Monday, November 12, 2012

Nothing on the Wall

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That’s because I have been finishing.  Here is my Christmas Quilt 2 all quilted, bound and labeled. 








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I have to say that quilting this panel was a big challenge, one that I feared and looked forward to at the same time.














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The rest of the quilting was pretty traditional.  I really like this quilt and am glad I finally got to make it.








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In my last post I shared pictures of the two applique BOMs that I have fused and are ready for stitching down.  Here is this month’s block for Carol Doak’s Mystery 2012.  I have cut all of the pieces and am ready to, hopefully, stitch today.  If I get that done I will have all of my BOMs up to date for another month....Yea, me!







I also have a short list of Christmas gifts with some work left to do on them.  Sunday I finally decided on the last gift and hope to get that started this week.  I seem to be right on track to have all my gifts, made and purchased, ready before Thanksgiving.  And that is good because I have several new projects rolling around in my head and wanting to get out and I see December as a quiet month of singing Christmas carols, ditzy Christmas movies on TV and fun stitching.  Doesn’t that sound like a fun way to enjoy the holiday season?

8 comments:

Denise :) said...

Oh Gari, I really do like your Christmas panel -- you did a beautiful job with it! :)

Paula, the quilter said...

Wonderful job on the quilting! Isn't a finish just such a fantastic feeling?

Judy D in WA said...

The Christmas quilt is fabulous! Way to jump right on in there. :)
The Carol Doak block will take you no time at all.

cajunquilter said...

Love the Christmas quilt.

Frog Quilter said...

The quilting is gorgeous. Keep going.... It gets better.

Dora, the Quilter said...

I love your Christmas quilt. I like the fact that the large panel means less piecing so that a special limited-use quilt can go together more quickly. I think this would be a lot of fun to quilt, and am enjoying seeing the quilting in the central panel.

Bonnie said...

Your use of stripes in that Christmas quilt is wonderful. Hum, Dora had a good point about having an easier to put together quilt for such limited usagage. I'm just beginning to think of making a couple more full size Christmas quilts so all the beds in the guest rooms would be able to be covered in Christmas. Is the Carol Doak mystery done through a Yahoo group, blog or website? And does she do them yearly or more often? Just curious. Love your current header picture.

Kate said...

The Christmas Quilt 2 turned out beautifully!