Quilty Gift

A friend just gifted me this book.  Totally made my day.  I've taken two classes with Alice Wilhoit at the Artists Loft in McKinney, TX.  Alice is a great teacher with clever ideas for design.  I enjoyed both classes and am trying to get her to offer an embroidery series.  Can't wait to read this book from cover to cover.

I've completed a couple of Crazy Quilt Blocks for our swap.  I've also been working on a baby quilt top and a commissioned Cinderella Quilt which has kept me from posting and taking photos.

More to come.

Happy Quilting.

Block Swap - Spools of Thread

I signed up for another Block Swap!  This design is by Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts and is in one of her latest books.  The first photo shows the original quilt and the second photo shows a modified version without the applique' border.  I've yet to decide on the outside border. 

Yesterday I pieced colorway one for 20 spools and ironed colorway two.  I've designed my 'sideways' spool to be almost empty with only a few strands of thread.  Looking forward to the array of batiks on this one.