Special Quilt for dear hubby

This is a quilt that took me a year to make. It was a gift for my husband who is a Scout Master for a local Boy Scout troop. A couple years ago, a friend and I made quilts for two of the leaders of the troop. This quilt was done in mainly brown, tan and red because they are colors of the Boy Scouts and i wanted to keep it to colors that would suit my husband.

I took a picture of the local mountains and recreated the gist of the picture with curved piecing technique; mountains, treeline, meadow and then set it on point.

I appliqued a flying eagle cut from a panel to represent the accomplishment of Eagle Scout, which is the culmination of the scouting journey.

I appliqued the tents in the meadow to signify camping. My husbands troop camped often.

The inner border is an  arrow border representing the bow & arrow. A popular event at our scouting camps.

The second border is paper pieced mariners compasses to represent the compass, which the scouts learn how to use. They focus on using map and compass along many of their hiking trips.

The third border is a graded color border, which was a new technique to me and the math to accomplish it was interesting.

On the back of the quilt I put a large compass design with N, S, E, W appliqued letters. The center circle is the Boy Scout Motto printed on fabric.

I quilted the quilt on my HandiQuilter Sweet 16 all freehand, with original designs including my own fleur de lis design/template.

We presented the quilts to the Scout Leaders at their yearly week long camp out in appreciation for the men's service to the young boys in our community. These men put in many hours with the weekly scout meetings, leaders meetings, monthly troop meetings, weekly campouts, special events, ceremonies, etc. My husband's troop has had a wonderful group of boys who have grown into great young men.

I'm very proud of my husband and his dedication to the young boys in our community.

Tissue Covers

These are some cute tissue covers that I recently made. Quick and Easy. 

I used the tutorial from feffertim on the Quilting Board :

http://www.quiltingboard.com/tutorials-f10/super-super-easy-tissue-holder-t107636.html

Thanks, feffertim!

Purse Pincushion

Pincushions are so fun to make! Check out these cuties. I had fun gluing beads to the pins for extra bling.

Pretty Little Quilt

I joined in on another mystery quilt-along on the Quilting Board and this is the finished top.

 I haven't quilted it yet; the back fabric will be the lavender. I will save it for a baby quilt, hopefully someday there will a baby girl that I can give it to. 

Personal Pouches

I started making these thinking about using them for coupons, recipes, notes, etc.  Then I realized that every lady needs something pretty to put her 'personals' in, right? But they really can be used for anything that you want to hide or keep safe in your purse.

Different version here. Same purpose, just a tad more involved to make.

Mug Rug for Me

What is a Mug Rug? It is larger than a coaster, smaller than a placemat. Just a little "rug" that you can put a drink and a small snack on. They are typically about 6" x 10" or anywhere in that range.

I have been looking at mug rugs for awhile, but just wasn't inspired to make them. Until now. Lately, I have been enjoying making small projects, pincushions, sachets, pouches, needle cases, etc. and mug rugs fit right in. They are kind of like small quilts.

So I told myself, okay...let's do this. But what to do? Took me a few days, but then I knew that I had to make one for me, to have on my sewing table. I wanted pink...pretty...bling. So I grabbed some scraps from a recent quilt project and here's what happened...

Here is the back:

I love it!! It is just me.

 It was FUN to make and so quick. I am going to make many more of these. Oh! just realized I want one for my office desk...hmmm, what design? Train maybe? (Our business is model train related.) Or another feminine pretty one? 

I'll show you what I end up making when I get it done.

Wedding Quilt Fabrics

Now that I purchased the AccuQuilt GO! Fabric cutter and the DWR die I figured I better get some fabrics for this wedding quilt.

I asked the happy couple what their top three color choices would be for the quilt because I really don't know the bride-to-be very well. Only met her once so far because I live in another state. The happy couple said they like these three colors:

Black, White, Champagne

Champagne? Hmmm, exactly what do they have in mind for this color? Not tan, or ivory, or off-white, but champagne! Should there be a hint of yellow to it? I don't drink champagne, maybe I better get a bottle so I can see the color...or have a drink.

Maybe I'll need a drink by then end of this quilt. Or during. Or before.

After my new tool purchase I was looking at fabrics on Ebay and found some Black/White fabrics so I purchased some fat quarters and 2-1/2" strips. It's a start. A girl's gotta have options.

I searched for "champagne, fabrics" and it came up with several items in satin and brocade, but I'm not sure I want to put those materials in the quilt. Then I saw some "champagne" 2-1/2 inch cotton strips. Yes, the color is actually called champagne, it is from R. Kaufman. So, I purchased them.

When the happy couple told me the color choices and having thought about it, I have a vision in my head of the tone of the quilt. After seeing the colors here, it doesn't look like my vision. How am I going to make this work?

Where's that drink?