More EQ fun

Do you know that I'm part of a FALL EQ blog hop, hosted by sewcalgal, starting monday!?

 

so I've been busy doing that, or trying!

it's hard to work in EQ when you are holding a baby :-)

as I often click and hold down ctrl or alt button, can't do that one-handed.

it's also hard to type, which I'm doing now one-handed...

(at least she's not crying)

 

last night I figured that if I set on the futon/couch I sleep on with Sonja, have her next to me and the laptop on my lap, I got more done....

so this is what I played with.

 

isosceles blocks and nine patches, set on point.

I like black/yellow and grey together.

 

I like blue and yellow too.

 

this is a pineapple block, with a block made from 4 HSTs-forgot the name

 

same blocks, just using a diamond in a square as alternate block instead

 

 

a flower block, four patch and diamond in a square

 

a funny flower block and HST blocks

 

two other flowers

 

then I found these flying geese and colored the center where they meet a different color.

(I'm still not "loving" the tangerine color of 2012) but I try!

 

a straight setting

 

another flying geese block

 

I'm back to the blue/ yellow combo

 

and my favorite- all blue!

 

what do you think?

 

(and now Sonja fell asleep)

 

 

 

Red white and blue top done and dilemma w leaders and enders

I finished quilting this cool customer quilt.

I love the design!!

 

 

I quilted it in a large swirl with points using a pink thread.

On to #2 for her soon!

 

Yesterday I finished sewing the left over triangles from the red white and blue blocks into HSTs.

I used them as a leader and enders project.

Then I wanted to come up with an idea for them, should I sew them together to make something else, like a mini quilt? or make them into a border for the existing quilt?

I sketched this in EQ7

 

With each large block being 12", I could trim the HSTs to 2" (2 1/2" before sewing) and fit 6 on the edge of each block.

 

 

it took a while to trim down 88 HSTs!! but worth it, because since it was straight triangles and they were trimmed from the other blocks they weren't all accurate! and good to trim off those dog ears too!

 

 

So last night I sewed the borders and this morning I finished the top.

Do you see my mistakes?? I noticed when I took the picture.....

(combare with the eq file)

 

I realized too that I had made 16 blocks not just 12, so I sewed those into a square, either I will use them on the back or turn them into a mini quilt.

(will be a cute gift as a combo- one large quilt for toddler time, a mini one for baby or baby car seat)

 

So now I need another Leaders and Enders project!

I have these batik FQs I won on a blog. And I have this Go! drunkard's path die I got for Christmas last year and haven't even tried yet. So I'm deciding what to do.

 

 

This is my idea!

 

 

My neighbor is moving and doesn't want to quilt anymore, she gave me two big bags of fabrics a few weeks ago, which I finally sorted! anyways, there's this swirly purple fabric- though it's kind of stiff, and I already washed it! don't know if I like it...

OR I could use these solids as an alternate?

 

 

 

Or solid black? though I don't have enough black right now. hmm

what should I do??

 

Yesterday while Solveig had chorus I brought this block with me to work on, and finally finished it!

Just now, I embroidered the eye too.

 

don't know if I like it... should I make it bigger? keep it?

the pattern does call for black fabric, but I thought it would be too small.

I could also add felt instead? hmm

can't decide again

 

 

 

 

Cleaning my machine and EVE!

I know you want to see another baby pic :-)

Here's Solveig holding Sonja.

 

 

Saturday I decided to clean my sewing machine since I couldn't remember the last time I did it.

well LOOK at all that lint! 

 

Here's my "tool" for that, an old stiff paint brush, it's great for grabbing the lint.

 

that's how much lint was in there. 

 

now it's all clean!

when is the last time you cleaned YOUR machine???

go clean it :-)

 

I had to show this too, my husband buys organic eggs and got a DOUBLE in one egg, how rare is that?

 

Yesterday the kids flew a kite. perfect weather for it.

 

I brought Sonja outside too

 (now my husband could have told me her tummy was exposed!)

 

I made some labels for the woven stars quilt and the blue lil' twister quilt this weekend too.

 

AND the BOW with women of the bible has started already.

This is EVE!

 

 

quilting orange brick quilt and more

It's been a few days since I posted so I figured I'd post a little here.

I've been busy taking care of a certain little one.

Here I had put her in her crib- she did NOT like it.... boohoo

 

 

I've also worked on the outer border for McCall's #3 quilt, this is all I want to show.

Just wait and see :-)

 

Yesterday a customer dropped off 2 quilts and she brought this KIT called roman holiday which I'm buying off of her for CHEAP!

