What I'm working on

Hello All,

Hope your Friday is off to a great start. The temps have come down a bit, so it's not TOO awful hot here.

I finally got my pattern figured out for Rachael's quilt. Here are the fabrics I'm using.

I know she is 16, but I just could NOT resist the cute, whimsical fabrics. She's had a tree fort since she was 8yrs old. So when Fort Firefly by Teagan White came out, I had to get some. I mean, a cute little girl giving wild animals a party, wild animals who just happen to live in tree forts! Of course I had to have it. LOL

 She also loves her kitties, so the kitties had to come too (Hello Petal and Here Kitty Kitty) . And my good friend Pat gave me some other cute, wild life critters (Critter Patch) to come and play also :)

When I taught myself to quilt, there wasn't precuts out there. You bought yardage. I learned to strip piece, and even after 21 yrs, it's still my preferred method, although I do enjoy precuts too.

For instants, this is one of the blocks I'm making.

For the middle, I took my focus fabric and cut out a 6"x wof strip, then two 2" blue strips and sewed them on either side of the focus fabric. Then cut that strip at 6" intervals. The strip on the right will be cut like the strip on the left was.

For the top and bottom pieces of the center, I did the same thing. Using the blue background, I cut a 6"x wof strip, and added a 2" strip of cats on either side. Then cut at 2" intervals.

I'll do this step again, using 9" x wof blue strip, for the top and bottom.

                     
                                          

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Strip piecing saves time and for me, is more accurate.

I'll show you more as this quilt is made. It was so nice to just sit and cut and sew for awhile yest :)

Linking up with Kim.




Have a great day all.

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July ALYOF goal

Hello all,

With the heat we are having, it's hard to do much sewing. I just want to sit in front of the cooler :)

But I really need to finish this charity quilt, and get it sent off. So that's my goal for July.

I'm about 3/4 of the way done with the quilting. So I should be able to finish it up.

Thanks Melissa and Shanna!'





Linking up with Lee too, thank you Lee.


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June is flying by

Hello Everyone,

Wow, didn't mean to be silent for a few weeks. I just never seem to get/take the time to take any pictures of what I'm working on. And then, I end up working on the same things for weeks because my sewing time is limited.

If finally started quilting this charity quilt.

I'm halfway thru. Have already sewn on both sides of the vertical seams, now am working  my way thru the horizontal seams.

I celebrated a birthday this last week. My sweet dh bought me EQ7!! I have been working with version 4,which is a dinosaur! Number 7 is such a treat to play around with, everything works so much smoother. Thank you Sweetie :)

So I've been having fun with that. Deciding how I am going to use this pretty bundle my good friend Pat sent me. Thank you Pat!  They are a mix of Here Kitty Kitty and Critter Patch from Clothworks and Most of them will be part of a collection I have going to make my dd's quilt. The pretty blue background you see, is going to be the background of the quilt.

And my dear big Sis sent me a fun package. This neat panel was part of my goodies. Isn't it cool?!

Those were just a few of the things I received. It was a nice birthday :)

Well, I hope to post more often. Have a great day ya'all!



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Sewjo Saturday...onSunday

Hello All,

Just slipping in under the wire here. I got some sewing done this weekend :)

This little bag is for a certain young lady who's turning 16 next week. Sigh~ They grow so fast, don't they??

She's been  wanting a camera for eon's now, and we finally got her a great little point n shoot for her birthday. So she needed something to carry it around in. She can tie it around her waist and go roaming around.

It's the first bag that I've quilted. I wanted to make it nice and cushiony. Even though it's a tough camera, still don't want it dinged/scratched up.

I've also been working on my X and + friendship blocks. I think we are up to 40 now, I'll have to recheck.

It was nice to get some sewing done. I have so many things on my list I want to do... guess that list will still be here when my little guy doesn't need me so much, right :)

Have a great day!

Thank you Kim!







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Come along on a picnic!

Hello Everybody,

Welcome to my picnic. We are a simple folk, who live a peaceful life in the Sierra mtns of beautiful California. There's nothing fancy about us. Just down home cooking, playing in the dirt, and enjoying the beautiful wildlife around us. If that sounds like a good place to picnic, then come along.

