Thanks for the wonderful comments on my SIL's quilt. :) She gave it to my brother and he loved it. :)
I worked on my applique block. I had it ironed to the background but hadn't stitched around it. I got all of the green done but not the tulips yet. After I get this first block done I will prep another.
While I was working on the applique Richard built a grape arbor for me!!! He is just so awesome!!! I love it!!!
He's still on vacation and Thursday had some nice weather so we took the motorcycle out for a little ride. It was nice but a little windy. We had a wonderful time. In the pic we had stopped by the lake. We rode about 110 miles. Can't wait for warmer weather so we can do more riding. :)
Friday we had errands to run. Richard took his bow and had some work done on it. He loves archery. Picked up a few things from Sam's. Stopped by Joann's and picked up these fabrics. Not for any particular project but just to add to the stash. :) I got 1/2 yard of each.
This came in the mail so I thumbed through it a bit after we got home. I was tired so I really didn't feel like doing much. I've been eyeing this book for a while. I love the quilt! I know that I really don't have time to start this quilt but I did do a block. :)
This is Block #1. I'm not using the fabric colors suggested in the book, I'm just going to use my scraps for it. Not in any big hurry for this quilt but I figure I could do a few blocks a week on it and eventually get it done. As the cover of the books says, the blocks are 4x5 inches.
Shew...this momma is nervous. LOL! Andrew put in an offer on an apartment building. It's a 3 unit building. He has always wanted to have rental property even as a child. He is now 26 and works 100+ hours a week. He has been working hard for this. Praying that the Lord will guide him in the right direction with this. Right now the building is full with tenants but he may end up living in the smaller unit and continue renting out the other 2 apartments. Not sure yet. Anyway he put in an offer and now we wait...
Today I hope to work on a couple Lori Holt blocks and maybe another Anthology block. Oh and maybe work on the purple tulip applique. I don't like much finishing up that block. I also have a customer t-shirt quilt that I need to work on. I am so grateful for the customer work but I'm feeling a tad burned out right now. I'm sure that will pass. All that I can think about is wanting to work on something of my own. LOL!
Here is a pic of my design wall last night.
After Church we had dinner at mom's then I came home and pieced a few blocks. I am trying to catch up on my Lori Holt's Block-Along.
These fabrics are so not my normal but I'm really liking how they are all looking.
Then I moved on to this pretty red print block...
Another view...
This was the last one for the night.
They are all actually big blocks.
Of course the purple tulips don't go in this quilt but the rest of the blocks do. I'm anxious to see how they will all fit in the quilt. I'm hoping that in the end my colors are spread out pretty evenly.
So the rest of my weekend was spent running here and there. I was exhausted by the time it was over. Here is a pic of Hunter and his girlfriend, Paige. This was her Freshmore Dance (Freshman/Sophomore). She is a freshman and he is a junior. It was semi-casual that's why he has jeans on. LOL! Most of the guys did. They looked so pretty. She is a sweetheart and of course he's my baby boy so I'm kind of extra proud of him....long hair and all. LOL!
Last but not least...a pic of my brother John and my little niece, Addie. I took this pic right before Church started. :) John is the oldest of us 3 siblings. He is 4 years older than I am. We have always been extremely close. Addison is my sister's daughter. She was being silly with her little glasses.
I guess that's all for this post...
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 spent part of Saturday trying to catch up on some blocks. These are from the Lori Holt free Vintage Block Along. Here is my design wall when I stopped for the day. The applique blocks on the far left are not the same project. :)
I did this block and if I remember correctly it was 20"
I also pieced these 4 and they are 5" blocks.
Also this one....
Then I was finished for the day. Actually my mind still wanted to quilt but my body said "stop" LOL! In the end I am pleased with what I got finished.
Richard and I took a short motorcycle ride. It was in the mid-50's so still a little cool to go far. It was nice and I'm anxious for the warm weather so we can get out a little more on it.
I also did a few customer quilts that I can't post yet. I will try to remember to post them later. :) Several quilty things coming up this week, so today I took time for some "me sewing" :)
Now it's time to fix breakfast and get ready for Church. Have a wonderful and Blessed Sunday.
Since my last post a few days ago this is what I have made. :) These are the first two blocks of Lori Holt's Block-Along. These fabrics are a little different from what I usually go with but it's fun sometimes to step out of the norm. This star block is 12"
This is block #2! This one is 15" and went together pretty quick.
Here they are together on my design wall.
Here is a quick pic of the blocks that I have on my design wall. The purple tulip block is my newest applique quilt. That is the first block of it. The other applique block is my sample block of a Kim Diehl pattern that will be my next applique quilt after the tulip one.
I have this beautiful customer quilt on the longarm. :) It is a beauty! It's been on there for a few days as I haven't been upstairs quilting for a few days now.
