Friday Finish

I now bring you back to quilty content!  

I did manage to get some things finished at the quilt retreat last weekend.  

I showed you the HSTs and the Splendid Sampler block.  Now I will show you my 2 actual finishes.

I wanted to make this cat pin cushion ever since I won one in a swap. 

 I was very nervous about doing it though.  

I don't seem to do a well working in 3D, LOL.

 The person I won the original one from was at the retreat so 

I got brave and brought my stuff to make one.  

It was very time consuming and hurt my hands as the pieces to turn were tiny and small pieces of sewn felt are difficult to turn right side to.  

BUT...it was totally worth the effort!  

Please let me present to you my friend Jack!

I am totally smitten!!!  He will sit next to my other one.  

The pattern was a free one I found on the internet.  If you want to try one here is a link to the pattern.

I am in a swap and we are supposed to make an extra.  

I found this pouch pattern by Lori Holt of Bee in My bonnet and 

decided to add a cat head and make it for my extra.

The orange line near the top is a zipper.

This pouch was super easy to make and I love how it turned out.

You can find the pattern on her blog right here.

 I know you sense a theme here with the orange cats.  

My best friend cat, Jack, was an orange tabby.  

I lost him in 2013 and I still miss him every day.  

A classic, Jack-in-a-box

Autumn is trying her best ti fill his shoes.  She sleeps with me in the exact same spot he used to.

I am linking up my finish with Crazy Mom Quilts.

Have a wonderful weekend and a blessed Easter.

~XOP~

Finish It Up Friday

I have had a few projects that I needed to finish up, and some that needed started!

Why is it the starting up is always so much more fun than the finishing it up?

I did finish up a few things at the end of the year and did not link up.  

One was a gift so I could not link up and one was for the MBS and 

I didn't want to share until that was posted.  

Here they are again just in case you didn't see them.

This was the MBS project.  

You can find the directions on how to make this quilt here.

This one was a gift for my daughter for Christmas.  

A fuzzy quilt for her couch.  

You can read all about it here

These were supposed to be Christmas gifts, but, well, sometimes that just doesn't happen!

I bought these great dish towels last summer with the intent of making them into MSU dish towels.

One set for my daughter and one set for me!

As you can see I managed to get both sets done this week!!!  GO me!

I am working on a wedding quilt for a friend's daughter. 

 I am thinking of submitting the quilt to a magazine so you may not see it for awhile.  

What have you been working on so far this new year??

~XOP~