Flannel quilt done

 Lakeside Gatherings is finished!

I bought a fat quarter bundle of Lakeside Gatherings Flannels by Moda while on a little shop hop with friends in August. I planned to make a summer flannel quilt but as I was making this, our weather turned cooler and I added batting. The quilt is very soft, cozy, and warm. We'll definitely use it all winter.

I quilted this 65" by 81" quilt with Glide #38201 Steel Blue thread and a loop-de-loop motif.

I do love the way quilting looks on and gives texture to flannel.

All of the extra fabric was used on the back. I had to add a border to make the back large enough. I was happy to recently find matching fabric for that border and the binding.

The quilt now resides in our family room and has already been used a few times.

Happy Thanksgiving to all our US friends.

Finishes!

I have finishes!!! 

Dignity II is 58" by 62". 

I bought fabric for a quilt in 2019 while we were traveling through Chamberlain, South Dakota, near the Dignity statue. I made a quilt, Dignity, in 2020. I had quite a bit of fabric left and now I have another quilt which will be donated. The back is turquoise. 

I quilted this with a large double bubble motif using Glide #10877 Sterling thread.

I spent a few days at our annual quilt retreat last week and I finished my Santa Table Runner. I bought this as a kit when I was shop hopping with friends in August.

The runner is 18" by 42". Can you see the Santa heads just above the red with the holly?

I quilted straight lines with Aurifil #2315 thread using my Juki with a walking foot.

At the retreat, I also worked on 30's Quilt with some 30's fabric I recently won.

I also pieced Frosted Window Panes, a red and white table runner. I bought this as a kit at The Quiltmakers Shoppe in Manchester, Iowa, while on that shop hop in August. The pattern is theirs.

I did most of the piecing for Bursting in Air at the retreat also. Here is the progress so far;

Top middle and left side middle pieces are

turned the wrong direction in this photo.

My design wall has had some activity in the last few weeks; recently Whirly Jig was there.

Butterflies also spent some time there. I'm not sure about this quilt - it might change.

I have quite a pile of tops to quilt and a couple quilts to bind. All in good time.

Ray and I were recently in Madison, Wisconsin to see his oncologist. He still has energy/endurance issues and feels like he has brain fog. At this most recent checkup, we learned these issues all normal and to expect it for a few more months. I do see positive changes but, of course, they just don't happen fast enough. Of course, it's still too early to know if he is cancer-free.

When cancer happens,

you don’t put life on hold. 

You live each day.