Another month gone by. I have been without a camera dock to download new photos for about that long now. "Something" happened to the cord. We will get a new cord or a new camera soon I hope!!!!I can't list anything new on etsy or share any new photos of projects until it is fixed one way or the other. I guess as frustrations go, this is minor!
We got a new to us car this past weekend: a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid! Oh how I wish I could show a photo of it! We have joined the new millineum at last! The newest car we had was the 1998 Jeep Grand...and a gas guzzler for sure! Hey, it is a sign of the times for us to give up a larger V-8 gas hog for a smaller, 4 cylinder car, that runs on batteries part of the time! I'm loving the quiet ride and the newness of it!
I finally got caught up with other projects enough to feel confident in starting my newest quilt top-Walled Garden that I shared in the last post. I love the fabrics and think this one will be lovely! I will share progress shots when I can!!!
I want to share a link to an etsy shop and hope many will visit it. The owner of the shop-Som-had a baby girl at only 26 weeks gestation. The baby-Tara-is in the NICU fighting for her life. The etsy team I am on-tagt team-is trying to help her out by donating items to sell and giving her the proceeds, and also featuring her in many treasuries to increase her exposure and hopefully result in sales. NICU expenses become astronomical very fast!!!Here is a link to Som's shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/SomsStudio?ref=pr_shop_more
If you wish, visit and support her if you can!
God bless
Mary
Quilting for charity, selling, and gifts-I love it all!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Quilter's Block
I feel like I have had "Quilter's Block" for awhile! And that is not one you can sew! I had too many BOM's going, and it felt like I wasn't finishing anything! Well, I hope I got out of that this week!I finished quilting my "Meet Me at the Manor" from a Quiltmaker series quilt. The photo is of a 1/4 of the quilt-it is folded and on my ironing board. I got the binding part way ready. It feels good to have something nearly done! Also below is my Simply Radiant Star quilt with all the blocks done and the layout planned. Not as spectacular as some of the gals are doing, but I am ready to have this project done. I did not like the fabrics I chose for the connector blocks, so rather than rechoosing, I decied to just finish this one and move on!
I finished this quilt top too. It is from AP&Q magazine-I think the April issue. It is called "Follow the Leader". It is shown here folded on my ironing board too. I did not want to take down my SR quilt! This was a fun, scappy, and pretty pattern. The challenge was in the setting. Those are columns of blocks with a narrow sashing inbetween each one, then a flying geese border. I love the effect of that dark plum color as the sashing and outer and inner borders. I will show more when I get it quilted and bound!
This leads me to my next project. I get a Quilter's Favorite book every spring from AP&Q, and this year, there were SOOO many quilts I want to make! I am going to start with this one-"Walled Garden". I even love the name! Below is the book with the pattern, and the fabrics I picked for it. The colors were inspired from thiis truely yummy fat quarter pak I bought at a quilt show from Quilt Patch Lane. It is a Moda collection, but if course, I added alot from my stash. It is a rosey/peachy color that I really love, but also I have some lt chartreuse green in there too, and brown,and cranberry. I can't wait to sink my rotory cutter into those fabrics!!! But I must get those other things finished first!!!
So, wish me luck this week...binding the Manor quilt and sewing together SR quilt! I am really trying to resist cutting those fabrics before I finish those two things!!!
God bless
Mary
I finished this quilt top too. It is from AP&Q magazine-I think the April issue. It is called "Follow the Leader". It is shown here folded on my ironing board too. I did not want to take down my SR quilt! This was a fun, scappy, and pretty pattern. The challenge was in the setting. Those are columns of blocks with a narrow sashing inbetween each one, then a flying geese border. I love the effect of that dark plum color as the sashing and outer and inner borders. I will show more when I get it quilted and bound!
This leads me to my next project. I get a Quilter's Favorite book every spring from AP&Q, and this year, there were SOOO many quilts I want to make! I am going to start with this one-"Walled Garden". I even love the name! Below is the book with the pattern, and the fabrics I picked for it. The colors were inspired from thiis truely yummy fat quarter pak I bought at a quilt show from Quilt Patch Lane. It is a Moda collection, but if course, I added alot from my stash. It is a rosey/peachy color that I really love, but also I have some lt chartreuse green in there too, and brown,and cranberry. I can't wait to sink my rotory cutter into those fabrics!!! But I must get those other things finished first!!!
So, wish me luck this week...binding the Manor quilt and sewing together SR quilt! I am really trying to resist cutting those fabrics before I finish those two things!!!
God bless
Mary
Monday, April 11, 2011
3 Great Sales!
I just sent two quilts to Virginia, USA, and I am going to send another one to Ireland tomorrow!
