My weekend sewing of patriotic strips and strings.
Pattern inspiration: Mary's Amish Stripes and Strings, found here.
Monday, August 15, 2011
Design Wall Monday
My weekend sewing of patriotic strips and strings.
Pattern inspiration: Mary's Amish Stripes and Strings, found here.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Stash Update Week #33
What a FAB-ulous week! I spent part of Saturday at LindaJ's virtual birthday party and then I was able to sew for a bit. What else was FAB-uluos?! I added no new fabric and had a finish!
Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added this year: +175 yards
Fabric used this week: -6 yards
Fabric used this year: -176 yards
net fabric for the year: -1 yards~woohoo! used more than in!!!!!
What I accomplished this week:
finished MY CAT button up for Linda
finished a water bottle cover for Linda (also made two more~not pictured)
Goals for next week:
work on QOV blocks
two binder covers for DD
I did get de-railed by an unannounced visit from some cousins. They have visited just about every year that I have lived in Wisconsin. Greg actually lives about 15 minutes from Bell Creek Quilts and his brother, Matt visits from the greater Flint, Michigan area. They pop in for about 2 hours prior to their annual visit to the Wisconsin State Fair. So I was kinda expecting them, sorta~if you know what I mean. Matt has been after me to make him a tshirt quilt~all Harley and all 4X~and I have been saying, NO! He wants them shirt to shirt without any sashing~seems like they would just be too stretchy and uncontrollable to me! Also, one he received from his father right before he passed away...which must be about 20 years ago...so that one is IRREPLACEABLE if I make a mistake. I am really super hesitant to make this quilt. He really just dumped the tshirts and literally RAN! There is a mysterious *Cousin Connie* from the other side of the family and I was sure she would just LOVE to make the tshirt quilt! In any event, after the cousins left: my FIL called and asked to meet us for supper. The have been at a motor home rally about an hour from us so we each drove 30 minutes to Lake Mills and had a nice supper at a restaurant called Blue Moon. So my sewing day was cut short but I did get to enjoy company from both sides of the family.
Fabric added this week: 0 yards
Fabric added this year: +175 yards
Fabric used this week: -6 yards
Fabric used this year: -176 yards
net fabric for the year: -1 yards~woohoo! used more than in!!!!!
What I accomplished this week:
finished MY CAT button up for Linda
finished a water bottle cover for Linda (also made two more~not pictured)
Goals for next week:
work on QOV blocks
two binder covers for DD
I did get de-railed by an unannounced visit from some cousins. They have visited just about every year that I have lived in Wisconsin. Greg actually lives about 15 minutes from Bell Creek Quilts and his brother, Matt visits from the greater Flint, Michigan area. They pop in for about 2 hours prior to their annual visit to the Wisconsin State Fair. So I was kinda expecting them, sorta~if you know what I mean. Matt has been after me to make him a tshirt quilt~all Harley and all 4X~and I have been saying, NO! He wants them shirt to shirt without any sashing~seems like they would just be too stretchy and uncontrollable to me! Also, one he received from his father right before he passed away...which must be about 20 years ago...so that one is IRREPLACEABLE if I make a mistake. I am really super hesitant to make this quilt. He really just dumped the tshirts and literally RAN! There is a mysterious *Cousin Connie* from the other side of the family and I was sure she would just LOVE to make the tshirt quilt! In any event, after the cousins left: my FIL called and asked to meet us for supper. The have been at a motor home rally about an hour from us so we each drove 30 minutes to Lake Mills and had a nice supper at a restaurant called Blue Moon. So my sewing day was cut short but I did get to enjoy company from both sides of the family.
Saturday, August 13, 2011
The Birthday Gifts
Today is LindaJ's FAB Birthday party!
Here is what I made:
Linda had suggested three different Button Up patterns from Joined at the Hip. I decided to make the *MY CAT* and tried to piece the kitty like her furbaby, Skylar. Hopes it looks like him. :)
Next: Linda just loves the 30's prints so I made her a water bottle cover from some of the prints! Isn't it a happy cover?
I also included a little baggie with the leftover blue prints. Linda will definatley use the blue 30's before I will! Maybe in her bow tie blocks she makes! :) She had asked that I leave the top of the binding unsewn so that she could place the loops to match her Button Up base quilt. I didn't make the loops, just in case Linda has a prefered method of construction! How mean is that?! Linda will need to finish her own gift~ another UFO! :)
*MY CAT* pattern source, here.
water bottle cover from GROOVY GIRLS by Terry Atkinson. Website and blog.
Here is what I made:
Linda had suggested three different Button Up patterns from Joined at the Hip. I decided to make the *MY CAT* and tried to piece the kitty like her furbaby, Skylar. Hopes it looks like him. :)
Next: Linda just loves the 30's prints so I made her a water bottle cover from some of the prints! Isn't it a happy cover?
