On the longarm...

 I got some quilting done yesterday after church.  I loaded this customer quilt on the frame. 

 This wonderful lady brought me 6 king size tops to quilt for her.  I've quilted for her before and she does a wonderful job piecing so it makes my job much easier.  

 I am quilting it with the "loopy hearts" panto.  It's a fun design to quilt. 

 I also got the binding sewn on the jean quilt this weekend.  I did that while we watched a movie.  I'm glad it is finished. 

 I will be taking the customer quilt off the longarm this morning so I will get a better pic of it.  Not sure how much sewing that I will get done today as I have a lot of stuff to get done.  

If you have read my blog for any length of time you know that I love and collect Jim Shore.  My mom bought this Jim Shore Angel for me from one of our local thrift store auctions.  I love it!!!  

 Look at the back of it!!!!  Oh my!  I would love to make a quilt like that.  Maybe I will put it on my list to make someday...

 Hunter finally went back to school today.  :(  I know he needs to go back but I love having my boys home with me.  He's been off school because of all of the snow.  If I counted correctly he has been to school 2 days since before Christmas.  It's either been too cold or we've had snow.  It's been crazy!!!

I guess that's all for this morning...I have a lot to do today!

Another one finished...

 Another one quilted!!!  3 down and 34 more to go!!!  I loaded and quilted this one yesterday afternoon!  This is the Churn Dash that I finished up a few days ago.  It is not a huge quilt but still a nice size measuring 70x82.  

 I did a dense stipple on it.  I'll be honest, I'm so tired of stippling!  Nothing at all wrong with it, I'm just tired of doing it.  LOL!  I did it on this one because I just wanted it done and stippling is easy.  LOL!

 I really need to work on bindings this weekend.  I have 3 now that needs to be finished.  

I have a king size customer quilt coming up that I need to get quilted so I guess that will be next.  I'm waiting for thread then I will get it done.  I will probably load it on this evening so it will be ready to go when the thread gets here.  I love doing this lady's quilts as she does such a wonderful job piecing them and that makes my job so much easier.  I actually have 6 of hers here waiting to be quilted. 

I Absolutely LOVE Scraps!!!!

 I love scraps!  I enjoy working with scraps more than a controlled set of fabrics.  I'm always afraid that I am going to mess up and not have enough of what I need.  I don't think I could ever get enough scraps!  For the couple of you that have sent me scraps, please know that I enjoy them more than anything.  I get so excited when digging through them. 

 I did get a little bit of sewing done yesterday.  Not a whole lot but a little.  :)  First, I straightened up my sewing room and then I hated to get a bunch of stuff out and make a mess so I just worked on what I had nearby. 

 I actually got 3 of these pieced.  I had a couple of them on my design wall for a long time.  These are made with 2" squares.  If you notice most of my quilts are made with scraps!  I just love them!

I now have 5 of these 12" blocks.  To make a quilt that is 96x96, I will need 64 of them.  It is very doable, it will just take me a little while.  I have a basket of 2" squares sitting beside my machine so they are easy to grab.  

 I also pieced a few of these Windmills.  These are fast and fun!  It takes longer to cut them out than it does to sew them together.  LOL!  Again....more scraps!  I just love them!

 After pressing, I counted and added them to my pile.  I now have exactly 300 of them!!!!  I need 528 to make the size quilt that I want.  Sooo...that's 228 more to go!  I do think that this will be my constant leader and ender project until it is finished.  I will need to cut more of them soon.  These also stay in a little basket beside my machine. 

 Most of my quilts are made from scraps and I just love them.  I began sewing with my mom's scraps and just fell in love with them.  Then when I started buying my own fabrics I would buy something like a 1/4 yard to give me more of a selection because at the time I was a single mother and didn't have a lot of extra money to spend.  

Anyway....enough about scraps, I guess.  I still haven't left the house and Hunter has been out of school all week.  Richard is the only one that is getting in and out of this holler.  I'm just not brave enough to drive off the hill.  Richard is off work this weekend so he is taking me to the grocery store this morning and running errands with me.  :)  I'm sure he is going to love that but he doesn't want me driving either.  It is supposed to warm up this weekend so I'm hoping all of this will melt.