Yesterday I quilted this beautiful customer quilt. I just love it! She did an awesome job piecing it too. As I was quilting it I kept thinking that I needed one of those Cardinal panels. I may end up buying one but then again who knows when I would have time to sew it up. :) Anyway...I enjoyed quilting this beauty.
We decided to use this quilting design because she didn't want the quilting to compete with the cardinals. That's also another reason that I love Glide thread. It's so fine that it doesn't take away from the quilt.
She also requested that I do the binding for her. She wants it done by hand. I got it all sewn on by machine last night so I will work on the hand sewing today.
Oh I almost forgot... I've used Hobb's 80/20 batting for years and never had any issues but look at this mess that I found today. :( I had to cut around the area because there was no way that I was going to try to quilt through that. It was very hard so I would probably have broken a needle not to mention it would have felt horrible in the quilt. From now on I will double check all of the batting. I buy it on the big rolls and as I said this was the first time seeing this. Thank goodness that I caught it.
A few nights ago I was up late and on Pinterest. Pinterest always gets me in trouble. LOL! I cut and pieced this block just to see how I liked it. It's an 8" block. Right now it's just a block up on my design wall for me to ponder over for a while. It will NOT be a project for the near future as I have too many other things going on right now, but it was fun to make. Maybe someday...
Last night before bed I worked on this UFO. I just pieced a few strip sets. I hope to press and subcut them today. These go into a two color quilt. I absolutely love two color quilts! I have several that I would eventually like to make. :)
So my quilting plans for today are to press and subcut these strips sets. I also would like to get most of the hand sewing done on this customer quilt. I also hope to get another block pieced of the Lori Holt Block Along. We will see how it all goes because Richard is on vacation starting today so who knows.... LOL!
I'm just going to sneak back in... It has been so long since I posted and I missed it but life has just been so busy and crazy that it seemed like I never had a chance. :) It would be too hard for me to catch you up on everything and show a bunch of quilts so I will just start off from here. :)
Here is a pic of a fun summer quilt that I pieced for myself! :) I actually have it quilted now but it's still on the longarm as there are a couple of places that I need to fix before removing it. I had a couple tension issues that I didn't see right off. Not a big deal and probably would not be noticed but I still want to fix it. This quilt ended up being 73x73 and I thought it would be a fun summer quilt to use for picnics, take to the lake or even the beach.
I had my nephews for a few days and they love being in my sewing room so I gave them the job of taking the pins out. :) I had quilted a quilt and just cut the backing off in a hurry instead of taking the pins out. :) Is that child labor? LOL! They enjoyed it. :) These are my brother's 2 boys. They stayed with me for 2 days and now they are at mom's for a few days. It's nice to spend time with them.
A couple other things from the past few days... Look at the size of my blackberries!!! These are Kiowa Blackberries that we planted a few years ago. I have to say that these are the best tasting ever. They are sweet and very juicy. We also have a bunch of wild blackberries and raspberries too. Actually they are just now starting to ripen up. Richard was off work yesterday and he picked 3 quarts of blackberries and a quart of raspberries. There will a bunch more in a few days. I made a blackberry cobbler yesterday and the rest went in the freezer.
Here is a pic of the lake that I snapped a few days ago. This is the boat ramp area which is 2 miles from the house. Richard and I were there at the edge of dark. There is something so peaceful about water.
Today is going to be a busy day for me. Hunter has an appointment at 11:45am for his Hep A shot. KY schools have made it mandatory for all students now to have the shot by June 30 or they can't start school. This is a 2 part shot and they have to have the second shot in December. Soooo....his appointment at 11:45am. Then I have to stop by an elderly lady's house in town and give her and her daughter some quilting quotes. She is in her late 80's so I will stop by instead of her having to come to me. After that I am meeting my mom, sister, and my niece and nephews at the lake for some fun in the water. :) Mom promised the kids she would take them to the lake while they were visiting. Now when I say visiting, they only live 20 minutes away. LOL! Then... I have to meet my SIL back in town somewhere around 5:30pm. She is coming down from Ohio and has some stuff for me to pick up. I'll post about that stuff in my next post. :) So it will be a full day for me. Not to mention I need to be back home and fix Richard's supper before 8pm. :)
Back to quilting.... I hope to get the Sailboat quilt off the longarm one day this weekend. I am also piecing on 2 more quilts. Both of them are 2-color quilts. One is blue and white and the other is red and white. The red and white is a modern quilt, I think this is the first for me. I am a very traditional quilter so I am stepping out of my box a little. Expect pics of both this weekend.
I'm off to get my morning chores done as Richard just left for work.
We decided to use this quilting design because she didn't want the quilting to compete with the cardinals. That's also another reason that I love Glide thread. It's so fine that it doesn't take away from the quilt. 
She also requested that I do the binding for her. She wants it done by hand. I got it all sewn on by machine last night so I will work on the hand sewing today. 
Oh I almost forgot... I've used Hobb's 80/20 batting for years and never had any issues but look at this mess that I found today. :( I had to cut around the area because there was no way that I was going to try to quilt through that. It was very hard so I would probably have broken a needle not to mention it would have felt horrible in the quilt. From now on I will double check all of the batting. I buy it on the big rolls and as I said this was the first time seeing this. Thank goodness that I caught it. 
A few nights ago I was up late and on Pinterest. Pinterest always gets me in trouble. LOL! I cut and pieced this block just to see how I liked it. It's an 8" block. Right now it's just a block up on my design wall for me to ponder over for a while. It will NOT be a project for the near future as I have too many other things going on right now, but it was fun to make. Maybe someday...
Last night before bed I worked on this UFO. I just pieced a few strip sets. I hope to press and subcut them today. These go into a two color quilt. I absolutely love two color quilts! I have several that I would eventually like to make. :) 
So my quilting plans for today are to press and subcut these strips sets. I also would like to get most of the hand sewing done on this customer quilt. I also hope to get another block pieced of the Lori Holt Block Along. We will see how it all goes because Richard is on vacation starting today so who knows.... LOL! 
