My dear friends, I have had some things happen over this past weekend that cause me to take a break for a couple weeks. I can't really handle talking about it right now, I will after I have had time to process. If you praying person, please pray for me and my family. I am hoping that I will be back in 2 weeks in time for the beginning of the Bowls With Borders Blog Hop which starts on August 13th. We shall see where my heart is then.
It has been unforeseen blessing that there were no submissions to the little contest I was holding so no prize will be awarded at this time. I am sure I will come up with something else for someone to win the prize. Thank you all.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Think Christmas (SWQ Blog Hop)
Are you already thinking of projects you want to get completed for gifts or perhaps decor for the holiday season? This will the first year we will pull out all our Winter/Christmas Decor. Plus it's Ziona's first Christmas, so much planning to do! After 8 years of marriage we are thinking of finally buying a Christmas tree larger than 4" and with a little more room underneath!
Saturday, July 21, 2012
Finishes 29: "In This Moment..."
Welcome to my finish of the week! I am certainly not working nearly as fast as I did last year, but the process is still very enjoyable.
This is my Asterisk quilt using Free Spirit's Summersault fabric line. The quilt top currently measures about 43"X 43" and I think it is ready to be put in my pile of finished quilt tops, but I am tempted to make it a bit bigger transforming it from baby quilt to lap quilt size. If I do that, what color should I add on the outside edge/sashing? What do you think is a good color choice for binding for either direction (adding sashing or keeping it the same)? [this block is taught in the FREE Craftsy Block of the Month Class]
This is where I am at with my summer games Quilt. I am so excited that I was able to get these squares completed this week! I am just struggling on what to do to tie them together. What do you think of the dark blue with dots material? Does it work in between the blocks? Should I move the block on their sides like diamonds? More to do today, thanks for stopping by!
I am linking up with:
This is my Asterisk quilt using Free Spirit's Summersault fabric line. The quilt top currently measures about 43"X 43" and I think it is ready to be put in my pile of finished quilt tops, but I am tempted to make it a bit bigger transforming it from baby quilt to lap quilt size. If I do that, what color should I add on the outside edge/sashing? What do you think is a good color choice for binding for either direction (adding sashing or keeping it the same)? [this block is taught in the FREE Craftsy Block of the Month Class]
This is where I am at with my summer games Quilt. I am so excited that I was able to get these squares completed this week! I am just struggling on what to do to tie them together. What do you think of the dark blue with dots material? Does it work in between the blocks? Should I move the block on their sides like diamonds? More to do today, thanks for stopping by!
I am linking up with:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
WIP 29: Asterisks
Linking up this Week to:
Monday, July 16, 2012
5 months...
Plopping Ziona down in the chair I ran to the other side of the room to quickly grab the camera. When I turned this was how she was sitting, ready for her picture to be taken. Someone gave me some sleeveless onesies (brilliant) and that super-cute skirt (which I have to make my own version), both in size 12 months, that I had to dig out because my baby girl had outgrown ALL her clothes!
A couple weeks ago I heard a frustrated little voice (not wanting to take a nap), cry out "mama" over the monitor, and my heart simply melted. She has since added the words "baby," "daddy," "baba" and the phrase "oh yeah" which until then I had no idea we say to her all day long! She loves to chatter while adding in her raised eyebrows every so often and tonal inflection that makes me thinking she is having lots of conversations with her "baby" that she is so attached to right now.
She is also fascinated by the sound of the sewing machine. I have been putting her on my lap while I have been working on the Summersalt Asterisk Quilt. I wonder if some day she shall become a sewer and/or a quilter...
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| Ziona has fallen in love with her "baby" a bunny head & arms attached to a swatch of blanket. |
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Friday Night Sew-In Report (July)
Well I am a day late reporting on my Friday Night Sew-In, but perhaps better late than never! Unfortunately I ended up sleeping for most of the day yesterday so I missed linking up for the Finish-a-long (it also turned out that I forgot to hit "publish" too). Oh well, such is life; I do plan to work on my projects as though I was in the contest as well. I plan to link up projects even though I cannot win any prize now. I am hoping it will still have the effect of spurring me on while I struggle this summer. The true Prize will be a stack of finished quilts by the end of the summer as well as those tutorials I wanted to complete! I have several fundraiser projects I am hoping to complete; only two such quilts have picked out, I will choose among my finsihed quilts for the others.
