quilting swirls

these take a bit of time but I love the texture

not sure if I showed the final (crossed fingers) 4 Dresden blocks.

I pulled out my CW blues/greys to cut some more 2.5 inch squares for the sashing and the pile is just sitting there...

I quilted the second Baby Life quilt yesterday-random wiggly lines.  I even have the binding sewn to the front.  

Modern Misfits is still sitting in a heap on a chair with about 1/2 of one side with the binding sewn down.  

It's mocking me even as I sit here writing this.

I hate it when they mock me.

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Paul put the new wheels and carriage track updates on my HQ on Saturday.  The hardest part was getting the old glue off the carriage.  

He has the patience of Job.  I would have been swearing and thrown the dang thing through a window.

I've been having a bobble in my quilting right in the middle of the table, which I have been blaming on the new table tracks.  After talking with the local rep on Friday, it doesn't appear that was the problem.  I explained this all to Paul and said, please fix it.  I can't have this bobble happening. And then (half serious/half joking) if it can't be fixed, I guess I'll have to get the new table....and as the rep said, 'new table might as well upgrade to the bigger machine...

it didn't even get too much of a reaction  

:(

sigh......

Long story short, my table has a slight bow in it.  The weight of the machine over time and all that jazz.

Paul being the mechanical/fixing/welding genius that he is, got busy and has made some kind of support that hopefully will 'fix' the problem.  As soon as the paint dries, we'll try it out.  

I being proactive have been visiting the HQ site...just in case.

oh. I kid, I kid...

I had leftover pieces from the last curvy block in the quilt along.  I didn't want them to feel left out *wink* so I made a curvy broken dishes block.  

yeah!

I have another Baby Life section ready for the blanket stitching.  Love these colors!

 

I had to have a little dental work on Tuesday so I had a 'free' day....I spent part of it like a slug watching HGTV while the Novocaine wore off.  Then I thought now is as good a time as any to get four more Dresden plates ready.  So I did that.

Yesterday, I blanket stitched all four to their backgrounds and then started cutting more 2.5 squares for the additional sashing sets I'll need.....

I've been blog lurking/surfing and have about 4-5 'new project' ideas, which I'm hoping I'll forget about as I am so trying to not start too many new things.

I shouldn't be starting anything new but sheesh I can only take so much

Quick Curve Ruler Quilt Along

This morning I put together blocks six and seven.

Curvy Flying Geese:

block 6

Curvy Log Cabin

block 7

all blocks 

I didn't care for all the fabrics I had originally cut for the curvy flying geese block, so I cut a different one for the center, which now leaves me with enough for a 2nd curvy geese block.  I'm going to make that up this week.

Modern Misfits is quilted and I even have the binding sewn to the front!
The quilting is very dense and I love it.

and the pieced back.

The label is in there as part of the backing-so nice when I remember to do that.  

Today I finished the green Baby Life quilt I started last week. I even have the binding nearly done!

and here is the pieced back. I like it as much as the front (almost). 

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oops!

I was so excited with my Slim snowman I forgot to finish dressing him!!

**how embarrassing--for us both!**

He definitely needs that scarf.

 It's COLD outside!

Slim the Snowman

Oh isn't he cute!  

A little washed out but that is my crappola photo skills again.

When Libby and I were at the Quilt shop last week.  Debbie wanted to show me a few of the samples she had made for the shop. Slim the Snowman was one of them.  You see last year when I was there, we got to talking about primitive decorating and fabrics and wool etc and I asked Debbie if she had seen Primitive Quilts & Projects magazine.  She had not so the next time I went I brought my copies for her.   Long story short-she loved it and became a subscriber and also started carrying it in her shop.  

Too cool.

I get the magazine, drool over every project, earmark 'em and then after a week or so I forget.  

Slim was in the last issue (Winter 2012). 

 Oh and I want to hook the rug in this issue too!  Actually I think there is a rug in every issue and I want to hook them all.....OK I'm dreaming now....

Tonight is guild and Rebecca Silbaugh of Ruby Blue Quilting & her mom will be doing a trunk show and then on Tuesday all day workshops.  I have to work on Tuesday and am sorry now that I didn't think to ask off. 

We've been asked to bring snowman theme quilts for display. I have 3 and Slim makes four.  

I just looked outside and it's started snowing.  

Appropriate.

dresden pillow

has it's binding. 

I bought this book a few weeks ago.  

Thursday I loaded my Modern Misfits quilt, thinking that I was just going to put on the channel locks and straight line quilt it. 

I put the channel locks on and then had a nagging little noise in the back of my head.  I stopped and flipped through Angela's book for a minute. It was sitting right there...And then it came back to me, I had changed my mind and wanted to try these swirls w/pebbles that  she shows in the book.

oh I'm in l.o.v.e.  

It takes a little time and I have the quilt loaded longways so a row seems like it's going on forever, but now I'm almost 1/2 way done. I'm quilting with the lights off-the machine lights and most of the overhead lights.  The antique thread I bought for this quilt matches the background fabric so perfectly that I can't see it well enough with the lights on. I'm throwing in a random square or triangle or rectangle to break up the swirls.  I thought of this after it was loaded so I have no way of spacing them. 

I almost didn't do this but then thought heck it's a learning experience and it's a modern look I'm going for and...yada yada yada...Oh yeah, it's MY quilt!  

(why do I have these conversations with myself?)

I'm also not quilting swirls in the pieced blocks just the background.  I'm not sure what I'll do with those, will see when I get there. :)

modern misfits 68 x 95

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PENGUINS HOCKEY TODAY!!

FINALLY!!

The withdraw symptoms in this house have been awful.

fun times, fun times.

Life is good.