Friendship Quilts
Sometimes friends are leaving, sometimes it is just right to say thank you. Members of the Q8Quilters each made a block or two in earth colors and in sea colors, and we put the blocks together in quilts to remind Shyamala and Penny of our WARM friendships. 
Christmas Tablecloth
My dad didn’t have much time left, and our hearts were breaking. I borrowed my Mom’s sewing machine, and picked up some Christmas fabric on sale and spent my evenings in the hotel room putting together a lively tablecloth for my Mom.
Dad died just before Christmas. It’s not my best effort, but I was glad there was some gaiety to be had. I didn’t put any batting in this, just backed it, so it is light and easily washed and dried.
Hugs and Kisses
I love the hatchet block, and use it it a variety of quilts. This was for a new baby girl.
Baby Quilt Misc.
Sometimes you need to do a baby quilt in a hurry. Fortunately, I had some nice fabric with teddy bears on it, and was able to put this one together quickly.
Stars over Ireland
This quilt began in a Mystery Night at Ramstein AFB, taught in 2002 (?) by Kimberly Einmo before her first book was published. Oh! We had so much fun, but making zillions of half square triangles was a chore.
The top went together quickly, but I had a photograph of a tombstone from when we visited Ireland, and I wanted to use it as a quilting motif in the white centers. I also found a Celtic border I liked, but it was very small, and I had to enlarge it over and over to get it to the proper size for my border.
The hand quilting took forever, partially because the white fabric was sort of rubbery, and hand quilting through it was tough. Aaarrgh! I didn’t finish hand quilting until I was back in the Kaiserslautern area for an emergency surgery, and had nothing to do by wait for my return flight to Doha and quilt!
