Doll Quilt Recieved for January

This is the Doll Quilt that I received from 

my January Partner Karen who lives in Germany!

All done in Solids, it is just beautiful!!  Her work is

just phenomenal...very nice!!

She also sent along a little minature mug rug (there in the middle) 

that matched the doll quilt and the 

gorgeous panel of fabric above...

What an awesome swap this month!

Thanks Karen!!

Flying Geese!

I belong to the "Block Lotto"

This is one of the patterns that they did last year when I wasnt

a member.  My friend Kathy in Ohio won the block lotto that month and 

made a quilt from these blocks, I just really loved it so I made my own

and busted a ton of scraps...Yippee!!

Heres the flimsy...

This is Duke...testing it out...

and of course my Dahlia...cat tested, lap approved!!

Scrappy Trip!

I gotta say...I just LOVE this pattern...its so easy to do and has

such wonderful results! 

and talk about busting some scraps..this is the way to go!!

An old UFO finish!

Well, heres an oldie but a goodie!  I pieced this quilt top

about 10 years ago for our spare bedroom at our house.  It was

made with "Kansas Troubles" fabrics and a few scraps thrown in.

Right before Christmas, I told my sister to come over and take her pick of 

which quilt she would like...she chose this one..I should have known,

it is SO her color scheme....the backing is a vintage recycled 

sheet from the thrift store at at whopping $3!  Score!

Heres a close up picture.  My sister really loves it....

Merry Christmas Roxanna!!

QBSA Swap for January

My partner for January requested a Dresden Plate Block

(insert huge groan here)

I had never made one before.  

While I was making it, I actually thought to myself that it wasnt

such a big deal, piece of cake....then I layed it out to add the final section and 

Ooooooohhhh...it didnt lay flat!  UGH!!

I fixed it the best I could...but between you, me and the blogisphere...

I dont want to make any more Dresden Plate Blocks!

YUK!

Celtic Solstice is a flimsy!

Wow! What an AWESOME Bonnie Hunter mystery this was!

I really enjoyed making this quilt top.  When the colors came out for this

mystery, I wasnt so fond of the bright yellow and bright greens together so 

I switched it up a little bit maker my colors more in the jewel tone range

and replacing the yellow with purple...LOVE purple!

Here are the two stacks of the 2 different blocks in the quilt...

and here is my flimsy...I LOVE LOVE LOVE it!! So happy

with my fabric choices...

Of course it couldnt be a post here on "Quilting with Calicos" 

unless I showed a shot of the quilt top being cat tested and lap approved...

Heres my Dahlia...

Shes just a little "whisp" isnt she?  LOL!

Star Light Star Bright QAL

Have you heard about the new QAL over at "Happy Quilting" blog? 

Its called Star Light Star Bright.

Melissa Corry always has wonderful quilts, and awesome detailed 

instructions...this is my third quilt that I have made with her.

Here are my fabric choices for this time around...all from my stash (Yay!) 

with the exception of the background fabric which I needed 4 yds of.   

You can find the info for the Quilt-a-long on my sidebar...check it out and join

in, she is having some fantastic prizes!