Thought I should try and post something since I've been AWOL since Easter.  I've been working on some projects, but none are ready for pictures.

 

Here's a somewhat better picture of the jelly roll quilt I recently pieced. I have no place to take pictures that has a large enough space to spread out, so this was taken hanging from my living room armoire.  I really need to find an outdoor spot so that the natural colors will show well.

It still has only one border and I'm thinking it will remain this way as it makes a nice lap quilt at this size. 

 

 

Same shot with an Oliver photo bomb.  In order to get any pictures without Oliver, I had to tuck him away in the bedroom for a few minutes.  He means well.... but you know, he's a cat and cats have different ways of "helping".

 

Once I get this quilted, I promise to take a better

picture of the finished quilt.

Here's a peek of the quilt top that I just finished.  I need to find a place to take a full shot but thought I'd put a little tease up first.

 

This was a free pattern called "Trade Winds" that came from the Hoffman Fabrics web site.  I went back to give you a link and it is no longer available on their site for free.  I did Google it and it can be purchased in several places.  This must have been one of those patterns that was only free for a limited time.

 

Anyway, it was made from a batik jelly roll that my friend, Kathy, gave me a couple of years ago.  If you do track down the pattern, you will see that I changed many things, like adding sashing and corner blocks.  I did this because I had some distortion with all of the bias edges and wanted it to be true, flat, and square when finished.  It is. 

 

I'll blog more about it when I can get a decent picture.  It only has one border right now, but that may change to make it larger.  And, of course, now comes the hard part..... quilting it. 

 

 

My assistant is enjoying a rare moment of a clean, cleared off cutting mat.  Don't get too comfortable, Oliver!