More Floral Fantasy and On & Off the Needles

I'm late for "On the Needles" but better late than never.  I'm not too quick with my knitting projects when there is no deadline, but I did finally finish my blue/teal ruffle scarf this month..  Looking back to see when I started this scarf is really embarrassing --way back in November of 2012!  Of course I have been doing other projects not related to knitting.  Anyway, here's the picture of my scarf and next to it is my next little project-to make some old fashion knitted dish cloths.  I figure these should go really fast and I'll have my knitting groove down enough to try something a little more challenging.  One day I'd like to make something beautiful like the Dreambird that everyone is making with Judy and Denise.

And now for  a few more blocks and a view of the whole Floral Fantasy raffle quilt to delight and amaze you.  Don't forget to come see it in person at our quilt show in March 2014.

Side Border

And finally the whole "Floral Fantasy" garden comes into view.  

To see more of what everyone is knitting, go to Judy's Patchwork Times.

More Floral Fantasy Pictures

I have more beautiful flowers blooming on this raffle quilt that I'd like to show.  I must tell you all that I did not make this quilt, but had a hand in putting it together and binding it.  A few people complimented me on the quilting too -- if only that were true.  The quilt was custom quilted by Rosemary Cushman, one of our A-Team members.  Individual blocks were done by many of us on the team; and we had sew days to assemble it into a flimsy in our own setting design.  We also chose the name from suggestions the group made.  "Floral Fantasy" received the most votes.

Notice the 2 color reverse applique of the split buds at the top of this flower

Great ruching on this one

Baby yo yos for the centers

More yo yos turned into 4 petal flowers

I hope I am not boring you with all these individual pictures, but I'm so proud of this group effort I just can't resist.

Design Wall Monday - 8/19/13

Just a little added to the design wall since last time.  I'm starting to play with scrappy hexies.  Not sure if I want to just go with the flow and put them next to each other, or plan a constant color path running through them the traditional way.  Right now, I'll just keep making flowers.

And while I'm talking about flowers, it's a good time to introduce you to "Floral Fantasy".  This is our raffle quilt for the Bits 'n Pieces Quilt Guild.  It was made by a sub-group called The "A-Team", of which I am a part. The A stands for Applique, naturally.  These blocks are all done by the needle-turn technique. We have around 20 in our group when everyone comes to our monthly meetings.

I showed you a few pictures of the quilting from the back on an earlier post and now, as promised, here are a few more from the front.  I'll be showing a picture of the whole quilt later, but because of it's size 97" x 110", that shot doesn't even come close to doing it justice.  It's best seen up close and personal.  

There are many more intricate and difficult ones to come.  This will be raffled off in March, 2014 at our bi-annual quilt show.  More details on that later; stay tuned.

To see other design walls, visit Patchwork Times.