I have been workinging this on Friday and Saturday. 12:22 am Sunday it is finished. It was a simple and fun quilt to make.I don't usually work on pastel quilts. I am a high contrast type of person. It is nice to know someone will like this. Next step is to quilt and bind it.
What did I do for my sew in? I hemmed a pair of pants. Not very productive but every bit helps. My plan for this weekend is some cleaning/organizing my sewing room.
Here are a few pictures.
The first is Miss Olivia. Her smirk says it all.
The second is the smallest quilt I have ever made. It is about 3 inches on each side. It has 25 pieces. It has batting, a backing and is quilted. I made this for a good friend. This way she has a quilt made by me. Well off to organize.
Here is what the blocks look like. Only 16 more to go! It will be a small quilt. About 48 x 60 without borders.
This is part 3 of my 2 day marathon. Besides watching True Blood and Fringe (both full seasons multi disks), I have started sewing on one of the quilts that I cut out yesterday. This is half way done. Next is pressing then assembling blocks. 15 minute break and back to the sewing machine.
I finally finished my 40th birthday quilt. The top was done and quilted 2 months after my birthday. That was 12 years ago. ( Yes I am 52 )
I finally put the binding on last night. I have even washed the quilt twice without the binding on.
I really hate to do the binding. I am so glad it is done. It is 52 x 65. Small for me.
For my birthday we did a cutting bee. 4 of us brought 10 half yard pieces of fabric in light, medium and dark (30 total). We cut it into (3) 2 1\2and (2) 4 1\2 strips. We then traded strips and made quilts out of our strips. I choose basket blocks. I put flannel on the back (Penguins of course). A small cuddle quilt for me.
Boy did I have a much needed sewing marathon. I finished my "Lattice" quilt. I decided that it needed borders. If I would have used the center fabric on the outside corners, I would not had to adds corner blocks because I had more of that fabric than the corner fabric. I always make more work for myself. I think it turned out ok anyway.
It took me longer than I wanted, because I got sidetracked. I picked up a bunch of samples from my guild meeting. Of course since they were new I had to play with them. I cut the samples into two and a half inch wide strips. I then found not 1 but 2 patterns that I liked. So now I have 2 more UFOs cut out.
I think it makes me very happy to cut fabric almost a more than it does to make the quilt. I am also, at the same time, trimming my pile of 1 1/2 inch strips, that were gifted to me, into logs for a log cabin quilt. I'm not sure how big the blocks are going to be, but I am thinking it would go faster with bigger blocks than smaller ones. I do really enjoy the smaller ones though.
Time to get up and out of bed and start on todays sewing marathon.
Afterthought,. My friend is going to take me to see how my house is going. I haven't been there for over a week. Not having a car sucks!
It is that time again. Head out to Wendy's blog sugarlanequilts.blogspot.com to join
Can't wait. I always have fun even if a sew alone at home. I always enjoy looking at everyone elses work afterwards. Feel free to join.
Since I work swing shift, Saturday was my Friday. This is what I worked on for my friend Betty. This is the left over blocks from a king size quilt that I quilted for her earlyer. She inspires me.
I have included the back too. They ended up being 9 inch blocks. The colors are fantastic!
Well Friday was a sew in night. Not much for me. All I did was cut about 15 strips of red fabric and then cut 6 of then into triangles to make split 9 patches to use as leader and enders for a Bonnie Hunter challenge.
I didn't do anything else. So sad. I didn't even take any pictures.
I will do that tomorrow.
I am going try my first give away. It will celebrate my 100th post. Details will be in the next post. I figure since I am late a lot lately I will do the post tomorrow.
I need to take pictures of a swap pouch that I made (which won't be late because it is done and due before the first.). I am thinking of making another one to give away in the winners choice, but that is for the next post.
I am going to add a random picture because I enjoy looking at other peoples pictures on their blogs, so here goes.
Well all turned out great. I did 2 caches, attended a quilting group, went to the Portland Library and met with my small quilt group.
I ended up making 2 of my hexies. My pile of other projects are still at home next to my sewing machine. It was a blast of a day.
