Asian Stars by Linda H.

Linda H was out of commission for a few months because she had a broken ankle and had to have surgery. Her sewing room is upstairs, that made it too difficult to go up there to work on any quilts. Now that she's all healed up, there are lots of things happening in that sewing room. This quilt is called "Asian Stars". Linda said, "The block I used in this quilt is from the pattern "Nova" by Kim Brackett, in the book Scrap Basket Sensations. It sure used a lot of flipped triangle units!" I think it's fantastic! The back looks nice too.

Quilt Top #24

I finished sewing this Irish Chain quilt top yesterday. The brown/black Moda fabric had been in my stash for years, I wanted to use it up. Just for fun, I put in some random fussy cut squares. Please excuse the stray threads, they'll get cleaned off later. I don't know how I'm going to quilt it yet, I'll have to search for some ideas.

Hat And Mittens

I had to take a break from knitting for over a week, my hands and wrists were getting sore. Last night I finished the second mitten. Two different strands of yarn were worked as one. A ball of the multicoloured yarn was enough to make the three items. I had to open another ball of the solid colour wool and use a bit of that. Are you supposed to call it a ball or a skein? The pattern for the mittens came from the book, "Easy-Knit Mittens". There were clear instructions, I was able to understand them without smoke coming out of my ears, like the time I was learning to make socks. :)

The Start Of A Mitten

I'm attempting to make a pair of mittens, something I've never done before. I didn't bother making a sample and measuring the gauge, shame on me. I'm using two kinds of yarn, the multicoloured one is silk, wool and nylon. The plain yarn is 100% wool. It seems to fit ok so far, wish me luck!

Mystery Table Runner

One of our guild members, Doris hosted a mystery table runner over the past several weeks. It may have been a Fons and Porter pattern, I'm not sure. I finished this one last night. It took a long time to quilt because of the different thread colours and types. I'm not used to doing that, I usually do an all-over pattern with one kind of thread. Every year I try to use up Christmas fabric but the amount never seems to dwindle. Maybe somebody sneaks into my house and adds to it. :)