Working on Christmas gifts

I don't know which person this is going to, but I like the way it turned out.  This was a UFO with only 5 blocks.  I used the 3 here and then below

I used the 2 extra ones and the Jo's club applique.  This was my first applique, so I'm keeping this one.  The echo quilting is the first time I've done that.  It's in our family room on the coffee table.

I have so many Christmas scraps leftover that I decided to make some simple quilt as you go table runners.  I have this one done and the second one almost ready to trim and bind.

Here is the other UFO that was a rail fence.  The problem, the amount of fabric in the bag was not enough to make it a lap quilt.  As it is, it is not all that big.  A nice car quilt.  I used scrap blue fabric for the inner border and then used the Christmas scrap bin to make piano keys that are not the same sizes.  I bound it in the blue.  Not bad for a scrap quilt.  This is for another teacher.

Pillow time

Needed Christmas gifts for DD's teachers.  I had this snowball Christmas quilt started that was from a swap and in order to use it I needed to make more blocks.  But, I decided I didn't like the way they were looking, so I made them into pillows.

I kept this one.  :)

All her teachers have gifts now.  I have a couple other items to make for other folks, and special teachers, but I have the majority of things done!

Yeah me!

String quilts

I've been trying to get these string quilts completed and ready for donation.  I have a couple of places they muight go, but am waiting on one organization that gives to families at Christmas.

These were leftover from the other quilts and are randomly put together.

yellow strings

Red strings

blue strings 

these all matches, so they went together like the little one before

I know I had a pink one too, but have no idea where that photo is.  LOL

Other finishes

I hate throwing anything away.  LOL

speedy strip for a donation quilt

I'm having trouble uploading all the string quilts I've finished, so I will try again later.

Applique

I took an applique class with my friend Lorena.  After doing the practice piece, which isn't something you can use to make anything with....I pulled the Hawaiian applique I bought on vacation this summer.  I finished the applique part and need to figure out how to hand quilt it.  I enjoyed working with the batik. It does not fray as easily.  :)

UFO Finish

This was an ostrich round robin and I finished it for the BAMC High Risk Pregnancy Clinic.  I don't like the embroidery on it, but the rest is OK.  This is UFO #9 from Liz's challenge.

No sewing, but cleaning

Well, I have such a mess with non quilting things in this room that I have to figure out what to do.  I folded lots of fabric to try and get it all in the cabinets.  I wish I had the right size of shelving to get all of it in the right colored pile.