Crocheted Afghan

A soft, pretty crocheted afghan found while cleaning at my brother's house. If I can't find who made it, or if I do and they don't want it, I shall keep it. Teensy, as usual, had to come see what I was doing, taking pictures out there: "Did you make that for me? What's it smell like? Is it mine? I think I can hide behind it. Is it for me? (Rats, she saw me.) Can I lie on it? Who's it for?"

'A Stitch in Time' is Hanging

This afternoon Larry (with a wee bit of help from me) hung the 'Stitch in Time' wall hanging I finished July 7.  It's hanging from a decorative oak quilt hanger my brother gave me a few years ago.

The quilt measures 36.5" x 50" and is made from a panel by Rosiland Solomon.  I got it at Quilts, Etc., a nice little quilt shop in Sour Lake, Texas, on the 20th of February.  We didn't stop there to get something for me, but, as usual when Larry is along, he spotted it and thought I just had to have it.

It's now hanging in the upstairs landing opposite the door to my quilting studio.  In the third-to-last photo, you can see the door to my little office on the left; that's where my roll-top desk is, and where I've been doing all the scanning of my old albums of late.  The door straight ahead opens into the little library (seen in the final picture).  There are a couple of treadle sewing machines on the landing.

Way back in July, Larry had rummaged up a couple of heavy-duty screws especially for the type of plaster walls we have in this old farmhouse, but the heads were too big for the notches in the oak quilt hanger.  Today he ground them down, then found a thick, heavy board to rest cattycornered across the L-shaped banister for him to stand on.  His perch on that board high above the staircase made my hair stand straight up on end, and I wondered what on earth ailed me, to think I needed to hang that quilt there.  

But we got it done with no casualties, and thar she hangs.  I might re-steam it a bit, if I get a speck o' 'want-to' one o' these days.  I think I can just reach the side of the quilt that needs it the most.  Maybe.

Dahlias and Stars -- Playing with EQ8

I've been playing around with possible designs I might use for a quilt for my niece Susan, who is suffering from breast cancer.  Here are a couple I've just put together in EQ8 -- Giant Dahlia in two colorways, and Sara's Star Variation.  Of course I don't have these exact fabrics, so the quilt I eventually make will likely be more scrappy, with a variety of colors.  I drew the Optical Circle a year and a half ago, and the Medallion Appliqué quilt two and a half years ago.  Which one(s) do you like best?

Hexagon Farmer's Market Table Topper

Farmer's Market hexagon table runner with fabric origami star in the center.  It's 35" across, from side to side.

New & Improved Customer's Freeform Table Runner

Since the quilting didn't show up well enough on the first table runner, I remade it.  The first runner had one layer of cotton batting and matching thread.  This one has two layers of Quilters' Dream Wool batting and contrasting thread.