Design Wall Monday

 Last week I said I was taking time off my Good Fortune Quilt to work on some quilting. 

This baby quilt has been delivered.

The Flintstones tie dye fabric was from childhood curtains that belonged

 to my great niece's dad as a child.

He had them hanging in every home he lived in.

After his death, my niece held on to the curtains to make keepsakes for their daughters.

Both girls with have a quilt made using the fabrics.

It was an emotional journey for me so I can only imagine what my nieces felt when they saw it.

I loved making this quilt.

Since I was in the quilting mood, 

I decided to tackle this UFO from 2010 that was on top of Mt ToBeQuilted.

The backing was with the top so when I cut batting for the baby quilt,

I cut for this quilt and Garden Party.

 Quilting was simple and pretty quick.

When it got time to choose binding, 

I decided to trim up the excess backing and use it.

I love a scrappy binding.

I also pin basted Garden Party but had to unpin and repin.

I had a huge fold in the back

How did that happen! 

I had trimmed up the excess backing and batting to make less bulky

and was quite surprised at how big the fold really was. 

All better now and ready to quilt.
Since I was basting,
I grabbed 3 more off the mountain.

Now there are 2 on the ready to quilt pile with 

2 more ready to pin baste.

So Thank You Julie for the idea to get a few quilts basted for when the mood strikes.

That  should use up most of my pins. 

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Design Wall Monday

I had my list of projects to work on at retreat.

First on the list was to put the binding on this quilt.

I'll hand stitch it down this week while watching tv at night.

Next up was to finish up the doll clothes.

I had the pants finished and made this shirt.

I'll make the remaining shirts at home and mail them to my friend this week.

My machine doesn't like to sew skinny knit seams.

But she does great paper piecing which was my next project

 and what I worked on the rest of the weekend.

I ended the weekend with 20 completed Virginia Bound quarters and

18 more with the centers sewn.

Mindless string sewing is a great retreat project.

When I got home from retreat, 

my energy level was low but my mind wouldn't shut off.

I decided to create a temporary design wall to work on this baby quilt.

It wasn't as easy as it was in my mind but I got it done.

Now I'll make progress on the baby quilt.

 Monday morning edit:
Blocks fell off into a pile on the floor.

I'll continue to use my bed as a design wall until I purchase some foam insulation.

BooHoo.

As I do with each retreat, 

I stopped to take a picture of the tree snag.

The fall colors were stunning.

The weather was clear and cold and beautiful!

My project list is long but my energy level is high!

We had a great time with friends old and new.

I especially love when I can retreat with one of my daughters.

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Design Wall Monday

It was retreat weekend.

We had so much fun.

I had my projects and of the 5 I had planned,

4 were completed.

Project 1 was to make an apron for Granddaughter Stellie.

I've put this off way too long! 

#2 on the list was to make these heart blocks for a special project.

So cute!!

#3 was to frame these pinwheel blocks for a special baby quilt.

I have saved these pinwheels and was thrilled when I came across them and 

a baby quilt design popped in my head. 

Project 4 was was to work on this cute wall hanging.

I'm making it for Clella.

I'm going to put some of my Gramma's buttons on it for the centers of the flowers.

How fun to have something made by your Gramma that contains something from her Gramma!

We retreat at Royal Ridges.

I've been retreating here for 20 years. 

There were 6 horses up on the hill above the sewing room.

Every retreat I take a picture of this snag. 

It's fun to use it as a landmark. 

I'll be going back there in a few weeks,

I'm hoping the fall leaves are still there. 

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Enjoy your week!

Design Wall Monday on Tuesday

We've spent the last 2 weekends at the beach.

Our time there now is being interrupted  due to hunting season.

Last week while we were home for a couple of days,

I sat down and sewed up 2 baby quilts from blocks that have been done for a while.

I have the backing and binding ready for one and will get he 2nd one ready soon.

I brought home most of my sewing stuff from there.

It's getting to be the time of year when I can't leave my Little Brother

 sewing machine due to the dampness.

We leave nothing on in the bus so that means no heat.

In the purple case is Wild & Goosey.

I thought I was going to make the flying geese for sashing

but I've changed my mind again and I"m going with the

original layout from the magazine.

Here's the link to the blog post Bonnie wrote about her article in the magazine. 

The pattern is also in her Addicted to Scraps book.

This has been my bus project since September of 2015.

It's time now to move it along at home.

I always get excited about fall time. 

Today it feels like fall with the cool temps and light rain.

Ernie is out scouting with his hunting buddies,

I'm going to do a couple things this morning and then hit the sewing room.

I have plans for hours and hours of uninterrupted sewing time.

Design Wall Monday and Quiltville Mystery LInk Up

I kind of got carried away with my 9 patches for the On Ringo Lake mystery at Quiltville. 

Why make 50 when 75 are so easy to do. 

I love sewing the short strip sets.

And then cutting them with the Go Cutter.

I haven't finished my tumbler leader/ender yet.

Thinking I needed more blocks, 

I cut a bunch more.

Only to find a bin full of them all ready to go.

LOL, sometimes I amaze myself.

Oh well, they are seeds for another quilt.

Before starting the mystery, I decided to complete the baby quilt top.

I wish I would have gotten a good picture but again,

the rain and dark interfered with my plan. 

This week I'll get the back and batting ready for it

and maybe start quilting.

It all depends on how this nasty cold treats me. 

I'm  linking up today with Quiltville and Small Quilts and Doll Quilts.

Design Wall Monday...

...And a couple of awesome finishes.

It's been a busy week.

