A bit of this and that..

Hello ya'all,

Hope those of you in the path of the snowstorm Nemo are doing ok out there. Pat, let me know how you are.

What am I working on? Doing the Autumn mystery quilt from December. Neat thing about the Dec mystery, is you get four quilts in one pattern. Or, put them all together for one king sized quilt. Get it here.

I'm sloooowly working on Isaiahs I spy quilt.

I'm trying to get my pattern for Pats Gems written, we'll be doing a Saturday Special on it in May.

In other news...

I got my Obol that I won off of the Sew We Quilt site. Thanks again Samm and Obol! This bowl is great, if you love your cereal crunchy and not soggy. I got the white one.

My good friend Lizzie has a new blog and a new business. She's started long arming. So if you live in her area, give her a jingle...or even if you don't and are looking for a good long armer.

And speaking of Saturday Specials. We would love for you to join us over at the Q&N forum. Our first Saturday Special will be on Feb 23rd. Read all about it here.

That's all for today folks....have a great one.

Under my needle

Hello Everyone,

Thanks for dropping by. The weather is nice, a bit of sun and warm temps heading our way.

This cute little monkey quilt is for the sister of the little boy we made the doggy quilt for.

I should of had this quilted by now, but what with the holidays, having to order batting, then discovering I was out of suitable thread.... not to mention that tradgety has struck this family and the sweet baby this quilt was intended for has died :(

So, I will finish it this week, and get it in the mail on Friday.

Whats under your needle? I love comments, so don't be shy :)

Have a great day.

 

Finished top, and Paint chip challenge

Hello out there,

Hope you are all well. We are getting some nice, warmer weather this week. Going to be sunny! It will feel good after the cold snow.

This is my Spring version of A Quilt for All Seasons (well, not all of it, that would ruin the surprise:), Jess's December 2012 mystery quilt. You can contact Jess here, to get this pattern.

It's a great pattern, once again, and what makes it really unique is you can make one 65"x65" quilt for each season, or you can leave off the borders, put all four seasons together, and make a king size quilt.

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The Quilt and Needle is also putting on a Paint Chip Challenge, and you still have time to enter.

This is going to be a fun challenge. Here is my paint chip card.

Asiago, Oatlands Subtle Taupe, and Smoked Oyster. I can use one, two or all three colors in my challenge. I have an idea in mind already, now for some fabric shopping!

Hope you pop over and join us, even if you just want to see some eye candy and vote for your favorite.

You can learn more about both of these over at the Quilt and Needle blog, or on the forum.

Snow, and some New Fabrics

Hello Everyone,

Baby it's cold outside! We are having a very cold, cold snap here in CA. It was 22 when I woke up this morning, with the lowest windchill over night at -2! BRRR.

This is what it looked like when we woke up Thursday morning.

Isn't it beautiful! I love a crisp, clear day. Bright blue sky, crisp, clean snow...

The kids are having a good time playing in it. Isaiah loves to watch the big boys plow it with the tractor, and 'help' out by going for a ride.

As much as I enjoy snow, my arthritic body doesn't. So I mostly stay indoors. This week I got these in the mail to play with :)

These posted above will be made into a quilt for my oldest. He is in need of a big quilt, he's 6'3" tall! And hasn't had a new quilt in quite a few years. So it's time. I have the pattern all drawn out, I need to draft it though, getting all the sizing/etc right. The quilt will be made of hexies and triangles.

I also bought this beautiful Shabby Chic piece.

It was on sale, and just happen to jump in my cart ;) lol I received a lovely FQ from my bf Carol for Christmas, which this piece will fit right in with. I have no thoughts on what I will do with them yet. But they are lovely to look at.

I hope you all are having a fabulous weekend.

Pats' Gems

Hello Everyone,

I'm finally getting around to posting pictures of my 4-patch quilt. I've called it Pat's gems.

I sent it to my best friend Carol for Christmas. Here Mom's name was Pat. Pat had owned a jewelry store at one time and loved her jewelry.

Pat passed away early last year. Every time I pulled this top out to work on it, Pat and Carol popped into my head. So I knew it had to go to Carol, as sort of a memorial quilt.

Here's part of the back.

 

Carol says she loves it, and uses it everyday :)

I will be doing a follow along to make this quilt....when I find the time. lol

Have a great day.

 

2013

A New Year...

I hope it's a great one for you all.

