Finished quilting my rail fence

Finished my rail fence, a design by Sujata in her book Cultural Fusion.  I love it!  So, check off another UFO finished! This will be donated to H2H.

Another UFO I dug out to work on is from the book, One Block Wonder.  Here is my attempt:

this is the ugliest thing I have ever seen! and I see no purpose in finishing it.  I love these quilts, but the fabric I chose just isn't right  The fabric is from the Alexander Henry collection, which I googled and discovered lots of crazy designs.  I think I picked this one up at a yard sale ... so since I'm not in love with it, I guess I could make a zillion hot pads?
Almost done making all the squares for my UFO orange peel quilt, so hope to get that one out of the way next week.  Pretty soon I can start a new project...!

Working on my Orange Peel top

made a few more blocks, and this is what I have so far:  I used 2 packs of 5" squares of Moda's Block Party, but I'll have to add colors from my stash to make it bigger. 

Rail Fence top finished

I worked yesterday, National Quilting Day! on this project started last year.   A fun project, although some of the blocks don't have enough contrast.  However I'm happy with it.

The next project to tackle, of the unfinished projects, is an orange peel design I started last year (I think) or maybe the year before http://berylthepearl.blogspot.com/2015/04/monday-design-wall.html.  I just AM NOT going to start a new project yet...

Shelter pets in Louisiana

Feeling sorry for the cats in Louisiana, I was happy to fulfill a request through the Petfinder Foundation.http://www.quiltpatternmagazine.com/program/KennelQuilt/index.html.  I sent off three kennel quilts I made over the weekend.  I sorted through some orphan blocks and put them together...(this isn't a very good picture)

And instead of starting a new project this year, I am seriously working on finishing up projects I started last year!  more pictures to come...

Bitty Block quilt

My bitty-block quilt is finished! I quilted it with Sulky 60 wt, hoping the quilting would somewhat disappear so the lovely blocks could be seen better.  It has a wonderful texture and is a nice nap size!

close up of quilting..

Mountain Mist Mystery

This quilt is now quilted!  Big beautiful beast of a quilt...I quilted it with Sulky 60 wt and it has a really nice look. 

My Bitty Blocks

Have sewn the bitty blocks together in rows with sashing, and am thinking about another border.  The original design calls for a checkerboard border.   Maybe a plain border would look better...

 

I also put together my string rainbow squares and quilted this quilt.  I've been busy while in Texas!