Working on the Round Robins

Hello Everyone,

I hope your Summer (or Winter) is going well. Here at my place it hasn't been tooooo terribly hot yet, but then, anything over 85 is too hot for me ;)

What little sewing I've been doing has been on these two round robins I've been working on.

The 30s print one is done. After unfolding it, I knew it needed some prairie points going around it.

As you can see by the picture, the prairie points are only sewn along the bottom edge in the seam line. Once Denise gets this home, she can iron them down and do her quilting, then they'll stay pointing up.

These prairie points are really easy to make. I took a few charm packs... laid one out, and folded it diagonally.

Folded it diagonally again.

Made another one. Then stuck one point of PP 1 inside of PP2, I like there to be about an inch between the two points.

But you can pull your PP inside further if you want to, you'll just see more of the jointed place once its' sewn onto the quilt.

 I put this under my machine and sew an 1/8 of an inch from the edge. Putting PP2  inside PP1 as I sew along.

 Then just keep adding them as you go. Sewing them all in a straight strip.

 Here is a close up of some of them sewn on the quilt top.

Now on to the pretty star RR. Here's my pieces, I just need to sew them all together and put them on the top.

My scrap project is coming along nicely. I've decided to pull more scraps, from another bin. I'll cut and trim those then buy some clear plastic bins and put different sizes and shapes into them. So, an on going project. I wont be making any quilt tops out of them just yet... although I have plenty of ideas :)

Have a great week ya'all.

Linking up with Lorna for Lets Bee Social this week. Thanks Lorna.

Whew! It's fixed....

Hi all, I was having problems with my camera software. Soooo glad it's fixed!! I don't know what I'd do if I couldn't put my pictures up.

So here's a few pictures of the snow we had last weekend.
This is in our front yard. Under that snow is some rock pathways and flower/herb beds.

Here is our garden area, we still have some Kale, spinach, swiss chard, and maybe some lettuce growing! They don't mind the snow it seems....at least for a few days.

And as the name of my blog implies, we do live on a ridge. LOL. This is the view of the canyon/ridge on other side, that is on the other side of our house.

And now....back to sewing! Our favorite hobby...

Here is a sneak peek of the table runner I am making as a tutorial, you'll get to see all of it in Dec.

I've been on a prairie point kick lately. Put some on my bag from the last post, and this runner. They are fun and easy to make, and just give your project a little extra.

If you don't know how to make them, I do have a tutorial in my tutorial section, here is the direct link to the prairie points.

You would think with all the time I've had with no computer last weekend, that I would of been sewing up a storm! But other than the bag, runner and secret C gift, that's all the sewing I've been doing.

I've got an idea for a boy quilt though...so am going to start on that today, as it's a rainy day, so a great time to spend in front of the sewing machine.

OH, and a BIG THANKS to  Jera, from Quilting in the Rain. I've won a $20 gc from her brand NEW online store. Go check it out!! She has some lovely fabric, great prices, and give aways!

Have a great day all!!