ReCap :: Something New

Hello and Happy New Year!  Just thought I'd recap on my first year of quilting.  Crazy how looking back I feel so much more accomplished.  I think 7 quilts finished my first year is a great start.

1. Joe's Quilt detail, 2. Jack's Quilt, 3. Bliss Wild Thing detail, 4. Play Date Quilt Top, 5. Summer Cottage Quilt detail, 6. Katie Jump Rope, 7. Whit It detail

 Plus two pillows:
   

 1. katie jump rope pillow, 2. Hope Valley Pillow Created with fd's Flickr Toys

And of course my Farmer's Wife Blocks...I miss making these.  Stopped when we left for vacation in August, returned and then moved, then started up new things.  I hope to begin again in February. 

It was a good first year.  Thank you all for supporting me.

And last but certainly not least, something I haven't shared yet.  I made my twin nieces who turned 9 on Dec. 29 these mini wall quilts:

 

M is for Mikayla

 

 R is for Rylee

  These were inspired by Amy at Nana & Co.   I love her use of linen and reproduction prints.  She is better at choosing prints/colors than I am.  The linen was fun to work with.  I hadn't thought of mixing it with other fabrics before.  I learned lighter prints compliment it best.  My bright blues and reds were a little too much contrast.  I used my trusty Yo Yo Maker to make the center of the Dresden and then added a few buttons and hand stitching to give it a more finished handmade look. The girls loved them.

Well, I've got a quilt to finish basting and plot out my quilting. 

xo,
Lindsay