Log Cabin Orphan

How old are these fabrics? The second from the right (white fly) was in my very first quilt made back in the seventies. The others are "newer" but not by much. I made this block for my Long Island guild's raffle quilt years ago. It didn't measure up, but I just could not toss it....too many memories. I am hoping to recycle it into a Kindle carrier.

MARCH Challenge

Not exactly VINTAGE BLOCKS, but I made these a few weeks ago, only made a few, and put them away...  Hmmm, where was I going with these?  Don't know, BUT! They happened to make great setting fabrics for my Lilies AAQI quilt.

Do you see the original blocks all chopped up in there?  I like the touches of bright here and there... Looks like my flowers are dancing...  ;-)  Off to hand quilt it....

March Challenge

Give an OLD orphan

NEW life!

Make a quilt.

Make something little.

Or...

Make something practical.

Your OLD orphan will thank you!

February Hearts

Darn, Darn, Darn, I did not take a picture of my cousin WITH her heart, but I do have a picture of the heart.  I tossed it together (and it looks like it because I did not use stabilizer) the morning I left to meet her for lunch.

She was totally surprised!  And loved my little crazy heart!  And she certainly did not expect it.

(Well, I guess I DON'T have a picture of her heart postcard.  Hmmm.  So I will entertain you with my heart blocks for Block Lotto.)

glen

Big Heart for Christel

My dear friend Christel has the biggest heart. She shares her first picked asparagus and her seat at the opera among many other things. She is now very ill and I want to give her my heart along with this guardian angel today. Happy Valentine wishes!!!

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.