LCQA

I finished putting my LCQA top together about 1/2 hour ago. I had a picture but it's gone, I think.

 

I loaded this monster 99 x 99 on Monday. 

I'm doing the topoghaphic/dwirling pattern on it.  I have a ways to go, but can't wait to see what it looks like when it's done. 

I'm already dreading sewing the binding on!  -hahaha.

 

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Spring has sprung!!

Finally!

Crazy Curves

Today I spent the entire day sewing.  First I put together July's BOM block from Shannon.

Then I finished sewing the rows together on my crazy curves quilt.  I originally thought I would just add 1 border (3" finished) as I did before on a the Black/white and Red one. 

But when I got out the yardage I had for the borders there was enough of the light for a 1.5" finished inner border and a 6" finished outer border.  It now measures 99" x 99"!  Holy-moley!

Ta-da!

Tomorrow she has the day off work.  We're going to go see Eclipse;  been waiting for the teeny-bopper crowds to thin out. There's enough teenage angst on the screen I don't need to be surrounded by it in the theater!! heh-heh.

Thursday, Libby needs to go to a quilt shop or two for backing fabric for her One Block Wonder. I'm going along for the ride (am I a good friend or what??)  I think she wants me to quilt it so I'll share a picture then. It's very beautiful....totally different from mine.

So happy

I made enough for a 11 by 12 block layout.  I had to pin a piece of batting to the left there. My wall wasn't big enough and the bottom 2 rows are on the floor. (which Annie made a little bed in twice..so I gotta get them together fast.)

ANYWAY, I decided to make it 12 by12..... Of course, I did, why would I do anything as easy and make blocks and stick with the plan.....sheesh.

So....

I cut some more and sewed them together and now it's so big I can't get it in one photo....

the colors in the 1st pictures are  true.

I'm going to put one small border, probably 3" just to frame it and it should finish about 90x90.

Design Wall Monday Week 9 -March 1, 2010

Here's my wall: far left 4 of this weeks Bl-a-days, the middle are the start of another Boxed Squares baby quilt and the the bunny on the right is my March Mini quilt. I personalized this choc. bunny by taking a little bite out of his ears....just like I'd do in real life! 

Here's the start of my Boxed Squares quilt.  My second one.  I need this quilt for an April baby due date.

And this is my other "project", not on the wall but on the sewing table. I keep wanting to start a 'leader/ender' quilt...but haven't taken the time to cut out some squares or triangles. So I'm using my small circles for my latest Crazy Curves quilt.  I have all the big  and small circles pieced.The small circle blocks just need to be joined 4 together to be the same size as the big circles and then I can start laying out and assembling the top. So that's what I'm using as leader/enders. It took a little longer to piece the 2nd t-shirt quilt sewing these in between rather than a little triangle or square but I made a lot of progress.  I was amazed.

 

And yep, the 2nd t-shirt quilt is together, I worked on it most of the day and evening Saturday...until the Olympics came on in the evening.

I have my M. Compass about 1/2 quilted  here's a very bad picture (-sheesh the glare is awful-) of the top feather border. I take pictures like this mostly so I don't forget what I'm doing on the top border by the time I get to the bottom border and so I know which direction my feathers are heading....I used to feel like I was the only one who did this until a while back it was discussed in a blog and lo an behold lot's of others have the same "memory" issues.  So nice to know I'm 'normal'.  *wink*

 

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I finished the Winter Welcome runner this weekend and just love it-hated to put it away until Christmas decorating time. 
Today it was nice out, cloudy but warm-I didn't even need a jacket- so I got out in the flower beds and pulled out and cut off all the dead stuff, it looks much better and I feel much better being able to get that off 'the list'. 

Yesterday and today I sat out on my empty deck (had to drag a chair out) and cut out the logos on all the t-shirts.....a much more managable pile to work with now.  And it takes up much less room.  There are about 50 t-shirts!  Just getting this much done makes me breathe a little easier, now that I've started I'm getting a little excited about the process. I've never made a t-shirt quilt before and probably never would if my sister-in-law hadn't asked.  I'm only going to work on one quilt at a time and am hoping to have the pieces fused  and a layout started by this time next week.  hmmmm, crossing fingers, legs and eyes that I can do this.  I bought 9 yards of woven interfacing. I don't think that will be enough, but it will be a start. 

My other goal for this week is to load and quilt my Black, White and Red Circles quilt that I pieced a few months ago.  I have the backing ready and waiting....

Today I finished the little trivet that was our gift from visiting Calico Gals quilt shop on the bus tour last week. In back of it is a bag I made today as well, I'm going to keep my GPS in it in my car....disguised as a cosmetic bag...in-genius!

Oh, one more picture.  My friend Libby asked me to quilt a baby quilt for her.  It's an adorable Mother Goose quilt.  My photography skills are crappola so my apologies.  I just had a ball quilting it.
A good friend of hers hand appliqued the center and then Libby assembled it.  I only did a little quilting on the appliques, most of it was background stuff to help set off the design. She was very happy with it, so that makes me happy too.