Jewel Box Lotto Quilt - Finished!

It took me long enough, but I finally got my Jewel Box quilt bound, labeled and washed. I also finished making some blocks to go with Rita's Mountain Majesties top and will photograph that later this weekend after I get those blocks and some additional borders added.

I also received a box of goodies from Chris (chriswith3boys) and am looking forward to posting pics of that soon, as she sent a really cool Red/White/Blue top. I was born on Independence Day so I have a soft spot in my heart for Americiana stuff!!

Six Finished Quilts from Ann O. Nymous

Ok, I confess that's not really a name...but she didn't want to have her name on the label. Can you imagine? Such pretty quilts!!! I'm in a rush at the moment so will flesh out the descriptions later when I can. I think if you hover or click you'll see the Flickr descriptions which include the sizes for now.

Yardage from Marje!

Backs from Marje!

Can you believe that Marje sent me over 44 yards of fabric to use for backings?!?! I will spend some time tomorrow finding tops to go with these so I can create kits for our quilters. Thank you for your generosity, Marje, these are going to come in very handy!!!

Also, here's a little teaser of my Jewel Box quilt, undergoing some serious inspecting by Smokey!

Cathy L's Tops and Orphans

Wow, was I slacking this weekend? No, but I did fail to update the blog. I didn't get home until very late last night and went straight to bed, but on the way home I picked up 3 boxes of goodies that were at Mom & Dad's! One of those boxes was from Quilty Cat (Cathy L) and here is what it contained!

72" square NYMQ 2012 top

Cathy and I both participated in this year's New Year's Mystery Quilt, but mine is still a bunch of HSTs in a bag, LOL! She put hers together with some great fish fabric for borders. She also gave me 4 yards of the same fishies to use for backing. Yay! I love fish :D

45 x 60" Lime and Purple top

Here are a pair of tops that look super! I apologize in advance that the colors are not accurate. The top one looks ok but the bottom one just won't balance right. Maybe later I can get a picture in natural light.

45 x 60" green blue and purple top

36" sq peach and green Rail Fence top

Cathy L's orphan blocks

Tomorrow I hope to post some pics of the two boxes worth of backings that Marje sent. I can't wait to get the pieces measured and find some tops for them so I can make more kits for our quilting friends to help us finish!!

6 Quilts and 30 Tops

Not in photo: 14 quilts and 4 tops already delivered to Zerna plus 3 tops I sent to Kathy P to quilt!

Expecting to receive some finished quilts from Kathy P this weekend (from her guild friends!), and a box with some backings from Marje tomorrow. Woot!!!

Spent the day cutting borders, making labels, and generally scheming. I have no idea where the day went, but I was busy the whole time!

A Very Heavy Box from Wanda!!!

You guys are just blowing me away with your generosity!!! Here's another shining example...Wanda sent me 8 quilt tops, 5 of them with coordinating backings. And most of these are HUGE!!!

I had fun taking photos last night as it was breezy up here at The Pass, so any wonkiness you see is just from the wind blowing the tops around a little :)

A thousand thank you's, Wanda!!!

83x96 Postage Stamp with medium brown wheat backing

57x83 Kaleidoscope Circles top with black tone on tone dots for backing

78x94 Jewel Box in 30's prints top and green backing with white dots

60x70 blue and yellow string quilt - foundation pieced and blue/yellow floral backing

72x96 Broken Dishes top

70x94 bright and black HSTs top

39x46 circles top

43x63 Batik Sawtooth Star top with a large backing made of the border batik!

Marcia's Tops

Marcia recently completed a wedding quilt for the daughter of a very good friend. She had several leftovers and made these two great tops to donate to TBFQ. Thank you, Marcia!






And here are two cute Granny's Garden blocks she sent along. I love those blues!