Reindeer Quilt

I finally finished the Reindeer Quilt.

As usual I'm not real happy with the quilting.

But this time it's justified.

I did alot of stippling trying to make the designs stand out.

Since the back won't be seen much this will work.

I made this for my oldest daughter and I have another one for my youngest.

I probably won't get to that one til next year.

Sure felt good to get this one out of the frame.

 

Happy Scrappy Christmas

My sister gave me a pattern for a Christmas quilt Happy Scrappy Christmas by Lucy Fazely.

I bought some fabric at JoAnn's on Black Friday that I though would look really nice.

I cut my squares and made my half aquare triangles.

I pressed all the seams open and by the time I finished that I had pretty much decided that I wasn't going to square them up.

But I changed my mind and 6 hours later I was able to sew them up. 

I sewed up the 16 blocks and layed them out to see what it was going to look like. 

I was going to wait and put it all together later but I couldn't stand it and finished it up last night. 

It was too big to get the complete picture so this will have to do for now.

I did the borders my way instead of the way the pattern called for.

I am really proud of the job I did on this one.

It pays to take your time and do it right. 

 

Owl Forgotten

I completely forgot about finishing this owl quilt top over the weekend.

I had envisioned this differently than it turned out.

I had to make an effor to make sure I got all my stripes going in the same direction.

The colors look real good together but this looks too busy to me.

Since it's a baby quilt I guess it will be ok.

 

Or will it make for an angry baby???????

Something to think about!

Merry & Bright

I was so pleased to get this in the mail from Inchworm Fabrics.

Now I need to make a Christmas quilt.

I have one in the making right now - hopefully I will have the top finished by the weekend.

Merry & Bright is definately on my to-do list.

But is is so hard to break the seal on a cool jelly roll.

Go check out Inchworm Fabrics for some great deals

I also wanted to share something I use alot - Glow-Line Tape.

When I first bought this I didn't think it would be very useful, now I can't do without it.

It is a transparent and fluorescent tape for highlighting lines and shapes on rulers.

It won't leave any residue on rulers and it comes in three colors - pink, orange and yellow.

It can be repositioned many times and still stick to the ruler.

Funny how something so minor can spoil a person.

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

to all

I am so thankful for all the special people in my life.

And that includes all my blog friends.

I hope everyone has the best day ever.

 

Reindeer

I finally got the reindeer quilt top put together.

I still need to add the last border and quilt it.

I'm not as happy with it as I thought I would be.

Maybe after it's quilted.

 

Scrap Lap

I did a quick quilting on this lap quilt a friend made.

For a beginner she is getting pretty good.

 

 

Tidbits

I had totally forgot about entering a quilt in SewCal's Red and White Quilt Challenge

and I received an email that I had won a prize.

 

"Covering America" Pattern, a quilt design that contains 50 state blocks.

How exciting - and I really like the pattern.

THANK YOU SEWCAL AND MCCALLS QUILTING.

Another quilt for my to-do list. At this rate I will need to live forever to get all my to-dos done.

 

I did some playing over the weekend on my quilt 

This is still in the developing stage and this is where I am right now.

I'll pick it up this evening and think on it while I get a few other things done.

 

I also started something for Christmas... 

And another hopefully I'll get it done.

 

 

 

Pinwheels

I threw this together using a couple of charm packs.

Now for some quilting.

I have marked the border with scallops.

I might regret that but I thought it would be a change.

Unplanned Stack

I had some left over fabric from a stack-n-whack and I needed to make a baby quilt for Christmas so I figured it would be perfect.

But things got out of hand - as usual.

Since I don't have a design wall I just sat on the floor and started playing with a bunch of different pieces...and I came up with this

 

I started on a small scale trying a few different things ...

I have it put together to this point but need to decide what I want to do from here.

I have a few ideas but will have to put it aside for awhile and get some other things done.

I am really impressed with how well it has all gone together so far (notice I said so far).

I think these are the best stacks I've ever done - all the points and seams are perfect.

Still need a baby quilt done for Christmas.

 

Baby Tiger

Believe it or not I'm Still Here

I know it has been awhile since I last posted but I have been busy.

And too lazy to stop and take pictures.

I have 6 quilts piled up on the couch waiting for binding. I'm usually pretty quick about that but it kinda snuck up on me and before I knew it I was overwhelmed.

I kept thinking I'd get on it after the next one but it never happened.

 

Anyway here is a picture I did take.

This is what my tiger quilt looks like.

I put together a king size and ended up taking these 6 squares off the bottom ...

Thus a baby quilt was born.

Now I need to find some more of the purple fabric for the outside border and then I can quilt them.

I have enough of the purple for the backing but not the border.

If I can't get any more I guess I'll have to use what I have for borders and find something else for the back.

It's always something ....

 

 

Working Progress

 

I quilted this for my friend.

She's is having a ball with scraps.

I've been giving her all my scraps and now i have my mother and sister joining in.

I put this one in the frame over the weekend.

I've been trying to decide on how I wanted to quilt it.

I was wanting to do some special design work but since it's so big I think I'll do an e2e

And I'm still trying to get my wood pieced painted for another cabinet.

This is a project that feels never ending. But with the weather cooling off a bit it has been nice getting outside.

 

 

Turtle Quilt

I finished quilting my turtle quilt.

It still need a binding - hopefully I'll get to that this weekend.

To start with it is alot bigger than I had originally planned.

I was wanting it to be a baby quilt.

It turned out 65" x 83" - a nice size twin.

I'm really happy with the results.

 I think this is one of my better quilts

 

UFO Almost Done

I've had so much work to do lately that I haven't posted much.

I decided I was going to get this stack-n-whack put together before I worked on anything else.

I had all the stars sewn onto the black background and it was a matter of how did I want them placed.

 

I tried it like this but it looked to busy...........

 

Then  rearranged it for this..........

It didn't do anything for me either

 

And I settled for this..... 

Now I need to add the last 2 borders and it is ready to go.

Hopefully I will get it quilted sooner than later.

I also started another design set.

 

Portable Backdrop Stand

I am so thrilled - my husband found a Portable Backdrop Stand on craigslist yesterday.

I have been telling him for a few years now that I wanted one.

Maybe now I will be able to take better pictures of my quilts.

I finished the ladybug quilt and gave it the honor of being the 1st on the stand.