This beautiful Black oak is one of many around the ridge. It's a favorite spot, the kids enjoy climbing it and it puts off good shade.

 

We had a nice little picnic here today. Sandwhichs, carrot sticks, apples, raisins, lemonade and home made cookies. Simply good food :)

I made an I spy type of quilt for us. (You can read a bit more about it here.)

The two middle kids especially, love going on a picnic. And playing I spy is always a fun game. 

Educational too ;)

 We play various word games or maybe bring a frisbee or ball with us. Unless we are picnicing at one of the various creeks or rivers around the area. Then it's all about the sand and the water. Which is one of our favorite Summer time things to do.

But today, here is another view of the beautiful little spot we are in.

My daughter enjoys making baskets, and she made us this picnic one (which needs a bit of a repair after today :)

 

Thank you Samm for a fun blog hop.

Thank you Mary, for being a great hostess.

And thank you all for coming along on our picnic. Don't forget to stop by and see the rest the picnic's on the hop today.

A Stitch in Time

Quilting in a Not Shell

Just Let Me Quilt

Creativity Amongst Chaos

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Strip easy quilt challenge

Hello Everyone!

Welcome, those of you coming over from the strip challenge. For those of you who don't know what that is, go on over the pieced brain and check it out.

My project is also my May goal for ALOYF (you can read about it here). I had these 20 strips leftover from a jelly roll.

I was making an I spy type of quilt and was trying not to have any duplicates. But thats means I didn't have enough squares to make a lap sized quilt, which is what I was shooting for. So I decided to add these strips to it.

Right after I started work on it, Denise emailed me about her challenge. So I figured it was meant to be. LOL

The border strip is a 12" left over strip I had, that I cut down into 3" strips.

Isn't this binding cute! I thought it would be fun to make a two color binding, as there is so much color in this quilt. And it used up more of those jelly roll strips!

I used 17 of the 20 strips I started with. And I have a 3 or 4 little pieces left over. YAH! Less scraps in my fabric bin.

Thank you Denise for a fun challenge.

Thank you Melissa and Shanna for your monthly challenge ;)


Dont' forget to go look at all the entries. And come back on June 3rd to see this quilt being used on the picnic blog hop.

Have a great day.

 
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Bloggers Quilt Festival, quilt 2

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to Bloggers Quilt Festival!

This is my second entry. You can see the first one here.

This is a 32"x32" wall hanging I made for my Dh for Christmas.

I got some inspiration from Canyon Ridge Creations, then got out my paper and pencil and came up with an expanded design.

I had a lot of fun doing some straight line quilting.

And some fmqing.

I pieced it and quilted it on my vintage Singer 201. I love my Singer!

You can read more about this quilt here.

This is entered in the small quilts catagory.

Thanks again Amy for hosting the Festival!

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Bloggers Quilt Festival

Hello Everyone,

Welcome to Bloggers Quilt Festival!

Thank you Amy, for having this festival every year. I really enjoy looking at the quilts. And it's fun to enter one too.

This year I am entering my son's quilt. Jed is 19, and he was way overdue for a large quilt, to fit his 6'3" frame!

 I thought these geometric fabrics would fit him perfectly.

 Added in some solids....

And this cool ombre grey, looks just like moonlight shining down on some RR tracks.

My son is a train lover, his quilt is called Train Stop.

This is my first big quilt that I've fmqed. I have a vintage Singer 201, which I love. I do my piecing and quilting on it. I learned a lot quilting this quilt. I need a lot more practice, but I love fmqing :)

Here's a close up shot from the back.

I did a lot of straight line quilting on it also, with a walking foot.

It's 84x84, so a large quilt. The solids are Kona solids. The backing is by V&CO's Simply Color line.

You can read more about this quilt here.

Its' entered in the large quilts catagory.

Thank you all for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed Train Stop. Don't forget to look at all the other quilts in the Festival.

See my second entry here.

Have a great day!


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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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