Mini sails quilt

I know I haven't posted in a few days, but yesterday I actually SCHEDULED two posts- one for the quilt along and one for the nancy drew hop!

Anyways, this week I finished the mini sails quilt, it's only 24" so maybe a car seat quilt?

I think I will give it to the same MOMMY at church who I gave the bigger version to at her baby shower, she'll have the baby any day !!

I've been trying to machine stitch the binding on again, here it was a tight curvy stippling, I like it, but I think I'm going back to hand sewing the binding on, I just really LOVE the look of it and no stitches on the back!!

I also started quilting a customers 105" quilt- it's HUGE :-) I'm guessing I'm about half way done now.

 and look at this!! boohoo, the house is getting taller and taller and after taking this picture they've made a roof on the right side and on top of the left. boohoo!

Little sonja is happy on her mat, she figured out how to scoot on her back, so I was quilting and looked down and she was near my legs, this morning she's NOT happy, she sure is a lot more needy nowadays, soon I can contain her in one place so I can sew and quilt! :-)

EQ appliqued Animals Blog Hop sign up

 

BIG NEWS!! :-)

Since I got such great feedback on the chick block and after talking with sewcalgal

I'm happy to announce this great BLOG HOP!

EQ (Electric Quilt) Appliqued Animals- Blog Hop

April 22nd- 26th

If you own EQ and like to "play" with it.

This is the BLOG HOP for you!!

There will be 3 sub-themes

1: Summer Animals

2: Critters and Bugs

3: Summer garden "stuff"

You can sign up for one or all 3! that's up to you.

All you have to do is design a block, or quilt with appliqued animals on it

 (your original design or modified existing design)

So for #1 it could be any animal in summer colors or wearing a summer cat or sunglasses or a dress, who knows!? it's up to you!

#2 could be butterflies, lizards, worms, again with a fun twist on them.

#3 could be a shovel and pail or an umbrella but "alive", or even flowers with eyes or hands and feet

I love googly eyes like my chick above!! it's a fun way to make things come "alive"

I will designate a day and as we get closer to the day, I will email a master list to everyone and you do a blog post with your block/quilt and also show links to everyone else that day (You know how blog hops work!)- oh and also turn off word verification for the day. I have mine turned off all the time and only registered users can comment, I rarely get any spam.

If you want to have a giveaway- that's optional, not required. I know we'll have ONE at least.

So put on your thinking caps and let me know that you want to join in the fun!!

I can't wait to see what fun stuff you'll come up with :-)

-You have to have a BLOG to do a blog hop and when you comment here, make sure you're not a no-reply blogger- otherwise I can't reach you and add you to the list

more quilt along ideas and ahhhh's

I got an email the other day about fabrics for the quilt along.

OF COURSE you pick whatever fabrics YOU want.

 

Here's the "original" design"

 

But just by using the random tool in EQ7 I got some different ideas- not all are pretty, but you get the idea :-)

 

I wanted to show the progress of my VIEW being ruined from my studio window :-(

 

 

BTW!! While I was looking for the PES basic "gadget" I decided to sort my batting scraps and quilt tops and match everything up with backing pieces etc. so I was looking for my batting TAPE- I knew or thought I knew where it was- in a metal bin I have with my "funky" rulers, well it wasn't there but guess WHAT was there!? the PES basic!!! DUH!! I can be such a blonde sometimes.....

I did find the batting tape too BTW and now I'm out of it.

 

So while soring tops and batting I added a border to the spider web quilt, I like it much better now

 

I made lots of binding strips too and SONJA helped holding them for me :-)

 

Here's all the binding rolls, labeled and ready!

 

And here's the quilts ready with backing and batting tucked in, I think I only have easy street missing batting and backing... that's pretty good :-)

 

I finished another AHHHH! this is #10

 

 

 

And here's another #8

 

 

 

look how different it is compared to this other one I made earlier

 

I also got a package from Connecting threads this weekend!

 

here's what I got

Tote kit

 

Tag along kit

 

tiny obsessions booklet

 

Abbey Bag kit

 

I have a question for those of you who use crushed walnut shells for pin cushions, which kind should I get on amazon?

 

 

Here's an update on my 2013 list

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

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

#3 Bonnie Hunter ORCA mystery - ready to quilt

#4 green, red, yellow flower quilt- TOSSED!

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

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

#7 fall leaf blocks swap- ready to quilt

#8 bubble gum quilt kit won at quilt show - top done adding vine on border

#9 won 9 march BOM -dotted flowers -DONE!

