Rose in Winter

A rose colored wall hanging/table topper is on my dear DIL's list for Christmas this year.  An antique ninepatch doll quilt featured in "Celebrate with Little Quilts" from That Patchwork Place was my inspiration.

Rose in Winter  21-1/2 inches square

I used up a lot of little pink and rose scraps from my 1-1/2 inch scrap bag, and used up the entire piece of white/rose for the setting blocks.  Don't you think the vintage/antique look came through pretty well?  Hand sewing down the binding was the perfect handwork project while I did my volunteer time at our Church welcome desk yesterday.

Naturally, when this quilt was well underway, what should appear but another small rose-colored quilt that I had already made- and had completely forgotten about.  Now she can choose which she would like!

Windowpane  16 inches square

This afternoon's project is putting away the autumn quilts and pulling out the Christmas ones!  Let the fun begin!

Two little quilts

Bindings are finished on two more little quilts that were in my to-do bag. 

Columbus Day 12" square

A well-timed series of medical appointments gave me time to finish little 12-inch "Columbus Day."  Don't you love the center block with it's sailing ship?  The name came from that ship and the day that I cut it out and did the piecing.

The binding used up bits and scraps from previous binding projects.  Win-win!  The design is from Kathleen Tracy and was one of her small quilt monthly challenges.

The second little quilt was inspired by Vintage Variety from Temecula Quilts.  I had some half-square triangles made up from cut-off corners and they had fairly low contrast.  Perfect spot for them!

Vintage Variation 13x16 inches

Other projects going in the sewing room right now are: 1) a pink table-topper for my DIL that she requested for Christmas.  2) machine embroidery on towels (10) and aprons (4) for the Ashland, WI museum gift shop.  3) machine embroidery on towels (5 so far) for my DD's upcoming craft sale.  4)  Secret Santa Sew Along from Temecula Quilt Company.  5) Remembering Cheri block of the month.  6) sew one more angel costume for the church Christmas program.  7) wondering if it's total insanity to try to start Bonnie Hunter's mystery on Friday. (yes!)  8) fabric is pulled and pre-shrunk for a Storm at Sea quilt.  The blue batik dyes ran so much that my hands turned blue while rinsing them!  But I'm one step closer to making that bucket-list quilt.

We're hosting the family for Thanksgiving tomorrow, which is always a fun (and crazy) time.   I think I'd better go check on the timing for getting the turkey in the oven tomorrow! lol.

As always, I'm so very thankful that you stop by this little blog, and for your encouraging comments.  Blessings and Happy Thanksgiving to you!