Last quilts for the year

Winter will be coming soon.

At the end of the card retreat I wanted to take

photos of the last quilts that I had finished.

Some times it takes a while to get those bindings on.

That morning was a bit cold.  It was fun to see the ice among
the fallen leaves.

I started this quilt last year. I had seen several on the internet
and had the thought, I can do that.  It is just a scrappy nine patch.
Each block consists of 4 corner of either a black on white or vice
versa.  The center 5 blocks were of a color and different shades of it.
What a wonderful way to use up more of the stash.
It is colorful and warm. (Already tried it out.)

This a table topper that I finally finished up.
I had appliqued all the "Halloween" hexies to the black
background, and it sat unquilted for a couple of years.
One day I got brave and decided to machine quilt it
myself.  These is nothing special about the quilting.
I just tried to use straight lines.
It turned out not too bad. 

The tulip quilt is a combination of left over blocks from
two different sets of applique quilts.
You know that some times you get making a block and you like
it and just don't stop.  Well that happened a couple of times. The only
thing different is the tulip heads are two different shapes. The
background fabric was the same and so were the leaf shapes.
Then what to do with them?  I just laid them
out and did not mind where they landed.  

After I laid them out, found out I had 4 left over, and did not feel
like making any more.  Back art!  Great way to not add to the
orphan block box.

For the back of the color scrap quilt I used yardage I had on hand
to make it. With each of these quilts I was able to use fabric I
had on hand.

The burning bushes that day were gorgeous.  The red was so vibrant.

The end of Fall.

There are a couple quilts in the works, but none that will be
completed before year end.  Hopefully, there will be several more
completed projects in 2018.

Happy Quilting
Mary