I've been quilting...

64 x 84

Finished my first leader/ender quilt. I really like it--wish I would have made it queen size for my bed.

A close up:

I just did a meander in the blocks and a spineless feather in the outer border. 

And the pieced backing using some of my 'extra' block-a-day blocks.

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I quilted "OH man! This is gonna be bad" quilt yesterday.

It's not so bad after all.
These are a bunch of random block-a- day blocks that I didn't think would work as I was playing around with them on the design wall; hence the name of the quilt.

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I'm still working on sewing the outside row of blocks on my CW Medallion. It's slow going as I've been concentrating on quilting on HQ lately and enjoying it. 

Tonight I loaded my 9-patch challenge quilt and started on the outside border I hope to get it done this weekend.



 

LCQA Block #11



LCQA Block 11

I like this block. 

Friday Finish (Block-a-day Pillow)

The pillow I slipped (shoved, stuffed, forced) into this is a tad big but just a tad.

I like a well stuffed pillow better.

15" block

I hand quilted this with black thread and a big needle so my stitches really show up. 

Design Wall Monday (3/14/11)

Civil War Medallion Progress



The colors are a bit off; it's difficult to get a good shot with something this large and with my back smashed against the opposite wall of this room trying to get the picture focused, straight and all of it in the shot...

(the whine of this crappola photographer)

I took this picture yesterday.  The 2 outside side sections of 12 inch blocks are sewn together but not attached to the center yet.  The top on bottom are just there--not sewn together yet at all. 

I'm thinking I will end with a unifying small border around these. It will also contain/control the edges of the outer blocks.  If my math is correct --math phobic/challenged so never surprised when the end result measures different than my jotted down notes :)--this will be  a monstrous 92 x 92!

Yikes!

Check out other design walls here.

LCQAlong Block 10

When I first saw this block I didn't think it was going to work with my CWar fabric palette....but I think it translated very well. 

And I really like the block!



What I've been working on

I have the binding sewn on and pinned for hand sewing to the back on my Eat. Play. Sleep. Repeat baby quilt.

The binding is sewn on my Serengeti Dance quilt as well.

I'm continuing to sew the blocks together for CW Medallion.  In this picture the side rows are already sewn on to the center and the top row is together but not added to the center.

Today I machine blanket-stitched the 3rd Bunny Hill BOM for Henrietta Whiskers

and then put the first row together.

I'm just lovin this project.

And these are SUPPOSE to be my Leader/enders but I keep finding myself piecing the little blocks together in between and then just piecing them for a bit. They are like eating m&m's---a bag at a time.

(that is how everyone eats m&m's right? not just me!)

I do need to take a little time and cut a bunch of patches for these L/E's. I think that's part of the problem; I keep having to stop and cut and then I start arranging the blocks by color and then I want to see how it will look and before you know it I've eaten another bag. 

(I mean I've sewn all the little blocks together and have nothing for L/E's again.)

And I've just printed out the directions for the 10th block for LCQA.  All morning I would say to myself that today was the day it would be posted and then I would say oh wait, NO I think it's not until next week...I was wrong ...and right.... 

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my stupid silly computer won't recognize my printer cable AGAIN.  I feel like ripping my hair out.  But that would hurt real bad and not help with the printer issue.

I did download another audio book from the library today and now I'm wondering if I had troubles last month after downloading a book.  (I know they're probably not related in any way but when you're techno-challenged you will grasp at anything!) 

Speaking of audio books.  The last one I downloaded I never even got around to putting on the Ipod for listening to and the one I got today Water for Elephants I put on the IPod but can't get it to work.

I NEED MEGHAN!!!!

OK... I'm OK now.  I'm going to run down to the store for something chocolate(perhaps M&M's???) a few errands and then go back to my sewing room where it's safe and I know what I'm doing--at least most of the time.

March Flimsy



Serengeti Dance 73 x 76



I loaded this on HQ (whenever I type "H-Q" I think "Harriet Quigley" I don't know why) so I guess that's her name. HQ for short!

I'm doing an all-over 'stylized swirls' ala The Pajama Quilter.  So Fine thread in top/ Bottom Line in bobbin.