BUZY HANDS ARE HAPPY :) HANDS !!!

I have a friend who works in the Boise office who is always making lap quilts. I don't have any quilting frames so I was interested in making the type she does because she doesn't use frames either. The 1st one I made 2 years ago was this Valentines quilt. It was fun and turned out pretty good. This one I actually hand quilted around a lot of the center hearts but I stitched in the ditch on the rest.

I tried another one ..... same pattern ..... sort of ......

It didn't turn out quite as well and she made fun of me and said I picked old lady prints. It has bee's on it so I thought the flowers would go well but the more I quilt and the better I get, I've decided she's right. It's fun to pick a lot of different prints and "MIX IT UP" .....

Then Heather came to visit last Mother's Day and she was at Traci's house one day and they made a "Crazy Eights" ..... it derives it's name from being made from 8 fat quarters which are cut into several different sizes and then sewed into squares. I love watermelons so decided to do one in those colors. I was very happy with it. I used a decorative stitch on my machine and quilted it that way. I also put a border on this one which I like a lot.

Then my dear hubby went to Iraq to work and to save my sanity I started to make more quilts. I did the following 3 out of flannel fat quarters and I love, love, love them!!

The 1st one is bright bright colors with chickens and bugs and dinosaurs etc. Great for babies!

This one is a Christmas quilt with Snowmen and mittens. It's a little more subtle in color but I love it too!

The last one I've completed is another Christmas quilt with Snowmen again but it has the traditional bright red colors and a not so traditional green. I'm currently binding it and then it's done.

This pattern is a fun one to do and I love the fact that I can buy 8 fat quarters and make a treasure. I've got another in the works and it makes me "Happy".

If anyone wants the pattern, let me know. If I can do it, anyone can!