2022 FINISHES

My last post  was all about my 2023 DREAMS.  

This post is about my 2022 FINISHES !

4-Patch Slice 

Cut Loose - Kitchen Table Quilting, Free Pattern

Strip Plus - GE Designs

CH Bed runner

Star Gazer - Frannie B Quilt Company

Elegance Table Runner

Modern Christmas Trees - Amy Smart, Diary of a Quilter

SWELL Vintage Santa - Jingle Jangle Background Pattern

Tomte OSU Gnome Quilt

Origins Pattern Test - Lifting Limits Quilts

Mamouth Flannel Chair Runner

BAGS

Trail Tote Noodlehead

Slimline Wallet

KNITTING

Pretty Basic Shawl

I may have missed a few but I have been a busy girl!

2023 is gonna be a year of quilting, knitting and having fun!

MODERN TREES AMONG THE TREES

I never hesitate to take photos in the wild!

My garden is wild..especially in the fall.

Hustle and Bustle fabric line by BasicGrey!

Longarm Quilting by Patty Estadt.

Take a stroll and see if the trees fit in with the trees!

Perfect fit!

TOMTE or GNOME?

A Tomte and Gnome are really one in the same.

The pattern I am talking about today is a Scandanavian TOMTE design.

I looked up TOMTE (pronounced tom-ta) and by definition

a Nordic mythological creature associated with winter solstice and Christmas season.

GNOME is also a mythological creature who is

an ageless and often deformed dwarf who is a good luck charm.

This is my finished TOMTE quilt.

I think of the little guy as my

OSU Gnome named BUCKY

As I was finishing this quilt....I also had a Modern Tree Quilt to bind.

I used the free tutorial by Amy Smart for the Trees.

Her YouTube version of the tutorial is amazing. 

I used BasicGrey 'Hustle and Bustle' for my trees.

Sew with this post enjoy pix them both. 

After all Tomte/Gnomes and Trees seem to go together

magically!

PAUSE for a moment and check out the quilting.

Tomte longarm quilting is by Kim Hensley of Happily Every Quilting

Trees with wind and snowflake design longarm quilted by Patty Estadt.

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So stinking cute!

The flower backing of Hustle and Bustle is perfect for the tree quilt.

The Tomte backing is a white tone on tone fabric.

I hope you are busy making magical Christmas quilts.

I am excited to have these finished!

WONDER WHY it took me so long!

To finish and post about this quilt that began in  2021.

This was a "sewcial distance" challenge

between Kim Hensley and me.

I sewed it at the beach but it sat for awhile.

Kim was learning to use her new

INNOVA longarm and needed some practice quilts.

I was the girl for her! I have quilts just waiting!

Her new business is Happily Every Quilting.

She's still a full time VIP for Nationwide but

when she retires in a few years, this will be her

FUN full time job!

She is a super Disney Fan, has a family season membership 

to Disney World...making this the perfect name for 

her loves and passions!

She used a Star and Moon E2E design.

It was difficult to get good pictures

as the fabric is very light, but I tried.

I used WONDER by Kate and Birdie.

This baby quilt will hang with me til a baby comes

along that I just have to give it too!  

MAINE THING...is catching up!

Its been awhile since I finished this cute top.

I call it "The Maine Thing"

because the novelty prints are Nautical.

Naomi Pattern by Erica Jackman, Kitchen Table Quilting.

I was a pattern tester for this pattern.

Longarm Quilted by Kim Hensley, Happily Ever Quilting.

Enjoy the Maine Thing in

my Ohio yard