"Chrost,as Fat Qiarters by Joy

I love having projects ready for the holidays long before the stressors of the holidays begin, and clearly so does Joy.  Fun Christmas quilt top made out of fat quarters and ready for binding.  Quilted with the panto called "Flurries" in a slightly gold colored thread.  Well done!

 

"Odds and Ends" by me.

The block is named "Odds and Ends" and it was made for a friends who is graduating from High School this year.  Her preferred colors are green and blue, and I had such a good time making it.  All of the fabrics are hand dyed, starting with either plain white for the green or a white on white fabric for the blue the left me with white feathers on the blue background

The "spoltches" are a part of the hand dye process, and when I inadvertently splashed the green fabric that was soaking as I started the blue. 

 Even with all of my careful measuring and calculating how much fabric I'd need, and then allowing an extra yard for each, I was still short on the dark blue for the binding!  Thankfully, I had some of the same fabric dyed light blue from a previous project, so used that for the little bit of leftover binding.

"Ghost Puppies" and "Skinny Puppies" by Leigh

I cam up with the name "Ghost puppies" because they look so sad and skinny!  I felt sorry for them! The lower photos is a much better representation of the colors, my camera wants to make things more orange.I quilted these with a background fill of many designs including leaves, feathers, swirls, you name it.

 

And "Skinny Puppies" although they aren't all that skinny like the others above.  These puppies all became "feathered wreaths" with the feathers growing from their bodies.  so much fun for me!

 

Bear Paw Sampler by me

I wanted to learn more about color theory, so purchased a book and this was the suggested block to make and practice your skills.  All the fabrics are from my stash, and I had such a good time working on it.  (although still not a fan of Bear Paw Blocks, they are too each to rotate and make a mistake)

 Ready to go to a police officer for donation

Beach Huts and the North American Mystery by Sharyle

 This was a mystery quilt from Heart to Hand, but I don't recall the exact name of the pattern.  This is quilted with a design of Palm Trees, and it took an hour to quilt each pass of the quilt.  Wow.

And here is the North American Mystery from around the same time.  Reminiscent of a Native American Blanket pattern

"Red Riding Hood" by Pamela

Whenever I see a panel quilt, I think "Yes cute, but what do you do with it?"  Well Pamela certainly answered that question.  You add sashing, borders, and hand applique and turn it into a stunning heirloom!

I didn't quilt too much in the panels, just added a bit of detail to give them texture.  What fun to work on this!