Hats!

This seems to be the year of the hat for me. It started out with a simple request from Nathan for a hat to take school.

It knit up so quickly and turned out great, so I decided to make another

 and another

 and another

 and another.

I also have a request for a hat from one of Nathan's friends and Nathan has asked for gloves. It's fun to have these quick projects on my needles.

On the quilting front, here are some pictures of the going to college quilt.

It is batiks made using the pattern Good to be square.

My quilting group had our annual quilting retreat in Show Low a few weeks ago.

 Here are the tops I got finished.

This one was our group charity quilt project. I was the project leader this time around and choose the pattern, fabric theme and charity it will go to. The pattern is Starry eyed from the Moda Bake Shop. Red is my favorite color and all reds always seem to mix well together, so that was an easy pick for me. Everyone in the group made at least one star and one square block with fabrics from their own stash. The retreat was the perfect place and time to get this assembled. It will be the next project on my frame.

This one was an old kit I had from 2003ish... The pattern is yellow brick road and the fabrics are from the first Paris Flea Market line by 3 Sisters for Moda. It was a quick sew and I still love these fabrics all these years later. Wonder why it took me so darn long to do this one?

And finally here is my last project. It is the Urban Abacus pattern made with a quick curve ruler. It will look great on my table once I get it quilted.

Until Later