Knitting

A new sock is on my needles this week.

It's a plain vanilla sock,

but I love the yarn.

Mindless knitting is so wonderful!

I started knitting a "fancy" sock with this yarn,

but the pattern didn't show up at all.

Out it came and a plain sock was started.

The colors in this yarn are so random.

The yellow really sparkles.

This yarn is being knitted on size 2 needles.

I cast on 60 stitches

and used the short row heel.

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are knitting.

Happy Friday!

Gravity

For nine months I have been receiving 

Squishy packages in the mail

containing two sets of solid fabrics.

With these packets of solid fabrics I have been making the blocks for

the quilt "Gravity."

As of this week,

all of the bright, colorful blocks are finished!

These are the last two blocks that needed to be made.

The next steps will be to make the gray background...

and there will be a lot of that!


In the meantime,
I am playing with the finished colored blocks.

I placed all of the blocks on my

Design Wall.

It's amazing how many different colors are in this quilt....
over 100 according to the quilt shop website.

They look like jewels shimmering in the light.

Next month the different shades of gray fabric will arrive

in a squishy envelope.

I will be busy cutting diamond gray shapes for the background

and finishing this top.

I'm excited!
:)

Happy quilting!

"Tell Me About It"

The text quilt is finished!

And Named!

(But not labeled yet.)

I just love this quilt...

all of the words and letters and pictures

really move my eye around it.

This orange fabric was found on the half price rack!

 The little surprises found in this quilt are wonderful.

I didn't fussy cut anything.... they just happened.

I couldn't get a photo of the quilt straight on...

I'm too short and had to stand on a stool,

so it looks a bit wonky.

This quilt is about 60" square.

The pattern for this is found here.

Playing with the text fabrics was so much fun;

I'm ready to make something else with them. 

"Tell Me About It"

will be put aside until it tells me where it belongs.

:) 

Happy Quilting!

 

Back Home

These past couple of weeks have had me on the road.

I have done a lot of driving and very little sewing!

I'm back home for a while and I'm looking forward

to getting back into my "Hidey Hole"

and getting some things accomplished.

Before I left last week,

I picked up my

"Text" quilt from my new LAQ

and I love the quilting!

I hope to get the binding sewn on this one this week.

 

Isn't it amazing how many "text" fabrics there are out there?

 

Such fun little surprises.

This past weekend my husband and I were at a wedding in

Highlands, NC.

Let me just say...

It was gorgeous!!

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are working on this week.

Happy Quilting!!

No Sewing...

But I have been able to do some knitting.

I don't have a portable quilting project going

right now, and need to work on this!

Thankfully socks are always portable!!

I wanted to learn how to make cables,

so I got on Youtube and watched a few videos.

These socks are a result of my lessons.

It surprised me at how easy making cables is!

 

I designed these myself!

 

They are ready to keep some feet warm this winter.

Happy Friday!

Finished Wedding Gift

For a few years 

I have been making

Christmas Tree Skirts

for wedding gifts....

when appropriate.

We have a wedding this coming weekend

and the gift is finished.

I have used this pattern for several of the

Tree skirt gifts and love how

easily it goes together and looks.

 

This time I used a layer cake of 

"Holiday Flourish"

by Robert Kaufman.

The fabric just shines and sparkles!

 

All that is needed now is a box, some wrapping paper and a card!

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Happy Quilting!

Ribbon Candy Finish

This weekend was rather quiet,

allowing me time to get some

overdue machine quilting done.

I have several completed tops

that are patiently waiting to be finished.

This quilt was made with

5" squares of white and

Anna Marie Horner fabrics. 

I found the pattern for the

"Pinwheels on Point"

on  the Missouri Star Quilt Company site.

I'm not sure what I will do with this one yet.

It's a good size for a baby quilt,

but may be too wild.

Plus it isn't the typical "baby" color palette.

It may end up on a table at some point.

Never the less, I love it.

It reminds me of Ribbon Candy,

hence, the name.

Please visit Patchwork Times for Design Wall Monday.

Happy Quilting!!

A Little and a Big....

Finish, that is!

The Little Finish is a fun one,

but I am SOOO excited about the

BIG Finish.

First, the little one...

I bought a charm pack to make a baby quilt to be donated.

I love the bright colors and just kept the design simple.

With this quilt it was time to bust out of my

FMQing intimidation and just try something new.

I have been doodling feathers for a while now

and began quilting them in the white areas.

Don't look too closely...

they are far, far from perfect, 

or even good,

but the longest journey starts with the first stitch.

(Or something like that.)

:)

This little quilt will go in the baby quilt box at church.

Now for my BIG finish!

In the middle of May, 2014, 

I decided to make my first sweater.

The pattern I chose to use was probably not the best one

for a beginning sweater knitter,

but I jumped in with both feet.

Well,

except for sewing the buttons in place,

my sweater is FINISHED!!

This is made with the Entrelac pattern,

which isn't the best pattern for a beginner to try.

I love the yarn... Noro Silk Garden Lite in color 2092.

This was definitely a challenge for me,

but I learned so much knitting this sweater.

I will get the buttons and sew those in place, hopefully today.

I'm so excited!

And the best thing.....

IT FITS!!!!!

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to see what others are creating.

Happy Friday!

Box of Warmth

Those who have read my blog for any length of time

know that I love to knit socks.

I have gifted socks to my family and friends

and am still knitting socks.

Last winter I read about a 

Native American reservation in

South Dakota

that is in dire need of warm clothing items,

especially for their children.

The knitting of socks continued and today

I will be mailing a box of warm socks to this reservation.

I freeze in the winter.

This is with a heated home, warm clothes

and living in Virginia.

 

I can't imagine how cold some of the children in

South Dakota must be... every day during the winter.

 

I realized that I need to knit some socks for the boys.

I love the bright colors, but boys' feet get cold, too!

 

Enjoy your day and send warm thoughts to those in South Dakota.

Happy Creating!

Let's Just Say....

Life is a bit

CRAZY

right now!

And I really hate bad head days!

They suck the energy right out of me.

But I'm good now and hope to get some

quilting done this week!

I did manage to get the latest

"Gravity"

blocks sewn together.

I really like the colors of these blocks.

Only one more set of colored blocks and

then the background blocks get made.

Happy quilting!

First October Friday

It's been a rainy, dreary week here....

a good week for working on inside projects.

I've cleaned out some cabinets,

boxed up some books

and

worked in my Hidey Hole!

 

A few months ago I made this top with some

Anna Marie Horner fabrics.

 

 

I love the pinwheels and snowballs made from 5" squares.

This quilt top looks like ribbon candy to me.

When looking for fabric for the borders, 

I could not find what I liked and wanted to use.

The fabrics were too "Blah."

Finally I found this.

The floral piece is an Anna Marie Horner piece and pulls out

all of the colors of the pinwheels.

 

I love the aqua stop border. There is a lot of aqua in the blocks and

it really pulls out the bright color... my favorite!

This is one bright and happy quilt!

I also have a knitting finish!

My black and gold socks are ready for basketball season!

Please visit Patchwork Times and Whoop Whoop Friday to see

what others are creating.

Happy Friday!

September 350 Blocks Project Report

September was a busy month for

Block production here!

At the retreat I attended in the middle of the month

I made all of the blocks for this quilt.

36 Blocks finished here.

I also made five more applique blocks....

.

 

And the last four blocks with the

wool applique as the center.

To finish the month off, I have 48 blocks made for

this Polka Dots and Paisely's top.

This is a total of 93 blocks for September 

and

439 blocks total for 2015.

Onto October!

Happy Quilting!