WIP Wednesday and May Goals

Hello Everyone,

I hope you're all getting some sunshine now, and the snow has gone away. It's gorgeous here.

 I was able to get my picnic quilt top (for the picnic blog hop) all pieced together (I'll show you more of it at the end of the month, as it's also my challenge quilt.) this week.

So today I would like to get it sandwhiched and ready to quilt. That's my May goal for ALOYF, getting this quilted up. It's lap size, so I should be able to get 'er done.


Other than this quilt top, I've gotten a few baby blocks made for a forum members Grandchild. (The color is all screwy in this picture. They are really white/light blue and white/dark blue.)

 My April X and + blocks have been done for a few weeks. I just haven't gotten them to the mailbox yet :(

And that's all I've been working on.

Have a great day today!

Linking up with  Lee.


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Sewjo Saturday, a day late.

Hello Everyone,

I'm late this weekend. Just never got my butt in gear and got pictures taken for this post. Lazy, lazy... LOL

I've been working on a scrappy quilt. Putting 4" squares together into 4patches.

I went thru my scrap bins and started pulling leftover charm squares or pieces small enough to fussy cut. Long time readers will recognise a lot of these prints. 

I have a handful or so of leftover jelly roll strips  that I am going to use also.

 

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Looks like I'm using up those leftover strips at the right time :)

Have you seen this challenge from Denise, over at Pieced Brain?

A fun challenge to use up some leftover strips. Your project can be big or small. And some lovely prizes to go with the challenge too! Come on over and join us.

Linking up with Kim.

Have a great day!






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April goal...met!

Hello Everyone,

Hope it's warm and sunny for you all. It's just gorgeous here. I love this time of year.

Here's what I've been working on this week.

I finished quilting and binding this 9patch charity quilt! (The top was donated to Jess at the Q&N. She asked if I could quilt it up.)

It's my April goal for ALOYF, yah!! It's mid April and I got it done.

 I finished piecing this charity top too. The Gals and I at the Q&N all made some blocks, they sent theirs to me, and I pieced it. (The wind was playing havoc with my photo shoot. lol)

I know, it came out to 2 different designs. I looked and looked at these rows and determined that in order to fix it so that I only had either the large diamonds as a secondary pattern OR the chevrons, I would have to change some of the blocks in a few of the rows (rotate them around) and I really don't want to take it apart that much. Sigh~ So I think I'll just leave it as is. I still think it's cute and I don't think a child will mind, do you?

I even got 2 of my April X and + blocks done! yah

Wishing you all a Blessed and Happy Easter!

Linking up for Sewjo Saturday.






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More charity work this week

Hello All,

It's Sewjo Saturday with Kim.

It's been a gorgeous week out. I've spent a lot of time outdoors and not very much at the sewing machine.

I did some more work on this charity quilt.

I have a bout a third of it done. Need to get working on it.

And I started piecing this one together. This one is going to Harmony Home in TX.

Thats all on the quilting front. Hope you had a great week.



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sewjo Saturday, and April goal

Hello, hello Everyone,

Hope you are all well and enjoying a bit of Spring. We are going to have a gorgeous week next week, highs in the low 70s, just PERFECT :)

I got a bit more quilting done this past week than usual, yah!

I had a heck of a time with this RR. You know how some projects everything just seems to go wrong?

Well thats what happened here. I started cutting out HSTs', instead of geese blocks. I measured wrong, numerous times. I sewed things on in the wrong spots. You name, I probably did it. LOL. But at last it is done and on it's way to the next person in line.

Then I got out this charity quilt and got it basted and started to quilt it. It took me forever, it seems, to figure out how I wanted to quilt it. I wanted to do pine trees and bears, but thankfully I stopped myself and reminded myself that I was pretty new to FMQing, and I should probably practice more before I attempted that.

So I am doing meandering stars. It's a lot of repetitiveness, but it will give me good practice.

This is also my goal for April. I need to finish quilting this and get it bound.

Have a great weekend all!

Linking up with Kim and Shannon/Melissa.

 

Around the Ridge

(This is very, very strange.... I started making this post on Sunday, March 30th. I scheduled it to publish... I THOUGHT I had it scheduled for April 1st.... but it published itself AHEAD of 3 other posts I had out this month, with a date of March 4th... how weird! But here it is again, just in case you missed it. lol)

Hello Everyone,

I haven't done an Around the Ridge post in ages. So I thought I'd show you a few things today.

