Holiday Sewing

I have been steadily sewing away my time off from work.  Recently I watched a video  from Missouri Quilt Company.  She called these blocks Jumping Jacks.  I started making these blocks but then found I like them better a different way.  The first photo shows a set of smaller blocks, each quarter block is four inches.  The block size is eight inches.

These next blocks are the original one I started with.  I got the seam ripper out and ripped the center seam, then resewed them.

The newest batch.

. It will be a Here is a baby quilt that I finished, putting the binding on by matching and hand stitching the label.It will be a gift for a lady at work.

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Busy Saturday

I've been busy today as in busy good. The QOV lemone star top is ready for borders. I quilted a sweet cross stitch baby quilt this morning. Since then I have made and attached the binding so I can stitch it down in the evenings.

Maestro was my inspector and gave the OK. She has to be with me when I am home. She is so devoted.

Quilting Today

This top made it to the long arm this morning and didn't take long to quilt.  The binding is on and waiting for me to hand stitch.

I had the perfect fabric but it was not Long or wide enough. So I sewed an inset piece of fabric. Now it appears to have a cross. Perfect! The binding is the same pink.

My latest accomplishments.

This is the top I put together last weekend in the mountains do NC. It only needs a black box border. A,good friend has already claimed it.

I made a quilt for a co worker and he sent me a picture of his daughter on the quilt. So sweet.

The latest orphan block quilt. I love it.

The scrappy back.

My latest appliqué blocks

Everyone stay safe in the midst of Hurricane Matthew.

I'm on a roll...

Yesterday I quilted two quilts.  Each has the binding made and stitched on.

This next one will be a baby quilt, a girl.

this morning I got this top quilted after making it larger by adding borders.

The binding is made and ready for stitching. This was on the long arm after the one above.

A New Project and a Baby Quilt

One day this week I came home from work early and decided to sew.  I had the strongest urge to sew a red white and blue quilt.  This is what I came up with.

The polka dots really make it sweet.

And the baby quilt is for a special friend at work.  I quilted up the pink coins top and have stitched down the binding.

The back has a inserted butterfly fabric.

The quilting is my tongue swirl pattern. I needed a fairly dense pattern with all those small pieces of fabric.

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Top of the week

In an effort to reduce the pile of tops, I will be quilting one every week.  This weeks top was a simple bunch of squares.  This will definitely be donated to my guild.

The binding is sewn to the front.  

The hand stitching is halfway done on this one.  I quilted it last weekend.

A cute picture of the kitties snoozing.

Baby/Love quilts

Saturday I had the urge to sew red and pink string blocks. In half a day I managed
to complete 16 unfinished which are 9.5 inches square.  Yesterday I sashed them with different light strips and began making piano key borders in reds and white strings.

I also quilted a top from the ever growing love top pile.

This was an effort to play with X Blocks.  Surely some child will love it?  I used all batting scraps.  Still have many more to use.

Yoday... More string blocks and maybe another top will get loaded. Frog Quilter

Sewing and organizing

I am still organizing all my blocks and miscellaneous pieces.  These will be the next effort to get them sewn up at least to the flimsy stage.

The baby quilt I showed last weekend is for a coworker.  He also has a two year old.  I'm a advocate for siblings not getting jealous of the new born so I have made her a beauty.

I stretched all rules adding in different fabrics when I ran out.  The outer row has linear fabric and the middle square is a different fabric with similar values and color.  You really have to look hard to see it.

The back is a nursery rhyme fabric in soft colors.

So while I was making the pin wheel blocks I experimented with some that are very small.  Janet you will like these.  This one is taken on top of my iPhone 6.  I'm almost to the point of putting together.

Time to get more stuff done.

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Baby Quilt etc

Yesterday I quilted this top, well the electronic saddle did.  I love this picture first thing this morning.  It shows the wonderful texture of the baptist fans.  It will be gifted to Sam who just had a son a few weeks ago.

And the back.  

Maestro was right there giving her approval.

And for slow stitching Sunday I'll be continuing stitching down the binding on Liz's quilt.

Be sure to see what other stichers are doing today  

here.

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Weekend Update

It's been a busy weekend here.  One day I worked on Liz's red, pink and cream eye fooler.  I have nine blocks completed.  Each block is around 20 inches.  I also have all the pieced sashing and connector blocks done.  Now I need to figure if it needs to be bigger.  Wish I could show you but Liz would peek lol.

I put together another baby quilt, quilted it, bound it and it is waiting for a label and stitching down the binding.

And the back which is flannel.

I finally got an opportunity to play with my mini eye fooler quilt.

The components of these blocks contain two inch finished pieces.  I love this pattern in batiks.  There is something about working on these that makes me smile.  The quilt has not told me how big it will be.  So until then I will happily piece and SMILE!  

I hope you took time to relax and stitch this weekend.

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UFO Haunting

Have you ever had a UFO that haunted you?  I have one.  It used to stay in the bathroom storage and every time I would go,get batting it would,star,me down... Then it moved to,the long arm table and I saw it everyday....  I'm sick of seeing you!  So I finished it up early this morning at 7am.  By 8am it was finished.  I had to add a backing piece as I had under cut the correct amount, so now add more batting and quilt away.  I am so glad it's done.  It even has the binding stitched and waiting it's turn for hand stitching!!!!  Yay!

While I was on a roll I quilted a baby quilt needed for a coworkers wife due in January.

It also has the binding stitched on.  Lots of hand work for a couple evenings.

I did stitch a little on part 5 of Allietare Mystery.  Almost there!

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