2014 NewFO Challenge - July

I had been doing several table runners for my sister-in-laws as well as a dish drain quilt.  My husband decided that he wanted a dresser quilt for sitting his things on for his birthday.  So, I made another quilt as you go quilt, but this one was 15" by 40".  He wanted colors like I had used on the dish drain quilt.  I picked several out and let him pick the ones he liked.  Here's the result!  He was really happy with it!  So once again, I have finished my New FO for this month.

I also finished my Quilt Doodle Block of the Month for July which is five cups of hot chocolate!

Visit Barbara over at Cat Patches to see what others have started this month. 

Happy quilting everyone! 

2014 NewFO Challenge - May

My husband and I went to Memphis to visit our daughter and needed someone to watch our cats.  My sister-in-law volunteered to care for them for us.  She came over every day to check on the cats and make sure they had plenty of food and water.  I wanted to do something to thank her for taking care of them and decided to make her a table runner.  She's very fond of maple leafs so I included one in her table runner.

I had fabric that had lots of maple leafs on it and used that for the backing.

I am a member of the Denver Chapter of the Green Bag Lady Project and I used the same pattern that I use for those bags to make a bag for my sister-in-law's table runner.  You can watch a video to learn about the Green Bag Lady Project.

Visit Barbara over at Cat Patches to see what others started this month. Happy quilting everyone! 

2014 NewFO Challenge - April

This month I actually finished the project that I started this month.  Since my sister-in-law was hosting the Easter meal this year, I decided to make her a table runner with Easter colors.

I used an assortment of different fabrics that had colors that you might find on Easter eggs.  I used the quilt as you go method with little bunny rabbit fabric for the backing and a lavender striped fabric for the binding.

I used the same pattern that I use for the Green Bag Lady bags to make a bag to put it in. You can watch a video to learn about the Green Bag Lady Project.

Visit Barbara over at Cat Patches to see what others started this month. Happy quilting everyone!

August NewFO Challenge

Well, I have finally gotten around to making a new table runner to replace the one that ended up at my daughter's house in Tennessee.  This was my original table runner.

And this is my new one.  I made it a little larger because I decided to put this one on our sideboard.  I'll probably make another one for the table behind our couch.

I have also been working on my Miss Rosie's Toulouse.  I have all of the blocks finished now and have them sewn together into rows.  Now I need to sew the rows together.  Then I'll be working on the border.  I'm liking how it is coming together.

Visit Barbara over at Cat Patches and see what others have started this month.  Happy quilting everyone!