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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Design Wall Monday

Rather than finishing a UFO, I decided to start a new project late last week!  I've made more progress than this since then, but my camera is in my husbands car and he's out of town, so this pic will have to do.  I am just using strips from the Rubbermaid tub for this one, but I am anxious to begin another with a jellyroll - the problem will be settling on which one to use!  The pattern for this is called Fast Forward and it's by Julie Herman aka Jaybird Quilts.  It's very, very easy and quick to construct!


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Stash Report - Weeks 22, 23 + 24

Well, so much for trying to bust 50 yards - I went to two local quilt shops with friends on Friday . . . this is what I am going to work on with all of that black + white fabric!

Used this Week: 0 yards

Used year to Date: 69 yards

Added this Week: 8 yards

Added Year to Date: 31 yards

Net Used Year to Date: 38 yards

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another new project . . .

Started another new project the other day - it's called Fast Forward.  I have been using 2.5 inch strips from my scrap bin for this prototype, but I cannot wait to crack open one of my jellyrolls for a more coordinated version.  Julie Herman created this pattern and she has several others just as cool as this one!  Check out her blog, Jaybird Quilts, and click on the patterns tab and you can check out for yourself all she has to offer!