Pineapples

Yesterday I finished the binding on the pineapples wall quilt.  The entire time I was making it, and even after I bought the pattern kit I wondered why I did. Batiks don't go in my decorating sceme, even tho' I love them. Which is why I couldn't resist the kit in the first place!

I hung it up in a little corner by the deck door and just loved it.
 And then I did a double take.

The willow tree figurine on the table is holding a pineapple! 

My stenciled border at the top of the wall are pineapples too! 

It's a good thing my subconscious decorator was on the ball. 

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Design Wall Monday (week 16)

Here is my wall.

On Saturday I got up and decided I didn't want to work on any of the projects I have on-going!  So I got out the crumbs and had a lot of fun.    This quilt layout will be 4 across and 5 down.  That's all I can make using the blue fabric for my sashing. 

This is my first crumb quilt.  I'm trimming the crumb blocks to 5". 

Saturday I also loaded my little pineapples wall hanging I posted about in the last dwm and quilted it, the binding just needs finished this week.  

I cut out 3 of my block a days for the week, but stopped last night to watch the Pens play the Ottawa Senators. 

Block-a-Days and other stuff

So I finished my block-a-days for this week.

 

While I had the block-a-days out I played with them a little bit.  Here is a picture of them all stacked up from largest to smallest. The stack is about 4 inches high!

These are all the 16" blocks.  The red/green and white one will soon be a pillow for the porch.  If you look closer you can see it's not Christmas fabrics but watermelon and ants!

I got the final border on the blue OBW and made the binding. The outside border I cut 10.5" and used the original fabric. I'm real happy with it.  It measures 74 x 90.  I have about a 3" strip of fabric left!

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And on Monday my mom brought over the Anniverary quilt I made for them for their 50th wedding anniverary.  I want to quilt around their wedding picture, it's too puffy.  When I quilted it, I was renting the HQ and I was a pretty new long armer and I was afraid to ruin it.  I just did the minimal to keep it together and was never happy with their picture in the center. 

I've been working on the Mariner Compass...adding more quilting to the center and liking it. yea!

I also pieced the Jelly roll block.

And here is my 6th block for Shannon's BOM. 

I really like it.  I laid out all the blocks and my blank center piece (no I haven't started the applique for the center yet).

Design Wall Monday (week 15)

 

The new One Block Wonders are started (luv 'em), they're on my sewing table not the design wall.  And on the wall: Pineapples wall quilt. I pieced the blocks on Wednesday and appliqued them & finished piecing the top on Saturday. I want to quilt it this week.  

Next to it is my FFF stitchery I needed to add the binding.

On my cutting table: stack of six diapers to make matching burp clothes to go with the baby quilt I made last month.
In front of the diapers is the border  fabric for my 1st One block wonder

and the Block-a-Day calendar is sitting in the back, as usual I will work on a week's worth. 

Paul and I went on a long bike ride on Sunday, 4 hours including a nice stop for supper at a little country restaurant and a stop here to stretch for a few minutes.

But we didn't leave the house until around 1 o'clock, waiting for the temperature to get into the 60's. So I sewed for a little before we went and I sewed a lot last night.

And now the diaper-burpers are done.

The FFF is finished, well except for 2 little hanging sleeves that I need to whipstitch to the back.

I cut the backing and batting for the Pinapples wall quilt and moved it out to the HQ for quilting. 
I did reload my Mariner's Compass so that has to be done first. I want to add more quilting in the center areas of the blocks.  I'll be much happier with it after I do that.

I only cut 1 of the block a days so far.  Sometimes I'm just not in a cutting and figuring color placement kind of mood.  So they still need cut.
And I cut and sewed on the inner binding on the Blue One Bl Wonder.  I really wanted to get those on since there is bias edges all over the place on that thing-makes me nervous.

So today my wall looks like this:

EEK! It's empty....I vacuumed it on Friday, it was really string-y! I felt so much better after it was vacuumed...I think that might be a sign I need to get out of the basement more often!  :)

It's going to be beautiful today so I will be out in the yard, transplanting stuff that should have been done in the fall but I didn't get around to it. I still have a few days--they're not too big yet.

 

Block-a-Days etc.

These are blocks for 4/5-4/11.  The top row are 12" blocks I used coordinating fabric.

The 2nd row are 10" blocks, 2 coordinate.

The big block is a 16" one!  I have 5 other 16" ones, trying to do them in coordinating fabrics as well.

I pulled out the 10" blocks I have done.

This Saturday is the 2nd One Block Wonder class.  

At the first class, Libby started giving me her crumbs (she pitches them) and I explained to the others what a crumb quilt was, no one knew. So I said I would bring some in to show. 

And the lovely ladies all gave me their crumbs too!

 On Tuesday I pulled my crumb blocks out and started playing with them and then sewed and made some more. I found a nice chunk of leftover blue fabric (almost the end of the Amish stuff now) and cut it into 2" strips for sashing. I'm figuring I have enough sashing for 20 blocks, set 4x5.

**of course the way I "figure" I will most likely either be 5" short or have enough for another row**

 I took this picture before I added the 4th bock. 

I've squared these crumb blocks to 5" and then sewed together to make a 9-patch.  The picture is a bit washed out it looks much happier in "real life".

Yesterday I indulged my pillow kit addiction and made the latest.

Design Wall Monday (week 14) April 5, 2010 & The Bike Ride

The One Block wonder is still on the wall but it is almost together. I love it.

Just 1 seam left then the borders; I would have finished that last seam  before heading over to my brother's for  Easter dinner... 

...but on Saturday Paul spent the day changing this:

to this:

He added a "tour pack" which is the trunk and the nice seat backrest for me!  And so we went for an Easter Sunday ride for about an hour.  It is much more comfortable than I thought it was going to be.

 I was worried because we used to have this:

Woohoo for summer.

The Potato Chip Bag... because you can't make just one!

I guess it's true!