A New Quilt Is Born.......

An on-line group I belong to decided to do a Mystery Quilt the past few weeks. I seldom do mysteries because it seems my fabric choices are usually so far off that I never finish them!!! But, with the encouragement of the gals, I jumped.......

My fabric selection:

My finished top:

Hearts for Hope

"Mom, do you have a quilt we could donate to the "Hearts For Hope" auction????"

Here is the quilt that went---

!Insights From SewCalGal: 2013 Golden Quilter Awards - Voting

!Insights From SewCalGal: 2013 Golden Quilter Awards - Voting: Quilters from all over the world were  invited to recognize those in the quilting business by nominating them for 12 categories of Gold...

"Lined Travel Bag"

Another bag, but this time it goes into my suitcase!!! Two fat quarters of fabric and I have a neat bag that holds all my personal bathroom supplies!! And so fun and fast to make!  I found the instructions here:
 http://beeinmybonnetco.blogspot.com/2012/03/lined-travel-bag-tutorial.html

I am sure I will be making more of these in the future!!

A sofa throw with a matching set of coasters. The quilt is the finished product of the Mary Mayhem's New Year's Mystery which I posted earlier.

This is going out the door this week to Samantha for her new apartment.

A New Bag

Saw this bag made up at a local quilt shop a few weeks ago. It is an "Indygo Junction" pattern. It's made out of strips, so I dug into the "strip drawer" and came up with these nine "Springy" strips.  I also used sewn together strips to make the handles. Now if the weather would let SPRING arrive...............

inside with pockets 

outside