thanks, guys! The 2 lap quilts were done back in November/December, and then the Underwater quilt was done over a weekend in March; that one was *really* fast to put together, thanks to the tutorial/strip piecing.

I am having fun on this journey, that's for sure!

Heather--you have really been busy and I know your family appreciates it--well done.

Like Norma, I too, love how you put meaning in your work and come up with fabulous names for your quilts too! Thanks for sharing what you've been up to, Heather. It's such a joy to watch your journey as a quilter!

You are very productive, Heather. I like the way you always get meaning into your work

Very nice quilts! You have been very busy!

You have been busy, lovely presents for your family

Renata has been asking what I've been up to, and I finally gathered some photos!







The purple one and the cream/red/blue are both from a BOM that was a free on-line, only I only finished 3 of the months (2 blocks of each month) for 6 blocks. Oops. So I turned them into interesting settings with things/fabric from my stash -- lap quilts for my mom and sister, which they got for Christmas this past year.

My mom's (the cream/red/blue) I did a cross setting, as she collects crosses, and quilted it sort of I guess echo quilting, framing out the cross so the lines go 90* angles along the same lines as the cross.

My sister's (the purples) I did zig zag stitch in straight lines with "spoons" quilted in (oversized spoons in the background space leading up to each pieced block), because of a poem/story she likes. She has Chiari Malformation, and has very low energy at times. There's a story around about how these various silent illnesses (things like fibromyalgia, MS, etc....) use up your energy, and how energy = spoons, and the person never knows how many spoons she will have that day, and how many spoons any one activity will take from her.

Then the last here is one I dubbed "Underwater Trip" and is a throw sized quilt for our couch, to commemorate my husband & oldest son becoming certified Scuba divers. I found an on-line tutorial for a strip-pieced Trip Around the World quilt (very fast and easy; I'll likely repeat this in other colors) and so used assorted underwater themed fabrics I'd found. I quilted it in concentric circles, using my walking foot. I love how it turned out!