Half Square Triangle Rag Quilt

Today we would like to show off a new rag quilt from Tanya.  She wants to mix up her Rag Quilt Design a little and start doing quilts with more flavor to them.  This quilt has alternating Diamond Patters done with HST.

She kept it simple on the back with all one color.

Here is the full shot of the back.  To me it looks like a Star in the middle with the purple points radiating outwards I think she did a fantastic job.  Let Tanya know what you like, love or even hate about how this quilt turned out.  She plans to make a pieced version also of this quilt so look forward to that another day.

Let us be Gray!

Today in honor of April Fools we are going to look at some of the Foolish things that I quilt.  Last week I was working on gray blocks to go with my orange and gray selection.

And I foolishly went over board and made 29 new gray blocks.  My numbers now are at 44 gray blocks and 24 orange blocks.  Tanya vetoed my idea of making a Orange and Gray quilt for our bed (she still really hates the orange) so it looks like I will only be making a few baby or a lap quilt (for me) out of them.  Which means I have WAY TOO MANY gray blocks.  So to solve the issue Tanya has started to look for color combos she can live with and I will one day actually make a quilt for my bed.  Tell then just laugh at my foolish pile of gray blocks.

Toys for Tots

Today we would like to share some toys for tots that Tanya has made.  Two of them will be given as donations to a cause that contacted us looking for baby toys.  The other 2 will be added to our Etsy Store.  Tanya a few months back bought some crinkly material to sew into the baby toys.  The 2 we are giving away do not have it, because we were not sure what they wanted.

Tanya made 3 Basket Balls and added tags to them they are such cute toys.  These pictures are of both the back and front of each taggie.  If I got the pictures right the should be side by side on front and back.

After making 3 Basketballs she had to give a Ice Cream Cone a try.  I think that they turned out pretty cute what do you guys think?  Have you made taggies before and if so what do you like to make?

At the same time we got the crinkly material Tanya also bought us some Insul Bright and she had to turn one of my completed Orange Blocks (left over from my Orange and Yellow Quilt that is now for sell on our Etsy Store) into a hot pad.  She plans to turn more of my lost blocks into hot pads.  I should explain the lost blocks I have a box full of all the left over blocks on all the quilts I made.  Original I was planning to make a quilt out of it.  Now I guess Tanya plans to make Hot Pads out of them.

2 Baby Quilts for the Price of one Jelly Roll

These are 2 tops of simple straight lines.  I have yet to figure out what I will put on the back.  I won a Jelly Roll from the Mixer for Sewing Summit sponsored by the Salt Lake Modern Quilt Guild to which I belong.  I was not sure what I wanted to do with it and while their at the mixer some one handed me a post card that had a picture of a similar quilt and said do that.  So I did that.

When finished it will be around 40 inches square.  While looking at the pictures here I realized I blundered its only 36 inches wide in this picture.  I guess I need to put 2 inch strip on each side.  I do need to cut down the top and bottom (which is not straight, but cut it off for picture).

In other news the Winner of our 400 follower giveaway is

Dawn said...56

I Liked you on Face book :)

March 24, 2013 at 11:43 AM 

Dawn who liked us on Facebook.  Thank you to all who entered.  Remember the quilt giveaway is also still open so go enter that if you have not already.

Also this week I got a prize I won from http://www.heatherpearson.com I got my choice of 2 fabrics out of 4.

Aren't they cute.  Now I have to make another purple or pink quilt.

Late Link A Finish Friday # 60

It is now time for Link A Finish Friday.  Today I would like to start with a big thank you to Fat Quarter Shop who has offered to Sponsor our Link A Finish Friday with Prizes.  This month's winner (March) will win a $15 gift certificate to spend at Fat Quarter Shop. 

Please remember to thank our sponsor by visiting their store at http://www.fatquartershop.com/ their blog http://www.fatquartershop.blogspot.com/ and Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/FatQuarterShop

Today I am running late on link a finish Friday so sadly no pictures from last week.  We are having a Quilt giveaway this is one choice.

Please see yesterdays post for more details on how to win a quilt from Richard and Tanya Quilts.

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1) Who likes rules. Toss them out.

2) Add a link to your finish blog or where ever you show off your finishes (Not limited to quilts but I like them the most).
3) Visit a few of the finishes and comment or encourage them on.
4) Monthly random winner picked from all of the months linkups to $15 gift card from Fat Quarter Shop.

Not required but fun to do

1) Follow my blog.
2) Follow the blog of all those that link.
3) Link back to my blog.
4) No finish, go quilt and stop reading the web.