On to new homes

Dept meeting for work this morning, and my two latest quilts have gone to new homes.  I hoped to have three quilts done, but life got in the way.  Husband's surgery and recovery came before my quilting.   Daughters (and their dogs) visited last weekend, and family time takes precedence over quilting. 

My backing for the "Sisters in the Cabins" quilt was gray with sprays of pink roses, and the bright pink/green Roundabouts quilt was backed with a purple with pink flowers fabric (also used as the binding.) Quilting them was fun.  (#1 quilt) --> I tried my first clam shells through the border of 6-inch squares, with a variety of designs in other parts of the quilt.
(#2 quilt) -- a general meander design through all the bright squares, and I made continuous line flowers in the open white spaces of the roundabouts.   

Had fun quilting this one--even added clam shells

Paula's name was drawn for this Q

This Q needed a home with little girls

Lisa has 2 daughters, is pregnant with a 3rd

Two quilty things on my plate in the next two months.
I'm giving a talk at our next guild meeting about labeling quilts.  I'm a stickler for labeling and am planning a short presentation.  This is an excellent time to finish some of my little quilt tops, adding different versions of labels to them as they're finished.  A speaker needs her props ready to go.

Our quilt guild show is in two months.  I'll have some little quilts to enter but not a single new large quilt in my home.  The finishes are all gone-- 24 so far to coworkers.    So I've requested to borrow some back for the show, choosing a variety of themes and styles and colors.  It's nice having so many to choose from.