Design Wall Monday 1/31/11

Another week with Evening Shadows on the wall. 

but I did get the stop borders sewn on and that was what was on the 'to do list' for it. (yea me!)

I did take it down for a few days to arrange and piece 2 donation quilts.
Here's one, I guess I didn't take a picture of the other one, it has mostly red, yellow and orange squares.

 I'll quilt them after I finish Libby's quilt that's loaded now and I'm doing the Wh-Twirly Feathers on.  SO much room for improvement but I'm still real happy with these first results.

 Center of quilt

area between where one of the big star points come together.

Too see what others are working on check out Patchwork Times.

I'll be visiting too, but my computer is being a pain and commenting seems to be an issue.  :(

We are teetering on the edge of a new computer but dang it I just don't want to have the added expense right now.  So we're going to try and deal.....

for a while anyway. Sometimes it just feels like a Rosanna Danna week....it's always sumthin, if it's not one thing it's another...

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Whirly Twirly Feathers

*smile*

LCQA Block 7

I didn't quilt today (CHICKEN!!!)
Edit: in the evening after posting this I did go down and start quilting Whirly-Twirly Feathers! I actually had to stop and jump up and down I was so excited.  Pictures soon. 
but I sewed another Quilts for Kids top together. Well, the rows are together.

And I found some leftover triangles so I'm making flying geese HST style with them as L/Enders.



Whirly Twirly Feather Practice

One of my non-written goals for this year is to really improve my quilting skills. 

I would like to quilt  every day....that hasn't happened so far but that's ok.  Drawing quilt designs count too.

I've re-watched Kim Brunner's DVD and I'm drawing and drawing. I was hoping to start quilting tomorrow....but I think I need more practice on paper first....ripping these out would be Horrible.

I'm excited how they're turning out on paper and it's starting to come easier, which is amazing! Yes, I will definately draw some more before doing this for real.

I messed up the center part but that's ok.  It's just paper--no frog stitching involved!

As I'm looking at this now, I'm seeing areas where I need much improvement.  But I'm pretty happy with these. 

Design Wall Monday (1/24/2011)

My design wall was the same as last week...

Evening Shadows

Finally, decided on a name for this one so no more calling it a bl-a-day top,

but I didn't feel like sewing on borders.....so I took it down and put up these squares to made another Quilts for Kids quilt.  I'm thinking because of all the block construction I did last year I'm just rebelling and enjoying mindless sewing and quick completions. 

This morning after spending over an hour cleaning out the refrigerator. (what? you don't normally clean out your fridge at 6:45am?) 

Oh me either, but when I reached in to get the Coffee mate Peppermint Mocha creamer for my coffee I somehow knocked over a covered pitcher with about 2 cups of iced tea in it.  Of course it tipped over easily since it was almost empty and the lid came off all the sticky iced tea goodness went  towards the back of the fridge and ran down to under the produce drawers.....I could not react fast enough to stop it!

Only on a Monday.

*smile* 

I also finished the binding on my Crumbs Quilt.

I have a label ready in EQ6 but my stupid old computer troubles have started again and now my printer isn't being recognized....uninstall, reinstall, trip to Best Buy new connector thingy, do it again.....hot steam coming out of my ears (that would be the bad words I'm trying not to say).  

I give up. It's not the printer-- it's the ole computer...Perhaps tomorrow I will venture out and be overwhelmed by all the new computer options and how smart these 12 year old Geek squad people are, and how uneducated I am about such techno stuff.  I see how they try really hard not to crack a smile when I ask my questions.  (I can almost hear them thinking "oh man, she's just like my mom!") At least I hope that's what their thinking!!!

... or maybe if I just shut this down everything will be better when I boot it back up later..or tomorrow, it probably just needs a  good rest.  I know wishful thinking and actually, I already tried it.

If only it were that easy.

 And dang it!

I think it should be.

some Friday Finishes

Lots going on here, probably too much....felt like I was running in place getting nothing done and then all of a sudden progress and finishing. 

It's how I roll so you'd think I'd be used to it by now. 

My 2 NICU donation quilts.  All my leftover 9-patch and snowball blocks are gone--that feels good.

 both are 36 x 36



My niece (2nd grade) called my last night.  She lives in New Mexico. She has an American Girl doll that my sister says she just loves.  So her call was to ask me a question....."could you make her a blanket?" I said I'd love to, what is her favorite color?  She said "oh any color she likes them all, ...well except for grey!"  We talked for a few minutes about her school and her brother and the fact that she has no snow at her house.  And I'm lucky to have so much....really she's only in 2nd grade, smart as a whip!!  I could hear my brother-in-law in the background saying, "make sure you're not holding Aunt Diane back from something, Morgan!"   Haha she has the gift of gab like her aunt Diane!!!

This morning I was up too early...too many things on my mind, you know how that goes. So I went downstairs and pulled out my box of charm packs.  And picked one of the Snow Days packs that I won on Sew Cindy's blog in August. (thank you again Cindy!)
 They've been waiting patiently for inspiration to hit.

A doll quilt and pillow.

 

  sorry about the glare on the table top didn't notice it before.

I just used a few decorative stitches to 'quilt' it on my DSM. 

 Oh dang, I forgot to take a picture of the back.  I used the last 5 charms down the center of it.  And my dad just left here (he stops once or twice a week for a cuppa coffee, isn't that nice?  He doesn't stay real long just pops in and out)

ANYway, he took it with him because he and my mom are going to be mailing Morgan this little doll table and chair set he made for her, so they can put the quilt in the package with it.

Meghan and I want our own table and chairs too. (j/k)



Pooh and Tigger trying out the table and chairs!



I also finished quilting my crumb quilt and just need to hand sew the binding to the back.  (Bleck--you know my most loathe some job).  But I'm excited to get that one done.

A finished picture next week.

Design Wall Monday 1/17/11

My wall....

the top is together (yea!) I have the 1.5" stop borders cut, the side ones need pieced.  I still haven't decided on outer borders.  I do want to add some kind of borders to use up the rest (or most of) what I have left.

Check out JudyL's to see what others are working on.