A Day of Sewing

Jane came over yesterday, Saturday, and we chatted away the afternoon. Didn't sew a single stitch, but we sure solved a lot of the world's problems!!

This morning rang in crisp and cool. It was chilly in the house, and Daisy was fussing around on her quilt that's always in front of the fireplace. She kept coming to me and leading me back over there. I decided she needed the fireplace lit. Now she's all snuggled up in front of the fire snoring away!

It was a good morning for me to be "sitting under a quilt" as they say down South. I finished the last of the three quilts that needed bindings. I love hand sewing down bindings and it was a fine morning to do that.

Next I finished up the Autumn Nights top that I recently blogged about. Also pulled the backing from stash and got that pieced. This yardage will be on next week's stash report.

I started working on the borders for a quilt for Ginger, and I ran into a snag. I don't think the crumb catcher will work because it will lay across and hide the points that fall next to the border. So I removed what I had sewn on, and will discuss that with them tomorrow after work. I can't seem to get this one finished. I'm probably overthinking it, but I want it to look good.



Now I'm going to work on this apron for my brother and the placemats for his camper. Will my 67 year old brother wear this apron? You betcha! He's a goofball, and I'm sure I'll get a picture of him wearing it and wielding the BBQ tools! I was only going to make two placemats, but their best friends will be traveling to Colorado with them and pulling their own camper. It might be nice to make four so they can each have a set.

And finally, I pulled out something to start cutting and realized I was short one fabric. Back to the drawing board on that one!

All in all, a good day on the quilty front!

Stash Report Week 19

I'm in a holding pattern right now. I have a couple of quilty things going on that must be done before I can move on to major stash busting, but those will get done, hopefully, today.

I did make a small purchase of Route 66 fabric, two yards. I want to make some placemats for my brother's camper. He'll like those. I also purchased a yard of some ant fabric to back a cook's apron for him. I need to get moving on those as they will be motoring away towards Colorado in a couple of weeks. Otherwise, I was a very good girl this week.

Must get some of this stash moving out ..... stay tuned! LOL

Year-to-Date Totals:

Busted: 163.75 yards
Purchased: 202.75 yards
Net YTD: <39.00> yards busted

Motivation Friday

Well, technically it's still Thursday night, but it's close enough for me, especially since this has been a hellava week and I'm glad it's almost over! You can't even imagine how glad!

I've got two more rows to sew on this puppy and it's done. No borders. The fabric is from Moda's Renewal line, and the pattern is "Autumn Nights #309" by Country Threads. I'll get this finished this weekend and the backing pieced. The backing will be from stash and I desparately need the bust! :)



Excuse the Daisy toys scattered about and the ever present water bottle. That's her favorite toy. She's under that bump in my quilt top! LOL. But I guess I could have picked up the thread cases before I took the picture. Suzy Homemaker I'm not!

I've also finished hand stitching the bindings on two of the three quilts from last week.

I pulled the fabric ALL FROM STASH for Judy's Quilt for an Hour Project. Really, it's ALL FROM STASH! (I love saying that!!) I can't wait to get started cutting that one!

I stopped by the quilt shop for a Jane fix tonight, and Daisy was really glad to see me when I got home. I guess life is pretty good after all!

Judy's Quilt for an Hour Project

Judy is giving us a new Quilt for an Hour Project starting May 19th. I'm so excited. I haven't been able to do one yet because of other commitments, but I'm definitely doing this one! If you scroll down, she has several posts about the project, including choosing colors and a tutorial on the Tri-Rec rulers.

Got up in the stash room last night and nothing was working. Then I remember my Dimples collection! I love Dimples! I was able to find the two backgrounds as well as all the colors for the stars. Had a little trouble chosing which star colors, but finally have it and I'm pleased with my choices. Choosing a name for this quilt will be easy ... Dimples! LOL

I made a shop sample for Ginger using the Tri-Recs in 2007. I had never used them before, but they are wonderful. This will be another fun quilt to make!

I can't wait to get started! Thank you, Judy, for once again inspiring us with this dynamite project!

Stash Report Week 18

18 weeks? Where has this year gone?

Nothing purchased this week. Nothing busted this week. I had hoped to get a top together and bust the backing, but I won't finish assembling it until later today or tomorrow. I've done a lot of sewing, though. Next week I'll start cutting the finishing kit for the Patchwork Party blocks made from my favorite Prairie Paisley. Hopefully next week will be a better report. I need to turn around that minus number on my YTD totals!!


Year-to-Date Totals:

Busted: 163.75 yards
Purchased: 199.75 yards
Net YTD: <36.00> yards busted!

Busy Sewing Saturday

Friday night I went to the sew-in at Ginger's. I squared these three quilts and made the bindings, but forgot my walking foot at home. So bright and early this morning - too early - I got the bindings machined on. I'll have plenty of hand work this coming week!



I thought I had all of these humongous HST blocks together and could start assembling this easy easy easy quilt. When I realized I didn't have enough blocks, I hunted around and found the rest of them under my applique thread case sitting on the sofa. They were pinned and ready to sew. I'll get the rest of them together tomorrow. I figured something out, though. Easy is b-o-r-i-n-g! This quilt alternates these big HST blocks with plain blocks, and there's no border on the quilt. Really need something more challenging to make on the weekends.



And finally, I finished this ugly pumpkin-with-a-hat block. Don't like it much, but it's done and I can move on to a nicer pumpkin!



I need to take stock of fabric movement this week for my stash buster report tomorrow. Hmmm.......

Motivation Friday

Back on Alex Anderson's old message board, we had Motivation Friday where everyone posted what they had accomplished for the week.

I thought it might be fun for bloggers to do the same. You can comment here if you'd like, or blog your own Motivation Friday.

Since last Friday I finished up a quilt top for Ginger's and delivered that to the shop. I made about 60thousand half square triangles for a quilt I hope to assemble this weekend. And I appliqued about half of a pumpkin block.

Sewing/quilting at least an hour every night sure does add up and move things along. Thanks, Judy, for THAT motivation!