Catching up on October

Here's the fabrics I got from Tonya the other day...

Over $125 worth and there's A LOT!! awesome awesome!!

These are all washed and ready to be cut into

Then I've worked on a customer's "monster" quilt - 106" square, the biggest I've done yet, and I think this is my MAX size too, sure made it easy with the red snappers to load the quilt.

Here I quilted stars and meandering all over

 

Here's the whole quilt, it is GORGEOUS!

 

love the star in the middle

 

Last friday I finished this pineapple quilt for a customer also, I had to ship it to FL, I mailed it so quickly that I forgot to take pictures, so SHE took pics and emailed them to me :-)

 

 

I did free motion gingko leaves and meandering

 

Each pineapple block was different, it was fun to do

I also just finished this customer quilt- look familiar??

I recently quilt the red and black quilt that used the same pattern

 

and allover feathers and swirls- she always picks that! :-)

 

I forgot I had this playmat/ jungle gym in the closet- another hand me down, so I set it up over the weekend for Sonja, she seemed to like it

 

Later I moved it into my craftroom/studio, I have a quilt folded underneath, so it's not so hard and cold to lie there, she was "talking" to the elephant today

 

The kids made a little paper hat for her too! - DUNCE??

 

and THESE came in the mail today, baby and mommy owl pin cushions! too cute....Thanks Gwen Z!!

 

Here's the collection so far :-) the small blue one was the one that started it all, I got this one from Norway and thought a pin cushion swap would be cool, it's so much FUN!

I forgot to show this picture too, this weekend I moved my fabrics to the opposite wall, one cubbie left for the box of fabrics- which is filled now :-)

 

And look! I already cut into the Benartex fabrics... just wait and see, which design I picked from this post. Now I did reply to some of you, that I realized I just ordered half a yard of each instead of a whole yard, so I've had to modify SOME things, someone suggested to just buy more fabrics! ha ha

 

Here's a review of October projects

 

 

 

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- ready to quilt

#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- GETTING READY FOR ANOTHER ONE?!

# 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- ready to quilt

# 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 - top done adding vine on 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 -ready to quilt

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

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

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

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

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

#42 (june) berry squares quilt- DONE!

#43(June)neighbor gave me orange and green brick quilt top- DONE!

#44 (june) - drunkard's path- top done, may need a border

#45 (June) - Hidden forest- applique- 2 blocks done

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

#47(june) pin cushion swap - sent out october and received november

#48 (July) McCall's #3 quilt- DONE!

#49 (July) smooth sailing (CT bundle)- ready to quilt

#50(July) Lorax quilt- 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- 5 blocks done

#54(september) Boxes!- fabrics arrived

#55 (September)- Woven stars - done!

#56 (September) McCall's #4 - center of top done, missing border

#57 (September) McCall's #5 - fabrics are here

#58 (September) roman holiday- kit

#59 (october) mini tumbler- DONE!

#60 (October) Benertex floral quilt- pieces cut and sewing blocks

#61 (October) Valentine's Round Robin- haven't started my block, recv'd oct/nov block

 

 

 

 

Wicked Blog Hop- Happy Halloween and giveaway

It's the last day!

 

I was hesitating to sign up for this blog hop, since I'm not into the scary part of halloween, but I'm a sucker for a good blog hop! so why not?

 

I desided to make a fall block instead of a scary "wicked" block, but I think it will still pass :-)

 

If you follow my blog you know that I love to play with EQ7....

I searched for pumpkin and a few blocks came up, one was this funny scrappy pumkin.

 

 

 

I colored it with a black background- I guess to make it more halloween-ish....

 

Now the block is 12" so when I printed this, it overlapped into another page (or rather 4) there was no way to MOVE it, I did move the large section down to just be on 2 pages and printed them like this.

 

 

 I did move the large section down to just be on 2 pages and printed them like this.

 

 

This is WHEN it's a good idea to preview before printing :-)

 

Here's the block all done

 

 

I had enough black fabric and lots of fiberfill, so I quickly made a pillow!

 

Here's Sonja leaning on it :-)

 

 Have fun hopping this last day!

And don't eat too much candy :-)

here's some FALL/ halloween things I've made in the past

Here's the rest of the schedule

Beaquilter (me)

Cate`S Linens

Stitch, Stitch, Stitch

Made By A Brunnette

Buttons And Butterflies

The Recipe Bunny

Quilted Delights

Sew We Quilt

Sunshine Reflections

Louzeekreativ

Mice In The Mix

Rosemary - That Other Blog

I don't MUCH of a giveaway, but I was sorting my studio and I have some shelves with scrapbook paper (something I don't do anymore since quilting took over) but I found this funny little album I made a while back

 

It folds open can fit 4 large pictures and 12 small ones, great for pics of the halloween costumes!

 

Also, if you DON't have this sept/oct issue of McCall's quilting, I have a few issues left.

 

 

since my owl quilt is in it :-)

 

I will sign it for you too- if you want.....

 

All you have to do is comment on this post, if you just want ONE item or the other let me know, otherwise I will pick just one winner for both items.

I will pick a winner on the 7th (some time in the morning)

 

 

 

 

 

EQ7 Tutorial Tuesday- How to make a flying geese wreath

 

EQ7 Tutorial Tuesday

How to make a flying geese wreath (block)

 

I'm going to show you how to make this cool flying geese in a wreath block like this one

first you have to be under BLOCKS, select BLOCK / new easy draw + patch draw

 

 

 

be on the "applique" tab at the bottom

 

now select the flying geese tool on the left and also notice the Contour and style at the top- leave those at the default right now, you can always play with those later

 

with the flying geese tool selected, draw a line, don't worry that it's wobbly, mine was!

When you let go of the mouse button THIS appears! cool :-)

Now you can go and while it's selected, click the different styles or contours and it will change what you drew already.

Toward the top, click the "convert to path" icon.

 

Nothing really changed, except the options on the top bar, now you see a WREATH button appear again.

 

(You may want to add to sketchbook now if you want to revert back)

 

with ALL the flying geese selected, click the WREATH button (if you de-selected the geese just "draw" a large square around it to select them all or hit CTRL+A)

 

Under the wreath maker you can pick how many clusters you want and spacing and size.

I picked 4

 

this is my result :-)

 

then I colored it and make it into a quilt

 

Link up with a wreath you've made in EQ7 from "scratch" - flying geese, hearts, circles, flowers etc.