Mom!! There's a Huge Basket in the Front Yard!!!

I'm down here tidying up my studio, and all of a sudden I hear a scream. MOM, come up here, there's a hot air balloon in our front yard!!!!! Evidently there is a hot air balloon festival somewhere in the area, and this guy decided to land on our road. He made it past our yard to the neighbors, landed, packed up, and drove away!

One Block Wonder--Cosmic Cabbage Roses

It all started with this piece of fabric. What pattern could you possible use to justify cutting this up?

Here's one block......... ...and here's another.

These are what I had at the time I took the pictures, now I'm up to 42 blocks.

It's Beginning to Look Alot Like Halloween?!!

It seems that this was the week to work on quilts for Halloween. Two different customers of mine, from two different sides of town, have declared that Halloween is their favorite holiday.Billie chose this panel to work with. She added the nine patches, (I don't think you can ever go wrong with a nine patch!), and then a smaller border, to which I added the bats. When I saw the panel, I knew right away that the only thing that would work on it was spider webs. I used a mono poly for the webs, and let just a hint of the orange come up through the back to give it a touch of color. It looked great. I didn't want to take away from the print, and it worked.This is the second Halloween quilt that I've quilted for Kathy. She chose spiderwebs as well, but all over the quilt instead of only the center.Christmas is just right around the corner, and I've got a few of those to do already. A little bit of Rudolph, a little bit of holly, and we're there. (I'm not wishing my life away, but sometimes time goes WAYYYYYY faster than we like!)

BTW, does anyone know why I was able to do two loads of laundry, and cook four loaves of stromboli before blogger was able to load these four pictures?

Have a great evening!!

Linda

The Aliens Have Landed!!

Billie gave me this BQ2 quilt to finish for her. This piece was fun to quilt. I did a wonky greek key in the border, loops in the green background, and I "electrified" the aliens. It was fun to do. Sometimes it's nice to get a break from all the "fancy" work.

As I was working on this block I noticed that this little stinker has his fingers crossed while holding his sign that says "galaxy peace." I got a kick out of that one!

Happy Birthday Juice!!!!

This is another of my most precious babies. Happy Birthday Julia, I love you honey!!

Charming Chatter

I've joined a group of gals at a blog called Charming Chatter. It's all about finishing WIP's. My project for July is a quilt that I've pieced way back in January. All I need to do now is piece the backing, and get it quilted, and bound. Shouldn't be a problem.

Back or Front? You make the call.

I just took this quilt off the machine. I'd like your opinion. Which is the front, and which is the back.