Silk Wallhangings-2 down 1 to go

Here are my silk wallhangings. They are finally done! They are even gift wrapped and ready to go! You can see the rest of the story here.

Can Change My Count?

So when we first started this crazy idea I committed to 3 PhDs I think that I should have said 5, maybe even 6. I knew that I had them then but didn't want to put myself on the hook for more than I KNEW I could do. Ha, you thought I was going to say 'I change my mind, I don't want to finish my 3 huh?'. Well here is another one that I started last year and just now finished. I wrote the whole story on my blog. Here are a few pics of it.

One Down!! Wa Hoo!

I finished the binding and label while watching the Super Bowl last night. ;)

This the the quilt I made for my daughter's teacher who is having a baby next month.  The kids are giving her a baby shower at school on Friday so she wants to give it to her then.

Making Progress

So all of my tops are done! Wa Hoo! Now just to get them quilted. Which should be easier for me than most but you know how it goes...the cobbler's kids have no shoes and all of that. However, my kids have school and my husband is working today so I may actually get some stuff done. I plan to quilt this one today:

I also finished the top for the 'Meet me in Paris' quilt. And as it turns out, I really don't like it. I bought this as a kit so I was stuck with the color choices that were provided. There is not enough contrast for me. And this was TONS of work to put together, it's a shame to spend so much time piecing something that you can't even see. Oh well, maybe once I quilt it I will like it. If not, maybe I will try to sell this one.

 And last but not least...the silk wall hanging. Silk is a PAIN! My studio is a mess from working with it and I keep finding dark brown strands in the ODDEST places! I went ahead and made 2 of these just to see which I like better. One will go to the Indian restaurant and the other one will be a gift for my neighbor. I made a quilt for one neighbor (Lisa) and this will be for her roommate Kate.

I think I will add another border to the top one and I don't know yet which one is going where. The color is really weird in this picture, the colors aren't quite this wacked out, I swear.

Angie's PhD's

Meet Me in Paris

I bought this kit when I was still a new quilter. I thought it would be cute on my daughter's bed. The designer was demonstrating the quilt at a show years ago and I thought 'she makes that look so easy, I can do that!". Well it turns out, I could NOT do that...then. Now, I can do that. :D I found it in a box when I was organizing a while back. See, I am one of those people who thinks that if at first you don't succeed, erase all proof you ever tried. This mind set has been less than helpful with more than one quilting project. I will start something and get frustrated with it, throw it in a box and walk away to something else. As I get more skills, I have been going back and trying to finish some of those things I put up years ago. I pulled this out a while back and realized this real is not too hard and started finishing it, then the busy season started and I haven't finished much of anything that wasn't for someone else's in MONTHS. This WILL get done with this challenge.



Posies

Another thing I got YEARS ago was this pattern and panel. It is another project I got soon after starting to quilt. I think it was the first panel I purchased and then couldn't figure out what to do with it since I didn't get any of the coordinating fabrics, so it also went in to a box as 'I don't know'. I found a few fat quarters that worked and still didn't do anything with it. My daughter's teacher is having a baby in March so I thought this would be a great baby quilt for her so I sucked it up and headed off to a fabric sale to get the background fabrics. I still don't know how I feel about the green that I chose but I am pushing through it...

Silk Wall Hanging

My favorite restaurant in town happens to be owned by a guy I used to work with and his wife. It is a fabulous indian food place....soooooooo good! Anyway, when it first opened I told the owner I would make something quilted to put on the wall, went out and bought silk fabric in very 'sari' type colors. Great shades! I discovered that silk is a pain to work with!! So guess what, into the box it went! I didn't have a pattern, pretty much just make a bunch of half square triangles and then gave up. lol So this one will be fun, but I WILL finish it!