Quilting pebbles and loops

This week I'm working on quilting the Sherbet Pips Peppermint Snowballs quilt, which I posted about back in August.  This quilt has been a work in progress for a really long time, so I'm happy to finally be finishing it up.



Having a deadline is helping with the motivation to get it done.  My daughter's birthday is in February, and this will be her birthday present.



It took me awhile to decide how I wanted to free motion quilt this.  I am doing loops and then pebbles in the the white areas around the pinwheels.  I'm already finding out how much thread gets used quilting pebbles.

Scrappy Trip-Along

After seeing these fabulously scrappy blocks popping up all over people's blogs and on Instagram (#scrappytripalong), I just couldn't resist joining in on the fun.  Here's the tutorial on Quiltville.



I started these a week ago.  They are rather addicting to make.



I have 13 blocks done so far, and I'm not sure how big I will make this.  The squares finish at 2" and each block is 12".



While I was busy sewing up 4 of these blocks today, my son asked if I could make him a bag like one that his sister has.  How could I refuse that request?!  So off to the stash we went to have him select the fabrics for his bag.  Here is what he came up with.



I know the day will come when he doesn't want me to sew him stuff, so I'm just enjoying this while I can.