What a great Christmas!

We had the most wonderful Christmas . . . all of our children were here! Olivia and Nick were here with their new twin girls and Aaron and Erica announced they'll be welcoming their first child in June! Fernando and I are so excited with this news that we are ready to burst. I can only imagine how excited Erica's parents are! It was a short, but hectic 5 days - and I have lived to tell about it, but barely . . . exhaustion has now set in and all I want to do is sleep.

Stash Report - Week 52

Well, guess this is the last report for 2009.  Nothing has changed for the past week either, so my report stays the same at:

Fabric in this week: 0.000 yards
Total fabric in YTD: 178.987 yards

Fabric used this week: 0.000 yards
Total fabric used YTD: 180.832 yards

Net YTD: 1.845 yards

So click on over to JudyL's Patchwork Times to see how everyone else is doing with their Stash Reports!

Last customer quilt done!

Just finished quilting the last of Linda's Christmas gift quilts.  Of course, I saved my personal favorite for last!  I wanted the Daisies Galore pantograph, but haven't received it yet, so I decided to try to do it freehand.  Prior to this attempt, I used another pantograph which will remain un-named because I sucked at it and had to tear it out.  It was not the fault of the panto, it was, well, I think it's a pattern better suited to being stitched by a computer.  I was so unhappy with it.  Then I ran out of the black binding and then I realized that perhaps I was supposed to be binding it in red - oh, for the love of God, this quilt is gonna kill me yet!  So I ended up using both the black and the red as binding - I hope that Carey likes it . . .

Design Wall Monday!

Well, my design wall is full of the previous 2 steps of Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas Mystery, so I have had to create another flat surface - for this I went to the garage and found a piece of foam insulation and I'm using that since there is not a surface in my sewing room that is cleared . . .  it is becoming increasingly more and more difficult to find an area to use my rotary cutter!  May have to do something about this after the first of the year!

Week 51 Stash Report

Edited to add photo:

The above picture is one of the main reasons why I need to Stashbust . . . Fabric from 1987?!?!   This is bad on so many levels . . .


Well, I had another good week of no incoming activity, so my report is the same as last week as I plug along on Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas Mystery! 
      Fabric in this week: 0.000 yards
      Total fabric in YTD: 178.987 yards


      Fabric used this week: 0.000 yards
      Total fabric used YTD: 180.832 yards


      Net YTD: 1.845 yards

So click on over to JudyL's Patchwork Times to see how everyone else is doing with their Stash Reports!

Carolina Christmas Progress

Well, I have just completed Step No 2 in the Carolina Christmas Mystery!  I am so ready to begin Step No 3.  I am curious as to exactly how many pieces this quilt will contain . . . so far, I think I counted 904 pieces, and that's just through Step No 2 !

Design Wall Monday!

Before I get hate mail - here is the disclaimer . . . below is a picture of Step One of Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas Mystery Quilt in progress!  If you are working on this Mystery Quilt, do not scroll down or read any further.

I chose my fabrics for this quilt over the weekend from my Christmas Stash.  I do not have a Christmas Quilt in my collection, do any of you?  I started cutting and stitching  on this late last night - I need 192 of these twosies!  I had wanted to use one fabric for the background, but it is going to have to be scrappy because I do not have enough yardage of one fabric for the entire quilt.  Anyways, I am really excited to work more on this, but I do have a customer quilt that I need to get on the frame .  .  .

Week 50 Stash Report

Only 2 more reports to go.  I sure hope I can stay on the positive side of busting . . . this week I got a little piecing done (2 BOM blocks), 2 pillowcases that I made from Girl Scout cookie fabric - these were fun, I've never done them before, but they are quick and easy, AND I picked out the fabric for Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas!  It's going to be done in all Christmas fabrics with the exception of the background.  I have not begun to cut it out yet, because I still have one more quilt to put on the frame . . .  So, here is my report:

Fabric in this week:    0.000 yards

Total fabric in YTD: 178.987 yards


Fabric used this week:   13.750 yards
Total fabric used YTD: 180.832 yards


Net YTD: 1.845 yards - Yeah, I am in the positive!

So click on over to JudyL's Patchwork Times to see how everyone else is doing with their Stash Reports!

Photo Quilt Done!

Well, Linda's Photo Quilt is done!  Now I have just one more to do before Christmas for her and I'm done for the holidays - unless of course I decide to work on something of my own!  Bonnie Hunter's Carolina Christmas Mystery is calling my name, but I haven't even picked out any fabrics for it yet . . .

Design Wall Monday

Well, it's Monday and once again I have another quilt to place on the frame! It's another one of Linda's and it's a picture quilt for one of her daughters.  The brown tone on tone fabric that she's used as a background has some swirled designs on it.  I'd like to use a panto for this, but I need to be at the front of the machine so I don't stitch over the photos, so I am going to attempt to quilt a similar design freehand.  Check back later in the week for the progress on this one!  Go check out what everyone else has on their design walls at JudyL's Patchwork Times!

Week 49 Stash Report

Not too many changes this week to the stash report, but I have resigned myself that I am going to end the year with a negative number, but at least it's a small numer.  I have resolved to do better next year.  It will be challenging to have numbers to compare to and strive to do better than the previous year, so it's a good thing. 
This week I was only able to bust 3 yards for 3 online swaps I participated in.

      Fabric in this week: 0.000 yards
      Total fabric in YTD: 178.987 yards


      Fabric used this week: 3.000 yards
      Total fabric used YTD: 167.082 yards


      Net YTD: -11.905 yards

Check out how everyone else is doing with their Stash Reports at Judy L's Patchwork Times!

2nd Quilt Done!

Well, last night I finished the 2nd of Linda's 4 quilts that need to be quilted before Christmas. I quilted this one with Plumage by Jodi Beamish. I just love feathers and it was relatively easy to do and covered a large area with one pass. I especially love how the rows are serpentine, so it's not a straight horizontal design!