Puzzles Are Back

If you are one of the people who have followed my blog for a long  time you may remember that I used to create puzzles from things I shared on my blog.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to make that work for a long time.
I think I have figured out a work around so you can enjoy the puzzles from past posts.

If you copy and paste this link posts will come up that shared puzzles.
https://quiltspluscolor.blogspot.com/search?q=puzzles

This is just one example of the puzzles you can chose from.

I hope you enjoy them.

Not only can you work the puzzles but you can change the cut to make them easier or harder.

I do one of the puzzles every day, changing the cut and usually choosing one of the harder ones.
I hope you will enjoy being able to do these again if you did them in the past.
If you never have done them before I think you will find this good for your brain power.

Puzzle Time

 

To make up for the period of time I haven’t shared puzzles I’d like to share a few with you today. A variety of my quilts Simply Sparkly Glory Aura

Looking Forward To 2015

My Spider Mum quilt seems to have the spirit of a new wonderful year for all of you.
I hope your year is everything you desire.

Celebrating Christmas 2014 In Our Own Personal Way

Rejecting the commercialism of Christmas I have come up with creative ways to celebrate and give gifts to the family.

Perhaps you have seen some of these quilts on my blog before.

These are all quilts I have made. I decided this year I would share a quilt with my children and grandchildren.

Jessica wrote the numbers on slips of paper. Each person drew a number and they chose the quilt they wanted in turn.

Jeff Jr. got first pick and he promptly chose the Santa Claus quilt with all the grandchildren’s names on Santa’s list.

Married couples shared a pick. Blake and Stephanie chose this hand painted hand appliqued silk quilt.

Cooper quickly chose the light house quilt to match his bedroom.

Jessica chose this quilt made from my hand dyed and shibori fabrics.

When Jared went to pick a quilt he actually got the other quilt too. These are negative positive quilts in a style I love to create.

Kierstin chose this quilt made from hand dyed fabrics. These are the extra fabrics from the quilt on my blog header.

Greg and Julie chose this quilt which was dye painted, painted with paint and then painted some more with paint.

Nick chose this nature themed quilt. I’ll bet he thinks there are frogs hiding somewhere in it!

Jeff Sr chose this quilt which is a spontaneous fused floral arrangement I made.

Heidi chose this freeform pieced quilt made from hand dyed fabrics with a definite southwest feeling.

I am so glad I had enough quilts to give them all their own personal choice. I was surprised with almost all their choices.

This was just one part of the Christmas giving this year.

A Puzzle For You Puzzle Fans

I thought this picture of my scissors would make a great puzzle for you today.

Aged Like Fine Wine Puzzle

Todays post is another puzzle since I think this will be so much fun to put together.

Puzzle Time!

One of my friends told me how I had got her hooked on puzzles and I realized it was time to share one with all of you.

I think it might also be fun to share a gray scale version of the same puzzle with you!

This one has a different cut. I’d love to hear which one you like doing best.

More Recent Quilts

This is another grouping of my recent quilts that I pinned to my design wall. I enjoy seeing them hung around the studio. They are in no particular order – just what will fit the space.

This one fits the one blank wall in my studio perfectly!

A little crazy cut for this puzzle!

Potato Chip Quilt 2 - It's Quilted!

I decided how to quilt this and the quilting was finished in one day. It only took part of the day as I spent quite some time knitting another hat.


I used medium gray thread and quilted it in vertical lines.
The batting was Pellon Fusible polyester fleece. I fuse this to the back of the pieced quilt and then pin the backing to it to complete the sandwich.

I used a walking foot on my machine which allowed me to quilt without wrinkles forming.

I'm very pleased with it. The only thing left is to add the facings and casing and it will be done.

I thought this was perfect for a puzzle!

My Christmas Card To You

I hope you have a warm and wonderful Christmas with those you love.

Enjoy putting this puzzle together, whether you do it on Christmas or later.

Merry ChristmaSocks

I finished knitting this pair of socks about 2 weeks ago but I saved the reveal to show you until today - Christmas Eve day.
I plan on wearing these later today.

This is the second pair I knit that turned out.

I have been wearing the first pair and they are perfect for our 32 degree weather here.

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

I forgot that you were waiting for a Christmas present. Here is your puzzle to entertain you and keep you warm!

Oh Christmas Tree, Huge Christmas Tree

When my friend Betty and I went horse hunting, we were in awe of the size of this Christmas tree on the square in Ocala.



Can you imagine decorating a tree this size?


This photo of the gazebo on the square was taken from across the street where the Brick City horse was located.

When I posted the first horse photos on the Town Square I got a message from my friend Mary Nolan in North Carolina. Her late son Dick was an engineer for the city of Ocala and designed the town square. Next time I visit Ocala I'll share more pictures.

This puzzle is especially for Mary, Robin and all of you who have remained nameless to me who are addicted to my puzzles!

Hand Dyed Fabrics - NEW

I dyed more fabrics yesterday.
These are a few of my favorite results.

Almost looks like Christmas with the reds and greens!

I thought these made a great puzzle.

Jan Myers Newbury Class Results - continued 3

Today I am sharing some of the final projects from the class. This does not mean these are exactly how they are going to look as class members study them, possibly change them and then sew them together.


Donna from Canada is standing beside her final project on her design wall.


Elizabeth with her final project


Pauline with her final project


This is Judy's final project.

And last, but not least, a puzzle for all my puzzled friends!

Scan of Calendar from Anderson Art Center 10th Anniversary

Last night after Shelley and I went out for dinner she spent some time in my studio.
When she left I gave her a copy of this calendar and also some magazines my quilts and I had been featured in.

She sent me this scan of the calendar and it is much better than what I have done with it so I wanted to share it with y'all.

I also thought this would make a good puzzle.

Colorful Puzzzles Today

I know many of you are addicted to my puzzles and I have been neglecting you recently. To make up for that I am giving you 4 puzzles today.
Each one has the same subject, but the level of difficulty increases as you go down the page!
I'd love to hear how y'all do with them.