It is beautiful! Thanks for posting the pictures. I never finished mine but seeing this makes me want to get mine back out. I love the yellow, white and blue-so cheerful.

Nice job, Mimi, and congratulations on finishing! I completed my top with a bunch of paper pieced blocks as sashing, and now just need to quilt it.

joyce, that's great!! i love your houses all together!! i really HAVE to get my last few done now!!!
i love it!! great job lass!!!:thumbup:

That's a great quilt. Thanks for showing the completed blocks.

Looks great, Mimi!!! I'm still working on mine - the castle and borders seem to take forever. I love seeing yours, gives me inspiration.

Mimi..........your quilt turned out absolutely Gorgeous!! :D I just Love it & am so proud of you & your work. I am still working on mine, as I needed more than 12 blocks, but am getting anxious to get it put together too. I hope everyone looks at your lovely quilt & is inspired to get their's finished too. Thank you so much for sharing with all of us.
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Mimi, your quilt is beautiful! Thanks for posting.

Mimi, Thanks for posting your picture here too because I would have missed it otherwise. I'm so glad the threads continue long after the year is over. Your quilt looks great. I'm still working on borders so you are an inspiration.

I like the song about the Joey, Santa, and the six white boomers. Ths is the first time I've actually seen them.

i have to ask you where did you get the picture of your lighthouse as your avatar. i love lighthouses and am hoping that it is a block that i could possibly get a copy for. it truly is amazing. any luck. thanks rachelle

I finally finished my Houses BOM quilt top and it is at the LA quilter right now! I wanted to FMQ but didn't have the courage to do a 90" x 90." I will post a pic here as soon as I am done with the binding.

Any others finishes out there?

Hi Rachelle, that is one of my favorite blocks, and I also enlarged it and included it in my 2011 BOM Houses quilt. The patterns is free, from a Dutch website. I am not sure the instructions are in English for this particular pattern but if you need help, let me know. Here is the link: http://www.wilmakarels.nl/blokken.php?jaar=2004

thanks nicky my comp. translates from any language to english so i am lucky there. i have not done any paper piecing yet but i bought an online class and will sit and take it as soon as i am finished my cataract surgery in the next few weeks. wish me luck and thanks so much p.s. can't wait to see your quilt with it on there.

i am really new at all this and alot of those shortcut writings are greek to me. what does fmq mean. sorry just haven't learned all these yet lol

Nicky,
I can hardly wait to see your finished house block quilt!! :D How many house block's did you make for your quilt? I am still working on mine & am so anxous to be able to get it put together. I am planning on making 16 house blocks for mine. I am almost there!! I will be watching patiently for your next picture posting!! I also love your lighthouse block & had to make one for my quilt too. This is way to much fun!!
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Hi Cheryl! I ended up with 16 twelve inch blocks, and then framed each of those with 6x6, 6x12 and 6x18 paper pieced blocks, so that the 12" blocks are somewhat offset. Hard to explain until you see it. It is quite busy but I am very pleased with it.

Sorry Rachelle. FMQ is free motion quilting. That is quilting done on a home machine, instead of a long arm machine. You move the fabric under the needle, instead of moving the machine over the quilt. For more information, see Leah Day's blog at http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/.

Hi Rachelle, there is so much information out there. Check out www.caroldoak.com. Carole is THE paper piecing guru. She has some easy beginner blocks you can download for free. Also, some wonderful books with patterns. At the beginning of each book she gives a wonderful tutorial on her technique. She also has a Yahoo Group where she designs blocks just for the group and everyone makes and shares photos. I started off paper piecing on my own, and later learned a lot by following her suggestions.

She also has posted the tutorial right on her blog. Here is the link. Have fun!!! http://www.caroldoak.com/weblog/?p=928 .

nicky, thank you so much for all your help. i really appreciate it. rachelle

Nicky, It would be fun to see your quilt both on your computer program and then again "in person." I'm going to get mine out and take an unfinished picture. I decided to stop at a twin size :) but still have a border or so to go.

Thank you WhitePine, that is all the encouragement I needed! Will post it as soon as I get home from Sacramento. We watched the Sacramento Mile last night.

Ronda your house blocks are beautiful. Makes me want to pull mine out of the UFO box and work on them. :) Though I already have enough on my plate so those blocks will have to wait a little longer. :)

I don't usually like to post unfinished quilts, but since you insist, Whitepine, here is a photo of my Virtual Houses quilt! The real thing, entitled "Gimme Shelter" is at the LAQ right now.

oh wow nicky you did that. how long did it take you. its beautiful. i could only hope to be able to do something like that. truly amazing. so glad you posted.

It's gorgeous, Nicky!

OMG, Nicky, that's amazing! So creative. Can't wait to see the finished quilt. OK now I'm embarrassed to post mine but here's the simple version of the blocks. I still have another border to put on.
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Goodness, Whitepine, why would you be embarassed? Yours is beautiful! I love how you did the cornerstones in different colors as well as the border. It's finished and I love it.

whitepine although each is different in its own way they are both equally amazing. i love it. again i can't imagine doing something like that. maybe once i learn how to paper piece i will reconsider but in the meantime its truly beautiful. rachelle

Whitepine: your's is so bright and cheerful. It will be sooo loved. The lights in the windows look so inviting. A home town. What is the other border you'll be putting on?

This is gorgeous - love your interpretation.

WhitePine, I love your quilt. The only reason I added so many blocks is that I needed it much bigger. Yours is gorgeous and all the blocks go together so well.

All I can say is, Oh My Goodness...........it's just gorgeous!! I love what you have done with your border all the way around it. It makes me look so far behind, but what an inspiration for me to get busy again!! :D I can't thank you enough for sharing with all of us. I have to say this is my most favortie quilt top project of all time & I can't wait to get mine put together. Thank you everyone for the wonderful inspiration that you have given to all of us!!
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Whitepine.........WOW!! :D Your house quilt top has turned out just as gorgeous as Nicky's & I LOVE IT too!! :D You girls have so impressed me so much, that I just want to get into my sewing room right now & start getting mine put together. I am currently working on two mystery tops that are almost done, then for sure I will be working on mine. Wonderful work Whitepine, thank you so much for sharing.

Ok, ladies, here are a few pics of the finished quilt! I will be entering it in our two local quilt shows, put on by the Sierra Quilt Guild in Sonora and the Independence Hall Quilters in Arnold. I am so pleased that is is finally done!

So cute. Wish I'd stayed with that year's BOM. Made the first 3 and quit :( Good luck at the quilt shows!

Nicky: What can I say other than "Oh wow" Amazing

Nicky, Hope you win! You're much more creative than me!

Gorgeous...I'm putting mine together now and you have inspired me to make some changes and add ons...

nicky its beautiful congrats on a job well done and good luck with the competitions let us know how you do

Nicky, Very cool!! I love the tree beside the castle. Did you find a pattern for that one? Also love the mountains. I think I can even design that myself and use as corners in my last border. A 'must' since we have so many mountains around here.