Qwl and Tee Shirt

I am so bad.

It has been awhile since I have even looked at my blog.

I need a sceretary to keep up on my posts and visiting.

 

I finished the owl quilt for my daughter to give as a gift.

What can I say - I like owls.

I need to get busy and make some more.

 

I found this design to use on the quilter and have been dying to use it.

I was just an inch and a half short on the backing fabric so I decided to piece pinwheels.

It turned out cute. I could have centered the back a little more but that's life.

I learned a long time ago I'm not perfect.

Thus the name Average Quilter. 

 

I also put his name on it.

But since he wasn't born yet we just went with the year. 

 

I've also been working on this tee shirt quilt for a customer.

I have alot of fun doing these - it just takes alot of interfacing.

 

I used a fleur des lis pattern on the back.

She was thrilled with the results. 

I do take orders.

 

Owls are finished

I was able to get the binding on the owl quilt last night. The back is a pink polka dot flannel so I didn't want to use the cream fabric that was on the front. Lucky for me when I made my 9 patches I cut out more than I needed.  I thought I did good using it in the border - that cut it down quite a bit. After  I used it on the binding I had only one square left. My luck usually doesn't work that way.

I put my pineapple quilt together over the weekend - I still need to put the border on.

I thought I might make it a little wider than normal and do some applique

It was paper pieced and this is a picture of how it looked before the paper was taken off.

Took my husband 3 nights to get it all off. He stayed up late last night just to have it finished.

Sure helped me out. 

Blogger's Quilt Festival

 I thought I'd enter my baby quilt in the Blogger's Quilt Festival put on by Amy's Creative Side. Nothing like waiting til the last minute.

I made this Owl baby quilt in June. It is 54" x 45". I know that is a little big for a baby quilt but I like things on the bigger side.

I found these machune embroidery applique owls at Designs by JuJu and just couldn't resist them.

This was the second quilt I made using the owls. The 1st one had a plain border.

I think the pinwheels really made this one pop.

 I quilted it on my longarm quilter.  I am having a blast with my quilter. Just wish I had gotten one years ago. My husband tried to get me one but I always said I didn't have the room.

I made room and it is well worth it.



I decided to round the corners and use a multi colored binding to give it the finishing touches.

This has turned out to be one of my favorite quilts.

Visit all the other quilters sharing their quilts at the Blogger's Quilt Festival and don't forget to go vote for your favorite

I'm #606

Blogger’s Quilt Festival Stats

Finished quilt measures : 45″x 54″

Special techniques used : machine embroidery applique, machine quilted, etc.

Quilted by : Margaret Thompson

Best Category : Applique Quilt, Home Machine Quilted, Baby Quilt

Owl Quilt #2

I took the second owl quilt out of the frame Friday. I've meant to put some pictures on here but never found the time. I still need to do the binding and then I will post the finished quilt. I believe I like this one better than the last.

I have a question for anyone that can help. When I view my blog all I see are the posts. I can't see any of my sidebar info. I can see it on my phone.

What have I done on my computer that prevents me from seeing my sidebar info?

Peek at the Owls

I have finally gotten all my owls done and have been playing around with different ideas on how I want to put them together. I really like the brown fabric I found to go around them and I have a really good contrast fabric to use.

I also got in my backing fabric the other day

I can't wait to get this finished. Working on it a little here and there will probably take a little while longer.

Don't forget to look for the Blog Hop Party on Dec 9 and the Giveaway Day on Dec 12

NO MORE FLOOR

I finally have a wall that I can use for design. I moved the hanging rack I have had in front of this wall to give me more space in the sewing room and I have been looking at this wall for weeks now. Last night I thought I'd give this a try. There isn't a whole lot of room to move around but at least I can put my pieces here instead of the floor.

So these are the 1st pieces to go on the wall.

I'm not crazy about the rectangles

I think I like the diamonds better (doesn't really matter now). I have a few ideas for sashing and placement.

This sure gives me a better visual and I can leave it up while I think on it.

6 more Hoots

I've been busy with a bunch of other things but I have managed to squeeze in a few Hoots. I have 6 more to go then I will need to figure out how I want to put them together. I have an idea forming - just need to cultivate it a little more.

Hoot - Hoot - Hoot

'Look at me' -I sound like my 3 year old granddaughter. She loves to dance around saying 'Look at me'. Anyway I started another project. I haven't made a quilt for my youngest granddaughter yet so I thought I would make an owl quilt. I made the 1st block and thought it needed something so I added a piece of fleece behind the eyes of the second. You can't really see the effect but it looks better in person. The only thing was I trimmed the fabric too close and it frayed in one area. So on the 3rd on I didn't trim it as close and it worked better. This is going to be such a cute quilt.