Swooning Somerset

I am very happy that the guild raffle quilt is done!

I custom quilted it. 

The background in a swirl and the block background with the same swirl only as a fill. Each block I quilted differently.  I sewed the binding to the top but someone else will hand sew it to the back!  Yea!!

The back looks pretty cool too. 

January 30th

Wow that was a fast month!

So I just finished the NYB

I am really really happy with it.

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I have the first row quilted on the Swoon quilt.  I'm doing a larger swirl in the background between the blocks 

and the same swirl only small as a fill in the white areas of each block. After that's all done, I'll go back and quilt in each star.

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I got to babysit this morning😍

If you would have told me a couple years ago that the most fun ever is sitting and crawling around on a living room floor playing with someone who drools, can only says few words: hi, bye,uh-oh, happy; I would not have believed it!!!  But it's true!!!

Fun times, fun times!

Life is good!

New York Beauty

I feel like I could just continue making blocks and playing with the layout of this forever!

I did rip out the outside wedge shapes on two of the blocks that were  just too light. Amazingly, I was able to save the block!!! Yea

Each block is an investment in time and the idea of ruining one made me stop and think.  But I know me; and if I hadn't my eye would forever be drawn right to them.  Not good! 

Of course as I'm looking at this photo I see things I could move...

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I did start quilting the Swoon  raffle quilt quilt--another yea!  

I was planning on custom quilting it.but then I remembered I had pressed the seams open so there went that idea, which involved a lot of SID. Oh well.

My plan is to have it finished in a week or two! 

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I have finished a few customer quilts this month too.

Fun times fun times!!

Uh-Oh

Someone's design wall has project overload!!

1/2 way there

I've been making good progress on the NYB blocks.  

I have a customer quilt that needs finished this week and then I need to start quilting the guild's raffle quilt. 

It's going to be a busy couple of weeks!

Fun times - fun times!

Life is good.

Sew day

Today ML came over to sew- it was great! So much to catch up with so much to sew.

I had great expectations!

First I made some fabric...it takes a lot longer when you spend more time gabbing than sewing 😊

Next I worked on my NYBeauty blocks.

OK I only worked on and completed this one arc ( I really thought I'd get at least two blocks pieced) 2 as in one block has 4 arcs!!!

 These ones I already had done:

This project was on the goal list for 2014.

       Um it didn't happen 

I don't think paper piecing and I will ever be besties but I'm determined that this quilt will grace a wall in this house this year!!  There I said it.

I have 11 + months.  

I ain't worried

         ....yet

November and December

Lots of customer quilting went on

I spent the day with my granddaughter and she pieced her first quilt top!!

I made three "Jingle Pillows" 

One for me...

two were gifted!

We celebrated Jo's first birthday!

And Paul was home for his Candidacy Mass.

He will be ordained a Deacon in May.

and the quilting continued 

helped Meghan make a snowman tree!!

-I made the nose out of felt

 and painted the 3 button ornaments while she was as work-

she did the rest!

It is so cute.

 Finally the hair grew long enough to donate.

10 1/2 inches--that was a bit scary.

The new me...my neck was cold for days ha ha!

Jo is walking now though she still crawls when she really wants to get somewhere fast!

**notice the chair blocking the hallway...we now have a gate**

We spent Christmas morning with the grands and had brunch at their house too.