Thanks Kathy for the explaination on how to do the links. I am going to try them again.
My first etsy treasurey "Butterflies and Florals:
And the second one, Candy Apple Red:
Now lets see if this worked!
Mary
PS-It looks like it did from my end. Thanks again Quilter Kathy!
Quilting for charity, selling, and gifts-I love it all!
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
Design Wall Monday-June 28
Happy DWM! Wow this is the last one of June!
I finished the quilt top I was working on last week. Here is the top sans borders:
And here it is with borders sitting on my worktable. I am making the backing now. Last week I called it Oklahoma crossroads-the pattern is actually called Oklahoma Backroads. It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern, and was great for using the 2.5 and 2.5 by 4.5 cut pieces I have. I depleted them nicely!
And here is a little Double Four Patch that I made out of leaders and enders! I kept making four patches out of my 2.5 squares, then used the 4.5 squares I had to make this! Having those pieces of several sizes pre-cut is a huge help in getting some things done! I made these tops at the same time!
Have a great week everyone!
God bless
Mary
I finished the quilt top I was working on last week. Here is the top sans borders:
And here it is with borders sitting on my worktable. I am making the backing now. Last week I called it Oklahoma crossroads-the pattern is actually called Oklahoma Backroads. It's a Bonnie Hunter pattern, and was great for using the 2.5 and 2.5 by 4.5 cut pieces I have. I depleted them nicely!
And here is a little Double Four Patch that I made out of leaders and enders! I kept making four patches out of my 2.5 squares, then used the 4.5 squares I had to make this! Having those pieces of several sizes pre-cut is a huge help in getting some things done! I made these tops at the same time!
Have a great week everyone!
God bless
Mary
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Links
Eastern WA Street team
I had some fun this week with the etsy group I am in. Leanna opened a chat room on etsy to teach a few of us to make treasuries. Our team is very pro treasurey and makes many of them to promote our shops. We have a new program that we choose one shop owner and make treasuries featuring that person's shop. The goal is to make as many as we have time to to promote that person's shop. I made my first two treasuries after the chat. It was fun and now I am addicted to making them. It really is a great way to find shops one has never visited before!
I also recieved a message from Tania on yahoo from the team and got a link to a great blog that promotes home based sellers and their shops.
I love that this blog supports and promotes us in this way!
Have a great week! See you tomorrow for DWM!
Mary
PS-I am trying to put links in here and have not figured it out yet!
I also recieved a message from Tania on yahoo from the team and got a link to a great blog that promotes home based sellers and their shops.
I love that this blog supports and promotes us in this way!
Have a great week! See you tomorrow for DWM!
Mary
PS-I am trying to put links in here and have not figured it out yet!
Monday, June 21, 2010
Design Wall Monday-June 21st
Walter says Good Morning to all!
He and Boxer were pretty frisky this am. They were happy that I got up earlier than usual. I have to work tonight, so it sometimes happens that I feel like getting up early and seizing the day!
Here is the quilt top I decided to work on after finishing my YTRR quilt top. I just love my scraps I have all cut up! This quilt top is going to deplete my 2.5 squares and 2.5x4.5 bricks. I even got into my stash and cut up a couple of light fabrics that I had used before! That qualifies as a scrap doesn't it!
My Red Stars quilt has four blocks made now. I didn't touch the Q4K quilt, so it still is sitting there! I organized my finished quilts so most of them are hung up in the quilting room closet, instead of sitting in a pile. Most of them are in my etsy shop, so I wanted them to be more accessable. I got about half the binding stitched down on one of the quilts I quilted last week. I had a good productive weekend for the most part!
This week, I am working Monday night through Friday night. My schedule got changed a little this week. Usually I have Monday night off. Looks to be a long week, but next week, my weekend off is changing! I finally got them to change me back to the weekend off I had last March before all the changes started. Shara and I will have the same weekend off together again! And I am going to have FIVE in a row off!!! I am excited about that, altough I will have to work 6 nights in a row to get it. I learned a long time ago that you have to give a little to get a little!
Hope everyone's week goes well! And Happy Monday!!!
God Bless
Mary
He and Boxer were pretty frisky this am. They were happy that I got up earlier than usual. I have to work tonight, so it sometimes happens that I feel like getting up early and seizing the day!
Here is the quilt top I decided to work on after finishing my YTRR quilt top. I just love my scraps I have all cut up! This quilt top is going to deplete my 2.5 squares and 2.5x4.5 bricks. I even got into my stash and cut up a couple of light fabrics that I had used before! That qualifies as a scrap doesn't it!
My Red Stars quilt has four blocks made now. I didn't touch the Q4K quilt, so it still is sitting there! I organized my finished quilts so most of them are hung up in the quilting room closet, instead of sitting in a pile. Most of them are in my etsy shop, so I wanted them to be more accessable. I got about half the binding stitched down on one of the quilts I quilted last week. I had a good productive weekend for the most part!
This week, I am working Monday night through Friday night. My schedule got changed a little this week. Usually I have Monday night off. Looks to be a long week, but next week, my weekend off is changing! I finally got them to change me back to the weekend off I had last March before all the changes started. Shara and I will have the same weekend off together again! And I am going to have FIVE in a row off!!! I am excited about that, altough I will have to work 6 nights in a row to get it. I learned a long time ago that you have to give a little to get a little!
Hope everyone's week goes well! And Happy Monday!!!
God Bless
Mary
Friday, June 18, 2010
At last-the YTRR top is done!!!
I'm so happy I was able to finish this top today! I just think it was starting to wear on me to still have it in progress. I could have switched those last two borders, but I still think it turned out pretty. I had some of the turquiose triangles left, so I sewed them into squares and made prarie points out of them. They are small, so see if you can find them! I just put four in a row on each border. It makes a fun little touch.
The first photo is a detail, the second is the whole top. It barely fits on my design wall and I had to take a photo at an angle to show all of it. It is actually 80 inches square. Now I need to do a backing and put it in line to be quilted!
God Bless
Mary
It's my weekend off and I'll sew if I want to!
Yes! I am ready for my 4 days off! I just printed out the first few pages of Carolina Crossroads from Bonnie Hunter's group. I almost finished the last few blocks of my YTRR. And the foundations for the Red Stars quilt are printed and waiting! I also have a fun quilt on my longarm frame. I love my job, but I really love the time I have to sew and quilt. My DSIL told me she thinks I am addicted to quilting! I think she is right! And it is OK! It's a good addiction!
Happy weekend everyone! The quilt above is just a picture of one I made some time ago. It's on my etsy shop, but I like the spring theme! I'm feeling Springy this am.
Happy quilting
Mary
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