New rag quilt for Kathy

I started a new rag quilt yesterday.  The fabrics are from Fabric.com and a fabric store in Colchester, CT, Fabric Mills. All the fabrics are flannels in aqua, teal, and turquoise hues. I added chocolate brown and a solid light blue to "rest the eye" and continue the lights and darks from the patterns. 

It took me three hours to cut out the 4 X 10 inch rectangles from the nine fabrics. The fabric designs included Valori Wells Bliss Flannel Medallion Ocean and Birds Ocean, Valori Wells Karavan Flannel Kashmir Aqua, Sapna Shah Tree of Life Vines Aqua, Erin McMorris Greenhouse Flannel Buttonwood Aqua, Timeless Treasures Cuddle Flannel Swirls Turquoise, and A.E. Nathan Tie Die Turquoise. 

I cut about 150 sandwiches (2 layers of same fabric with batting inside) to make a "Baby Rails Rag Quilt" from Frayed Edge Fun by Evelyn Sloppy. (Not a great last name for a quilter but the beauty of these rag quilts is that all "sloppiness" is hidden in the frayed edges and soft flannel fabric.)  This quilt will be for an adult lap quilt so it will have 9 rows instead of 5 for the baby pattern.

I have made several others from the same pattern.  My first was for myself and included colors used in my house:  yellow gold, maroon, sage green.

It is so warm and soft and cuddly on cold nights--or afternoons when I read--that I made more for Christmas.  I'll find photos of the Sunny Days quilt for Sara and the menswear flannel fabrics from Fabric.com for my son and his family.

For now, I need to lay out the sandwiches and create the design for this quilt.  That's the most fun!

First Design

Monday I made this flower arrangement for a garden club mini flower show.  I got the idea from book I borrowed from the library, Complete Step-by-Step Flower Arranging Course by Daphne Vagg.

I used Delphiniums (2),Gerbera daisies (5), Siberian iris (5) and a single stem of daylilies with four or five blooms. I ordered the flowers from the florist. The leaves are ti leaves.  I wrapped one around the inside of the clear vase to hide the oasis.  I should have secured a frog with floral clay to the bottom of the vase before inserting the floral foam as it was not secure enough with four spots of floral clay at each corner. I couldn't use clear floral tape with the ti leave wrapped inside as it was higher than the rim of the vase.  I think the colors are stunning and a great boost for late February blahs.