The Uh-Oh! Moment

Ever have an *Uh-Oh* moment?

I did yesterday when I realized that I will be gone all next week and I have projects with deadlines!

UH-OH!

Pedal to the medal and I worked on one bag of fabric from the Operation Snuggles co-ordinator, Barb.  I orginally received two bags at Lake Country Quilt Guild in May.  Since Lake Country breaks for the summer~we were told to make our quilts and donate them wherever we wished.  Cool.  At the June meeting of the Oconomowoc Quilt Guild~they announced they will be collecting Operation Snuggles quilts in July!  WAIT! WHAT!  uh-oh.

Bag number 1 contained various novelty fabrics.  Cool.  Right up my alley. 
Bag number 2 contained all sorts of blues. Cool.  I stole some blue from Bag 2 and added it to the contents of Bag 1 then fussy cut the novelties, added a few novelties of my own and some framing strips...

TA-DA!  The Bag One quilt flimsy.

Stay tuned and see where I end up with Bag 2...to be continued...

Friday Finish June 29, 2012

I finished sewing the borders! Now it's a flimsy and moved into the *to be quilted pile once a back is made* pile.  :)

Block directions are from Alycia found here.  I don't think this block/quilt design has a name yet.

I'm linking up with Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict today.

Whoop! Whoop!

New On The Design Space

When I saw these blocks on Alycia's post~I knew that I wanted to try them.  :) 

I was all set to figure out how Alycia made the blocks when she emailed me and said~WAIT! I'm going to post the directions~ her block directions are found here. Cool and many thanks Alycia!  Many of you know Alycia through her endless love and work for Quilts of Valor in her home state of Colorado.

So, I dug back into my pile of red, white, beige and blue looking for 2.5 inch strips.  I used 12 each of the red, beige/white and blue strips.  This gave me 24 blocks.  At the end, I needed one additional blue block.  I made my blocks two at a time plus the one loner at the end.  :)  I decided to keep the red/blue as the inner/outer and place the beige/white in the center.   You know me~trying to make order out of the scrappiness of my sewing!

I made some blocks.

Then I made some more.

Before I knew it~the center of the quilt was complete!  I'm thinking about adding a black inner border. But for now, I'm thinking about it.  :)

Thanks Alycia for the directions for this block!

WIP Wednesday

WooHoo! 

I sewed my rwb modified rail to a flimsy!  Now the design wall is empty~just waiting for another flimsy project.

I.AM.EXCITED.   :)


pattern source:  I had seen something similiar with the white forming the steps down the  quilt but as I was searching for THAT picture~I realilzed that this quilt top looks a lot like the Planet Patchwork New Years Mystery.
Here are a few from quilters who participated: here, here and here. The last one you will need to scroll down to find it!





Funny side note: I have a stack of red and blue 4 patch leaders and enders that this Planet Patchwork quilt layout would work with....stay tuned...

Stash Update Week #26

Just for the records....

fabric added this week:  +2 yards
fabric added this year:  +125 yards

fabric used this week:  -8 yards
fabric used this year:  -141 yards

net fabric for the year:  -16 yards ~used~

What I accomplished last week:

bound Cher's Challenge quilt

Goals for next week:

sew rwb Modified rail to flimsy

A Mini-Stay-At-Home Vacation

I've had myself a little mini-stay-at-home vacation!  With DH and DS both working and DD away~I've been cruising the web and watching tv.  No sewing and just a little card making!  DD left last Saturday June 23rd.  She is with our church (Crosspoint Community) youth group on a Mission trip to York, Pennsylvania.  The trip is through Week of Hope.  I can hardly wait for her return on Saturday, June 30th to hear all about her adventures!

The next week~DH, DD and I will leave for our summer Michigan trip to visit his family.  :)  A *for reals* vacation...being away from home and everything!

In the mean time, I better sew a little as my design wall has been stagnant for three weeks! eh gads!

photo from Google Image search found here.

Summer 2012 *To Sew* List

Time to write down my Summer 2012 *To Sew* Wish List

Personal

1. bed quilt
2. place mats: July, August

UFO's

1. quilt expo kit 2011
2. quilt #1
3. blue ridge beauty
4. quilt #3
5. virginia bound
6. quilt #5
7. blue wicked easy
8. quilt #7

Donations

1. quilt for Margaret's Hope Chest~need quilts for Prison Ministry July 2012
2. start on 12 in 12 Quilts of Valor~just a little behind here.  :)

I have a new goal!  Instead of making re-usable grocery bags I have decided to collect the plastic bags from the grocery store. When we help to distribute the bobbleheads at the Milwaukee Admirals games, fellow fans appreciate bags to put their multiple bobbles in. So in a sense, I am recycling!  Usually there are about 5000 bobbles to give away.  WOW! That's a lot of Piggly Wiggly grocery bags!  :)  Here is my group of bobbles from last season...

HaPpY SuMmEr SoLtIcE!

Happy Summer Solstice!

google photo credit here











Time to review my Spring 2012 *To Sew* List

Personal

1. bed quilt...me! Thinking about this one!
2. Mr. Hezzie Done!
3. Hockey Paul Done!
4. Fishie Done!
5. grocery bags not done
6. Cher's Challenge Done!
7. Admirals'  garden flag Done! 
8. Placemats: Jan, Feb, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept. May/June combo Done!

Add on's:

    9. Sputnik Baby Done!
   10. Keagan Baptism Done!
   11. Brewer's garden flag Done!

UFO's

1. cub pals' Done!
2. red work Done!
3. quilt expo kit 2011
4. quilt #3
5. blue ridge beauty
6. quilt #5
7. virginia bound
8. quilt #7
9. blue wicked easy
10. quilt #9

All in all, a pretty good run at it!  Knocked off a few UFO's and completed quite a few on my sewing wish list for Spring 2012!

WIP Wednesday

I finished my Cher's Challenge quilt.  woohoo!

I quilted it with the Bubbles panto from Lorien Quilting.  My bubbles are a bit more organic aka wobbly than the pattern...

Here is the link to Lorien Quilting but I found it on sale at Sew Thankful.  :)

What's on the Design Wall

Not much has changed except that I have finished all the modified rail blocks. 

Next up: sew into a flimsy!