My niece is expecting a baby girl in a few weeks and I need to make them a cuddle quilt.

I like my baby quilts to cover Momma and Baby.

Way back in 2013, I participated in the Rainbow Scrap Challenge at SoScrappy blog.

I planned to make a row quilt and true to form, 

I got part way through the year and stopped,

and now I have a box of awesome 6" blocks. 

Then Bonnie writes a post about Getting Serious With Scrap Reduction.

She shows a picture of Dancing Dashes and that's all I needed to get this quilt started.

I grabbed some yellow polka dot for sashing and soft lavender for the corner stones.

I'm hoping to have this top together before Thursday.

Maybe I'll name this Dashing Dashes and Friends. 

Because Friday is Mystery Day!!

I finally pulled my fabrics for On Ringo Lake.

I don't have one single piece of fabric in Bonnie's main colors so I went stash diving.

Red, Blue, Black and Creamy Neutrals

Depending on the clues and sizes of pieces needed, 

I'll pull from my strip bins and deeper into the stash.

Granddaughter Taylor will turn 18 in a few days.

She had hinted about a quilt with black, white and aqua. 

How could I say no.

I knew Bonnie's Scrappy Trips was a perfect design.

This is found on the Quiltville free patterns page.

Fun strips were pulled from the black and white strip bin.

Most of them were from strip swaps at retreats.

I had a blast quilting this.

Somewhat straight lines in a random pattern.

I used gray thread and my walking foot.

Finally En Provence is finished!

These photos are from Jane right after she quilted it for me.

We decided soft yellow thread would be perfect.

The panto is called Lovely by My Creative Stitches.

And Lovely it is!

I used bright pink for the binding. 

It's been dark, gloomy and wet here so no full on pictures.

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Design Wall Monday

 In the true spirit of National Sewing Month, I have sewn every day. Yesterday I finished the 9th block for Nabby's Dowry. Only 2 more installments to go. I am caught up and waiting. I'm wondering with all those half square triangles out of my bin why it doesn't look like I took any out.

 

Then I pulled out my log cabin blocks and sewed on those for a while. I had to cut more strips for this last bunch. I know I will need to pull out more background fabrics and lots more color fabric and cut more strips. 

 

Everyday I have worked on Mae's Flower Garden. Yesterday she saw it on the wall and asked if it was hers and will it be done tomorrow. Precious little thing!!! I was very honest and told her that I was working hard on it but it will be a long time before it is finished. But knowing my sweet little girl, when she sees it again, she will ask if it will be done tomorrow.

And the Baby Quilt from last week is a complete top. Today I will get the back for it and get it quilted this week.

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Design Wall Monday on Tuesday

My regular Design Wall Monday post was interrupted by another day of the flu. It snuck up on me and knocked me out! But I showed that nasty bug who's the boss, I feel better today!  A little, enough to eat something and maybe spend time at the sewing machine.

So the baby quilt for hubby's co-worker is still on the wall. I think today will have it all put together if I work on it a couple rows at a time.

I'm linking up with Patchwork Times and will spend some time seeing what everyone else is up to.

Goodbye August!

It's been a long month for me. I've spent a good share of my time in the recliner with an ice bag on my knee. I've had the pity party more than once. But now that I'm healing and following doctor's orders pretty much, I'm doing better and getting around.

Instead of writing up a bunch of posts for my linking ups, I'm following Teresa's lead and writing one long post and linking to where I want them to go.

 

This is a rerun photo of my hexies.

I am making serious progress on this quilt and love it more each day.

I'm linking to Kathy's Slow Stitching Sunday

and I'm thinking of Kathy as she hurts from the loss of her brother.

 

I spent some precious sewing machine time making scrappy red blocks for my Row Quilt.

I didn't get the Dresden Block made but I will.

I'm linking this to SoScrappy's Scraphappy Saturday.

 

Of course I had to start a new project!

These are 4 of 7 blocks for Nabby's Dowry.

You can find all the info here at Heartspun Quilts.

I'm using 1 1/2" HSTs from my overfull little bin..

  

Hubby came home the other day and wondered if I had a baby boy quilt.

One of his work buddies has his first baby.

Ummm, if I had know before hand, I might have had this ready to go.

So new project number 2 was started.

I'm about halfway and hope to have it ready for gifting this week.

  

Not much progress on Crystal's Rivel Cardigan,

but I am a lot farther than I thought I would be.

 

Here is Dreambird.

I am into the next black section now.

This is a knit along with Judy L and Denise.

The Getting It Done Challenge was kind of a bust for me for August.

August Goals

• Judy L's mystery step for the month
• 5 more Pineapple Crazy blocks
• Bind Ocra Bay and TUSQLJ
• Quilt 1 UFO quilt
• Work on Reach For The Stars
• Work on Grandmother's Choice blocks

The only thing that was accomplished was I finished one Grandmother's Choice block. I didn't even take a picture of it. I did sort my fabrics for Pineapple Crazy into 2 larger bins...one for colors, one for backgrounds, hoping it will be easier to dig for the right piece of fabric and the mess will be a bit more contained.
Kind of a sad, sad month!! It make September's list pretty easy since I'm going to remove a couple of projects from the list.

September Goals

•  Judy L's mystery for August and September
• Bind Orca Bay 
• Bind TUSQLJ
• Make Rainbow Scrap blocks for August and September
• Sew every day

I'm linking this up to Judy L's Getting it Done-September post.

I think these are achievable for me. And since September is National Sewing Month, I am again going to try to sew every day.   Even if I can only sit and sew for a few minutes at a time.