January - Quilt Tops

This one was so much fun - Bonnie Hunter's Christmas Mystery Quilt. Only I made it half the suggested size.

I made this one from some work started by someone else.  There were not enough of any one set of nine patches for the border so I improvised

This was made from some very wild material.  It was my first attempt at piecing 60 degree triangles like this.


I have been working on this one for a long time.  I finally finished it .  Made totally from "strings" of left over fabric.



And finally another log cabin. This with a tiny set of lighthouses in the center.

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