#10 Round Robin swap -TOP done and ready to quilt

#11- drunkard's path- ready to quilt

#12- Hidden forest- applique- traced owl

#13 pin cushion swap - mailed

#14geese in a ring- 6 blocks are here

#15 christmas tree skirt- top done

#16 hexies- 43 flowers done and sewn together

#17 women of the bible quilt blocks- block #16 Ruth and Naomi done

#18 Boxes!- fabrics are here

#19 McCall's #5 diamond in squares - DONE! & mailed

#20- roman holiday- kit

#21 Benertex floral quilt- top done ready to quilt

#22 Valentine's Round Robin- Top here ready to quilt
#23 Woven Stars for CT - DONE!
#24 Quilt it today #2- red, white and blue quilt-DONE! mailed
#25- easy street- border done
#26 McCall's #6 flower star- DONE!
#27 McCall's #7- "crazy daisy" - all fabrics here
#28- Book quilt- just planned
#29 and 30(December) twin boy quilts -added border to spider web quilt, planning twist on bargello instead
#31 "birds"(Jan), #3 quilt it today- DONE

#32 winding reds(Jan) #4 quilt it today- Done and ready to mail
#33- (feb)CT botanical fabrics- DONE!
#34 (feb)Ahhhh's- more done
#35 MMRR2- feb sent, march is here
#36 (feb) T-shirt quilt planned
#37 (feb) baby girl- mystery quilt along
#38(feb) Nancy drew blog hop-ready to quilt

 

 

 

Floral Whole Quilt - Quilt Along March 2013

 

GET READY!!!

 

I created a button and will create a PAGE for it too.

 

I will start March 1st and post every friday for 6 weeks!

Then we'll have THIS done!

it measures 56" x 56"

 

This will also be a SKILL BUILDER quilt

Even if you are a beginner, you CAN do it!!

There will be plain piecing, templates, foundation piecing and applique.

TRUST me :-) you CAN do it!!

 

Who's with me???

 

I just used fabrics from my stash here- I may change the yellow out.

 

Here's the yardage for the TOP (not including binding or backing)

 

yellow 1yd

blue floral (border) 1yd

white floral 1yd

red floral 1/2yd

blue small floral 3/4yd

blue circles 1/2yd

red small floral 3/4 yd

 

Now since this is in EQ and we're going to be doing templates and foundation patterns, I'd add a bit more. I actually have a yard of all of these. so you can just do 1yd of 7 different fabrics!

 

I'll look for a place to HOST pdf patterns that I can link to,

 otherwise I may have to just email them to you.....

 

 

 

Valentine's MMRR is here and more

I finally got a squishy package in the mail!!

My Quilt u be mine quilt is back and it's a gorgeous runner!

I love it!!

 

truly worth the wait :-)

 

look at these small pieced hearts too and a flange, everyone did such a great job!

 

I just sent off the next round of MMRR2

 

not much to see :P

 

Now did you see EQ just release EQ stitch!!

it looks awesome..... I'd LOVE to try it, BUT I am missing

this PED basic, I bought it a few years ago, but I don't know what happened, I found the CD and maybe even the CARD but not the LINK...... UGH!! it's $100 too online :-(

 

So sewcalgal "inspired" me to go thru a corner or a box for 15 min and keep doing that, so this was my CORNER I wanted to tackle today.

 

 

 

Well I cleaned out the whole shelf, the whole length of the room of BOTH sides of the room.

Nice room to display my pin cushions now!!

 

and the other side is all NEAT with just the red snappers and extension table next to the long arm frame.... AND yes! I did sort those shelves too- it wasn't there!

I'm sure it's in the addic now, but my husband says no....

 

I finished another customer quilt- another T shirt quilt- YES the picture is sideways, but I did that to show the shirts

 

 

I also worked on the bible BOWs

here's the beginning of Hannah, all FPP

 

and appliqued octagon on top!

 

here's RUTH, the middle is EPP, then I appliqued circles onto the background and machine appliqued the EPP parts on top, not easy when I didn't glue it down like I normally do with applique, I didn't trim it, because I think the stitching skewed the block a bit so I'll wait until I make the quilt.

 

 

look at this beautiful cake! someone on a danish patchwork group on facebook made this! yummy....

 

 

and get this one??

 

BTW I have a little BEEF with our home owners insurance company, when we moved out here it was maybe $700 a year to insure, kept going up, this year it more than doubled and a "good" rate we found was 1800, but then we got a letter a few weeks later that they are dropping us on march 1st....!

we are more than 5miles away from a fire station, so in NC they changed this law last year I think, that instead of being a "section" 9 we are now a 10 and many insurance companies won't touch us! UGH UGH!! so now I'm on a hunt to find someone to BUG about building a fire station SOON, I've spoken to fire chief, fire marshall, now left a msg for a commissioner....

when we first moved here my neighbor took on the task to get high speed internet out here and got the run-around from Century-stink... some of us even showed up at a legislative meeting in Raleigh and gave our 3min speeches, it worked!!

 

Stay tuned for more quilt along info AND

an EQ blog hop!!