Saturday, February 21, 2015

QOV

I just finished quilting this cool Stars and Stripes quilt.  I quilted E's & 3's with white thread.

Great texture in the back.

Last week I custom quilted this wall quilt, I think it is 54 inches square.

Feathers everywhere!!

This was my first time using a curved edge design on a quilt.  I used my new Sidekick ruler from Sew Kind of Wonderful- it worked great.
The guild quilt retreat is next weekend.
I need to get organized for that-- can't wait! 
Speaking of guild; the raffle quilt was well received! Yay!

Even Jo was happy!!

Sunday, February 15, 2015

More swoon pictures


Pittsburgh is in the frigid zone weather wise but I figured if I wanted a couple pictures of the entire quilt I'd have to go out today.
I forgot to mention the quilt measures 90 x 106.
 I loved making it and quilting it; I hope to make one of my own this year!!




As usual I apologize for crapola photos!!


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. 


Friday, January 30, 2015

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!


Thursday, January 29, 2015

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!!

Monday, January 26, 2015

Uh-Oh

Someone's design wall has project overload!!

Sunday, January 18, 2015

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.