I may never piece again . . .

I may never piece another quilt again at the rate quilts are coming in to be longarmed!  Three more are done, but there are 6 more waiting in the "wings".  I was feeling so overwhelmed that I asked my BQFF to keep 3 of them at her house until they're ready to be loaded so I don't feel so behind . . .  The good news is that I am getting so much done and it's just getting me that much closer to the upgrade for my machine that I have been wanting - Railz!!!! 

This is a quilt made from some vintage fabrics and the customer wanted it meandered - done!

Another customer wanted this 9-Patch meandered too - done!

I used the pantograph Petaluma on this Thimbleberries Quilt.  The batting was a pretty fluffy poly, but it turned out great, hope they like it!

One more done, 4 more to go + 4 more are enroute

Finished another one of Linda's that she made for a co-workers child.  I love the colors in this one, they're right up my alley and it was a lot of fun to quilt too!  I used Superior's Rainbow Thread - Citrus Cooler, one of my personal favorites to work with!

See what others are working on at Patchwork Times Design Wall Monday!

Another done, 5 more to go + 4 more on the way . . .

I finished another of Linda's fun quilts late yesterday afternoon.
I tried to get a good picture outside, but it was so stinkin windy I am lucky that the quilt is still here with me and that the wind didn't carry it off! I had to add a piece to the length of the backing on this one (so that's what the shadowing is down the center of the quilt is from). Well, I had better get busy loading another of hers on the frame before the other 4 quilts arrive later this afternoon!


 

1 done, 6 more to go!

I've been in a funk lately . . . but I have kicked myself into gear and finished this one that's been on the frame for almost 2 weeks!  This is Linda's and I think she's going to use it as a table topper for the summer - cute, cute, cute!

2 Quilt Retreats + a Bonnie Hunter Class!

What a whirlwind the past two weeks have been!  It started off with our Guild Quilt Retreat.  I was too lazy to haul my machine, and I have been doing a bit of reorganizing in my Quilt Cave, so I decided to take a copy paper box chock full of scraps to cut into squares for future scrap quilts.  It was great to work on this project but I was a bit taken aback with how much time it took to untangle the mess of strips, starch and press them before I could even make the first cut!  As you can see by the picture below, I was able to get a good bit of them cut up though.  I had to leave the Retreat early on Sunday so Joanne and I could leave for Columbus for the Bonnie Hunter class.  We decided to go down the night before and stay at a seedy inexpensive motel, but that's a whole other story for another day!  The Smith Mountain Morning class was great, but a bit too many students for me.

Then, this past Saturday and Sunday, there was another Quilt Retreat, and I brought along my close personal friend, the copy paper box, still chock full of scraps waiting to be cut into blocks in half inch increments ranging from 1.5 inches to 5 inches.  Perhaps on another post I will show you how I store them . . . .

One more done!

Just took Carolyn's Bargello off the frame!  That's two down and 7 more to go (not counting my own of course)!

I used a leaf pantograph on this one as it looks like autumn colors to me.  It's a good thing I chose to use a panto as the thread I used just disappeared on the quilt - on both the front and the back!

I'm back & Quilting!

 Wow, things have really been hopping around here. First, our new grandson was born and we travelled to DC for almost a week. Shortly after we returned, my husband got really, really sick. After 2 trips to the ER, he was diagnosed first with pneumonia and then with the flu. He is finally feeling better. Today is his first day back to work (I hope he doesn't stay all day). And our granddaughter made her First Communion this past weekend, so family and friends were all in town for that too! Enough rambling, let's get down to business - here is Carolyn's Reunion Signature Quilt!

8th try worked!

We now have our eighth grandchild - a boy!  Will post more later!

Design Wall Monday

I got a new Design Wall last night!  It it made from flannel and it has a 2 inch grid printed on it - it is awesome!  It is 56 inches wide and I got 3 yards, so it covers a good portion of the wall.   Too bad I don't have a project to put on it yet . . .

Check out what others have on their Design Wall at Patchwork Times!

Sidetracked once again . . .

Well, once again, I am working on another project. On Design Wall Monday, I started out working on Carolina Crossroads, but while searching for other parts to the project, I came across a Quilts for Kids Kit that I received some time ago (not sure how long as the postmark was illegible), but it's been a long time. I decided I had better get busy on that so I can get it done and sent out, but it also requires me to make another quilt from my stash to send back with it, so what did I do, start searching through the stash looking for something suitable for a young child. Good grief - that makes 4 projects and the week is not yet over ...

• Postage Stamp Quilt               
• Carolina Crossroads               
• Quilts for Kids Kit                   
• my donation for Quilts for Kids

Design Wall Monday

Got a little sidetracked from my Postage Stamp Quilt and I am now working on this UFO . . .

I found this pizza box in the Quilt Cave labeled Quiltville Mystery.  I looked back through my blog and could not figure out what project it was as the box did not contain the instructions - go figure.  I finally ended up sending this picture to Bonnie Hunter herself and within 7 minutes she'd gotten back to me with an answer - it's Carolina Crossroads, one of the first Quiltville Mysteries!  All of this was precipitated by my signing up for one of her workshops at Quilt Beginnings on May 21st in Columbus, Ohio and I thought it would be nice to bring along something of hers that I'd made . . . I know I have 2 completed tops of hers somewhere, but I have been unable to locate them.   Here is what one of the blocks will look like:

Check out what others have on their Design Walls at Patchwork Times!

Signed up for a class . . .

I signed myself up, and my quilting partner, for a Bonnie Hunter Class in Columbus on May 21st!  I am so excited to finally have her within 3 hours of us so we can take a class!  Now I am on a tear to finish at least one of her patterns (of the several I have started).  This is so sad, I know I have started at least 3 of them, because I found pictures of them on previous blog posts, but I cannot locate the projects!  I waste more time looking for things - and here I thought I was so organized . . .