Quick Quilt Quilted

After some woosah moments...
The sewing has gotten better. By now, I am a pro and super quick at rethreading! Ha! Lucky,lucky me, I didn't have any tension issues. I decided that getting it all quilted in one day was not as important as my sanity. I got my quick quilt quilted in three days. I'm okay with that.  If you follow me on Instagram or Flickr, you have seen it.

 

Plus, everyone but my cute lil girl had the flu. Boo! I am doing much better and Jared, but hubby is feeling green still. Yuck!

 

 

 

I inverted this row of pinwheels on the back. I love how they float.

 

I agree with some others, the quilting adds another dimension to the quilt. I really love when that happens. (Wasn't planned.)

 

This is the story on this, I was given this main wall fabric that is in the room from a bee member. It's a theme challenge with crazy fabric, and you have to use the whole yard. I drew my theme, and it was winter. Darn. So, I jumped on wallpaper. It had to be at least 36x36. So, it has high ceilings. Other members had a year to do this. I had a month. Go me, I just finished it up today.

Here's a close up of the tree. I received some cute little light buttons. I used them on the tree. I reused this cute twine on the presents. I put a bow on the wreath. I think it turned out pretty good. Hubby says, "I don't think it's ugly anymore." Score again. :)

 

I also had to come up with a stocking that I fill for a bee member. It has some cute piping at the top. Now, I have to make some little goodies to go in it. We are doing a stocking swap. Any ideas???

Blog at ya later.

 

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Quick Quilt -WIP

I was quilting away on some hemispheres when  mil called and said that there was a local crafty sale going on in a couple weeks. She thought the guild was going to be involved and member could sell.  So,I put the brakes on everything and  googled quick quilts.  That's where I saw Amy Smarts quilt pinwheel tutorial here. It was just what I needed. 

These are 6 inch finished blocks. I used 1/2 yard of 7 fabrics. I have enough left for stashing and binding.  The finished size is 48x60. A nice throw/lap quilt.

Day 1

 

 I thought that these sweet little fabrics would be cute in this pattern.

 Day 2 Starting to shape up. Feeling the progress.

 

Day 3 I had them all up and started sewing them  into pairs. I decided on day three that this design wall isn't for me.  I am gong to have to get some batting for a design wall where it can stick without pins. Lesson learned.
 

Day4

I thought I had them all laid out and was one seam away from being done. Then, uh oh, two sets were touching. Which you can see in the picture above, it's in the lover half of the quilt.  I had to do minor surgery. No big deal though. I used the new clover seam ripper. (It's ok, but I still love the mini.) Hubby says, I love to unsew. ;)

 

This is the end of day 4.It's about to be on the frame I am preparing the back. I am going to use the leftover strips for scrappy binding. It will be my first one. Yay!  

Now that I worked so hard to get it done, I find out that the guild isn't going to be letting member's sell. ::Sigh::   Well, I can get back to the regularly scheduled quilty program. Christmas is coming!  Blog at ya later.

 

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My Stash

I am beginning to work up to a stash that is really lovely to me. There are still some lines that I really love, and I will have to finish some projects before I buy.  I have been to Joanns to many times lately. I got a whole roll of batting..wow! That's big time.

 

I got all kinds of goodies! I got a bolt of the navy with a little lighter flowery print for a quilt back or two. I know that this is all about the stash, but I got that marking tool to try. It's supposed to crease the quilt. Then, there are no marking pen lines. If it works that would be amazing.  Plus, people rave about the clover seam ripper. So, I am going to give them a test run. The thread was B1G1...so, it had to hop in the cart too.

 

Here's a closer look at the top three. I am feeling left out of the low volume scene. So, I had to hop on that.  The top 2 are 2 yards and the bottom is 4 yards.

 

A week ago, hubby asked for Christmas mug rugs for 4 colleagues. Remember, keeping hubby happy, is my goal. I really like making mug rugs too. So, it makes me happy. Plus, I get some Christmas fabric in my stash. On the left, it's hard to see, but there is snowflakes on the white. The ginger bread were specifically for me. I thought they were just too cute!!

 

Hope all you lovely quilter's had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I have been super busy. The design wall is full. Plus, we hung the Christmas lights. Put up the tree, and it's looking good! Blog at ya later.

 

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All about Owls

I am a huge fan of owls! They have a major cuteness factor. I don't know what it is about them, but they are so much fun. So, minus the hexie snowflakes, it's all owl goodness. Plus, there's a freebie. So, keep reading.

It all started when  I saw a blog post from Vera @ Negligent Style, and she made a Christmas card sleeved mug rug with some beautiful hexie snowflakes.  I love hexies!  So, I told her I was sending my address right away! I was only half kidding.... LOL She responded, go ahead and send your address. I couldn't believe it. I was like really? So, I responded, how about a little swap? How awesome is she? Pretty awesome! Because she said, sure! Those beautiful snowflakes arrived in my mailbox. Shut the front door, my mailbox. :) She was kind enough to approve this message. Thank you, Vera.



Gorgeous!

