French Roses

I made this wall hanging a while back. It was a fun technique with raw edges on the flowers and leaves...

Flying Geese

I have lots of little flying geese units and have been meaning to make them into a quilt... Here's the first block...

My Productive Weekend

My mom and Ms. Mary came to visit this weekend and helped me bigtime in my quilting room. Ms. Mary gave me the blocks for this stunning blue tie quilt. I put the blocks together this morning and am so excited about it! I'm going to find a gray or blue silk fabric for the border and may put satin or something soft on the back.

I am also making myself a house quilt. It's made from 30's reproduction fabrics and it's very, very busy. I decided I needed some trees to calm it down a bit... I still need to make 15 more trees and 8 more houses. Here are my latest trees...

We also worked on the homespun Crazy 8's blocks for the quilt for the basement. It's coming along nicely. I got all of the fabric cut up for it.

Amazingly, we were able to get Wyatt's full-sized Yellow Brick Road black and white quilt together. I love it! now to find a thin white border and a 6 inch black one with cornerstones...

This is the block of the month quilt that my guild helped me make. The pattern is Diamond Panes. It is for my sister-in-law. The blocks are 14 inches. I'm making an identical but smaller companion quilt of 7 inches that will be a baby shower gift for her eventually.

Wyatt's Big Boy Quilt

Wyatt's crib will eventually turn into a full-sized bed. I am concerned that soon I'll have no time to quilt, so I'm making him a black and white quilt with the yellow brick road pattern right now. It will be full-sized and I think I'm going to add a 6 inch border to it. It will probably not be a spread, but will function more as an added blanket for warmth.

The blocks are not together yet, but tonight I completed all the blocks. I laid them out and snapped a quick picture. I'll start putting it together later this week and will probably take it to my favorite quilter for an all-over pattern.

Charm Square Baby Quilt

I participated in a charm square exchange with my quilt guild earlier this month. We all brought bright fabrics. This is not the type of quilt I would normally have made (very bright), but I like it. I already had the two border fabrics from a trip to Hyannis, Mass. Even though they're busy fabrics, I think they calm down the quilt a bit. I plan on buying a backing fabric (probably a blue) and I'll use the blue sailboat fabric for binding. Instead of having it quilted, I'm going to tie it. That way, I'll be able to finish it more quickly.

Orphan Block Quilt

I have some extra blocks from this project and that project that will eventually end up in a sampler. Here are the blocks I have so far...

UFO # 23... Wyatt's Black and White Yellow Brick Road Quilt

These are the fabrics I am using to make a new quilt for Wyatt. His crib will eventually turn into a full-sized bed. I know that I will have little time to quilt once Owen arrives, so I thought I'd better get busy on it now.

UFO # 20... Homespun Crazy 8's Basement Quilt

UFO # 17... Owen's Quilt

I've made a quilt for Owen. It's the Yellow Brick Road pattern. I haven't gotten the batting yet, but I think when I do, I'll tie it. I have the backing fabric already but not the binding. This pattern is SO fast to put together.

Quilts of Valor

This is the third quilt top I've worked on for the Quilts of Valor program. This beautiful quilt will be quilted and sent to an injured active duty American soldier. Such a worthy cause.

My Daughters of the American Revolution chapter decided to make a quilt. We've gotten together a few times and here is the finished top! I'm so proud of it. This picture really doesn't do it justice. It's so rich.

A Christmas Quilt for My Memaw

A Christmas Quilt for My Daddy

Aunt Judy's Quilt

I made this quilt for my Aunt Judy for Christmas.

Quilts from Texas

These quilts are in Patrick's Aunt Linda's collection. Priceless treasures.

I Finished my King Sized Quilt!

I have been working on this king sized sampler made with reproduction fabrics from the '30's for about 1 1/2 years. I finally finished it (with my Mom's help on the binding). This is a picture that was taken about 10 seconds after I finished the last stitch.

Quilting Exhibit at the Old Statehouse in Little Rock

I went today to see an exhibit of African American quilts... Here are a few of them (hope it's ok to post them without permission online)...

Projects in Nikki's Quilting Studio

I have many quilts going right now, but these are the ones that are getting most of my attention right now...

• Wyatt's crib quilt is ready to be bound. I just picked up the fabric for the binding today.
• I'm collecting Asian fabrics to make an Oriental Fan Quilt... I haven't started cutting yet, but I am envisioning a black background and multi-colored fan blades.
• I have a charity quilt that I signed up to do for the Blue Valley Quilt Guild. It's due in one month. Gotta get busy and finish it.
• I've been working on a sampler from Prairie Point Quilt Shop that's in blues for my dad. It's not too far from having the top completed.
• My Aunt Judy is recovering from Breast Cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy. I have a quilt in progress for her. It's blues and yellows. I really like the combination of blue and yellow. I'm thinking I might need to make another quilt sometime out of deep blues and rich yellows...

Sailboat Baby Quilt

This quilt has finally been finished. I made it for Wyatt back when I thought I probably would have a girl, but I made a couple of boy quilts, just in case... It's a good thing!

The sailboats are machine appliqued on. This fabric is Moda and it's extremely soft.

Antique Fan Quilt

My mom found this hand pieced antique fan quilt top that's in excellent condition at a yard sale for $20. I liked it so much that she has given it to me. I'm going to find someone to hand quilt it one of these days. Until then, I have it draped over a chair in my sewing room. I just love it.

Christmas Ornaments

I am working on some crafts to give people for Christmas. Here are a couple of things I made last year along with my current projects...