A few finishes!

Well I haven't had any UFO finishes since the two I completed in January, and then I fell off the UFO wagon and was lost in space until this month - I finished one!  It's the Pineberry Trail.  I got it quilted a couple of weeks ago and got the binding on, but it needed to be tacked to the back and I saved that for all the traveling we were doing the past 2 weeks.  I had it in the trunk of the rental car and my husband had a container of Windex in there and it leaked on the quilt and the maroon bled . . . as soon as we returned home, I laundered it with a Color Catcher and you would not believe how dark that sheet came out!  The area where it bled is still stained, but I am not worried about it because it's going to be a quilt for us to cover up with in the living room!

I also finished the binding on my friend Jean's quilt!  That quilt was in the trunk with the Windex, but thankfully it was my quilt that soaked it all up!

I finished a smaller memory quilt for a friend and now have her king size Maple Leaves + Log Cabin on the frame .  I am quilting it with a meandering maple leave + loops, cute, cute, cute!

Design Wall Monday

Finally finished the top for the fruit + veggie table runner.  I hope to get it quilted this week as we are going on a road trip this weekend to a family wedding and I would like to have some handwork to take along in the car and to work on in the hotel! 

I also have a quilt top of my own that I loaded on the frame last night.  I really wanted to back this quilt with flannel, but I don't have any, and I just want to get something done . . . another UFO may soon bite the dust - yippee!

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Stash Report - Week 29

Nothing in this week and I want you all to know that I was in a Quilt Shop not once, but twice this past week - such restraint!  I did count the fabric out for my fruit + veggie table runner because it's ready to be sandwiched and quilted!
 

Used this Week: 3 yards

Used year to Date: 77 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards

Added Year to Date: 38 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 39 yards

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Design Wall Monday

Thank goodness it's Design Wall Monday as I finished my Fast Forward top and am allowing myself to start another project!  This is a Veggie Table Runner made with a Double Diamond Ruler.  I saw a sample of this in a Mennonite Quilt Shop several weeks ago and was smitten! I cannot wait to have more progress to show you on this project . . .  

Just so I don't get bored, I have a large quilt of Jean's on the longarm, and if I get bored or even better yet, finished with her quilt, I can move on to 3 more of Linda's quilts that are waiting in the wings!

I did mention that I finished my Fast Forward quilt top - here is a picture of mine (black background) and my BFF Joanne's (light background).




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Stash Report - Weeks 27 + 28

We were in DC for Olive's 1st Birthday last weekend, so I have some catching up to do . . .
I didn't buy any quilt fabric while there, but I did get some scrumptious sock yarn though!
I finished the Fast Forward top, but loaned my pattern to someone, so I am just guessing at the yardage used, so I may need to change the amount used at a later date.  The picture is my top on the left and my friend Joanne's on the right!  Joanne used a batik jelly roll for hers while mine was just scraps from the "Rubbermaid Tub"

Used this Week: 5 yards

Used year to Date: 74 yards

Added this Week: 0 yards

Added Year to Date: 38 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 36 yards

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Here is Olive, our Birthday girl!

Field Trip!

We are off to DC in the morning for Olive's 1st birthday!  She is our youngest granddaughter.  We are taking Sophia with us - she is so excited and has her little Dora the Explorer suitcase all packed.  








On another note, I wanted to share a sweet picture of my son-in-law with our twin granddaughters.  Nick recently returned from deployment . . . 

 

Design Wall Monday

I cannot believe that it's Monday again . . .


Don't have much to show this week. After completing the blocks for last weeks DWM, my strip bin was looking rather pathetic, so I decided to sub cut the remaining strips into squares. It has taken several days to get everything untangled, trimmed of unraveling threads, starched and pressed. Now all I have left to do is measure, cut and then figure out what I am going to fill the empty bin with!!




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Another one off the frame!

Finished quilting Jean's quilt the other day and earlier tonight, I finished the binding, so it's done, done, done!  I have just one more quilt from Jean at the moment and I got the backing sewn and on the frame, perhaps tomorrow I can get the batting + top loaded!

Stash Report - Week 26

I was a little under the weather this past week and didn't leave the house, but still managed to add to my stash.  I was straightening the Quilt Cave and came across a bag of backing fabric I purchased the week before while in Berlin that I forgot to count . . .

Used this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 69 yards

Added this Week: 2 yards

Added Year to Date: 38 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 31 yards

I continue to try and play catch up with all of my customer quilts on the longarm, so I don't see myself busting much stash in the near future.  I only have about 4 more quilts to do before I can do my own things!

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One done, another started . . .

Finished one quilt on the longarm and another is loaded and just begun. 

 First up is Carolyn's Family Reunion Quilt. I quilt a Family Reunion Quilt for Carolyn each year (in addition to several other quilts too). It's a Signature Quilt and it goes to a different family member each year.

Next on the frame is Tropical Dreams, a quilt Jean made from some gorgeous batiks. The pattern can be found in the February 2011 issue of American Patchwork & Quilting on page 68.

Design Wall Monday

Once again, it's my favorite day and I am very close to having the Fast Forward top completed!  All of the blocks are done and the sashing is cut and sewn together, ready to be attached, after I get the measurements of the rows.  My goal is to have it done, done, done by the end of the month so I am not working at the last minute to finish it.


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Stash Report - Week 25

Another week of visiting Quilt Shops, this time down in the Berlin, Millersburg + Mt. Hope area.  The 4 of us had a great time.  We left at 8am and didn't return home until after 8pm.  It was the best day ever!  I got some American Valor fabrics and a novelty print of Hot Wings!  The colorful pic of Patriotic fabric is designed by Connie Haley for Elizabeth's Studio.  It is really striking and I cannot wait to use it!

Used this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 69 yards

Added this Week: 5 yards

Added Year to Date: 36 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 33 yards

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