Jo's Nine Patch - FINALLY!

OK, so while you were all busy on your nine-patch quilts last fall, I was . . . . well . . . . not. So I finally started on Saturday. My pattern uses the nine-patch blocks set on the diagonal in 3 columns. A border print is cut to provide alternate columns - 4 border strips and 3 pieced strips. It will hang on my back porch where I have had another quilt for more than a decade. Suffice it to say the old quilt has seen better days, and it's time to move on. These photos show the pieced strips - 1 completed and the other 2 laid out. There are also close-ups of the completed strip and the border print. I'm trying to decide how to cut the border print so that the finished quilt will be the right dimension for the wall and so that the strips will have a good part of the print at the edge of each strip - easier to sew and more attractive. Suggestions welcome!

My little cash purse

Last summer, Jo and I purchased these cute little bag sets with fabric already bundled and cut for the purse. Now, at year later i finally got to work! This was fairly painless, even for my first zipper! If anyone wants the pattern let me know and i will pdf it for you. The instructions are actually easy to understand, hah even for me, the dullard!

I would recommend not using a stripe pattern if you sew as crookedly as i do ! hah! :-0

Even the pros goof up!

This makes me feel better when my brain goes haywire when quilting!

Summer projects anyone?

Love these flip flop holder on-ers!

Cool tips on photographing your quilt!

I found this great post on how to photograph your quilt from Amy's creative side.