Disappearing Nine Patch I have to remember they put the last picture at the top when you add them. The top is what my block will look like when I stitch it up. The bottom one is what I started with. Not sure how many I will make at this point, just really wanted to try one. I may add more of the kitty fabric because I really like it and would like it to be a kids quilt. We shall see.

Well, I've done the end rows and the black border. The outside border will be 4" and made from the butterfly material..

I am finally getting to the butterfly quilt. It will be given to the senior center to raffle off for some much needed funds for their many programs. This size with a 4" border will be about 40" square, but I want to add a row to the top and the bottom with a sashing inbetween and around what you see here. Trying to decide if I should use black as the sashing. I think there is enough green, and the outer border will be the butterfly fabric. This will bring it to about 42" x 60" and I think that is a better size.

What do you think for the sashing? And, the extra rows will be 1/2 triangle blocks - should they be green with the butterfly? Or yellow with the butterfly?

Thanks for any comments.

My daughter fell in love with this swirly, crazy print in the middle of this picture. So she decided to do the FAIRY DUST pattern with it. Even though it was tough to match colors to it, I think she did a great job. The Fairy Dust has one large pc in the middle (14 1/2 x 21 1/2) so it's perfect for showing off a favorite fabric without having to cut it up. There will be a 3" border all around and I believe she is using a dark green fabric for that. (I can't remember.) This will be donated to quilts for kids.

I will be trying one of these soon.

Just finished putting on the binding and gave it a quick cycle in the washer and dryer. I always hold my breath when I first wash quilts because I'm afraid the colors will run or it will come apart, but they seem to hold up well. Besides, that is one of the requirements when doing quilts for kids.

They need to be secure and washable. Now I just have to figure out a good place to hang or lay them to take a good picture. These will do for now but I'd like to have better pictures.

This will be dropped off tonight and hopefully will make some young boy happy.

I will continue to make boy ones for now because they have said there is a need for more boy themed quilts, but I can't wait to do a totally girly one too.

Okay, this is the fabric I want to use to make a quilt for the senior center to raffle off to raise some money. Any suggestions for the design pattern to use? Do you think it would look good in a pattern like the Winnie the Poo quilt? Or maybe use it to make pinwheels? Remember it needs to be something fairly easy for me to handle....LOL I could probably do something a little more complicated, but I also want it to be fairly quick so I can get it done. What do you think?

More from the Trunk Show - Last one I promise!

There was a gorgouse wildflower quilt with some embroidered block worked in....




And, some where the flowers just popped off the quilts...









More with an oriental flair ....









Fun plaid appliqued elephants ...










And some more traditional like this beautiful dresden plate - what a great idea for the border.

Also from the Trunk Show -

This was an animal themed quilt, some were printed, some where embroidered. With this lady, anything goes. She beaded, crystaled, embroidered, appliqued and used thread art too. I hope you can see the details in her work.

The borders of her blocks do not make boundries for her stitching as you can see by the flowers in the last picture or the golden lions head embroidered in the corner of the third picture.

Trunk Show at Guild - presented by Catherine Gentile of Button Box Quilt Shop in Wellsley MA

This was amazing, the variety and colors and techniques used... Everything from quilts, wall hangings, bags, vests, jackets, table runners, etc.

The above quilt is oriental in flavor with all these kimonos in blocks.

Some of our ladies took turns holding up quilts - good thing we have some tall ones for the bigger quilts!

We had about 60 people at this meeting (and that's not all our members), and tons of quilts to look at and be amazed by.




Some of the smaller quilts were passed around for hands on looking. Got a little loud with all the oooowing and aaaaahing. Lots of fun.