 

 So, I made some owls that she liked a while back, and I am going to send her a little mug rug too. I hope she will love it!  After the holidays, I am thinking a swap is in order. I am thinking mid January. Stay tuned.... I just love getting goodies in the mail.

 

 

As I was browsing my fav blogs, found this lovely Owl Calendar that is FREE! Thanks, Jessica @ How about Orange. I mean, what???  You can also make a personalized version. Which only took a few minutes. Score, I love it! 

 

Plus, I also bought some super cute owl fabric from Joanns. I have no plan yet, but I just couldn't leave without this fabric. It's a soft, sweet print.

Maybe I am a touch obsessed with owls.  Hahaha! Look at them. Seriously, you can't tell me they aren't cute!
                                                  Ok, back to binding. Happy quilting. Blog at ya later.

Disclaimer- Everything in this blog are my own opinions. I don't have any sponsors. I'm just an average mommy/quilter/blogger. So, since they had a button, I thought I would grab it and share my love of owls.

Farmer's Wife QAL Block 6, 7, and 8

It's back and in full swing. I reexamine the fabrics I was using. I don't have much of a stash to pull from for the blocks. It seemed like they were all over the place. So, I chose some Moda fabrics about a month ago. I remade the blocks I had. Now, here we are again!  If you have some Farmer's Wife blocks, link it up, at the bottom of this post. I would love to see them.

 

  Block 6 Big Dipper

 

 

Block 7 Birds in the Air

 

 

I made all my small squares first. Then, I started building from there.

 

I put all the little triangles. Then, start building each section.

 

 

 

Then, I get my four small squares.

Formed my rows.

 

 

 

              Block 8 Bouquet

 

I love this block!! It's my favorite one so far. Cute as can be, and the text fabric is awesome!

 

 

I made the left side of the flower. I started the right side here at the top right. I sewed those together.

I sewed on the top triangle here. Make sure that you know where you are going to sew. I accidentally sewed this on the wrong side. It wasn't much to take apart, but it happens.

                             Next, I took the orange and white print and sewed those together on each side.

 

I am sewing the diamond shapes together.

 Now, I am adding the base triangle. This will turn it into a square. This one is kind of heavy on the piecing.

 

 

 

 

Sewed my triangles into a square that were in the bottom right corner. Then, attached it to the rectangular side piece.

 

I sewed the bottom rectangle on first.

 That left the final seam on the right.

 

 

 

This is my fav block. If you made it this far. :) I love pics, and the book doesn't really show the piecing. I guess, you could figure it out on your own like I did, but pics are awesome!

 

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Link it up your Farmer's Wife Blocks here :)

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 I would love to see them. Blog at ya later.

Progress Report Monday

 I started basting Thusday night before bed. My plan is to wake up early, grab a cup of coffee, and browse my fav blogs. I will be totally inspired by whatever I see on them that I will get to work quickly and efficiently finish basting and quilting the MSBH.

It sounded good in theory.

Okay...so I am up. It's Friday, and I am pumped. I got my game face and slippers on...Whoops, I need to get more basting pins.  I mean, where have they run off too? I have no idea, but there's no progress until I go to the store. I made it out with just basting pins and one scrap of fabric.

 I tried winging it on Sunday, and that didn't work. Then, I tried drawing the lines. It's really dark fabric. So, that didn't work. So, I thought, I have seen people tape the lines. Hmm...

 

So, I just set the ruler down  to show that it's 1 inch apart. I just line up the ruler an inch away from the outer edge of the last taped row and lay the tape right next to it.  Sounds super easy.

 

 

This is Monday, taping is seriously  (5 hours) time consuming , I think it was totally necessary and worth it. I am  quilting it now, and the lines are straight. So, that part is working. So far tension hasn't been a huge issue.

Happy sewing! Blog at ya later!

MSBHQAL- Blind Spot

I have been taking it sort of slow. I got all my blocks together for the MSBHQAL which is about to be over. I bought the batting, the red fabric for the quilt top. I have been sitting here thinking about how to piece it. I thought I would have all day to devote to the finish, and it really didn't happen. There's always tomorrow.

This is hubby's quilt. Which means, he decided on the placement and background color, the backing color. I chose the black sashing. I brought the idea of using this fabric in this pattern and he agreed. I tried to push for blue background and lost. Boo! I still love it though. He also named it-Blind Spot.

Which spot?? hehe

     The MSBHQAL has been super fun and fabulous. This is the flickr group. Check it out. Make a block or 30. They are really addicting, and the possibilities are endless. I stepped out of my box. I took it right over the edge. Mostly, due to hubby's bright interpretation, and some Sparkle's influence with negative space idea. Sometimes, it's good to get out of the box. I do love to try something new. This is all of that!

 

 

          Quilting-  The front and back being so very different in color will mean that I will have to really be one with my machine. Gotta love tension issues. I will have to put on my game face. :/ LOL  I think I am going to straight stitch this one. I was also thinking about the boxy type quilting. I am still thinking about adding just a bit more red. Hopefully, this will be a Finish it up Friday Finale. Blog at ya later.