Block-a-Day Week 2

Here are blocks 8-14!  I just used the same fabrics for the week.

 

Last night I finished fusing the last of the t-shirts. Wait! Doing a little happy dance here!!   And just for the record, I used 1 bolt (yes Bolt- that's 25 yards of fusible interfacing.)  I know this because I bought a brand spanking new bolt (still in shrink wrap)and it's gone--save for a few scrappy pieces.

Anyway, I knew in my head how I wanted to piece them-no sashing like a collage. It's also possibly the only way to get them all on the front of a quilt and "collage" was the word used by my sister-in-law. However, I'd never seen a t-shirt quilt like that; all the books and patterns I have  show quilts with sashing or theme fabric related to the t-shirts. And none showed a quilt top with 40-50 T-shirts used! So I Googled 't-shirt quilts'-  I found a website Too Cool T-shirts --I think that was the name.  And there were picture after picture of quilts that look just like what I was planning in my head.  (Whew! It will work and look good.)

  *oh thank you "lord of the internet" or whoever you are that gives us Google....the search engine of extreme time wasting...except when you find just what you need!*   

January BOM

  I had a hard time picking the 4 colors for this block.

Design Wall Monday Week 2

The block is January 11th's Block-a-Day . I cut it out last night so it's already to go.  I'm going to try to use fabrics that 'go together' for each weeks blocks.   It will help when I go to make a quilt from all these blocks.


And here is the 'cut and ready for fusing' t-shirt pile for the 2nd quilt!  I'm real happy with the progress made on them.

And here is my strings quilt that was last weeks DWM post. I put the border on yesterday; just squeaked by with the 1 1/2 yards of this fabric that I had in the stash.

T-shirt start!

The pile on the left are cut "oversized" and need interfacing fused to the back, the smaller pile on the right are cut and fused. That's 2 hours + of work time, whew! (doesn't seem like a lot to show for 2 hours)
I started cutting and fusing but the process was so slow that I stopped fusing and just cut.   Yep 2-twin nieces=2 quilts.

Another finish

I haven't officially made a 2010 'to do list' but this pillow is was on the unofficial list.  Old Man Winter pillow is now done and my new header-seems appropriate with all the snow and frigid air that's covering the country.

I also finished my January block for the Many Thanks BOM  I'm doing this year.

Today besides sewing, I organized.  I put everything for this BOM in one of those plastic project cases.  I'm also keeping the blocks for Shannon's BOM in there too.  Today she posted the layout for the quilt...very cool, you should check it out-not too late to join the fun!

I put all the finished Block-a-Day blocks (and templates so far) in another case. 
I'm now going to work on an "official list".  And then (drum roll, please) I am GOING TO GET THE T-SHIRTS OUT.  I am not going to bed tonight until I have them all ready to go--tomorrow I fuse and probably the next day, and the next..... :)  I'm so excited to finally have stopped the procrastination train. 
PS: It's still snowing here!

The view from my deck door

It's a lot of snow when you have to start shoveling the deck!  Mr. Otis stopped when I opened the door for him and gave me a look as if to say "it's deeper than me; I think I can hold it".  So I got the shovel and made him a path to the steps and a path to the birdfeeder...
the path to the feeder is for me not Otis! :)

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I get to look at this view when I'm at the computer.  Sometimes when I do I get a thick feeling in my chest; I am a very lucky person.  My life isn't perfect but it's damn good. 

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Block-a Day: Week One

Top Row: block #1 I really don't like, block #2 (top row middle) is turned sideways.  Block #3; after I fused and cut out the petal pieces I realized they were almost as light as the background, sigh, so I used a vibrant variegated thread to blanket-stitch around them-I like it.
Second row: block #4 is 12 1/2 ", then block #5 is only 6" (I think).  I really like the blue and orange. Block #6-blah and Block #7-was a piecing challenge but I like it. 
Right now I feel like I can do this-make one block every day.  I'm using scraps and fat quarters.  I think FQ are going to work better, I wasted time thinking I had enough of a fabric and then would be a teeny bit short.  I think I'm going to post every Friday with the pictures of the last weeks blocks.

This evening I finished sewing together the Boxed Squares baby quilt I started on Tuesday.

  This is a gift needs done by Feb.

I also worked on my Many Thanks BOM tonight (Jan) and cut out the pieces for the Old Man winter pillow kit.