Beth's Quilting & Fabric Postcards

Jenny has several cross stitch pieces that she did years ago but never finished .  I asked if she'd like them bordered and quilted to which she said yes.  I finished the first one about a month ago.  It's pictured here in the garden.

Love Like a Garden Grows

Some recent fabric postcard swaps featured sunflowers.  

Made by Beth

Made by Beth

Made by Miriam in Ireland for Beth

And hot air balloons

Made by Beth

Made by Beth

Made by Beth for Mariam & Carin

Carin's First Postcard Swap- From Carin to Beth

Flower wallhangings

To many years ago to remember I become a fan of Eileen Sullivan flower wallhangings.  She has designed some very realistic flowers that are made using the technique of paper piecing.  To find her designs her website is http://www.thedesignersworkshop.com/

As her patterns (for my use) were a little narrower than I wanted, I took her pattern and added to the sides to make them wider.  This was done by either moving the borders out or in the case of her daffodils I added 2 more daffodils to the side.  The Poinsettia and Iris wallhangings (I made) hung in my Mother's apartment for over 10 years. Mom's been gone almost 4 years now.  It's sad to say in all those years I had never finished the daffodil top.  I wasn't happy with the border and one of the iris leaves was waving in the breeze and wasn't anchored to the ground.  I got this top out on Thursday fixed the waving foliage, took off the border I had added and put on 2 new borders. I have now quilted it and it's almost ready to be hung on my wall.