Butterfly Stitches: Military Quilt

Oh sleeplessness nights...

Having lupus is funny sometimes.

Your body is so confused.
It's tired. Wants to sleep.
Can barely function.

And yet, sleep does not come to you.

Your mind goes off into a million directions.
Your joints start to stiffen and ache because they are not in motion.
Your medication has the effect of either hallucinations or restlessness/anxiety, therefore making it difficult to relax.

Sleep, I miss you. I lay down at midnight and sleep does not happen till about 5:30 to 6:00 in the morning... then up again at 8:30 to 9:00 with the little one...

I can not keep going on merely 3 hours of sleep for much longer.

So until you come back to me, I will continue to crank out these little nuggest of quilting treasures. My how they are coming along.

FARMER'S WIFE QAL:

#99 - WCTU

#100 - Weathervane

47 blocks completed
64 blocks to go

I saw someone on the Flickr group using this layout so I thought I'd give it a try. I REALLY love it! I think I'm going to stick with it. Not sure how it will end up, because I still have 64 more blocks to make... but I like the way it looks.

Also, with the help of my quilting friend Marilyn, I changed the sashing and background color to this teal and dk blue polka dot fabric. I think it's really pretty. Thanks Marilyn!

PINEAPPLE SURPRISE QAL:

Cranked out 4 more of these blocks.

12 blocks completed
8 blocks to go

CHRISTMAS QUILT: all my individual drunkard's path blocks are sewn!!

144 blocks completed
0 blocks to go!

Now it's time to start assembling this quilt!

And since I'm up anyways, I started 3 other quilts.

CRISS CROSS QUILT: found this pattern from Moda Bake Shop

Took me forever to get the *look* I wanted for that scrappy look. Don't mind the plaid sheet underneath, just using it to keep the fabric off the floor.

I am using Prayer Flag by April Cornell as the fabric for this quilt.

Soooo pretty! This one is for my Aunt Janice. She has been patiently waiting for me to start/finish this quilt. ♥

MILITARY MEMORY QUILT:
My brother is in the US Army and has kindly given me his old uniforms that he no longer wears. I've been working on a design to incorporate his first 9 - 10 years in the military.

What do you think?

The photos along the bottom are of the following:

fabric from the boots he wore during his deployment,
a boonie hat, also worn on deployment,
and socks (ewww gross - I KNOW! but that's what he wanted :D - they are washed of course!)

I plan to applique those items as well as the 2 hats along the sides down. And the fabric panel in the middle was an idea my cousin Lori had. I will embroider a star over all the locations he's been stationed or deployed. Cool huh?

2011 END of the YEAR SCRAPPY quilt:
Last year I did this and really loved how it turned out. Here check out last year's scrappy: