A Little Heart for Tom

I made Tom a little heart mini quilt last year and it was a big hit.  When I saw this challenge, I decided I would make him another one this year.  He bought me the stripped fabric for Christmas because he fell in love with it.  I hope he likes it in this small piece.  The back is the same as the heart.  I machine quilted it doing a sort of echo quilting with Superior King Tut in deep purple tones. 

String hearts for February challenge

String hearts, 8.5 by 19.5

I played with some red strings to make hearts

machine quilted hearts into the background

and bordered it with a ric rac fabric

and hung it in my front hallway.

I know Victoria asked us to give our challenge quilt to someone who wouldn't expect it,

but I kept this one for two reasons:

my son's birthday is on Valentine's Day

and I give nearly everything else away.

Mom's get well Valentine

Knowing that this site is not in my mother's blog roll, I can post the finish here!  I just finished putting some embroidery hearts on the side panel.  I think she will be delighted to have heart quilt after her heart surgery Tuesday... This took me 4 days to whip up... You'd think I would have thought of it sooner! Hope she likes it! Into the wash it goes then into my suitcase!  Like the one purple heart for courage? ;0)

February Challenge

A 9x12 for AAQI

My random act of kindness for today ...

Finish the binding, add some hand-stitching & off it goes.

So simple!

Random acts of kindess

I nearly forgot it was my month, thanks Miki for the heads up! 

 I've been scattered this month... I whipped up a HEARTS quilt, that I will be giving to my

 mother when she comes out of heart surgery on VALENTINES day!  

Of course I only thought of this Monday, and I leave Sunday for MN.

I figured it will be just the thing to perk her up... 

So sticking with that idea, Can you whip up a few SMALL HEARTS, 

random free pieced style, 

and make a mini Valentine for someone special?  

Give it to someone as a complete random act of kindess... 

(or even an AAQI quilt would be nice.)

( I repeat a  SMALL gift, not a whole quilt like I did... I will make another small one)

Who would least expect to get a little gift from you this month?  

It doesn't have to be given by Valentine's day, Since I am so late, 

but just make something sweet and surprise someone in the near future...

 Happy Valentine'sDay early!

V

Are they trees....

or just triangles?

I thought I was making a triangle quilt for AAQI

when someone at my retreat walked by

and said she loved my trees.

Since we've been playing with solids and trees here,

I thought I'd show you.

It measures 9 by 12 inches.

January Word Challenge

Thanks for taking up the January Challenge!  You all did a wonderful job with the words.  I am so impressed with the thought provoking words you chose and how they got into material.

I hope your word inpsires you this year, and that you feel a bit more creative, confident, beautiful and willing to stretch when you look at it hanging in your sewing room.

Albondigas to all!

glen:  LOL, still laughing at that silly word!