Happy Veterans Day

For all who have served our country

Thank You,

God Bless You,

and

Peace Be With You.

 

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Monday, Monday

Another week has flown past us,

but it was a productive week!

I was able to finish binding the second of four quilts

I picked up from my Long Arm Quilter the week before last.

This time of year I REALLY like binding quilts...

they keep me warm as I am stitching!

As mentioned before, this is about half of the blocks made from a kit

I purchased at my LQS.  I didn't want the huge quilt and decided to

make two smaller lap quilts.

I really enjoyed making this pattern.

 

This will be put away until someone needs a 

quilt to cheer them up or keep them warm.

 

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are

working on this week.

Happy Quilting!

A Friday Finish!

Last night I sewed the last stitch into the binding
of this quilt.

   I have to say...

This quilt has grown on me.

In the beginning I thought the colors were

drab and boring.

It's for my sister-in-law and she commented that
she really liked this fabric when we were in a

quilt shop one day.

Not my normal color scheme!

There is something soothing about this one, though.

It does need a name and a label.
Any suggestions on the name?

Then it will be wrapped and saved until

Holiday gift giving.

YAY!

One done!!

Happy Quilting!

Knitting Friday

Being out of town last week

allowed for a lot of knitting time.

I was able to complete a pair of socks and

start on the second sock of another pair.

Both of these pair are gifts my daughter will give to

her two best friends.

This pair is just a plain vanilla pair 

knitted on size 2 needles.

The colors are so bright and cheery

and

the yarn is sooo soft!

I will look for this yarn to use again!

I have had the first sock finished for this pair

for a while and I hope to finish the second sock by next Friday.

Happy Friday!

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what

others are knitting this week.

Planning....

...A Christmas Gift....

My family LLLOOOVVVEEESSS

VCU Basketball!

(Virginia Commonwealth University)

Especially my oldest daughter.

She has Down Syndrome and has

been totally accepted by the coaches, players

and the athletic department staff.

According to the coach,

she is VCU's number 1 fan.

Well,

she is finally willing to give up some of her

VCU t-shirts

and I am planning a

T-shirt quilt for her for Christmas.

This is what I have so far.

I'm going to stitch the jerseys to cotton fabric and cut them into blocks.

I will use these batiks in between the t-shirt blocks.

I read a book about making t-shirt quilts using graph paper.

I have to find one more t-shirt to fill the

lower right corner.

 

I cut the t-shirts in rectangles measured to the inch.

(This was actually a little difficult to do and not cut off 

some of the design or not involve the neck or shoulder.)

Each inch of the block is represented by a square on the graph paper.

I placed the t-shirt blocks on the graph paper and then

filled in with blocks that will be made from the batik fabrics.

This method should make the assembly much easier,

since I will know what size the batik pieces need to be cut.

(Is this as clear as mud??)

We shall see how this process works!

Hopefully I will have the quilt top finished by Christmas!

Happy Quilting!

 

Two more to Bind...

Yesterday I posted pictures of two of the four quilts

my Long Arm Quilter returned to me last week.

Here are the other two she returned...

(AND she is working on two more!)

This is half of a kit I purchased a couple of  years ago.

I didn't need a large quilt and really liked this size

when I began putting the blocks on my design wall.

 

Soon I will sew the rest of the blocks together

to make another small lap quilt

or table topper or whatever.

 

It's hard to see the feathers quilting

into this one, but they are beautiful.

This quilt is not my normal cup of tea,

but it's going to be a gift for my sister-in-law.

 

I love the quilting on this one!

The circles really off set the boxiness of the quilt design.

 

I have some work to do in the next couple of week!

Happy Quilting!

Monday, November 3rd.... NO WAY!!

November 3rd...

Who else is cringing over writing this date?

My list of Christmas gifts to make has not gotten any shorter,

SO....

I need to get a move on things!

This past week found me out of town again

and while I was gone,

my husband picked up FOUR quilts

that my Long Arm Quilter had finished.

WOOHOO!!

I have some binding to do now...

one of my favorite things to do quilt-wise.

(Please excuse the bad lighting and photos this morning.)

 

I have had this top finished for months and

had not had it quilted.

 

 The feather quilting adds to the traditional bow tie blocks

and reproduction fabrics.

I just love this border print!

 

This is the quilt I made from recycled men's shirts.

I love this quilt!

And I really like the swirling design my LAQ used.

 

I see another one of these in my future!

 

 

I'll show the other two quilts later this week.

To see what others are creating,

visit Patchwork Times.

Happy Monday!

Design Wall Monday

I have added some more blocks to my

Design Wall this week.

I usually don't take this long to sew a quilt together,

but I have been making a lot of small items for 

my church's bazaar.

It's nice to have this to work on here and there.

The blocks won't stay in this layout.

I'm just putting them up in pairs

so I can sew them into blocks quickly

when I have a few minutes.

The solid fabrics are so rich...

they almost look like suede.

This will continue to grow with little bits of

time here and there.

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others

have on their Design Walls.

Little Finishes

I am slowly getting items finished

for my church's bazaar next month.

This week I was able to finish the

Tree Ornaments

and checked those off of my list.

I finally found the star buttons at

Hobby Lobby.

I also made some pot holders to put in the bazaar.

I've finished about half of what I hope to make.

These take longer to make than I thought they would,

but I'm happy with the results.

 

Onto the next items.

:)

 

Happy Quilting!

 

Friday Sock Day

As much as I want to knit other things,

I always end up with socks on my needles!

I think it's because they are relatively fast to knit,

they are in my comfort zone,

and they make great gifts!

Here is my latest...

This pair was started, ripped out, started, ripped out, started, ripped out and

started.

I just did not like the patterns I tried,

therefore... back to the vanilla sock.

They will be for a friend of my daughter's for Christmas.

My daughter asked me to make a pair for each of her two best friends.

This yarn is so much fun!

Such happy colors.

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are knitting.

Happy Friday!

Pot Holders

I have sewn since I was 8 years old

and I don't think I have ever made a pot holder before today.

These take longer than I thought they would!

I'm adding these to the pile for my

Church's bazaar.

I'm using fabric from my stash.

 

I saw these potholders here

and thought they would go together quickly.

 

Four done and a bunch more to make!

Happy Quilting!!

Monday Polka Dots...

Well,

I couldn't wait any longer....

Even with all of the little things I need to finish

on the projects for my church Bazaar,

I had to start a new quilt.

A while back I bought this kit from one of my LQS's.

I LOVE polka dots!

This was a great quilt for me to work on now

because I didn't have to put a lot of thought into it.

I pulled out the fabric and began cutting, sewing and trimming.

Blocks ready to be used.

I love the rich colors in these fabrics.

This design is so striking to me...

Polka dots with the angles.

I'll keep sewing the squares up as I get a few minutes

and eventually it will be a top!

I have some of my tree ornaments ready for binding.

I'm having trouble finding little star buttons or beads.

Any suggestions?

Please visit Patchwork Times to see what others are creating.

Happy Quilting!!

Froggie Went a Courtin'

A while back I made an Army of Frogs

for the Fall Bazaar at my church.

 

While I was putting these together,

a number of people asked for one to be held for them.

Therefore, I needed to make a few more for the bazaar.

I finally finished these last night!

This bunch is made from flannel and are not quilted,

but should be nice and warm.

(I had these flannel scraps left over from a quilt I made years ago.)

 

 

They are filled with rice (about 50 pounds total!!)

and can be heated in the microwave, 

then placed on a sore or achy spot.  Aaaahhhh.

Happy Quilting!