I do have a few quilty items to talk about, need to get pictures first. So I'll be back tomorrow!
Thursday, November 28, 2013
Happy Thanksgiving
Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving. I hope your day is full of good food, family, friends... and maybe a bit of fabric ;)
I do have a few quilty items to talk about, need to get pictures first. So I'll be back tomorrow!
I do have a few quilty items to talk about, need to get pictures first. So I'll be back tomorrow!
Saturday, November 16, 2013
A few things..
Hello All,
The days and weeks just seem to be flying by. I can't believe it's the middle of Nov already. My toddler keeps me pretty busy. He's taking forever to bring in his baby teeth, and is pretty clingy because of it. So we spend a lot of time outdoors, keeping him busy. I don't know what we'll do when it's too cold to spend hours outside at a time.
My Dear Friend Pat and I have joined Carla and Susan's fun friendship swap.
Pat and I are going with a throw size quilt. In scrappy colors of gray, pink, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange. This will be hard for me. I am a controlled scrappy type person, so I will try to just have fun with this and not be too controlling in my placement of colors.
Pat already has her blocks done for this month. I need to start on mine. So no pics yet.
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Another fun thing for next year is a new Round Robin going on over at the Q&N. We had skipped doing one this year, but a few of us have decided to do it next year. We'll be making bed sized quilts. I can't wait to get started, I love RR's! I need to get my medallion made.
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And I am happy to say, that I am almost finished with J's quilt!
I bet you are all happy about that, so I stop blogging about it ;) LOL. Then I really need to start some Christmas sewing!
Have a great day all!
The days and weeks just seem to be flying by. I can't believe it's the middle of Nov already. My toddler keeps me pretty busy. He's taking forever to bring in his baby teeth, and is pretty clingy because of it. So we spend a lot of time outdoors, keeping him busy. I don't know what we'll do when it's too cold to spend hours outside at a time.
My Dear Friend Pat and I have joined Carla and Susan's fun friendship swap.
Pat and I are going with a throw size quilt. In scrappy colors of gray, pink, blue, green, yellow, purple, and orange. This will be hard for me. I am a controlled scrappy type person, so I will try to just have fun with this and not be too controlling in my placement of colors.
Pat already has her blocks done for this month. I need to start on mine. So no pics yet.
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Another fun thing for next year is a new Round Robin going on over at the Q&N. We had skipped doing one this year, but a few of us have decided to do it next year. We'll be making bed sized quilts. I can't wait to get started, I love RR's! I need to get my medallion made.
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And I am happy to say, that I am almost finished with J's quilt!
I bet you are all happy about that, so I stop blogging about it ;) LOL. Then I really need to start some Christmas sewing!
Have a great day all!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
For the Boys!
Hello Everyone,
Welcome to those of you coming over from Samms wonderful blog hops. A big thank you to Samm and our great hostess, Amy , for another great blog hop.
I have three boys, and have had many boy fabrics come and go thru the house. Lots of vehicles and machines. As my oldest and youngest sons love them.
But my middle boy is an animal lover. And his favorite animal is a Dinosaur... of course! They were big, and powerful and LOUD and ferocious.
Carson is 9, and hasn't had a quilt made for him since he was a baby. So it was time.
When I asked him if he would like some of the great robot fabrics in his quilt, he told me no,it had to be dinosaurs, and 'real' looking ones at that. No cute, frilly ones ;) LOL
There isn't a whole lot of 'real' looking dinosaur fabric out there. But I did find a few. Mostly these 'tossed' dino's, which makes it a bit hard to come up with a pattern for them. As they are hard to fussy cut and I don't do applique very often.
I used up quite a few pages of paper, trying to find the right design to show case the tossed dino's, along with this repeating panel.
My best Friend Carol suggested that I make the blocks crooked, so it looks like they've been thrown down. Perfect! It was just the idea I needed. As I had 3 different size blocks I was working with.
I also used some of this beautiful Kona solids jelly roll, to brighten things up. Along with a Shadowland piece from Kona Bay. I thought it was perfect for dino's. And another piece of Kona solid.
Here's Pine, our barn cat, following along on my photo shoot.
The quilt is a bit bigger than Carson, so I'm sure he'll outgrow it within a few years.
I had fun with the borders. I even mitered them.
This quilt is waiting in line.
It will be next, after I finish my First boys quilt. It's about halfway done, you can read more about it here, and here.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to see all the other great projects on the blog hop. Here's who I am sharing my day with:
Kris Loves Fabric
Thanks for stopping by.
Dorian
Welcome to those of you coming over from Samms wonderful blog hops. A big thank you to Samm and our great hostess, Amy , for another great blog hop.
I have three boys, and have had many boy fabrics come and go thru the house. Lots of vehicles and machines. As my oldest and youngest sons love them.
