Lap Quilt for Mom

I finished this lap quilt a few months ago (I don't use a sewing machine when I quilt so it takes longer to finish a quilt). I worked on it at every Tuesday sew day, at home in the evenings, and at our twice yearly craft retreats.  It was for my mom for Christmas this year. Except, she died unexpectedly May 2nd so she never got to see it. Every time she asked me what I was working on I told her it was a surprise.

I've decided to keep it and used it last night for the first time while watching TV. It's a bit warm for summer but we had the A/C down to 72º and were eating ice cream!

I had already started a second matching lap quilt for myself so will go ahead and finish it. Jim and I can match while we're watching TV, or napping!

Gifts (Crocheted and Sewed and Quilted)

The girls I sew with every Tuesday had Christmas lunch and gift exchange last week. I made frig towels as my gift. Shopko's holiday towels were so cute I couldn't resist.

I've finished two rows on my Seattle Seahawks quilt. It's slow go since I quilt by hand and also have other projects going on at the same time.

I've been working on these Prism Windmill quilt blocks. I haven't decided how I'm going to quilt it yet, but I will be doing the "quilt-as-you-go" method.

We have a group that we cruise with every year, sometimes every other year. Over the summer I made the little wallet "Getting Carded by Erin Erickson of Dog Under My Desk" for my cruising buddies. Of course I kept the one made with Seahawks fabric for myself and gave the one made with kitty fabric to my daughter-in-law.

I added Tyvek to these little wallets making them RFID. They are so handy since they fit so nicely in my front pants pocket out of sight. I never wear jewelry or take a purse when I leave the ship. You can never be too careful and I try and be as careful as I can. 

Quilted Christmas Table Runner

After my MIL died in 1998, my FIL not only gave me several large boxes of yarn, but miscellaneous other items, including these squares of Christmas scenes. I started this table runner the winter of 2013 when we were wintering in Lake Pleasant, AZ. After working on it off and on, I finally finished it the first of December, 2014. My MIL believed that anything quilted was always to be done by hand, from start to finish. She would be proud because that's exactly what I did - all by hand!