While the game is on....

I have a confession...

I LOVE College Basketball!

I Love to watch it on tv and in person.

 

You are probably wondering what this has to do with

Quilting??

Well...

When my team is playing an away game,

I cannot watch the game on tv.

I Have to be doing something

while I listen to the game

on the computer.

So last night there was an away game

and This is what I worked on while listening.

I made the borders for my little applique quilt.

 

Next comes the quilting!

Then...

I worked on some of

These sections for my

Missouri Crossing Quilt.

Here are all of the little piles,

waiting to be sewn together.

It was a productive evening

AND

My team won!!

Happy Quilting!!

(And Go Rams!!)

A Finish and Two WIP's...

This week did not find me in my

"Hidey Hole"

much at all,

but I do have a 

Finish!

These are the blocks being made for 

Judy's Scrappy Challenge.

I decided I had made enough,

so put them together....

added a simple border....

and

Ta-Da...

A completed top!

This top was so much fun to make.

And so bright and cheery!

Next...

I have been able to add more to my

Applique project.

This is a tiny little quilt...

this section being

only 12 1/2" Square.

I need to applique the flower's centers

and four other circles to the piece.

Then the borders will be added.

And Finally....

My Missouri Crossing quilt

looks the same as last week,

BUT....

I did manage to get some trimming

done. These are ready to be 

sewn into the blocks.

Lots of trimming!

My goal is to have these blocks

COMPLETED

this week!

We shall see, but they are calling for

SNOW tomorrow.

Please don't let us lose our power!

:)

Happy Quilting!

Visit Judy's Patchwork Times for some wonderful inspiration.

Knitting Needles Friday...

Not much knitting was

done this week.

Thankfully this pattern

moves along quickly,

so it LOOKS like

I accomplished a lot!

:)

Once again,

I am showing

a pair of

Susie Rogers' Reading Mitts.

(I should have this link memorized by now!)

This yarn was given to me and is sock yarn

from an alpaca farm.

There are a lot of imperfections in the yarn...

a lot of nubs and

"big fat bumps"

for lack of a better term.

  

While it is fine for these mitts,

I think socks would have been

uncomfortable to wear with these imperfections.

The mitts will be warm, though!

Visit Patchwork Times to see what

others are knitting.

Have a GREAT Friday!!

I've had the itch....

... to do some

Applique lately.  

It's been a while since

I have done any hand work!

So...

I pulled out the fabric and pattern

for this little piece.

It's a Kim Diehl pattern,

found in the December 2013

issue of American Patchwork and Quilting.

 I prepped the pieces and

started to stitch.

This is a small little quilt, so won't take

long to complete.

This section is 12 1/2" x 12 1/2".

Applique is so much fun in my book!

Happy Quilting!

Design Wall Monday

This week finds more

Scrappy Challenge Blocks

on my Design Wall

and I

LOVE them!

They are SO much fun to make!!

Again, I'm more of a

"Controlled" scrappy quilter,

but this is getting the scraps used!

Aren't these blocks so bright and cheery??!!!

I'm thinking of using this simple border

for the quilt.  It doesn't need much!

And....

I am slowly making these:

Missouri Crossing blocks...

I really like these, too.

This was a kit from one of my LQS's.

Love the colors.

Visit Patchwork Times for some

quilting eye candy!

Happy Quilting!

Remember these??

I have three quilt tops

that have been waiting to be

quilted and bound.

The woman who has done my

Long Arm quilting for years

has had to stop due to a

family illness.

It has taken me a while

to get the courage up

to use someone else.

I'm finally ready.

I really want these quilts finished!

Courthouse Steps for my sister.

I don't know why, but I think of

Barn Doors when I look at this quilt.

 

And the Blind Man's Fancy...

Quite possibly my most favorite of 

the quilts I've made.

The backing fabric has been

cut, sewn and ironed

and is ready to be delivered

to a new Long Arm Quilter.

