Joseph's Coats

I've accumulated quite a stack of nickel (5") squares, mostly textures, but a lot of metallics and balis mixed in.  I decided to make some lap quilts for Christmas presents, and started divvying up the squares in three groups:  1) harvest colors in browns/yellows/oranges,  2) light/medium/dark for a shaded effect, and 3) brights, for a stained glass look.  At 12 x 12 (a 55" square quilt) that used up 432 squares, but I still have an amazing amount left!  And each quilt is a charm quilt--all the squares are different.

Doxies

I don't usually do commissioned quilts, as between what I do for friends and family and my guild work, I have more than enough to keep me busy, but a close friend asked me to do a quilt for her relative's birthday.  She wanted to feature her cousin's dachshunds, and a little questioning revealed that they were long-haired doxies at that.  Fortunately, there is a website that has fabric featuring every breed you've ever heard of (and many that you haven't!), so I checked Hot Diggity Dog and found not one, but two pen-and-ink depictions of what I wanted.  I did the star points in paw prints and dog bones, and Joanna Collins did her usual fine job of long-arm quilting--she always makes me look good.