 

Yesterday and today I finally quilted this orange brick quilt, my neighbor who pieces and quilts all by hand had made this top and didn't like it so she gave it to me earlier this year!

 

I quilted an allover swirly design, this time I tried a green spool from Connecting threads, since it's thinner than my signature threads I had to change the tension. The place online where I buy my signature threads, don't carry it anymore, so I am thinking about switching to CT threads, since they are very affordable, I might want to test out a few more quilts to be sure. I want to work with 100% cotton threads and that's hard to find in a cone so I may have to just work with spools. we'll see.

 

here's the backing, a pale orange- well not as pale as this.... I might just have enough of it too to make binding for the quilt, we'll see.

 

I half smile here :-)

 

and I know some of you love to see doggie pics too, here's a pic of Peanut under the kids craft table.

 

I wanted to show too what I do when I don't quilt or when I'm feeding sonja.

I play on the computer, there's a few games I always go back to!

One is Civilization 3 (have 4 but don't like it as much)

and BIG fish games, big fish is great! you can trial play games for an hour before you buy it.

here's a puzzle game I was playing and I imported a personal picture and played that.

 

AND guess what!?

McCall's want 2 more quilts made!! woohoo

 

here's another update on my 2012 list

#1 welcome to the hive-turned into a pillow DONE!

#2 lotus quilt- DONE!

#3 blue flower table runner- DONE!

#4 pumpkin star pillow- DONE!

#5 red mini star table topper- top done and ready to quilt DONE!

#6 Bunny table runner- DONE!

#7 wonky house block swap- DONE!

#8 giraffe wall hanging - still working on needleturn applique, mommy giraffe almost done

#9 pineapple black and blue quilt- giving these a break now

#10 Blue star quilt- top and binding done

#11 Pine tree BOM- MARCH is done

#12 Next Stitch STAR- Done!

#13 snowmen table runner- DONE!

#14 Elenar Burns star Go! die- pieces cut for a scrappy look- SCRAPPED!

#15 aqua owl- DONE! and made a pair of hotpads too for a neighbor

# 16 geese in a ring- DONE!

# 17 Bonnie Hunter ORCA mystery - top done- skipping the border

# 18 Little twister blue- SCRAPPED

#19 green, red, yellow flower quilt- top done, just taking forever removing the papers

# 20 small embroidered trees (4 blocks) - DONE!

# 21 spring swap blocks- got plans but no background fabrics ordered yet

# 22 Making memories embroidered panel- needs to be made into a cute wall hanging

# 23 black, red white asian quilt- DONE!

# 24 color block swap- top is done, done and quilted!

# 25 fall leaf blocks swap- top done

# 26 Baby gingham dog boy quilt- DONE!

#27- a doll apples quilt- DONE!

#28(jan 2012) need to quilt 2 donation quilts- done and mailed off

#29(jan) bubble gum quilt kit won at quilt show - main quilt top done without border

#30 (feb) jelly roll quilt- DONE!

#31 (feb)5 x 1yards of beige/ black batiks- DONE!

#32 (mar) won 9 march BOM -dotted flowers -from pine tree guild- top and binding made

#33 (mar) batik quilt for McCalls - DONE!

#34(mar) #2 quilt for McCalls- DONE and shipped

#35 (all year) Round Robin swap -september sent out

#36(mar) Dr seuss baby shower gift- DONE!-gave to neighbor

#37 (april) blue strip pieced blocks - DONE!

#38 (april) won a pattern and two charm bundles- Baby quilt DONE!

#39 wonky block swap -september sent out

#40(may) Civil War Legacies- DONE! extra blocks ready to ship out

#41 (may) blue and white lil' twister- DONE! missing label

#42 (june) berry squares quilt- DONE!

#43(June)neighbor gave me orange and green brick quilt top- quilted top, ready for binding

#44 (june) - circle in a star purple batik- black fabric is here

#45 (June) - Hidden forest- applique- working on first block

#46(June) fabric balls - finished #10!

#47(june) pin cushion swap - sent out september

#48 (July) McCall's #3 quilt- outer border appliqued

#49 (July) smooth sailing (CT bundle)- blocks done

#50(July) Lorax quilt- top done

#51( july) geese in a ring- 6 blocks are here

#52 (july) christmas tree skirt- top done

#53(july) hexies- 43 done and sewn together

#54(august) women of the bible quilt blocks- fabrics are here

#54(september) Boxes!- fabrics arrived

#55 (September)- Woven stars - done!

#56 (September) McCall's #4 - ordering fabrics soon

#57 (September) McCall's #5 - ordering fabrics soon

#58 (September) roman holiday- kit