My Daughter took all of these beautiful photos!

We bought some fruit trees earlier this year, they are now starting to leaf out.

We have a few kinds of apple, pears, a fig and a plum.

We also have berries.

Cranberries, currants, blueberries... and grapes :)

It will be so wonderful to start harvesting fruit! The trees will take a few years, of course, they are just little things. But we should get some berries this year.



The Red Bud is in full bloom. I love Red Bud, look at that color!

This is my first rose, it's on a south facing slope and blooms first every year (interesting it's almost the exact color of Red Bud :) ).

I also have a few Iris's blooming.

I hope Spring is warming you up...... We are now having a bit of Winter here. Its been sooo mild this year, we have some rain and possible snow coming over the next few days...but it will only be around a day or so, then we'll be back to the sun.

Have a great day.

Round Robin

Hello Everyone,

A few of the Gals on the Q&N forum and I are doing some Round Robins.

So this week I've been working on Sherry's. This is Sherry's medallion,  plus the border Karen put on it.

She wants to keep it black/white with a  pop of color.

I decided it really needed some geese.

I'll show you the rest when I finish it. It should of been in the mail on Thurs :( Will have to get it out on Tues, when I go to town next.

Linking up with Kim.

Have a great day all.

Working on a mystery

Good morning Everyone,

I hope you all have been having some sunshine and warmer weather. It's been beautiful here this week. Next week we are due for some more rain, which is needed so I will not complain :)

What have you all been working on this week?

I put aside my baby blocks and friendship blocks last weekend to start the mystery quilt over at the Q&N. These are the fabrics I am using.

I don't usually buy black fabric with print on it, but I fell in love with this one. The roses are so sweet. And the mystery quilt seemed a good time to use it. I'm happy I had some coordinating fabrics to go with it in my stash :)

Here is where I am at today on this project.

These are the two main blocks, I have most of them done.

I had put these aside come Monday of this week, so I could finish my other blocks that I wanted to get mailed out on Tues. Those are in the mail, so now I am back to working on my mystery quilt.

Have a happy, quilty day, as my good friend Pat likes to say :)

Linking up with  Kim for Sewjo Saturday.

A new Linky party for the weekend.

  Hello Everyone,

Kim over at My Go-Go Life has started a new linky party for the weekend. You can read all about it here.




You can share your WIPs or finished projects or just come browse and see what every one else is doing.

So, here's what I'm working on.

Getting these Friendship blocks done. Pat and I are behind again. It's a good thing it's only her and I. :)

These X and O blocks need a iron and trim, then they are ready to be sent to the piecer. We are making more baby quilts for some of our forum members.

They have chosen this cute quilt. It's very popular with our forum members. It's a great quilt for a baby/toddler and for using up some scraps.

I have a charity baby quilt I need to get quilting on and my son's dinosaur quilt needs to be quilted.

I am thinking of putting all this aside today and working on Jess's mystery quilt though. It's another beauty and I would love to do some virtual quilting with my buddies. (You can click on the link and buy the pattern still. They come right to your email. Her mystery quilts are awesome.)

Thanks Kim, for starting another fun linky party.

Have a great weekend all. Do some quilting, as it is national quilting day :)

Ruffles blog hop!

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you're enjoying the ruffles.

Ruffles just add a little something feminine to things. They're sweet, and frilly, and so very girlish. Being a mountain girl, I am not a very girly-girl. But I do enjoy those little bits of prettiness here and there throughout my house.

Thanks to Ms Samm and our cheerleader this go around, Amy. And of course, our sponsors. Blog hops are always so much fun. There are so many creative things to see. And now on to mine.

I've had this rocking chair for 20 yrs. It was given to me not long after I got pregnant with my first baby. You can see the wear and tear on it. And it was really time for a new back cushion!

The ruffle is small, a folded 2.5" strip, but it's just right for this chair. Too big and it wouldn't have any room.

The bottom piece needs a new cushion too..... But it's not going to be this pretty, and it certainly wont have a ruffle.....there is just too much wear and tear on that seat ;)

As you can see, I love making Lone star patterns. And if they intimidate you a little bit, maybe my tips and tricks will help ease you thru it.

My ruffle was made easy with my ruffler foot!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to hop over to the other blogs and see what everyone has made.

Ridge Top Quilts

Elizabeth Coughlin Designs

Just Let Me Quilt

MooseStashQuilting

Childlike Fascination

It Seams To Be Sew

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