But my middle boy is an animal lover. And his favorite animal is a Dinosaur... of course! They were big, and powerful and LOUD and ferocious.
Carson is 9, and hasn't had a quilt made for him since he was a baby. So it was time.
When I asked him if he would like some of the great robot fabrics in his quilt, he told me no,it had to be dinosaurs, and 'real' looking ones at that. No cute, frilly ones ;) LOL
There isn't a whole lot of 'real' looking dinosaur fabric out there. But I did find a few. Mostly these 'tossed' dino's, which makes it a bit hard to come up with a pattern for them. As they are hard to fussy cut and I don't do applique very often.
I used up quite a few pages of paper, trying to find the right design to show case the tossed dino's, along with this repeating panel.
My best Friend Carol suggested that I make the blocks crooked, so it looks like they've been thrown down. Perfect! It was just the idea I needed. As I had 3 different size blocks I was working with.
I also used some of this beautiful Kona solids jelly roll, to brighten things up. Along with a Shadowland piece from Kona Bay. I thought it was perfect for dino's. And another piece of Kona solid.
Here's Pine, our barn cat, following along on my photo shoot.
The quilt is a bit bigger than Carson, so I'm sure he'll outgrow it within a few years.
I had fun with the borders. I even mitered them.
This quilt is waiting in line.
It will be next, after I finish my First boys quilt. It's about halfway done, you can read more about it here, and here.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Don't forget to see all the other great projects on the blog hop. Here's who I am sharing my day with:
Kris Loves Fabric
Thanks for stopping by.
Dorian
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
For the Boys blog hop
Good morning All,
Just a quick note to let you know the For the Boys blog hop (another great hop thought up by Samm over at Sew We Quilt!) starts tomorrow, Nov 6th!
My day on the hop is Nov 7th, so come on back and see what I'm making for my 9yo son.
Here's the full list of bloggers participating:
Just a quick note to let you know the For the Boys blog hop (another great hop thought up by Samm over at Sew We Quilt!) starts tomorrow, Nov 6th!
My day on the hop is Nov 7th, so come on back and see what I'm making for my 9yo son.
Here's the full list of bloggers participating:
November 6th
November 7th
November 8th
November 11th
November 12th
November 13th
November 14th
November 15th
Saturday, November 2, 2013
Nov goal setting...ALYOF
Hello, hello,
November already! Are you getting your Christmas gifts made? Sigh~ I haven't even started.
My November goal is easy though, finish J's quilt! I hear we are in for a rough winter, and I want to get his quilt done so he can use it.
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November already! Are you getting your Christmas gifts made? Sigh~ I haven't even started.
My November goal is easy though, finish J's quilt! I hear we are in for a rough winter, and I want to get his quilt done so he can use it.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013
Oct goal completed!
Hello Folks,
Can you believe it's the end of Oct already??! I can't. It's just amazing how quickly the time is going.
On my goal setting post the beginning of Oct, I said that I wanted to get at least half way thru the quilting on J's quilt.
I am almost done with the straight line quilting. I just have one hexagon row to go.
And one day when I wanted to do something other than straight line quilting, I started on the FMQing.
I'm doing these connecting boxes in the background pieces.
A star in the hexagons. I'm not sure what I am doing in the middle of the triangles just yet.
But I think I've certainly hit the halfway mark :)
So next month I really want to get this finished up. It's starting to get quite chilly at nights.
Thanks Shanna and Melissa!
Can you believe it's the end of Oct already??! I can't. It's just amazing how quickly the time is going.
On my goal setting post the beginning of Oct, I said that I wanted to get at least half way thru the quilting on J's quilt.
I am almost done with the straight line quilting. I just have one hexagon row to go.
And one day when I wanted to do something other than straight line quilting, I started on the FMQing.
I'm doing these connecting boxes in the background pieces.
A star in the hexagons. I'm not sure what I am doing in the middle of the triangles just yet.
But I think I've certainly hit the halfway mark :)
So next month I really want to get this finished up. It's starting to get quite chilly at nights.
Thanks Shanna and Melissa!
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Bloggers quilt festival
Hello Folks,
It's time again for the Blogger Quilt Festival, put on by Amy every year. There are always awesome prizes and gorgeous eye candy to look at. Voting has started, so go over and pick your favorites.
I'm entering my Lone star that I made for our Paint Chip Challenge over on the Q&N. This challenge required us to make a project using one to three of the colors on a paint chip card. My colors are the beige/taupe ones.
I did some straight line quilting in the star.
And I did free motion roses in the background.
It's time again for the Blogger Quilt Festival, put on by Amy every year. There are always awesome prizes and gorgeous eye candy to look at. Voting has started, so go over and pick your favorites.
