Any more triangle trees out there?

As the instigator of the December swap, I feel slightly obligated to check:

Did everyone get their tree quilt/project?

Have we seen them all here?

I've had lots of great comments on the one I got from Margaret (top)

and I had fun making the one for Beth (bottom)

as well as an extra for a friend.

Fabulous tree!

I got Margaret's fabulous challenge quilt yesterday

and it's already hanging in my front hall.

She had posted little peeks earlier, but it is sooooo great in person

with all those little bits and pieces in it, the rick rack, and the sequins,

and I love the zig zag quilting in the background.

Thanks so much for the great swap, and all the extra goodies.

I finished Beth's quilt last night.

Here's a little taste before it goes off in the mail.

Merry Kaffe-mas!

A few triangles over here

I've seen some great trees growing on this blog already

So yesterday, I planted a few of my own.

Stay tuned.

Yeah!  Feels good to get back to sewing stuff again.  I was beginning to seriously pine for my sewing machine and that messy room.  I did spend a couple of hours in here cleaning up some stuff, but you would never know it.  I don't think anything LOOKS different, it is just a bit cleared and organized.  Notice I said "a bit", that is all - a tiny tiny tiny bit.

See my helper?  See how beautifully her ears fan out?  Why couldn't she do that when she sat with Santa CAAWS for the picture that goes on my Christmas Card?  Why?  Aughhhhh!  #%$*& Bassets!

I can't show you the entire thing I am working on because this is a December Challenge from the Modern Group.  So here are some peeks. 

I am in South Louisiana and I used to think those Christmas cards with all the snow and the trees, and the horse drawn sleighs were all make believe fakes.  Our Christmases are very, very green around here!  (You would think I could match the seams on the flying geese after all these years of quilting, wouldn't cha?  I guess not.)

I am liking the way this is turning out.  I am lusting after it for myself.  Will I have the willpower to mail it off in two weeks.....stay tuned and see. 

PS.  I could make another one but I don't have anymore of that footprint fabric.  And those footprints go so perfectly with the entire thing.  Aughhhhh!

glen

Two More Peeks

Making this for Brenda

really put me in a

holiday mood!

Hoping to mail tomorrow.

:-)

Just to let you know I am still here........

I have the most marvelous idea that I am sketching out for the December Challenge.  I am hoping it will work because this will be a unique and wonderful thing.

No peeks just yet.  Maybe tomorrow........

It was a bleak and dreary day, warm with no sight of cool yet.  A day for sewing. 

glen:  This, unfortunately is not my back yard, we went to False River (a bend in the Mississippi River that got cut off from the river where it went straight) for Santa Photos for the Bassets

Just One Peek

Having fun with this!

triangle trouble.

This fun tree was made with LOTS of little traingles I've been saving

as I trim off the edges of the bindings.

PLUS....other little bits and pieces!

I got so excited with this project that it ended up

BIGGER than the rules.

Ah well....

Rules....shmoolss!!!!

:0

Hoping to add a bit of handquilting today

as I let my FOOD digest.

December challenge

For our challenge this month, I have two guidelines: triangle trees and 50 inches.

I'd like you to make a seasonal quilt (Christmas or winter, whatever you prefer)

with evergreen/Christmas/triangle trees.

I think triangles have a modern esthetic.

You can use one colour or many, made fabric or not,

but try to reflect the season in some way.

Where I live that means snow and cold and dark.

This is a quilt I made for an earlier online winter challenge

As for the 50, please make the entire project (pieced, quilted, and bound)

 no larger than 50 inches in circumference

eg, 12 by 12 inches is 48 inches around.

I'll leave the shape to you, but I'm asking you to make it 50 inches or less

so that it can fit into a mailing envelope easily (maybe by folding)

and because all of you said you're up for a small  challenge.

So to recap:

1. triangle trees, seasonal colours

2. 50 inches or less around

3. mail it to the person underneath you on our sidebar list by Dec. 31

(eg. Beth to Miki, Miki to Shelly....and I mail to Beth.)

4. Post about the process/and or finished quilt.



Are you up for the next challenge?

I'm on for the December challenge and I was thinking I should get to posting it soon. I was planning a small swap, but I realize this is a busy time of year, especially for the Americans as you gear up for T'hanksgiving and Christmas. What's the thinking out there for a swap with a mid-December deadline?