These sleepless nights are going to get me in trouble. LATE last night I was wide awake and started messing around in EQ. That's were it starts... Anyway, I played around with several blocks and layouts and then ran on to the Rocky Road to Kansas block. I know it is an old block and I've seen it a million times but for some reason last night it really stuck out to me.
Then I went upstairs and dug out my scrap bins.
I kept telling myself that I could NOT start something new! Then I also telling myself that I had been so good lately and finished several UFO's and even quilted 2 quilt tops. Hehehehe!
Then I thought that maybe I would just try one block....I pulled out my old Featherweight, cleaned her up and started sewing. BTW...the old girl just turned 79 yrs old on Oct, 3rd. She was made in 1933. I bought her at a thrift store for $5 and she sews like a dream.
I only ended up making one block but it sure was fun. First, I thought I would use a single background fabric, which you can see in the top left corner, but then I decided against it because it actually has some little lines in it making it directional and I don't want to fight with that all through the quilt. In the end I decided to just use neutral scraps for the background.
As I said, I only made one block, but I have tons of scraps and strings pulled for more! Oh, and I also appliqued another basket block.
Never fear, I am still going to finish up my Green Scrappy Bargello also. I actually pieced more blocks for it yesterday, but need to press them.
After finishing the quilting on my two quilts I had planned on loading another one of mine, but a friend of mine called and asked about me quilting a quilt for her. She wants to give it as a gift to her daughter. So I loaded it on and I have started the quilting on it but it is a large quilt and the panto that I am using takes a while to quilt. As you can see it is leaves and I thought a "leaf" quilting design would look nice with it, but she wanted the flowers. Hey, it's not my quilt so I just quilt it how she wants. This quilt reminds me of one that my mom made for me back around 1993/1994. I still have it and love it. It was this same pattern. Speaking of mom, she got in last night around 11pm. So I have her home for 28 days! YAY!
Don't you just love to watch your children sleep? Hunter was cuddled up on the couch napping the other day and I just kept walking by stealing kisses.
I'm off to do some housework and then back to sewing!!!
Kristie
I have a little more progress to show you! First off, I got another quilt top quilted! This was not one that I made but this quilt top was given to my by a friend of my mother's. This was her first attempt at quilting and she said, "quilting wasn't for her" My intentions were to quilt this and give it back to her but she doesn't want it. LOL! You can tell that it has been pieced several years ago, just look at the fabrics. It is not a big quilt, only measuring 52" square. She actually did a great job on the piecing.
I used a new quilting design on it that I had not tried before. It is called, "Dazzle" I really liked how easy that it was. You can see the quilting on the back here. She also sent the backing and binding fabric along with the quilt top.
Here are the two quilts that I have quilted over the past week or so. I have the bindings cut for both of them and will work on getting those sewn on shortly. I love working on binding while sitting in front of the fire on cool nights. Speaking of fire, we have had to build a few fires over the past week, it got down pretty cool here during the nights. We've had a warm couple of days but we are supposed to have another cool spell in the few days.
I also managed to finish another little basket. I have several more prepped and ready for applique in my basket beside the sofa. I love working on these. I'm not sure how many of them that I have finished but I will have to check as I put this one away.
Thanks to Janet, I have enough green strips to finish up my Green Scrappy Bargello. I got all of the strip sets sewn together, now to press them and subcut them. Once this is finished it should measure out to be a large queen.
My sewing plans for the next few day are to work on this Green Bargello, sew a few pillowcases, load another small quilt on the frame, and piece the two latest Barbara Brackman's blocks. Wish me luck!
Hunter and I have been making plans! He asked if he could have a little Halloween Bash with a few of his friends. So he is planning to invite about 6 of his closest buddies. Can you imagine what fun I will have with about 7, 10yr old boys? Wow! Anyway, we have to plan his little bash on a low budget, so we are planning a few outside games, Richard is going to build a campfire so that he can sit around with them and tell some ghost stories. Oh and he wants to stay up late and watch some scary movies. I'll have to check and see what I can find that is scary but age appropriate. I'll make a few snacks and I'm sure they will spend the rest of the evening playing PS3 and such. Did I mention that all 7 of them will be spending the night? :( He is very excited and that makes me happy.
Kristie
I don't have a design wall this morning to show you because I took it down to paint. BTW...I still haven't painted yet. :) I have been sewing but I only have bits and pieces of things to show.
First are my blue/white HST's that I know have pieced into sets of 4. I think there are 240-4 patch sets here that need to be clipped apart and pressed. I'll get to them as I can. I'm not in a big hurry to get this one done, just something to work on a little at a time.
I got this little quilt off of the frame yesterday. Nothing fancy just a big piece of the purple with a border sewn around it. After I get the binding on it I plan on giving it to my niece and nephews before Halloween.
I also got 6 pillowcases finished. I still have 5 more cut and ready. After I get those other 5 done I will pull more fabric for a few more. Remember if you plan on sending some to donate to, "For Jamie's Sake" the deadline is October 31. You can click on the tab at the top of my blog for more details.
In my last post I showed you the new cutting table that Richard had made for me and how I had changed around my sewing room. Here is a photo of it that I took yesterday. It is already getting a little messy! I had been cutting and sewing and Hunter had been up there playing with his Star Wars. Shortly after this photo I cleaned it back up just so that I could mess it back up today! LOL!
In the corner of the photo you can see my old cutting table. It's the round kitchen table in the right of the photo. I moved it over there for now until I can figure out what to do with it. I will probably end up moving it out of the house and into storage. Right now I am using it as my pressing table and I also have some "works in progress" on it.
Here is a closeup photo. For right now it is working for me but I will soon need to move it when I put my design wall back up on that wall behind it. I have my little ironing board, several pillowcases, a basket with some pot holders that need binding and Hunter's Hotwheels panel that needs a border, and a little tub that has my Green Scrappy Bargello pieces stored in it.
I guess that is all of this morning. I have plans this morning to head upstairs and SEW!!! I want to load another quilt top on the frame and get it started and maybe work on some pillowcases or my Green Scrappy Bargello. First I have to head outside to get some "farm" stuff done before the heavy rains set in for the day.
Kristie
