Quilting update!

Hi there!
What's new with you?

Clearly, blogging hasn't been at the top of my to-do list, but I have some new crafty things to share:

First, I've started quilting, and since Christmas 2013 has passed, I can now share what I gifted for that holiday:

To my mom, a quilt in (some of) her favorite colors of teal, purple and light green:

 The quilt uses Breeze charm packs and the pattern was from a tutorial at http://christaquiltsblog.com, and I appliqued a moose on the back of it as she has an appreciation for moose that I don't understand.  (The toy chest in the top right of the picture is her toy chest from her childhood, now repurposed as our dogs' toy chest.)

For my Far, an irish chain lap quilt made slightly short, as per his preference, and backed in some fun fabric from Ikea:

I've made this quilt pattern several times this year:
Once for my friend Kathryne, in orange, without the top and bottom sashing:

and once for my friend Cindy, in blues:

And I'm currently working on another version of this pattern in a teal as a thank you present (maybe I'll remember to post it later).

Finally, I also made this pattern for one of my friend's first grandchild, Hannah, using two charm packs of Dandelion Girl and attempted some more applique.

After I finish the third Carpenters star / four hour quilt, I'm thinking about making Starburst from Melissa's tutorial at happyquiltingmelissa.

In other news, I'm gearing up for some spinning with the Ravellenic Winter Games (see Ravelry for more info)
 and planning some heirloom gardening this spring using some seedsaver seeds!