I'm happy to say that I am zero-ing in on my Christmas quilt goal. The next two quilts have a Santa fishing panel. Because, what fisherman doesn't want a Fishing Santa Quilt?! LOL
Here is the panel and the fabric draws.
Today is the third Saturday of December of finishes!
Time for my NorthWinds quilt!
Today is the day!
Grab your favorite drink and see if you can spot the differences...
Santa Motorcycle A:
It seems like I have quite a few irons in the fire today...
The first one: binding on the 4th Santa Motorcycle quilt and I lost at bobbin chicken. Bummer...I'm going to make a long post about all 4 quilts together on Friday! Stay tuned!
As promised, here are the Christmas spool blocks that I won in the MelonHeads Christmas lottery! They are all so pretty and beautiful. I'm thinking about making two more for an even 24 blocks. I'm not sure 'where' our party leader sourced the pattern so I am including a picture of the directions, too.
pattern:
I'm still working away on the Santa Motorcycle quilts...
Sharing with Judy at Design Wall Monday.
Today is the second Saturday of December of the month of finishes! Both of the blocks were a fun make throughout the year. The huts are another way to use the crumb blocks that I like to make!
My Little Pink houses...pattern by Debby Brown
I finished piecing the next Santa Motorcycle top. My plaid matching is improving. LOL
pattern: Quilting Assistant's Mock Trip Around the World
I started the next Santa Motorcycle top. There must have been a big breeze because, ooops...quite a few of the blocks fell off the design wall. I hate it when that happens! I do believe I am past due to replace the flannel backed tablecloths that make up part of the design wall.
This was at our spot at the MelonHeads Christmas party. It was a fun party with a few games, delicious food and sweet company. I did win the Christmas spool blocks...picture to come after I get the current Santa Motorcycle off the design wall. I also won a table runner but opted out of the table runner. I don't really have a place for it and I thought it would give someone else a chance to win.
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I also took the time to go to another quilt shop to see about speakers. It was a really fun shop called Rockin' Bobbin. It is really small and just two employees that don't present any lectures and didn't know anyone who does. She did refer me to another quilt shop a little farther away to investigate. My search for speaker continues...
Time for me to get into the sewing room and sew, sew, sew!
Sharing with Susan at MidWeek Makers.
Another day, another set for the Santa Motorcycle pillow panel.
In a weak moment, I agreed to look into obtaining an in-person speaker for my day guild. My first stop was the Hartland Quilt Shop to see if the owner traveled for programs or had any leads. The owner doesn't travel for programs and the worker had no leads. :(
On the bright side, I did find some fishing theme fabric for a few Christmas quilts. :)
Today is the first Saturday of December of the month of finishes!
I finished one Happy Blocks quilt for donation.
I finished the first Motorcycle Santa to a flimsy this afternoon. I'm on the fence about the plaid in the top border...I really don't want to rip and replace...but...
pattern: Quilting Assistant Mock Trip Around the World
Well, there was a squirrel project that got a hold of me in the sewing room today. Our quilt cabinet was moved into the master bedroom to make way for the Christmas tree. I just felt like I needed to make a matching Christmas runner. I dug deep into the Christmas section of the stash and found quite a few of the same prints from my Christmas bed quilt. The only thing is that they were cut into 2.5 inches and the bed quilt is made up of 3.5 inch strips. See the full queen quilt here on my design wall.
Here is the new runner (at a funny angle...I am short).
Here are a few of the strips in the bed quilt.
Here is the current picture on my bed.
Runner pattern was strip pieced as quilt as you go.
