I'm still plugging along on my Rocky Road to Kansas blocks. Here is where I am at this point. I know it looks like that blue really pops out but I think it is just the camera flash. It doesn't look that bright just looking at it. This is all of those blue scraps that I have and this is only half of the blocks so it will be spread out more evenly in the whole quilt.
I'm loving this quilt so far. As I mentioned I am now halfway through with 15 blocks. I am shooting for 30 so that I can do a 5x6 setting. I need to see what kind of yardage that I have for the border.
Not sure how much sewing that I will get done on it today. I have to get that quilt finished that I have on the frame. :(
We've had a very busy weekend, I'll catch you up on that maybe tomorrow. Right now I need to clean the house up real quick before I head up to the sweat shop and finish the machine quilting.
I'll leave you with a photo of Donkey. He found a nice small box up in my sewing room and decided to cuddle up in it.
To see what others are working on, check out Judy's blog.
Kristie
I've been sewing away on my little baby girl, (1933 Featherweight). She is doing a wonderful job. I've had her for a while and only messed around with her just sewing this and that, but so far I have pieced all of these Rocky Road to Kansas blocks on her and she is doing a wonderful job.
Here are my blocks as of this morning. I have almost another row pieced and they should be finished this evening. After I finish the blocks for the 3rd row, I will be halfway through the quilt as I am planning on 6 rows. So far I am really pleased with it.
My mom was here yesterday and we were up in my sewing room and I was showing her what I had been working on. She asked me if I still had a kit that she bought a few years ago. My mom quilted and sewed my clothing when I was a kid but the past several years she has got away from it. I dug out the kit and she said she might cut it out and piece it on her next trip in. As I've mentioned before she works 28 days on and 28 days off. Knowing that mom has arthritis in her hands, I told her that I would cut it out for her. I started cutting late last night but didn't get that far. I'm really excited about the possibility of my mom quilting again.
Other than working on my Rocky Road to Kansas blocks I have also been working on my friend's quilt that I have loaded on the frame. I have just been working on it a few minutes at a time and I'm about 3/4 of the way through it. I hope to get it off the frame today and get the binding cut ready to sew on. I know it is not my quilt but I really wish that she had let me quilt the leaves on it and not the flowers, but oh well.
As I mentioned the other day, Hunter loves playing around on the treadle. He is really good and has NOT broke the thread once! So I walked by the treadle last night and noticed his big piece of fabric that he had been sewing on. Look at it! He just keeps sewing back and forth. LOL! If he keeps this up, I'm going to give him one of my UFO's. LOL!
Last but not least, I received 5 more pillowcases from my good friend, Deb. Thanks so much Deb!
If anyone else plans on donating pillowcases to "For Jamie's Sake" please let me know so that I can get a tally and know how many more that I need to make to get our 100 pillowcases. Thanks so much to everyone that has donated. Don't forget that the deadline is October 31st.
Kristie
Here is what I have on my design wall (floor) I started a new quilt the other day called, Rocky Road to Kansas. So far I am really loving it. I have 3 more blocks that are almost finished. I am shooting for a total of 30 blocks so that I can do a 5x6 setting and add a border on it.
I should have had more blocks done but this kept me busy over the weekend! It is my first treadle. A singer 1906, model 27 treadle. I made a little trade with a good friend of mine, she gave me the treadle and I am quilting a quilt for her. I posted all about it in my post yesterday.
Oh and I did manage to get one more pillowcase finished.
To see what others are working on, check out Judy's blog.
Kristie
