One book, three quilts

Tonya sent me a copy of her new book. It is lovely with great quilts and clear instructions on how to make the words.

I had a small part in it a year ago. I read Tonya's first draft and made some suggestions, putting my writing and editing skills to work here. (My day job is a freelance journalist for a daily newspaper.)

 This week I got out the quilt my mom gave me last Christmas. Along with the quilt, my mom gave me the scraps.

 So I made a throw and tied it to a navy fleece backing. It matches the quilt, but it's found another home as a lap blanket for a resident in a nursing home. The woman who received it was wearing the same purple as in the quilt, so it was a great gift for her.

Here's a shot of the machine quilting on my quilt.

This is my last finish of 2010: a baby quilt made from WOF strips, sent in a scrap exchange.

I practised my machine quilting on this one with some roses and leaves and feathers.

This quilt also busted some dated stash. I used up this Nancy Crow scene print for the back, and used the rest of the yardage for the binding. I know it isn't lovely or up to date, but it matched the blues in the front and it hid my not so perfect machine stitches nicely. And it used up yardage too small for a 60 by 80 donation quilt and a bit too weird to cut up in smaller bits.