Cross-Stitch-Block Quilt Top All Put Together

This afternoon I finished the quilt top made from the cross-stitched blocks my sister-in-law Janice gave me not long before she passed away last year.  I still need to put the border on it; it will be 2" wide, and dusty green.

Sparkle the Fruitcake, by Sue Hawkes of Pocatello, Idaho

Here is an edge similar to the one I plan to put on the Mosaic Lighthouse Quilt -- we saw this on a quilt at the AQS (American Quilter's Society) Quilting Show in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in August of 2013.  This quilt is called Sparkle the Fruitcake, and was created by Sue Hawkes of Pocatello, Idaho:

Marilynn's 'Newspaper Quilt'

Tonight I finished quilting my customer's pretty black, white, and red quilt.  She calls it "Newspaper Quilt" -- because it's black and white and red all over ('read' all over).

The edge-to-edge pantograph is called 'Lotus'.  The quilt measures 56" x 66".

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Lotus Pantograph

It's now packed up and ready to send to her, come Monday.

Fabric for a Quilt Using Janice's Cross-Stitched Blocks

Not long before she passed away, Janice, my sister-in-law, gave me 23 sixteen-inch blocks she had cross-stitched.

I designed this quilt in EQ7; it measures 100" x 124":

This afternoon, I went to Hobby Lobby and to our local quilt shop, Sew What, and bought the fabric:

Now I'm ironing the cross-stitched blocks, and next I'll make sure they're all square and exactly the same size.  I'm thinking I will give this quilt to my brother.  He's quite sentimental about the things Janice made.

Hotfix Crystals on Mosaic Sailboat Quilt

I tried out my new hotfix crystal applicator for the first time, putting crystals into the water on the Mosaic Sailboat quilt.  It worked nicely, and I like how it looks, so I'll be putting them on the Mosaic Lighthouse quilt when it's done.

Here are some picture of the crystals.  You can't see them very well... but in the light, they sparkle and twinkle.  I'll try some shots outdoors someday when it's sunny and bright.

Strata Star Table Topper, Completed

Today I sewed the binding on the Strata Star table topper.  It is all done now and already in the dryer -- I washed it with a couple of Color Catchers, since one of the darker reds wanted to bleed.

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Almost to the Half-Way Point on Strata Star

I got a little more quilting done tonight after we got home from the funeral (see Nature's Splendor).  I'll soon be to the half-way point.