Nov 8 2010

On my design wall this week is the same OBW quilt.  



I finally finished Tisket Tasket quilt. 

Design Wall Monday (week 43)

Hopefully this is the last week I'll have the 16/8 quilt on the wall.

There are 4 rows of 2.5" squares all sewn together and on the floor. The 2 side rows have to be sewn on first. 

These 4 rows need sewn together too and then they'll go at the top. 

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I loaded my Tisket Tasket BOM quilt this evening. 

I want to quilt it and then load the Jelly roll top. 

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I have 6-7 more block-a-day blocks cut out all the way up to Nov. 13th.  I like being ahead on them. 

It's much easier cutting them out now that I'm only using Civil War repro fabrics for the remaining blocks; regardless of size.

After my crazy busy week last week, this week is looking blissfully quiet-oh I hope I didn't jinx it by saying that!





Tisket Tasket is done.

well, the top is done!



Design Wall Monday (week 31)

Here is my wall.

12 inch Block-a-Days

  I'm thinking 2 borders: a pieced one next and then a larger outer border. It will depend on the yardage I have how big the outer border can be.

The left side of the wall has my Tisket-Tasket blocks and the right side is my June FFF stitchery from Kaaren at The Painted Quilt. 

Stitching and quilting

Today I finished Libby's quilt. It's a biggie 93 x 100.  I did wonky feathers in the outer border, cc in the squares in the border and the blocks, stippled the long setting strips and a lg. c-hook type thing in the green border. I used a celery colored thread from connecting threads in the top and bottom line (Superior)in the bobbin-perfect tension, gosh I love that bottom line stuff!

My HQ is in the basement and even with the basement door shut w/the AC on it gets cold down there. My feet freeze.  So a couple times I'd come upstairs and go sit on the deck to warm the tootsies, enjoy the beautiful summer day and do some stitching.  I've been working on Kaaren's FFF. And also my Tisket-Tasket blocks.  These four are machine blanket stitched and waiting for a turn in the hoop.

and this is October's block waiting for the blanket stitching.

Design Wall Monday (week 30)

Here is my design wall.

On the left side are my Tisket Tasket blocks. 

The right side of the wall are 5 block-a-days.

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We had a whirlwind of a weekend. Saturday was a lovely wedding & reception.  It was 93 degrees with 99% humidity.

And today we (my husband and his brother and 3 sisters and all our kids- that's 13 grandkids) had a surprise 60th Anniversery party for their parents.  They were completely surprised and for a split second I feared we had given his mom a heart attack. (a little scary). But she was fine and they were thrilled to spend the evening with all of us together.

 This was the most fun...trying to get 26 people in one photo using timers on 3 camera's at one time so everyone could be in the shot.  I'm hoping one of them got us all. I obviously didn't!

Stop on over at  Judy's to see some other design walls!