Simple hourglass quilt and Park Bench

Missouri Star Quilt Co. posted a tutorial for a super easy hourglass quilt that really lived up to its name: super easy!  I made this for my friend Cindy who loves her dog, Vanna.  So, I decided to back it in flannel printed with dogs and I finally finished it this weekend:

I also went through my WIP quilt tops boxes and decided to send my Park Bench quilt off to be quilted along with the orange wayward transparency.  I made this Park Bench several years ago from a kit:

I am relieved that I'm sending so many things off to be quilted!

Wayward Transparency top in purple

I added the background triangles to the purple top last night, and so the two Wayward Transparency tops are now complete!

This purple version is for my favorite cousin, Beth Ann and is the lap sized version in the pattern.

I'm hoping that my mom doesn't see it first, though, as I'm sure she'd want it. (: 

This was a fantastic QAL!  Quilting Jetgirl has been super informative and friendly, as always!  To see others' tops, check here.

Wayward Transparency top in orange

I decided to make two tops for the Wayward Transparency QAL since I loved the pattern so much, so here's the first one in almost-glow-in-the-dark orange:

This was always intenteded for one of my best friends, Kathryne.  When I last saw her, we decided that I would gift it to her, so it's a twin-bed sized top.

(You'll see at the top of that picture that my dog, Maggie, was apparently exhausted by all this sewing!)

Bye sweet Greta

We had to put our oldest dog to sleep this last week.  She was almost 16 and was having more and more problems with her joints. 

She had always been a very serene, self-possessed dog who loved peanut butter and hated green beans.

Bye sweet Greta!

Magnolia Mystery queen sized top!

I finally finished my Magnolia Mystery top!  I moved the pieced portion to be higher up in the background, since I really hope that we'll actually use this quilt on our bed.

I sent it off to Missouri Star Quilt Co for quilting on Friday, and I can't wait to get it back!

 Since this was so large (almost 90 x 90), I had a hard time getting any good photos of it, which of course meant that my wiggly dog Maggie thought that it was time to play:

  

She cracks me up!