Design Wall Monday

I'm actually surprised I have

Anything

to show this week.

We are all a little busy, aren't we?

This past week I stepped

WWWWAAAAYYYYY

out of my comfort zone!

And I mean way out!!

I found some 100% cotton

men's shirts,

"deboned" them,

and started making a

Baby Quilt.

This is a pile of "deboned" shirts

waiting to be cut

into squares and then

sewn into HST's.

I thought pinwheels would be something

to calm the craziness.

I just don't know if I like the look.

Sashing will be sewn between the blocks,

so that should help with the craziness, too.

I'll keep working on it and see how things look

after the blocks are sewn together.

Some of them are fine...

We shall see.

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Happy Quilting

and
Merry Christmas!!

Knitting Needles Friday...

This week I finished the last

knitted gift

I wanted to make.

Here is the pair of 

Susie Rogers Reading Mitts

for my youngest daughter.

I LOVE this color combination!

Since I wound the skein into a ball a while ago,

I can't remember what yarn this is.

It's so soft, though!

Then...

as most of us do...

since I was done with one project,

I HAD to begin another....

(Even though I have Two more going already!)

Last night I started a pair of

Reading Mitts for myself!

This yarn is one of the Holiday Specials

from 

Simply Socks Yarn Company.

(Sorry but it sold out that day. :( )

It is Christmassy and soo soft!

This week I did work a little on the socks

I am currently making.

Just a little...

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others are knitting!

Merry Christmas!

It's beginning to look a lot....

.... like Christmas!

The decorating is done...

The shopping is almost done...

(one small thing yet to get!)

The cards are here

and the letter is written...

The wrapping hasn't begun...

 And I'm not sure if baking will be done this year...

BUT...

It's Christmas!!

Ornaments my daughter and I made are

wrapped and ready to be given...

For several years I bought a hand made Santa

from this woman at a local craft show.

She made them out of old quilts or blankets

 and vintage buttons, etc.

I love my Santas. 

Sadly, she isn't in this show anymore.

This year I found this metal tree for some of my

vintage ornaments!

I made our stockings last year...

so much fun!

Lots of handmade ornaments on our tree

with the yoyo garland I made last year!

 

 

Years ago I cross-stitched the Santas on my foyer table...

along with quilting the cathedral window table runner.

This Santa and snowman came from another craft show.

These are a few of my favorite things!

Merry Christmas!!

Design Wall Monday

Not much has gone on around

the sewing machine this week,

BUT

I did get a little sewing done.

The "Just Takes 2" blocks

are sewn together...

at least the first section.

I'm pretty sure this is where I am stopping.

This is not where I want to be

spending my sewing time, SO.....

What to do for borders?

Maybe a deep red?

Or black?

I'll have to play around with some fabrics.

Also...

I started sewing the rest of the blocks for

the courthouse steps quilt for 

my sister.

 

They will be added to these

completed blocks.

Hopefully these will be turned into a 

completed top by the end of the week.

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Happy Quilting!

Knitting Needles Friday

Woohoo!!

I am on the home stretch!!

I have one more

Fingerless Mitt to make

and

I

am

DONE!!

This week I blocked the two

Shawls I made for gifts.

I have never blocked anything before now.

Hopefully I wasn't too far off in how I did it.

This shawl is "Wingspan."

 

I really like this "3S Shawl" and might have to

make it again.

And here is the completed

"Susie Rogers' Fingerless Mitt."

Onto the second one!

(Looking at these photos, you'd think the yarn of the
3S shawl and the fingerless mitt is the same yarn.
It isn't!  I really like this color combination!!)

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Happy Knitting

and

Merry Christmas!!

The Angels have Wings!!

And Halos....

And a Hanger....

The Ornaments are Finished!

Yippee!!!!

They aren't completely dressed here.

They need their bows around their necks!

All done and

 Ready to be attached to gifts.

I had planned on making more of these

and have the

Dresden plate pieces cut and sewn.

The problem is...

I don't have anymore painted faces!

(I bought these at the quilt shop in Lancaster....

The Pattern designer also sells them.)

Maybe I could paint faces???

Angels we have heard on high....

:)

A Finish!!

... it's a small one....

BUT

My mini's are done!

These have been on my list for

Two months now!

December Get It Done List...

Check one off!

Yea!!

I might keep this one...

And this one, too.  

:)

At least for a while..

  The little one is 9 x 12....

The others are 19 x 21....

Happy Quilting!

Design Wall Monday

It's beginning to look a bit

Like Christmas....

at least in my sewing room!

I FINALLY

started working on my

annual ornaments.

This year I am making

Angels

with Dresden Plate skirts.

I found this pattern on my

trip to Lancaster in the summer.

This pile of pieces...

Is slowly being turned...

Into angels!

I cheated and bought the heads already painted,

since I am NOT a painter!

All that is left is the halo and the wings!

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Happy Quilting

and

Merry Christmas!

Knitting Needles Friday

This week I had several appointments,

so....

knitting time!

I finished making the

Susie Rogers' Fingerless Mitts

for my oldest daugther.

These will go in her stocking.

:)

My youngest daughter loved the pair I gave her for

her Birthday

and asked if I would make her another pair.

Her office is so cold....

she will wear these at work.

:)

THEN...

I realized this morning that

I haven't blocked these shawls yet!!!

And they are Christmas gifts!!

Guess what I will be doing this weekend?!?

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Happy Friday!

Getting it Done December...

Well...

November was a bust for me.

I did not mark off

One

Thing

On

My

List!

I'll just move that list to December,

but will change the first item.

I've decided to send my

Blind Man's Fancy

to a long-arm quilter.

It's too big for me to do on my own.

So, here is my December list:

1. Finish the Courthouse Steps for my sister.

(I need to finish the blocks and then sew
the top together.)

2. Quilt and Bind the 3 mini quilts.

Two are quilted and have the binding machine stitched in place;

the third needs to be quilted. I ripped out what I had done. :(

3. Make the angel ornaments.

I need to get going on these TODAY!!

4. I cut the pieces for Missouri Crossing.

Now I need to sew them together.

Hopefully my December list will have some checks at the end of the month!

Happy Quilting!

How many days until Christmas??

....and I am so far behind!

I have knitted gifts ready to wrap...

Quilted gifts ready to wrap...

And I just finished these basic placemats...

(Great project for practicing my FMQ!  I have a LLLOOONNNG

way to go!)

But I have not started making my ornaments...

OR

Decorated a thing....
OR 

Written out a card....

OR 

Done my shopping for purchased gifts....

Instead...

I am working on this:

I'm sewing the first section of last year's

Just Take 2.

Wouldn't we ALL rather be creating??

*sigh*

It somehow manages to get done,

doesn't it?

 

Happy Quilting!

Design Wall Monday...

Last year I decided to participate in the

"Just Take 2" block of the month.

I did really well for the first three months...

Kept up with the blocks...

Even made the ones I didn't like....

and suffered through all of the paper piecing.

(I'm not a fan....)

THEN...

the wheels fell off.

Too many blocks I wasn't wild about...

I dropped farther and farther behind...

and then gave up.

Well...

I have all of these blocks finished

AND

I need to do SOMETHING with them!

First I put them all on my NEW design wall.

:)

Then I found the directions for assembly of the

first three months blocks and decided to

put this section together.

Here is what I have:

I think I will at least sew these together

and see if I feel motivated to do any more.

I have about half of the second quarters

blocks completed.

After seeing these blocks together,

I realize that this is not my style

of quilting at all.

Live and learn!

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Happy Quilting!