I finished up ALL of my Churn Dash blocks! :) I have 30 of them for a 5x6 setting. Here are half of the blocks up on the design wall. I will start sewing them together this evening as Richard is working tonight. I'm still not sure what I will use for the border yet.
This is the stack of the other 15 for the bottom half of the quilt.
A couple of days ago while at Walmart shopping for groceries and household supplies I found the clearance isle. I usually don't tend to spend money on things that are not absolutely needed BUT...I couldn't pass these up! I found 2 Fiskars Rotating Cutting Mats for the cost of....
See that sticker???? $2.00!!! I grabbed both of them as fast as I could. LOL! I know that some people do not like them but I had one a few years ago and it worked well for me. These usually run around $30 so I was a really happy girl when I found these.
Along with sewing on my Churn Dash blocks I have pieced over 100 bow tie blocks for the month of February so far! I'm hoping that I can keep up the pace and reach my goal of 1080 3.5" bow tie blocks before the end of the year. I would love to have it pieced and quilted by the end of December but I'm not sure if my scrap basket will hold up until then. :) Most of them are Civil War scraps but not all of them. I am mixing in some fabrics that blend well with them. I'm loving working with these 2" pieces.
Well...I guess I am off. I have a few things to finish up in the house, like laundry before I head up to the sewing room for the night. I am one that loves to stay on schedule and Church was canceled again this morning due to the road conditions. That really messes with my day as I enjoy going to Church. :( I am sooooo ready for SPRING!!!
Everyday I struggle with Adult ADD this affects everything from my housework to my quilting. The past several days have been a big struggle to keep on track with everything. In my housework I am constantly making lists and I also do that in my quilting but this time you can really tell that I have bounced from project to project. I think all of this snowy weather has had something to do with my change in mood.
First off, I worked on these blocks. I cut them out from my scrap basket a few months ago. I have 19 blocks finished and need a total of 30 for the quilt that I have planned. The rest of the blocks are cut out, I just need to sew them together.
I finished appliqueing another Dresden. I think this is block 9 or 10. I have all of the blocks pieced they just need to be appliqued to the background. I need to do a total of 20 of them, so this should make me halfway.
I played around for a new quilt for Andrew's bed. I am working on my Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt for Hunter and wanted to do something for Andrew too. I love this block but it measures less than 8" so I would need a million of them for his queen size bed. I love the block but I hate making them so I moved on to something else. I do think I will piece about 4 of them to make a little table topper for his nightstand.
Still playing around with the same blues, I pieced this block. I enjoy piecing them, they are quick and easy.
I have more cut and ready do sew!
While working on all of the above projects, I pieced more bow ties for my leader/ender project. I have 378 of them and for the quilt that I want to make I need around 1100.
I also pieced a few apple cores.
While pressing my bow ties I found that I had mixed up a couple backgrounds. I started to rip them out but just left them. I don't figure that in a quilt of 1100, 3 inch bow ties that you would even notice them.
When I came down stairs from sewing this evening this is what I saw....Richard snuggled on the couch with one of my quilts. :) I love this quilt....and I love him. :)
The weather here has been horrible. Hunter has only had 5 days of school since before Christmas break!!! I figured that they would have school Monday but I just looked out and it is pouring snow....again. :(
Kristie
Yesterday I made a list of my UFO's and shamefully I have 24! I had 25 but I marked one off as I finished the 4 Patch Flip the other day. No this doesn't count my "long term projects" like my Yo-Yo's, Dear Jane, CW Diary, Bow ties, and several others.
I'm not going to sit here and say that I am going to finish every one of them this year or ever, but I wanted to at least see what I had. I went through some a while back and donated a few and a few others I just put back in my stash and put the blocks in a pile of orphan blocks.
One UFO that I pulled out the other day is my, Market Baskets. I love those blocks and don't know why I have never finished it. I really like it. I sorted out what I had cut and I have a few that are ready to sew and others I still need to cut the background fabric for. I did piece one more block for it lat night.
Tonight I am working on another Dresden block. I am working on this as I am keeping the fire blazing in the wood stove. :) Richard is working tonight and it is going to be another night well below zero. This weather is depressing and I'm ready for SPRING! It is soooooo cold and more snow than we usually get here in KY. The kids have only been to school 5 days since before Christmas! No school again tomorrow. Our road is nothing but a sheet of ice. It is even hard to stand up in my yard.
In other news...my SIL, Kellie (my brother John's wife) has started quilting!!! I can't tell you how excited that I am over this! I talked to her today and she finished the binding on her first quilt which is a queen size blue jean quilt!!! I'll have to get a photo of it soon and post a photo of it. I am very proud of her and she did a great job. She sent me a photo of the finished top and it looked great!
Kristie
This is the stack of the other 15 for the bottom half of the quilt. 
A couple of days ago while at Walmart shopping for groceries and household supplies I found the clearance isle. I usually don't tend to spend money on things that are not absolutely needed BUT...I couldn't pass these up! I found 2 Fiskars Rotating Cutting Mats for the cost of....
See that sticker???? $2.00!!! I grabbed both of them as fast as I could. LOL! I know that some people do not like them but I had one a few years ago and it worked well for me. These usually run around $30 so I was a really happy girl when I found these. 
Along with sewing on my Churn Dash blocks I have pieced over 100 bow tie blocks for the month of February so far! I'm hoping that I can keep up the pace and reach my goal of 1080 3.5" bow tie blocks before the end of the year. I would love to have it pieced and quilted by the end of December but I'm not sure if my scrap basket will hold up until then. :) Most of them are Civil War scraps but not all of them. I am mixing in some fabrics that blend well with them. I'm loving working with these 2" pieces. 
Well...I guess I am off. I have a few things to finish up in the house, like laundry before I head up to the sewing room for the night. I am one that loves to stay on schedule and Church was canceled again this morning due to the road conditions. That really messes with my day as I enjoy going to Church. :( I am sooooo ready for SPRING!!!
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