It's been nearly 6 months since my last post, so I'd better get on it.

The rest of summer was spent house searching and then moving. I got all set up in my new quilt room (pics some day) and started on holiday projects- which i then couldn't post.

so a flurry of posts will be soon.

(and yes I quilted the star)

Card Trick

When the husband was in Las Vegas, for business a few months back, he stopped at a quilt shop for me (how awesome is that!) and picked up some fat quarters and batiks and a little kit, Card Trick Vegas Style.

I finally pieced it together last night. I haven't worked with triangles before. I think it turned out pretty well for my first attempt.

A closer but wonkier shot.

baby blocks

For my friend's daughter's first birthday, I made little soft blocks and a pouch for storage.

pay no attention to the beer drinking, laptoping husband in the background...

A close up shot of the seams for the pouch.

It's entirely made of recycled fabric. The upholstery shop, next to the playplace where we hang out, periodically gives away older fabric swatch books. I found enough coordinated pieces to make this pouch.

Full of baby blocks. I used 3 inch squares of fabrics mostly acquired from thrift shops.

And the velcro enclosure was left over from a birthday crown I'd made my son last year.

The entire project was basically recycled. The only thing new was the thread, and I already had that on hand. I think I'll do more recycled projects in the future. I have books of fabric swatches after all.

close up of the stippling. my second attempt. Still having issues with thread tension.

A nice stack of blocks. There were 18 in all, just the right amount to fill up the pouch.

scrappy nine patches

2 days ago I decided to start making scraps into blocks. I've got 1 1/2, 2, and 3 inch squares, sewn into blocks.

All random, all made of leftovers from other projects. I read lots of blogs about how much stash accumulates, I'm determined to not let it get the better of me.

I was surprised how much I liked the pinks and blues together.

Not sure if these will be 3 different quilts or a quilt with all different sizes.

They won't be in any condition for assembly for a good long while, so I'll just let it be for now.

fall quilt

I bought a scrap bag of moda fabrics a few months ago. They were all coordinated and from the Gobble Gobble line.

I let them sit in the bin until the right idea came along. Then this idea came along,

http://oldredbarnco.blogspot.com/2008/07/win-this-quilt.html Old Red Barn also did a quilt along recently with the same pattern.

I only had strips and there was only one of each style, but I think it worked out fine.

I used the remaining inches to make the border and i've got a few left that i'll add to the backing to be scrappy.

4 square

This was my first 4 square. Also, was my first attempt at stippling.

Turned out well enough, I think.

It's now a pot holder/trivet.

Disappearing Nine Patch

I got several charm packs of batik samplers a while back, but didn't know what to do with them. They are all different but many have the same color family or are in the same print but different values.

I've also been intrigued by the disappearing nine patch for a while now.

A match!

These came together super fast. made the whole top in about a night and a half. After the muslin sashing was going on, I felt it needed something else, so I went and found a batik in my stash that I'd got because it was on clearance but had no earthly idea when I'd need a pansy print in orange!

I think it gives a nice contrast and makes it look like window panes.