Patty's Nest 2024 Intention

 When Patty asked me what was my 2024 Intention... The word that was going to be my inspiration or challenge this year I confessed I had not even thought about it! 

She told me the word NEST was whispering to her... She thought it meant to focus on her home and family this year. 

This is a small quilt....maybe a table topper. It has a nest made from brown twigs and little green grasses. Inside the nest are three beautiful and unique blue eggs. 

Surrounding the nest are green leaves and glimpses of blue sky. 

The border are beautiful Japanese fabric flowers. 

It was densely quilted on the Juki, free motion easily due to the small size.

I then asked COPILOT, The Google AI, to compose a poem about a nest being a home. It rendered about 16 stanzas. I selected a few of the verses and tweaked them a bit and wrote them on the back. 

For within these walls made of leaf straw and feather,

Lies the heart of a family bound tightly together.

It holds a sweet promise of safety and rest,

A symbol profound. Home above the rest.

For home is not just where we lay down our head,

It's where we are loved, and our spirits are fed. 

45 Day Sobriety Chip

 A brave friend of mine started her personal quest for sobriety and opened up to her friends at her 30 day mark, when she earned her 30 day coin.

On day 45 she mused that she wished she had a 45 day chip ....

I love the little Ohio Star Block in the tutorial: https://youtu.be/Dh6K4zUnfw8?si=YCmkOezCCFSwEMxF

Congratulations my dear Cat. I am so proud of you!

Half and Half Twist

 This bright little quilt was inspired by Missouri Star Quilts tutorial:

https://youtu.be/GGL2wZwb1H8?si=QOL-G6HInQ7KQbtu

I gathered up a bag of my tone on tone fabrics purchased some time ago in Anaheim and combined them each with the same simple white on white

 Each block starts with a 10" color and a 10" white square and is made into 4 HST blocks. Each block is then cut into quarters and reassembled. ( Thus the TWIST title.) I quickly decided all 4 quarters the SAME was a little dull and mixed them up with a partner. 

I decided to place like colors close, and go with a lap size. The back has a label, a tan on white floral and the binding is a rainbow. 

I quilted a clamshell using the 3" blocks as a rough guide. 

This one used a thin fleece blanket instead of batting, keeping my overall cost to make it quite low. 

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