Gold and White Challenge

This quilt will be my entrance to the QGGH  (Quilt Guild of Greater Houston) challenge for 2026.

The Guild is celebrating its Gold Jubilee and the challenge is to make a quilt with only white and gold in it. 

I use the pattern from the book Gemology. It is all paper pieced using solid colors. It was not easy to find the gold colors. I would have preferred to have a few different ones; but I like it now.

The quilt is 55.5 inches square and quilted with a very difficult to use pale gold thread using an edge to edge design.

This was a challenge in so many ways. I learnt a lot by making this quilt. 

I will not point out the problems; no use in doing that.

The stones represent the many cuts of the Topaz.

January 07 1980 to January 07 2026 = 46 years

Away you go

If all goes well, I will fully finish the other twenty something Prairie Schooler Santas for Christmas 2026. 

Testing the new toy.

Such a learning curve. But I will get this!

Basket full of Santas

Christmas Past.

These were 

These were stitched in Nashville; therefore, I know it was early 1990's.  

2026 challenge

My Bee challenge for 2026, is to make 75 of these cute little trees by next December. 

They finish 4 inches by 7 inches. I will be using my Tri-Rec rulers. These tringles are not your usual ones. The Tri-Rec ruler has a 53.13 degree angle.  The strip needed for the tree is 4.5 inches. The trunk is cut (1) 1.5" by 1.25" with the trunk background cut (2)  1.5" by 2.25" rectangles.

This is my test sample to make sure all is good.

All the background will be from black and white fabrics and the trees of any color; but with some restricions.

New knitting project

Because starting something new is always more fun than chores. 

Enjoying a cold day with a fun yarn. This is Leticia by Bremont. A blend of wool 60%, Alpaca 20%, and silk 20%. 

Pattern by Yarnspiration. I am adapting the pattern and I will make it long sleeve.