I used Nicole’s Napkin tutorial to make the napkins.  I love them how they end up quite large, and very sturdy.  My MIL has several things with a chili pepper motif, so this fabric that I bought years ago to make her something worked really well.  The edging/background fabric (green, red, black) is Moda Bella – I just love that fabric!!  There is a set of six napkins.

I also made a set of six placemats:

I just used the fabric and backed them with Moda Bella in black. I had found at Missouri Quilt Company, some Moda Bella bias binding already pre-cut/pressed, etc on a roll so that all you have to do is go.  I don’t know if I would do it for every project that it calls for, but it was nice to just get going on the project.  I bought about 15 yards of binding and have about half of it left.

Here is Month 11 – I just noticed that one border is wrong…

This was the second quilt I bound over the weekend.

All I have to do now is add a temporary hanging sleeve.  This quilt will be donated to the Hopes and Dreams Challenge in the name of my guild.

and here is the back:

I will wash it with a ton of color catchers his week and give it to the intended recipient.

The blues are “Bundle of Jungle” by Marcus Fabrics.  The white and reds are Moda Bella Solids.  It measures about 48” square.

Why haven’t I done it?  After I sandwiched the four tops last week, I quilted three of them, including Sparkling Gemstones, which was my UFO for April.  While I had the tables set up, I had decided I would quilt all six tops I had sandwiched – which are: Sparkling Gemstones, Bali Pop Quilt, Summer Day, Autumn Star Struck, Star Crazy, and Paris in the Fall.  So I will be quilting all of them and putting binding on all of them while the extra table is set up in my sewing room.

Currently, Star Crazy, is under the needle; May’s UFO.

First up was Sparkling Gemstones, my April UFO.  I know… I am running a bit late on this one.  Especially since all I had to do was piece a backing, sandwich, and quilt it.

Since I had the table and boards out, I figured I should get a few others done.

Autumn Star Struck came out to play and get sandwiched.

The new schnibble, Summer Day, got sandwiched too.  I really love the way the two reds look when they are together.  It is a good thing to get this one sandwiched, since the baby was born and is now home from the hospital.

Last of all, my Bali Pop Quilt got sandwiched.  As you can see, a young Mel Gibson is on the TV.  Lethal Weapon (1) was on and I had it on in the background while I was sandwiching.  I usually have music on my ipad on playing on Pandora through my dock, but I was in the mood for a tv show.  Something I didn’t have to watch constantly; something I have seen many times.  Lethal Weapon fit the bill. 

I now have a stack of 6 quilts to quilt that are sandwiched and ready to go.  I hope I can get them done soon.

I made my first Shcnibble for “Another Year of Scnibbles” parade.

But,  I made it bigger.  I used the generalness of the pattern and made it bigger because I needed a baby quilt FAST! This seemed like it would be a great one to do.  I also had only three prints and the quilt is for a boy.  I would like to make this again in a smaller version – especially now that I  have both of the “fit to be geese” rulers.

The pattern is “Birthday Cake” by Oh Franson!  Everything was in my stash… and the backing is made; I just have to sandwich, quilt and bind – which I made the binding already too!

At last… time to reveal this project!  The recipient has gotten the quilt and she sure looks adorable on top of the quilt!

I made this quilt for my oldest sister’s first grand daughter.  She is about three months old now.

Seeing this photo of her, she looks just like her daddy!!

I was having a hard time coming up with block patterns, so I decided to go with a few classics:

Friendship Star:

Churn Dash:

and finally Ohio Star… but I didn’t remember that the center block was supposed to be the same as the star points, so they are something different…

and that concludes all 50 of the tsunami quilts that I made.

The obsession is over… or is it?  Yes… it is… for now!