I'm entering my Lone star that I made for our Paint Chip Challenge over on the Q&N. This challenge required us to make a project using one to three of the colors on a paint chip card. My colors are the beige/taupe ones.
I did some straight line quilting in the star.
And I did free motion roses in the background.
It's 42" square.
I quilted it on my Singer 201 vintage sewing machine. I am brand new to FMQing, and pretty new to quilting altogether on a home machine. I was a hand quilter for many years. So this is a fun, new challenge for me and I am really loving it.
Thanks Amy!
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Mid month check in...ALOYF
Hello Everyone,
Such beautiful weather we are having. The sky is such a gorgeous blue. The black oaks with yellow leaves looks so lovely against it (the sky that is).
I'm moving right along on Jeds quilt. I have one hexagon row and one triangle row straight lined quilted. I'm stitching in the ditch, then ones in between.
When I have all the straight line quilting done, I'll go back and do some FMQing in the middle of the hexagons and triangles, and in the background.
Here's a peak at the back, it's looking good!
Click on the pictures and you can see the quilting lines a bit better.
Have a great day.
Linking up with Shanna and Melissa for a mid-month check in.
Such beautiful weather we are having. The sky is such a gorgeous blue. The black oaks with yellow leaves looks so lovely against it (the sky that is).
I'm moving right along on Jeds quilt. I have one hexagon row and one triangle row straight lined quilted. I'm stitching in the ditch, then ones in between.
When I have all the straight line quilting done, I'll go back and do some FMQing in the middle of the hexagons and triangles, and in the background.
Here's a peak at the back, it's looking good!
Click on the pictures and you can see the quilting lines a bit better.
Have a great day.
Linking up with Shanna and Melissa for a mid-month check in.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
WIP Wednesday
Hello Everyone,
We are having such gorgeous Fall weather here. Our Black Oaks are starting to change color, well...their leaves are. lol The RedBud changes from green to brilliant oranges and reds, before the leaves fall off too. Such gorgeous colors among all the green Pines.
I started quilting J's quilt, Train stop. It's a LARGE quilt, and I dont have enough table in the back of my machine yet, but it's going ok.
I haven't decided if I am just going to do straight line quilting, to keep with the geometric design of the quilt, or if I am going to add some fmqing too. I'll get all my straight lining done, and see what I think.
(This quilt is entered into Quilting Galleries weekly contest. This week it's Modern Geometric. You can vote for your favorite on Friday.)
I also got most of my dino quilt top done for C. Here's a sneak peek...you can't see the rest till next month. I want to throw on a few solid strip borders before then too.
Have a great day!
Linking up with Lee.
We are having such gorgeous Fall weather here. Our Black Oaks are starting to change color, well...their leaves are. lol The RedBud changes from green to brilliant oranges and reds, before the leaves fall off too. Such gorgeous colors among all the green Pines.
I started quilting J's quilt, Train stop. It's a LARGE quilt, and I dont have enough table in the back of my machine yet, but it's going ok.
I haven't decided if I am just going to do straight line quilting, to keep with the geometric design of the quilt, or if I am going to add some fmqing too. I'll get all my straight lining done, and see what I think.
(This quilt is entered into Quilting Galleries weekly contest. This week it's Modern Geometric. You can vote for your favorite on Friday.)
I also got most of my dino quilt top done for C. Here's a sneak peek...you can't see the rest till next month. I want to throw on a few solid strip borders before then too.
Have a great day!
Linking up with Lee.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Fabric and a plan, plus an awesome giveaway
Hello Folks,
I've got my 9yr the dinosaur fabric he wanted, and some great solids to go with it. So now I'm all set for making him a big boy quilt.
I've got my 9yr the dinosaur fabric he wanted, and some great solids to go with it. So now I'm all set for making him a big boy quilt.
I thought I had a plan... but numerous pieces of paper and lots of time fiddling on EQ, and I'm still winging it. I have the dino fabrics cut up. The panel looking piece I got three 15x12" pieces out of, and the other dino fabrics I have a few different sized blocks, fussy cut out. So I'm going to add some of those solid strips to them, and maybe make some patches of solids (like 9patches maybe) and, um... throw it all together. LOL.
I'll show you a few sneek peeks, but you'll have to wait till the It's for the Boys blog hop next month to see the finished top.
Which brings me to the awesome giveaway. Samm, over at Sew We Quilt, has come up with a great way to SAY what her blog is all about. In three simple words... SEW and SHOW! As many of you know, Samm has been having great blog hops all year long. There are many I don't join in, so if you want to catch them all, make sure you follow SewWeQuilt.com.
And if you pop over here you can make a comment, be a follower, tell others, and blog about this fun place for up to 8 chances to win $250 to spend!! WOW, and if you join in or comment on the blog hops each month, you always have a chance of winning some great prizes too. Plus you see a ton of great eye candy.
Ok, back to sewing...
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