2012 was a year full of big ups and downs for me and my family. A new baby, a wild fire threatening our home, an eye injury to my dh (thankfully he still has full sight). My blog has 'suffered' and my goals were not even part way met...lol... but thats ok...

because it's a New Year....

 and quilting goals and blogs are not as important as family...as much as I enjoy them.

My quilting goals last year was to get as much of this stack, and the stack I didn't photograph, quilted.

 

Um, I don't  think I quilted ONE of them!! Instead, I made more tops to add to the pile and new quilts for babies and best friends :)

So, lets not look back, but look ahead.

I have a fantastic new machine, and a walking foot.
I am thinking of joining Fiber of all Sorts and her year of finishes.




Just so that I can help myself out and start in on a new goal, of getting ONE of these tops finished each month.

That might be hard to do...

I love Jess's mystery quilts so much, I love testing for her, that I have a hard time saying no every 3 months.

I have two quilts right now that I want to make for my boys.

Then there is Christmas, I want to be better about making gifts this year, and that means starting early.

And a baby who is getting ready to walk, which means he will be getting into EVERYTHING.

So, we shall see what the New Year brings to me quilty wise.

I hope you have some good quilty goals to strive to this year.

Have a great day.

Merry Christmas

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas.

I hope your time is filled with family and loved ones.

Thank you for continuing to read my little blog. I hope to get back into quilting and blogging more in the New Year.

I still have one more boxy pouch to make for a child. Hope to get that done, so I can fill it with some goodies.

We still have Christmas shopping to do!

And baking!!

On another note, if you have next weekend free and want to do some quilting, you can't go wrong with one of Jess's mystery quilts.

It's the forum's 5th birthday, and Jess has a got another great quilt for us to do up.

You can buy the pattern here.

And join the fun with us all here.

Christmas....

Is coming waaaaaay too quickly! It's sneaking up on me this year. I haven't got anything done, except my 4patch quilt. And too little bloggin, I know, sorry I've been so quiet.

I had, in my mind, a blog post about this quilt all 'typed' up. But as I was in a hurry to get the quilt off to my best friend Carol, I forgot to take pictures to accompany that post! LOL

Here is a picture of one of the tiny holes in the back of the quilt. It's very tiny.

But there are 7 of these holes! Grrrr..

Here is what I did to fix them.

I was going to take my good friend, Pat's, advice of just putting  anew back on, without taking all the stitching out. Just restitching over it. But after talking to Carol, and telling her about the holes, she said she wanted the quilt anyways. So I wanted to get it done and in the mail, as she lives clear across the states from me.

Soooo, I will ask her to take pictures for me, then I can show you the finished quilt. I used white binding. It turned out good I think.

We have snow on the ground and more possible this coming week. I hope it sticks around for Christmas. If it warms up, we'll get rain instead and wash all the snow away.

I hope to get some quality time in with my sewing machine this week.

Have a great day.

Bits and pieces

  Hello Everyone,

Sorry I've been so quiet. My little one is teething, those stubborn teeth still haven't popped thru the gums! And now he has a cold, and all he wants is Mommy to hold him. So when he's napping, I'm doing household things.

So I haven't gotten much sewing done, and as this is a sewing blog, I just haven't had much to report ;)

I have done a little bit of quilting on my 4 patch quilt.

I am pretty annoyed though. I had started to quilt this before I had my Singer and could use my walking foot. And even though I checked the back occasionally, I somehow missed these little holes in the backing that my regular foot was making at the end of a quilting line. Where I would turn the quilt to go in a different direction. I forgot to take a picture of these holes to show you.

So after I was merrily sewing along with my walking foot, I happen to notice these holes. I don't know what to do now. This was going to be a Christmas gift. Sigh~

I also got some fabrics cut out to make a small pouch. I need to make my first son a shaving kit bag, and am figuring out how I want to form it.

Which is going to be a Christmas present to him, if I ever get it made! I have a few other things on my to make list for Christmas, so I hope to get some sewing time in soon.

We had quite the storm last week. The winds topped out at 55 mph! We got a small hole in the corner of our van windshield due to a branch going thru it. Sigh~ And we got tons of rain. We have one more little rain system right now, and then we'll have some sun come Thursday.

Take care all.

Happy Thanksgiving

    Wishing all of my US friends and readers a very

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you have a wonderful day, full of good things and good foods.

Thank you for being a reader of my little ole' blog :)