Since Mom has moved to Indianapolis/Carmel last fall, I have made a goal of making a wall hanging either for Mom's door to her room or her room. It was the least thing I could do from a distance using my skills. I have made so many things over the years for her. I have done 3 mini wall hangings already: her birthday cake, a Christmas tree and then an embroidered snowman with wording for January.
So now I have finished a cute Valentine one and made a spare for my sister who lives close to Mom. I thought I would do something for her since she does so much for Mom.
The newest edition of American Patchwork and Quilting magazine had a pattern for one. I felt it was perfect for this situation but reduced the blocks from 3 inch to 2 inch making my wall hanging 16 inches square. I had a good time digging through my assorted reds and white prints with red to make it.
Here was the webbing of rows:
In between sewing, I am starting to clean and organize some of my supplies. Today, I cleaned behind my cutting table. My scrap basket is overflowing. That despite just using up a lot of it in my 9 patch wonder. Today I sorted through my patterns and filled a plastic shopping bag to donate to the guild's quilt show in March. I have been slowly going through my pile of magazines. My how much we accumulate over the years.
In addition, I have been sorting a few UFO's and trying to get them moving along to a finish.
I added the borders to this quilt top. I had made the blocks 2 years ago from small packets of fabric and instructions from a quilt store at 2 dollars a block. I had found them at a rummage table of a quilt show. I purchased the setting blocks and borders to go with them. I love the reproduction colors.
I'm feeling lucky....I get to be the first person to make a comment. Love the red valentine you made for your Mother's Room. She will too. Turning a UFO into a completed project is always exciting. It turned out great. Good luck with the organizing and thinning out of supplies. I've started the same, but..........as much progress as I made with my recent donating 41.5 pounds of yarn, there's still plenty of stuff to go through.
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