I saw a quilted box on one of my quilting groups on Facebook and fell in love with it. It is a simple project made with 2 squares of fabrics of various sizes. I chose 10" squares. Great for using up some scraps. I found a wonderful tutorial on seaside-stitches.blogspot.com. The size of the box changes with the size of the squares you use and how deep you make the corners. I had such fun buying buttons too!
As I was going through my stash of holiday fabrics to use to make more boxes, I came across a holiday table runner kit that I remember purchasing at a NJ Shop Hop location. It came with the fabrics for the top, backing and binding. It took less than an hour to sew and about 2 hours to bind. I was so glad I finally got this one done! I wonder how many other simple-to-do kits I have hidden away! Will know soon, but more on that later.
This was a wonderful surprise from a quilty friend who is travelling the country in a spectacular RV and quilts on the road. I love this and found a template to make it on the Missouri Star Quilt Company website. It is the wacky web (periwinkle) template. This uses the 5" template and is perfect for charm squares. I loved this so much I made some for gifts. I used fat quarters for these, but have plenty of charm squares that I can use to make lots more. They were quick, easy and lots of fun! They make great mug rugs, candle mats or table toppers.
This was the last quilt I made in 2014. It was made for a dear friend's grandson who was born in September. His dad is a big Yankee fan as you can tell. I designed the quilt around the center logo square and machine quilted it with stitch-in-the-ditch and echo stitching. The piecing was done in 2014 and the quilting and binding were completed by January 2nd.
Now for the new stuff!
I finished my first block today!
The new year is off to a good start!