I am amazed that the Double Four Patch and Stars (DFP&S)sold so quickly! I just finished it last month! I am sure she will enjoy both quilts.
This is the Pineapple Blossum I made last year, and it is accompanying the DFP&S to the buyer in VA!
I also sold my Dreams of Kitty Beach to a lady in Ireland. I can't find my photo of it right now. I love that I have quilts in many places around the world! That is what makes selling on etsy FUN!
Shara is healing really well, and I am back at work! I also started an exercize program: Jazzercise! I am going three times a week, even if it is after work! I have love it so far! I will weigh in after I have gone for 1 month...May 1...see if it has helped me loose weight! I started at 280lbs! Ugh! Pray for me!!!
I found out I am starting to have blood sugar issues...and my dr put me on Metformin-a blood sugar reducing med. That was the final straw to getting moving again! I DO NOT want to be diabetic if I can help it!
God bless!
Mary
I am amazed that the Double Four Patch and Stars (DFP&S)sold so quickly! I just finished it last month! I am sure she will enjoy both quilts.
This is the Pineapple Blossum I made last year, and it is accompanying the DFP&S to the buyer in VA!
I also sold my Dreams of Kitty Beach to a lady in Ireland. I can't find my photo of it right now. I love that I have quilts in many places around the world! That is what makes selling on etsy FUN!
Shara is healing really well, and I am back at work! I also started an exercize program: Jazzercise! I am going three times a week, even if it is after work! I have love it so far! I will weigh in after I have gone for 1 month...May 1...see if it has helped me loose weight! I started at 280lbs! Ugh! Pray for me!!!
I found out I am starting to have blood sugar issues...and my dr put me on Metformin-a blood sugar reducing med. That was the final straw to getting moving again! I DO NOT want to be diabetic if I can help it!
God bless!
Mary
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
OMG! I can't believe I haven't blogged in a month
and a half! Wow! Early this month, Shara finally got in to see an Orthopedic surgeon and got her new hip on 3/13. She has been struggling with rt hip pain for at least a year, and we have been going all over town to figure it out. It is weird, because we went to Dr Bone-yes that is the Ortho doc's name-early last year, and he thought she needed a new hip them! Shara did not want to do surgery, mostly out of fear of what people would say due to her TG (transgender) status. After dealing with the pain of degenerative arthritis for a year, she didn't care what people said! We spoke to the Ortho unit manager before the surgery and told her Shara was TG, so it actually went well. Shara is home for a week now and is doing really well!
I have finished a few things and put them on etsy and plan to do a few more. I am on Family Medical Leave right now-until 4/6. It has been great, and I am pretty sure if I could retire now, I would! But I can't, so I will now dream about it yet!
Anyway, just thought I would touch base and say I am still here and still quilting!
God Bless
Mary
I have finished a few things and put them on etsy and plan to do a few more. I am on Family Medical Leave right now-until 4/6. It has been great, and I am pretty sure if I could retire now, I would! But I can't, so I will now dream about it yet!
Anyway, just thought I would touch base and say I am still here and still quilting!
God Bless
Mary
Monday, February 7, 2011
Design Wall Monday-2/7
Hi All! I have almost finished my Meet Me at the Manor series quilt from Quiltmaker. I have the whole top together, but I think I want to add a yellow print outer border. I don't like ending a quilt with all those small pieces on the outside. But anyway, after all that piecing, the final result is pretty! I am happy with my color choices!
My current (well, one of them!) is the Kiss in the Corner by Bonnie Hunter. The pattern cn be found on her blog-Quiltville. This one is turning out cute. I had a whole bunch of HST's left over from another project-all done in batiks. The constant fabric is not a batik, but is very batiky looking from far away. I am up to sewing on the 1.5" squares in the sashing strip corners. There is a ton of sewing with this quilt-it is all done in 2" and 1.5" pieces! This is really typical of Bonnie H quilts! Also typical is how much fun they are to put together! I am happy to use up some of these 1.5" squares. I have lots of them!
This is the sweet little print I am using for the corner stones and setting triangles. I was starting to think this was becoming too monochromatic, but in the photo, you begin to see the pattern emerging.
That's some of my current projects. See what others are working on at Patchwork Times!
God Bless!
Mary
My current (well, one of them!) is the Kiss in the Corner by Bonnie Hunter. The pattern cn be found on her blog-Quiltville. This one is turning out cute. I had a whole bunch of HST's left over from another project-all done in batiks. The constant fabric is not a batik, but is very batiky looking from far away. I am up to sewing on the 1.5" squares in the sashing strip corners. There is a ton of sewing with this quilt-it is all done in 2" and 1.5" pieces! This is really typical of Bonnie H quilts! Also typical is how much fun they are to put together! I am happy to use up some of these 1.5" squares. I have lots of them!
