wips

I've been working on several things simultaneously.  A family tree quilt that I will show in another post has been taking up most of my time.  I've also been trying to finish up my Civil War quilt.  I've got all the sashings and corner blocks finished and ready to attach to the blocks.

 Jennifer and I worked together on thie quilt for a family member's soon to be born baby girl.  Her nursery is based on the movie UP.  She was really happy with the quilt and we had lots of fun working on it.

I also embroidered these for the old and new sisters

I took a class on using the new "Twister" tool and made this pretty table runner.  Still a work in progress
I started by sewing together four charm squares, then added a border.

Once that was done I started cutting squares out of the square I had made using the Twister tool.

You line up the lines on the tool with the seam lines in your squrare and then use your rotary cutter to cut out the smaller square.

As you cut each smaller square you create a new square similar to this one,  Then you end up with this

I've got the squares sewn together and the borders on but the pictures are on my camera and I'm too tired to upload them right now.  Anyway, all I have to do is cut the backing and it will be ready to quilt.  I may take a break from my family tree and do that over the weekend.