circle turkey

I am so happy to have been able to complete another Project Quilting Challenge! This one was to be inspired by a piece of children's artwork...what an awesome idea! I have always loved this little turkey that my son Rowan made in pre-school last Thanksgiving:

 So I decided to use it as inspiration, and here is what I came up with:

I am calling it "Circle Turkey." Here they are together:

And here are a few close-ups!

I used one of my favorite "quick-finish" methods for small-ish quilts which I absolutely LOVE! I just found a nice yarn out of my stash and couched it down around the perimeter using a zig-zag stitch. I went around this one three different times, because the yarn is variegated and I love the way it looks next to itself.

For the back, I picked out one of my favorite black/grey/white canvas prints: sea creatures! Thank you to my wonderful sister for donating this beauty to my stash.

The finished quilt is 11"X11" (ish), and was made here in Central PA! Thank you Kim and Diane for another great challenge!

red wing

Hello! I was so happy to be able to complete a challenge for Project Quilting this week. Life has been SOOOOOO busy, but it was nice to come back to my quilting and use it to "quiet" my mind if just for a little while.

Since the inspiration this week was "seasons," I chose a block from the Farmer's Wife quilt with the same name:

I just enlarged the pattern a bit and was good to go!

Lately I've been inspired a lot by the prints on a clothing line I've begun selling (one of the reasons I'm so busy!). They do a lot of funky prints with a random color thrown in here or there. So I threw in a random red "season." I spent a good bit of time wondering which "season" the red one would be. I think it would probably be Autumn. But I'll let that open to viewer interpretation!

My little quilt measures 16" X 16" and it was made here in Central PA. Thanks for reading, and have a large day!