This was so fun to make.  Whimsical Houses.  Took 2 1/2 months.  Hand applique.  Pattern is from the book Applique Delights  by Piece O' Cake Designs.  I have done several quilts using this book. 

I collected fat quarters of red, white and black for several years.  Watched a Missouri Star Quilt Company youtube on how to make a Hunter's Star quilt.  Bought the pattern from them.  I really love black in a quilt.  This was fun to make..........actually every quilt is fun to make.

Walked to the art store and bought a large piece of foam board...........covered it with batting and hung.............my design wall.  Now I can view my works in progress.  One hand applique project and one machine piecing.  Currently working on hand applique little houses from Piece O'Cake pattern book and a Hunter star quilt made from my collection of black and red fat quarters. 

Hand Applique couch pillows......using the book, The Raven by Blackbird Designs.  Quilted them on the innova longarm, Betty.

Making pinwheels for the border of my next applique quilt project.  These are very fun to make.  I followed the youtube video by Jenny Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company.  She has an easy method to make everything.  Easy means much  more fun for me!!

Made these little squares for the granddaughter's Christmas gifts.  Mom will use them for redoing their bedrooms........fits over the back of reading chairs.  Made each of these using scraps from their birthday outfits.  

Close up of the couch pillows.  I have two more to finish.  

 Couch pillows.  Used the patterns from The Raven  book.  Hand applique and quilted on my longarm.

 Oldest granddaughter's 9th birthday outfit.  She wanted a jump suit and she picked out the fabric from the Connecting Threads website.  She tried it on for size a couple weeks ago.  I told her that she needs to forget about it for now so it will be surprise on her birthday.  Saw her a few days later and she said "Grammy, I tried very hard to forget about it but I thought about it all night long."
McCall's pattern M7459.........very easy to make.