Happy Finishes

The beginning of this year has gone past in a whirlwind.  I haven't done a lot of sewing since back at work (from home) after summer break, as my marvellous assistant (also works from home) and her five year old grandson were in a horrific vehicle accident on New Year's Day - in which eight others did not survive. He has just had the casts off three broken limbs, but she is still in hospital, and it is going to be a long slow recovery.

I am still discovering things on my new-ish phone.  Today it was that I HAD to use the USB cable that came with the phone for my PC to see the phone when plugged in.  There are so many USB cables lying around, that I didn't think it would matter!  Which means that I was now able to copy the few photos I have taken with it.  I know it is old unsupported technology, but I really like using Picasa to edit pictures for this blog.

These are some of the quilts that were completed in November and December.  Most photos were taken on my front pathway.

This is one of three quilts (others waiting their turn to be finished) that were created from the Good Hope Quilters' Guild mystery run in 2020 (I wasn't very fond of the large revealed quilt).  The top picture was taken outside, and the bottom one inside which shows a little more of the quilting.   It is about 55-inches square.

This quilt was made from my Block Lotto winnings from March 2014.  The block was called Star Chain.

 

 This very pink log cabin was made for my new great-niece, but her mama said it's a bit too pink (she chose a rainbow scrappy instead - all happy!)

 

The next pictures are the fronts and backs of completed quilts from the various Orphan Blocks that proliferate around here.  Turquoise, dark blue, pink and lime green!  All about 51 by 71 inches.

 

 

 

 

 

And after that mammoth quilting run I have managed to assemble the centre of the recent Quiltville Mystery (no pics).  This year I decided that I want to sew up all my teeniest scraps and string pieces, by colour each month.  Not sure yet what the slabs will be used for, but it is wonderfully mindless (almost) sewing.  These are the reds from January, and there was not one tiny scrap left!

 

 

And, lastly, some of the blocks for this year's Good Hope Quilters' Guild Mystery:

 

 Thank you for reading this far,and  I have just breathed a sigh of relief, because as I finished typing all this I accidently closed the window, but Blogger obviously saved it all as it was there in drafts!