Quilter

 Not only did I Quilt and cross stitch this past year, but I attempted some other crafts.  Some of the things I'm going to show will be some items that I didn't make but that I helped or taught others to make.  I also belong to a craft group that meets once a month and there are a few fun things for that.  And others items are just things I thought I'd try. Craft Group - it's a group of about 14 ladies from my sisters neighborhood (mostly) and we meet once a month and have a great lunch and then do a fun craft.  Here are the crafts I made this year through them.  I wasn't able to make it to all of them so there won't be 12 crafts. I made this apron for one of my craft group friends who had a friend who became a master gardener (I just did the embroidery.) I embroidered on these aprons for us food service ladies for Adventure Club at church. I went to a retreat in the fall with my friend Beth Rhodes and made everyone a little Halloween treat bag. Instead of ...

I still don't have my Bernina 750 back.  It's only been about 3 weeks and the repair guy isn't supposed to lift anything heavy for 6 weeks.  So I'm working with his 590 which isn't my machine.  You know how you 'know' your machine and all it's quirks and what it likes.  But I'm trying to figure this one out.  I was able to finish a couple of quilts.   These were block of the months from our guild that I won last November or December.  I will donate this to our guilds boutique in October.  I would love to take credit for this rainbow quilt but a friend of mine actually pieced it and gave me the back and said if I would quilt it I could donate it to our guild's charity quilts.  So I did.  Kept the quilting simple with lines and some x stitching across the blocks to help stabilize it.   I think whoever gets this quilt will be happy.   For the Memorial Day weekend I went to a friends house to sew for ...

My how time flies.   I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since I posted.   I have not been idle though.   I finished making and quilting the guild’s mystery quilt.   I’ve already given out 4 clues and I think they will have either 2 or 3 more left to do.   They should have all the components of the blocks by the end of this month.   Here’s a sneak peak of the quilts. I’d love to show you a picture of both quilts, but I can’t yet – that would ruin the mystery.   I made two since the guild members like to have a small and larger option.   My small one I made with Christmas colors and the large one I made with Halloween/fall colors.   However, there is really nothing Haloween-ish about the fabrics I used on the top except for the colors.   I did use Halloween fabric for the back though.   I also started machine quilting the Quilt Show’s Block of the Month from last year.   Here’s a sneak peak of the center. ...

Another Christmas has come and gone and overall it was a wonderful holiday.  First though, my siblings and I always exchange handmade ornaments each year.  This year I made these for everyone. These were actually started last January 1st.  Finished them sometime before December of this year.  These are the ornaments I received. My brother's wonderful scroll saw work. My younger sisters beautiful painting. My older sister and her crafty lettering and aging. Here are a few other projects that I worked on as gifts. A tote bag I made for my younger sister, she is an occupational therapist who specializes in hands. And for my teenage niece, these bags.   On the 23rd of December, my stepdaughter's family and my husband's family all came to my dad's house to celebrate our Christmas.  Since they moved out of state we will take any time we can to visit with the grandkids.  Meeting at my dad's house is centrally located an...