This is the sweet little print I am using for the corner stones and setting triangles. I was starting to think this was becoming too monochromatic, but in the photo, you begin to see the pattern emerging.
That's some of my current projects. See what others are working on at Patchwork Times!
God Bless!
Mary
Monday, January 17, 2011
Design Wall Monday-1/17/11
Happy Monday! It is the first time in three weeks that I am organized enough to get something up for DWM!
I was working several days getting my RRCB top done, and needed a break. This bowtie pattern was a nice break! The bowtie blocks are from a Moda Bakeshop pattern and finish at 4". The middle of the bowtie is a folded dimentional center. I added the plain squares to make an 8" finished block and here's the setting i am sewing it into. I plan to do a scrappy border using 2.5 by 4.5 pieces. This whole quilt is made from pieces I had precut from scraps.
This is one of the fabrics I used in this quilt. It was from a grabbag of fabric scraps I picked up somewhere last year. I am not sure if it is cotton or a blend, but I love that cute touch of embroidery in this very scrappy quilt!
And here is my Roll Roll Cotton Boll-still in pieces. The center of the quilt is together, The inner border strips are sewn together, and the outer border strips are ready to go. I am waiting until I have a full day off before I tackle the final part of getting the borders all on. Then I need to make a backing...! And a label! And get it quilted! This has been a fun and challenging project and I love the final quilt! Thanks Bonnie Hunter!
Have a happy week everyone and enjoy the quiltmaking process!
God Bless
Mary
I was working several days getting my RRCB top done, and needed a break. This bowtie pattern was a nice break! The bowtie blocks are from a Moda Bakeshop pattern and finish at 4". The middle of the bowtie is a folded dimentional center. I added the plain squares to make an 8" finished block and here's the setting i am sewing it into. I plan to do a scrappy border using 2.5 by 4.5 pieces. This whole quilt is made from pieces I had precut from scraps.
This is one of the fabrics I used in this quilt. It was from a grabbag of fabric scraps I picked up somewhere last year. I am not sure if it is cotton or a blend, but I love that cute touch of embroidery in this very scrappy quilt!
And here is my Roll Roll Cotton Boll-still in pieces. The center of the quilt is together, The inner border strips are sewn together, and the outer border strips are ready to go. I am waiting until I have a full day off before I tackle the final part of getting the borders all on. Then I need to make a backing...! And a label! And get it quilted! This has been a fun and challenging project and I love the final quilt! Thanks Bonnie Hunter!
Have a happy week everyone and enjoy the quiltmaking process!
God Bless
Mary
Monday, January 10, 2011
Hello for 2011!
2011 seems to have come before I was done with 2010! Time is going by too fast!!
I have been busy in the sewing room, although I don't have much finished. I wanted to make a few small items for my etsy shop and made a couple of Valentine's Day mug rugs.
I also made a free pieced letter wallhanging-hope to get it quilted andbound soon. I procrastinated over Christmas about getting three Christmas wallhangings done...one was posted on etsy, one is still on the frame, and one is still waiting to be quilted! I guess I could say I have a jump on next Christmas then! I didn't want that to happen for Valentine's Day, so I am trying to get some done earlier!
I finished all the blocks for the RRCB mystery quilt yesterday, but did not put them on the design wall, as Christmas Lights was still up there. I finished putting CL together today and laid out the RRCB blocks. That quilt is large-takes up the whole design wall and then some. I find it really helpful to have it all laid out, particularly with a diagonal set. I get lost too easily otherwise!
As I said, I have finished this top, but only had this photo to show. I really love this pattern and might actually make it again! That is something I don't usually do as there are so many patterns to choose from!
God bless everyone for the next year! May it be better than last year for us all!
Mary
I have been busy in the sewing room, although I don't have much finished. I wanted to make a few small items for my etsy shop and made a couple of Valentine's Day mug rugs.
I also made a free pieced letter wallhanging-hope to get it quilted andbound soon. I procrastinated over Christmas about getting three Christmas wallhangings done...one was posted on etsy, one is still on the frame, and one is still waiting to be quilted! I guess I could say I have a jump on next Christmas then! I didn't want that to happen for Valentine's Day, so I am trying to get some done earlier!
I finished all the blocks for the RRCB mystery quilt yesterday, but did not put them on the design wall, as Christmas Lights was still up there. I finished putting CL together today and laid out the RRCB blocks. That quilt is large-takes up the whole design wall and then some. I find it really helpful to have it all laid out, particularly with a diagonal set. I get lost too easily otherwise!
As I said, I have finished this top, but only had this photo to show. I really love this pattern and might actually make it again! That is something I don't usually do as there are so many patterns to choose from!
God bless everyone for the next year! May it be better than last year for us all!
Mary
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)