Well, I finally got around to quilting those 3 9 patch tops! Here's the 1st one done. I had so much fun doing this little red & black one!

On to finishing the other 2!

Whew! A whole month since I've posted! Where does the time fly!
Did Guild, had a super presentation from Brenda Jaske on "How to become a Blue Ribbon Quilter". She always does an awesome presentation.
Right after Guild, my friend, Judy, & I headed out to Irena Bluhm's home in Celine, TX for a one day retreat on the longarm. I actually got to spend a little over a day with Judy & enjoy some quilting together instead of over the phone!  The retreat was terrific! Irena's hospitality was fantastic! We took 2 classes on retreat day. In the morning we did a class on feathers & the afternoon was on background fills.  The day just flew by! We learned a lot & I think we gained a little weight too! Every time we turned around they were offering us food, drinks, whatever we needed.  If you have the chance, take a class from her in her home. It's well worth the time & money!
I have been doing a little quilting. I just did 14 quilts for charity! Yes, that's right....14!  Here they are...

All ready to take to guild & have someone else do the bindings.

Here's the Texas flag section............

Now to trim & bind it & it's done done!

Woohoo! The POW/MIA quilt is finished!  Here's the full quilt...

Here's close ups of the top part of the flag....

and the POW/MIA center....

continued in next post...............

Well, here's a couple of finishes for you.
The first is a collaboration between Virginia & myself for the upcoming TAQC Rally Day Silent Auction. She found this top amongst all the things she acquired with her new longarm. I brought it home & did the quilting on it & she's doing the trimming, binding & hanging sleeve. Hope we gain a few $$ with it.

Then I made this cute little baby quilt for some friends of mine's about to be born grandson. They wanted a monkey, so out came Morty!

Now to finish the POW/MIA quilt for them. Will post soon on that one.

Happy quilting!!

TADA! I can use the Mondo bag! It's finished! Of course, it would have been done sooner had I read the directions right. Had to do a little unsewing! But, it's done & off my UFO list. 

My UFO list that I made at the beginning of the year is dwindling! WOOHOO! It's not even the end of April & I'm 1/2 way finished with it! But, the few that are left are big ones, so they're going to take awhile!

Here's the Mondo Bag:

This must be the week of finishes, 'cuz I feel like I've accomplished a bit.
First, I got this nice wallhanging quilted, binding on & all the hand stitching done.

Then I got this Quilt of Valor quilted & returned to a customer.

Now I have to finally finish that Mondo Bag so I can use it!