Something new

 Do you know what this is?

Why, it's a mute bag of course.  It is for a trombone mute, they asked that it look like a Crown Royal bag.  We decided it really needed the crown and name on it...I think it turned out pretty cool.

And the friend we made it for really liked it, that's what counts!

Who knows, maybe this is the start of something.

Flannel Man

 This is for my brother.  He doesn't know it yet.  It's for his birthday at the end of January.  I made it without any batting because he's hotter natured than the rest of us, but I think he'd still like to have something to use on the sofa.

The back is a lovely blue and black flannel that I pulled to the front for binding.  I think he's gonna like it!

Blue Rag QAYG Footie

 Even though this is called "Blue", it's not as blue as it started out.  We made this for my dad for Christmas.  His circulation isn't very good in his legs and feet, so this was a perfect gift for him this year. 

Added a deeper pocket on the back so it won't get caught on his recliner as easily.  He was happy about it.

Christmas Pinwheels

 Christmas Pinwheels was started several months ago.  It was my second attempt at following a pattern.  It didn't work out like it was supposed to, and it turned me off patterns a bit.  I think it still turned out okay though, all things considered, and I might try another pattern eventually. 

 Can you see my Christmas sock in the bottom corner?  Haha I finished this the week of Christmas...just in time.  Used a pre-quilted red fabric for the back so it would move faster and be thinner.  It wasn't my favorite thing to work with, but it did make things move faster.

Quilted with free motion wandering lines...no real pattern here.

Bubble Forest

 This is called Bubble Forest.  It was the third project that went up on my wall in the beginning of 2010.  It stayed there, or somewhere in the sewing room until December.  I finished it December 23rd.  It's my take on the old adage "You can't see the forest for the trees."  It's a REALLY long twin size....so long I couldn't get the whole thing in one photo, and almost not enough room to lay it out to photograph.

The back, it's a very girly thing to me.  The main fabric has some beautiful pink print on it.  When I was quilting it I started out with pebbling...they looked more like bubbles to me.  It was taking WAY too long, so I started adding in swirls and swerved lines, and straight sun rays.  The colored panels started looking like fruit, so I quilted in cherries and oranges/orange slices, blueberries, etc.  It's not perfect, but I'm proud of it!