I also included a little baggie with the leftover blue prints. Linda will definatley use the blue 30's before I will! Maybe in her bow tie blocks she makes! :) She had asked that I leave the top of the binding unsewn so that she could place the loops to match her Button Up base quilt. I didn't make the loops, just in case Linda has a prefered method of construction! How mean is that?! Linda will need to finish her own gift~ another UFO! :)
*MY CAT* pattern source, here.
water bottle cover from GROOVY GIRLS by Terry Atkinson. Website and blog.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Sewing Preparations
The FAB's are getting together to celebrate LindaJ's birthday and sew this Saturday. Linda's sewing project is The Skinny Strips quilt, found here. I tried this pattern a few weeks ago and I totally was NOT grooving to it! Sew much sew, that I took the project and hack it up and turned it into another totally different quilt :)
Linda, being the sweetie that she is!, exempted me from this project and let me select another! I am going to make my version of Mary's Amish Strings. Except that I am going to use beige as my base and sew blues, reds, golds and beiges to my squares. I am starting at 10 inches then will cut down to 9.5 inches so the final block size is 9 inches. A 6 x 8 set should be approximately 54 x 72~a good throw size for Quilt of Valor!
Here are about 32 foundations cut. The beige I was going to use~I used somewhere else~sound familiar?
Instead of running to the store~I shopped the stash to *see* what was available.
Linda, being the sweetie that she is!, exempted me from this project and let me select another! I am going to make my version of Mary's Amish Strings. Except that I am going to use beige as my base and sew blues, reds, golds and beiges to my squares. I am starting at 10 inches then will cut down to 9.5 inches so the final block size is 9 inches. A 6 x 8 set should be approximately 54 x 72~a good throw size for Quilt of Valor!
Here are about 32 foundations cut. The beige I was going to use~I used somewhere else~sound familiar?
Instead of running to the store~I shopped the stash to *see* what was available.
Of course, I made a few blocks to *see* if it looks okay.
Too soon to play with the layout?!
I promise this is all that I made.
Today we are at the Wisconsin State Fair and Friday~well, there is a ton of shopping to do~groceries and Walmart to name a few~plus a visit to my in-laws at their motorhome camping site in Madison~sew I don't think there will be very much sewing happening today or Friday!
I will be sew ready for Saturday! :)
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Happy Birthday, Linda!
Today is LindaJ's Birthday!
Your gift in in the mail! :)
The FAB's are celebrating on Saturday with a cyber birthday party and sewing day! Woo-hoo! Stayed tuned~on Saturday I will show what Linda received from me!
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Stash Update Week #32
More out than in! Hurray!
Fabric added this week: +1 yard (for a birthday gift :))
Fabric added this year: +175 yards
Fabric used this week: -9.5 yards
Fabric used this year: -170 yards
Net fabric for the year: +5 yards
What I accomplished this week:
1. quilted and bound 4Patch Posie
2. pieced the super secret birthday gift
Goals for next week:
1. finish the super secret birthday gift
Fabric added this week: +1 yard (for a birthday gift :))
Fabric added this year: +175 yards
Fabric used this week: -9.5 yards
Fabric used this year: -170 yards
Net fabric for the year: +5 yards
What I accomplished this week:
1. quilted and bound 4Patch Posie
2. pieced the super secret birthday gift
Goals for next week:
1. finish the super secret birthday gift
Friday, August 5, 2011
This Week's Finish
Yay! I finished sewing back the binding on my 4 Patch Posie!
Here is it's *glamour* shot! pattern by: HD Designs. This one will be going to Margaret's Hope Chest. Carin and Carol still need over 100 quilts for their Fall Prison Ministry. I'm hoping to get a few more quilts made for them. This one is a little big~they accept quilts of all sizes but ask that you *try* to make the quilts 45 x 60.
I quilted it with Contempo from Lorien Quilting. I thought the straight lines would be a good compliment to the *swirls of the posies*.
Here is it's *glamour* shot! pattern by: HD Designs. This one will be going to Margaret's Hope Chest. Carin and Carol still need over 100 quilts for their Fall Prison Ministry. I'm hoping to get a few more quilts made for them. This one is a little big~they accept quilts of all sizes but ask that you *try* to make the quilts 45 x 60.
I quilted it with Contempo from Lorien Quilting. I thought the straight lines would be a good compliment to the *swirls of the posies*. Wednesday, August 3, 2011
WIP Wednesday
Working on sewing the binding back on my 4 Patch Posie~straight set.pattern: 4 Patch Stacked Posie by HDDesigns
Monday, August 1, 2011
Design Wall Monday
I made a few more *posies*.Maybe a diagonal set for something different?!
pattern: 4 Patch Stacked Posey by HDDesigns
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