Another Stack-n-Whack

 I am so excited to share my new sewing machine.

Get a load of this Juki TL 2010Q

It's a straight stitch semi industrial.

1800spm

I love it

 I ordered a set of led lights from Amazon

Definately makes a difference

And this is the first thing I've pieced on it

I pieced this a few weeks ago

It is huge 

and I didn't even put the last row on

I made this stack-n-whack for my daughter's birthday

My grandson picked out the fabric back in January

and asked me to make it for her

 

 144 squares

So I stopped at a twin size

 Below is the fabric I used.

Above is a close up of some of the blocks

I just love how they are all different

Still Here

I haven't gone anywhere - still here

I have been busy and a little lazy with my posting.

I have made these 2 wall hangings

and have 2 more to go.

 As you can tell the back is upside down.
I still like the way it turned out

 I tried something new for me and did the one on satin

 and upside down picture

Got hooked on these bargellos

Made a quilt for a customer

Got a new cabinet for my fabric.

My sister came down and helped me get it arranged.

I also got her hooked on those bargellos

quilted this for my daughter

Made this for a customer

 

Found this awesome fabric for the back

 

I've done a few other things since my last post but  I'll save those for later.

 

Bargello

 Here is an up close of the red bargello from the previous post.

I did circles so as not to take away from the design.

And here is a blue one I put together today.

Already have it in the frame.

It is so easy and fun

It's in the Works

 This was a project my mother started and never finished.

It was a row of the month from a fabric shopp.

All paper pieced. Thanks to my husband for ripping off the paper.

 Here is my second lion quilt.

I decided to quilt it different than the 1st.

I put this little girl quilt together - now it needs quilting.

Here is a bargello quilt I put together for my mother.

It's in the frame now 

I have been working - just too lazy to post.

Second Winner

For some reason my post got cut off and I can't fix it.

The second winner is 

Kathy S. 

If the winners will email me their addresses I will get them shipped off

Getting Ready & Giveaway Winner

 

I Have been getting ready for some stack-n-whack.

I haven't decided how I'm going to do them but when I do they will be ready for me.

I am currently working on a quilt my mother started and didn't finish. 

It's paper piecing and I love to paper piece.

Unfortunately it's going to take a while to get it together.

I am also working on an art quilt.

It's a new technique for me and I really like the challenge.

Well for all of you that took part in my  giveaway I would like to say thanks for entering.

I have decided to have 2 winners.

I do have plenty of strips

So the winners are......

Crickets Corner 

and

Kathy S. 

So if the winners will email me their address I will ship them off.

Thanks again and Have a Good Day.

Storybook Quilt & Giveaway

 I did these crinolines a few years ago. Even had it put together.

I am trying to knock out some UFO's and this was just begging to be quilted.

When I put it on the frame I wanted to make it special for one of my granddaughters.

So when I settled on this design I knew it was perfect.

You might have to zoom in a little to see the design

Makes it look like a storybook.

So I named it the Storybook quilt.

I think she will love it.

 I have spent 2 days working in my sewing room trying to get it organized AGAIN.

So when I was putting up fabrics I decided to take a bunch of the smaller pieces and strip them up with my GO cutter.

This took all day today

I ended up with a nice size mess and even nicer pile of 2.5" strips.

I still have a stack of 1.5" I need to do but that will have to wait.

I've played around long enough now I need to get back to work.

I have a project I want to attempt and it will probably take me a couple of weeks.

So in the mean time.....................

 I would like to have a small giveaway.

I have set aside a little more than 100 2.5" strips to give to one of my followers.

Just leave a comment 

I will pick a winner next Sunday Feb 28. 

 

Peacocks

 

 I am almost finished. 

Just need to bind them and put a sleeve on the back.

I got the embroidery design at embroideryonline.com 

Finished Lion

 

I forgot to put a picture of the finished Lion on here.

I added the border to give it a touch of me.

My granddaughter loved it.

I made 2 - just need to quilt the second one.

I have been doing a lot of quilting for customers lately.

But I could always do more.

It's so exciting to take one off the frame and see how it has turned out

Jungle Abstractions

This is The Lion from Jungle Abstractions collection by Violet Craft.

I saw this at the Fat Quarter Shop and knew I had to make it.

My 1st grand daughter loves lions and I'm going to surprise her on her birthday next month.

She's going to love her grandma even more.

 This is a paper piece project.

It took 32 11x17 pages.

I figured as long as I was making one that I'd make two.

One for my grand daughter and one to sell.

Here's a picture of part of the pieces before I started putting them together.

 I kinda made a mess peeling the paper.

I tried to hit the trash can but missed a few times. 

 

 This is what it looks like with my fabrics (draped over the sofa).

I do like my colors.

I decided to just order the pattern and use up some of my fabrics.

This measures 60x60 right now.

I'm going to put a border on it to make it a little bigger.

 

It took me a solid week to piece this awesome Lion.

I wouldn't have been able to do it this fast if I had still been working.

If you didn't catch the little hint...

I am now retired!!!!

YEAH