I'm excited!

Happy Quilting!

Knitting Needles Friday

I have my first finish of 

2014

to share today!

The 

Boneyard Shawl

is finished!

(Except for blocking it.)

These pictures are closest to the actual color of the shawl.

This was fun to knit...

and mindless, too!

Plus it kept me warm while I was

working on it.

Socks and mittens don't quite do that.

:)

On my needles I have
ANOTHER
pair of
Susie Rogers Fingerless Mitts.

My SIL sent me this yarn she bought at
an Alpaca farm.
It is sock yarn, but I think it's too nubby
for socks.  It will make nice
Fingerless mitts though!

Visit Patchwork Times to see what others are knitting.

Happy Knitting!

Slow piecing....

I have had

"Piecing Missouri Crossing"

on my

"Get It Done" list

for the last three months!

This week I finally began sewing the blocks together.

This one is going to take a while!

It's good for me to take some time on

a quilt and enjoy the process.

LOTS of HST's sewn and

waiting to be trimmed.

The rest of the pieces waiting for their turn to play.

I had to sew a few blocks together to see how

they will look.

I've been looking forward to working on this quilt

for a while and am excited to see it come together.

Hopefully it will be finished soon and put away for

Christmas!

Happy Quilting!

:)

Design Wall Monday....

...AND

 the First Finish

for 2014!!

Judy at Patchwork Times is hosting a

scrappy quilt challenge each month

and I am joining in on the fun.

Each month she will give us a different block

to make from scraps.

(Go to the link above for more details.)

Well....

I THOUGHT I could do scrappy...

and quickly realized....

I am a CONTROLLED scrappy quilter!

Pulling pieces out of a bag and sewing

is not for me!

I just cannot do it.

BUT...

I am using my scraps in these blocks.

I have LOTS of batik scraps!

Aren't the colors so happy and fun?

THEN...

A Finish for 2014!!

Last night I finished hand sewing the binding to this quilt.

(While watching Downton Abbey!!)

The Baby Quilt is completed.

To think that I almost stopped making this

after the pinwheels were sewn together.

I am so pleased with how it turned out!

The backing is all recycled men's shirts, too.

The only part that is not made from the recycled shirts 

is the binding,

but I found the perfect match to the sashing!

Do you name all of your quilts?

I have such a difficult time coming up with names

so I tend not to do it.

I do need to add the label to this little one, though.

Visit Judy at Patchwork Times to see what others are working on this week.

Happy Quilting!

:)

Knitting Needles Friday

Here we are....

knitting in 2014!

I finished all of my Christmas knitting

and have gifted all of it .

Hopefully there are some warm

feet and hands

among my family and friends.

While knitting gifts,

I have neglected the

Boneyard Shawl

I started for myself

back in the fall.

I am making the shawl larger than the pattern size
for extra warmth!

It's difficult to get a decent picture,

but you get the idea.

Only two sections left to go!

Then I have to block it.

Any suggestions on blocking something this large?

I am VERY new to blocking!

I never did an end of 2013 knitting post,

so I gathered pictures of some of my 

knitting finishes

here.

Lots of toasty fingers and toes!

Visit Judy at Patchwork Times

to see what others have on their needles!

Happy Knitting in 2014!!

Happy New Year!

2014 has Begun!

AND

I am starting the New Year off with

two finished quilt tops!

Yesterday I finished sewing the

Courthouse Steps

together.

No borders on this one.

It is now ready to be sent to my

Long arm Quilter.

 

My sister is going to love this!

THEN....

this morning I finished sewing

This top together!

The Baby Quilt top is finished!

All from recycled men's shirts.

I am so happy with how

this quilt turned out...

 

Showing that first impressions

aren't lasting.

(I did NOT like the pinwheel blocks at all!)

 

Now to make the backing.

Hopefully I have enough of the shirt pieces left

to piece a backing.

May 2014 bring you many hours of

Stitching!

:)