Weekend Recap

Saturday I quilted a love quilt (charity).  I tried a new pattern that was really easy and looks good.  It's like a basket weave.

And the back.

My double four patch finally made it to my bed after a day delay; cats sleeping in it.  Looks so nice and it sleeps me good.  Here is what I took off the bed, all washed up.  It will join the scrap quilts trunks show.

And the back.

And those are sheep lol.

I have big leaf plants and I spied a frog on the main stem.

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Log Cabin Top

Yesterday I took a group of log cabin blocks and assembled this top. There are still plenty more.




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Court House Steps quilted and more

Yesterday was a productive day. Margeret came over and we sewed ALL DAY!!!!!! We both accomplished a lot. Margaret completed 16 star blocks that she is working, a commission. Me, I had started quilting the court house steps quilt Thursday night. Got two rows done before bed. Yesterday the machine ran all day till around 5:30.



The panto I used was giggle. I am SO HAPPY with the results.


Today I think i will try and string a rope between two trees, clothesline fashion to display my quilts.

last but not least some green string blocks from last Sunday.



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Baby Quilt

This is a baby quilt I did for a co-worker who did not let anyone know he was having a third child, a girl. While this may look plain it has lots of feather quilting and swirls. Bright, fun and cuddly. Her name is Marigold which is SO pretty.




The back...




Finishing up the T Shirt Quilts, hopefully tonight.
Ooooooooh that means I can work on something different (I didn't say new).
Although I have been working on 3 inch (finished) spool blocks. I think I will use them as a border on a court house steps quilt.
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Sunday Therapy

I started my Sunday morning with bread baking. YUM!!!!



I love to bake and you just can't beat anything made from scratch.

Last night I quilted another top, with feathers. A very feminine looking quilt enhanced with feathers. Some areas have "creative stitching" and that makes it unique. The long patchwork strips came from a scrap bag from Joyce. She is so good about keeping me in scraps. I really appreciate it!!!! I added the smaller strips and the border. I love this creativity in making beautiful quilts from your scraps.



This one has the binding stitched on.

A close up



Today I stitched the binding on this top and another.



Here is Blackie checking out the progress of my hexie project. I am really pushing to get it finished as I want to get back to my appliqué projects.

Hope each of you got quilt therapy this weekend.

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A Flimsy

I finished the top I have been working on, yesterday during the sewing marathon. It measures 54 X 61.5.









These little blocks finish at 2 inches. I plan to use this as a couch cuddle quilt.

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Sewathon Friday

We had a fabulous day!!! sewing, sewing and more sewing.




Kay enjoying the day.



Can you tell Margret did not,want her picture taken..



Me happy to be sewing.

Now for quilt candy...

Almost finished in this picture. I added one more row around so,that the dark points would stand out.







Margret finished this top. The picture does not show it well. Much better in person.

Kay had a couple finishes. This one was made out of old fabrics and was SO SOFT and cuddly.






A large one here. I love the soft colors in this quit.

Hope your thirteenth was productive.

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Happy Memories

This is a little blurry. Only two sides left of binding

This currently my favorite quilt.


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New project

I have been trying to use up some scraps (a loosing battle). The pile is gone. Using triangle paper, I've been sewing half square units that will finish at 2 inches. The ear trimming and paper removal is in process. Not too sure what pattern I will do. I have used one pack plus quite a few from a second pack. That's a lot of half square triangles.

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Stitching and baking

I started my bread making early this morning and by golly I think I've figured it out. This is the best batch so far. It's even crunchy on top. YUM! One loaf is half gone. Does anyone know where I can get taller loaf pans?




On to the stitching... This is not the best picture. This the eye fooler top I did a few months ago. Time to get this baby finished.








I quilted up a QSC quilt for kids yesterday with a different free hand pattern I had never tried before. It came out very well.




And for the kitty lovers, here are my boys all snugly in bed on a rainy day.




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Remember those strips?

Well I sewed ALL of them into scrappy trips blocks that are 6 X 6 from 2.5 strips. I also managed to sew the pile of 2 inch strips into tubes. They are ready for their sub cutting and block assembly.


I ended up with 40 blocks. Lots of quilt top possibilities.



And a very sweet picture of Sebastian. He is a very large kitty.

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Strips for trip

I've been cutting all my 2 .5 strips that are not width of fabric. I will take these to St Louis MO in May when I travel for work. I can get a lot of piecing done in my room in the evenings. It take 6 strips to make a block and they go pretty fast.


These four blocks are done from two inch blocks. I really like them. I'll be doing more of these in the future.


Here are two blocks from the 2.5 inch blocks.



This is what I plan to quilt today. Another QSC For Kids quilt.



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More Parts, More Tops

The pile of blocks is dwindling. The first one will go to QSC for kids. This one was fun to create. Anything goes with these tops.


This next one is an adult lap top. Made of blocks and parts from the orphan/block bin. It took about a week to complete as I was unsure of how each section would be connected.

I'm also cutting down scraps (thanks to everyone who gave me their scraps) so the boxes and bags are under control. Too much clutter gets in the way of my creativity.





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Blocks and Parts = Quilts

My orphan block, parts bin has been "busting" so much that lid will not close. That means it's time to make quilts. Here two more I've put together.

These may end up going to Quilts for Kids SC. A nice cheery bunch of colors with lots to see.

I still have a load of parts to use...

The IPad takes beautiful pictures.









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Quilts for kids SC

Here are a few quilts I've been working on. These will be turned at retreat in October. I'm sure there will be many more.

I am learning blog press so I hope the photos show up

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Baby Girl Quilt

I put this small baby girl quilt together today. The shower is fastly approaching. All from stash.

On another note I finally got a batch of home made bread (including grinding flour) to come out perfect. DH ate as much bread as me. Yum....

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Assembly Fun!

I had so much fun sewing these units together today. I made 4 blocks. I placed connector pieces so that you could see how the blocks will play with each other and form that wonderful secondary pattern.

I spent several sewing sessions making the units for this block. All the 4 patches came from leaders and enders (which I have SO MANY and need to use more of them).

Tinker Belle is about to scrunch the blocks. If I leave a top on the floor she will bunch it up. She is definitely a quilt kitty as she loves to play in fabric. She will go into the backing cabinet and pull yardage out. Funny girl.

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