I'll post a pic of the whole quilt once it is finished. So many awesome fabrics in this baby.
Now to tell you why that I haven't been upstairs to finish quilting that quilt... I woke up at 4am on Friday morning with a horrible stomach virus. I've lost 5lbs since Friday. :( Need to lose weight but not like that. LOL! My sister had emergency gallbladder surgery last week and I had my niece here while all of that was going on. She was just fine and didn't show the first sign of being sick until she got home that night, then it hit her. :( So since then it has gone through Addie (my niece), BIL, Chantal, mom and me... :( I feel better now than I have for several days so that is a good thing. YAY! Last week I put my back out and then this.... shew.... LOL!
My goal for the day...to get that customer quilt finished and ready to mail.
Today my precious baby boy turns 16! Where has time gone? He is 6ft tall and just dwarfs me. He is such a good young man with good morals and manners. We are so very proud of him. Makes this momma a little sad that he is so grown up....but proud. We are having cake and ice cream tonight when Richard gets home from work and then he will have his party next weekend. We will have lots of family, neighbors and several of his friends over.
Yesterday didn't go exactly as planned but it still worked out okay. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I had several things to do. We ran by McDonald's because Hunter thought he was starving. LOL! Then I had to run down town to pick up something. Got Hunter's shot for school, then a quick trip in Walmart because Hunter needed some earbuds. Stopped by and gave a couple of ladies some quilting quotes, which I will discuss in a few minutes. Then we headed towards home but was going to stop by the lake on the way. We were meeting mom and my sister there. All was well...until I turned out the lake road and realized that I didn't have any other gear except drive. No neutral, park, reverse... nothing. So I made a big U turn and headed straight back home!!! I got about a mile from the house and it started to overheat but I did make it on home. I sure didn't want to breakdown and it 95 degrees either! I felt very Blessed that we made it home safely. I messaged Richard and told him that I figured it was the linkage on the transmission and it was. He fixed it when he got home! :) Another reason why I love that man! So in the end it all worked out.
Quilting.... here are a couple of pics of two different blocks that I am working on. The first is a double nine patch with navy polka dot. I'm really liking how this is looking when I lay all of the blocks together. I need a total of 42 and I think I have 12 done. I still have a ways to go on this one.
This is the modern one that I mentioned yesterday. The pattern is called, In Tune by Cluck, Cluck, Sew. Totally different from what I am used to. :) I have all of the blocks pieced on it now I just need to sew them together.
The quilting quotes that I gave yesterday worked out well. I stopped by her house because she is in her mid-80's and doesn't get out a lot. She is a retired teacher and knows the family well. She had a Grandmother's Flower Garden that had been quilted by someone else years ago but still needs the binding done. She doesn't want the edges squared up but the bias binding done around each shape. So we worked out a price and I will be doing that for her. She really did do a great job on hand piecing it.
Her daughter was there because she wanted me to give her quotes on 3 tops. I did and brought those home to be quilted as well!!! One of those quilts is an applecore quilt that I will need to do bias binding on it as well. Actually I will be doing the quilting and binding on all 3 of her quilts. I was very Blessed to have came home with more quilts to quilt! So expect pics of those as I work on them.
That's all for now.... not sure if I will get to quilt today but that's perfectly okay. I plan on spending lots of time with Hunter. :)
While I was working on the applique Richard built a grape arbor for me!!! He is just so awesome!!! I love it!!! 
He's still on vacation and Thursday had some nice weather so we took the motorcycle out for a little ride. It was nice but a little windy. We had a wonderful time. In the pic we had stopped by the lake. We rode about 110 miles. Can't wait for warmer weather so we can do more riding. :) 
Friday we had errands to run. Richard took his bow and had some work done on it. He loves archery. Picked up a few things from Sam's. Stopped by Joann's and picked up these fabrics. Not for any particular project but just to add to the stash. :) I got 1/2 yard of each.
This came in the mail so I thumbed through it a bit after we got home. I was tired so I really didn't feel like doing much. I've been eyeing this book for a while. I love the quilt! I know that I really don't have time to start this quilt but I did do a block. :)
This is Block #1. I'm not using the fabric colors suggested in the book, I'm just going to use my scraps for it. Not in any big hurry for this quilt but I figure I could do a few blocks a week on it and eventually get it done. As the cover of the books says, the blocks are 4x5 inches. 
Shew...this momma is nervous. LOL! Andrew put in an offer on an apartment building. It's a 3 unit building. He has always wanted to have rental property even as a child. He is now 26 and works 100+ hours a week. He has been working hard for this. Praying that the Lord will guide him in the right direction with this. Right now the building is full with tenants but he may end up living in the smaller unit and continue renting out the other 2 apartments. Not sure yet. Anyway he put in an offer and now we wait...