Okay, now on to what I worked on!
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| Summersault asterisk quilt--going to alternate between printed quilts & white with print fabric for bars |
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| Summer Games Quilt--Completed more blocks for this quilt, thinking of alternating with blue fabric squares |
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| Red, White, & Blue Asterisk Quilt--Got more blocks cut & red fabric picked out. |
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Go...(The Finish-a-long)
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| 1. 4-patch & Squares Quilt #1 |
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| 2. 4-patch & Squares Quilt #2 |
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| 3. Red, White, & Blue Asterisk Quilt |
Here are the rest of my WIP's at the moment!
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| 4. Martinique Strip Quilt |
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| 5. Scrappy Paperclip Quilt |
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| 6. Summersault Quilt #1 |
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| 7. Summersault Quilt #2 |
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| 8. Scrappy Brick Pathway Quilt |
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| 9-11. Ziona's Room & Quilt (Curtains, changing pad, decor & shelf covers) |
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| 12. City Weekend Lil' Twister Quilt |
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| 13. Scrappy Lil' Twister Quilt |
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| 14. Wonky House Blocks & Trees Quilt |
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| 15. Double-Pinwheel Quilt (Back is now complete, next to sandwich) |
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| 16. Summer Games Quilt |
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| 17. Blue/Green/Orange Chain Link Quilt |
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| 18. Fruits of the Spirit 4-patch Quilt |
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| 19. Mystery Blocks |
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| 20. Blue/Black Churn Dash Quilt |
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| 21. Jacob's Ladder Quilt #1 |
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| 22. Poppy Scrappy Quilt w/Fandango |
Not Pictured:
23. Cowboy Table Topper24. Summersault Asterisk Quilt (Post about this soon, using FNSI for this project)
25. Jacob's Ladder Quilt #2
26. Brick Pathway Quilt #2
27. Paperclip Quilt
28. Fundraiser Fish Quilt
29. Great Grandmother's Quilt
30. Raggedy Ann & Andy Dolls
Well, Hopefully these will be complete before the quarter's finished!
Friday, July 13, 2012
"Get Set..."
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| Storage possibilities are endless |
My husband has been doing some research, realizing my recovery may take a long time, he has challenged me to change my current crafting arrangements. Recently I saw someone's post (Sorry I cannot remember who that was, speak up if that was you) with pictures of what their crafting area REALLY looks like! They challenged others to do the same, so here we go...
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| Master Bedroom--Where I sew on the desk (Drawers on left contain WIPS) |
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| Living Room--Where I press (We have the books unpacked, just haven't put pictures in the frames). |
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| Dining Room--Where I cut (There are thoughts that some day we will actually eat at the table) |
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| Ziona's Room--Where I store (Yes She is taking a nap while I take this picture; bags on top contain her diaper stuff) |
Speaking of storage, this picture is of the closet in Ziona's bedroom. Its quite a nice size and is pretty much full of boxes, some of which are craft items, that I would like to sort. I have a few boxes pulled out (Like those sitting in the living room in the first photo) that contain scraps and fabric, which of course is useful, but in the way.
Tonight I will be taking out time to participate in Friday Night Sew-in, so I will be posting my finishes for the week along with whatever else I accomplish on tomorrow's post.
For those who sell quilted items, there will a "finished quilts" auction added to Top Hatter for Thursday 12 noon USA Central time (I think internationals are welcome)! It's an interesting concept in selling as it is a live auction. It's certainly fun to watch the online proceedings. I have bought a few items from the site but I have yet to sell anything. If anyone ends up joining the auction, let me know what you think, if they add further finished quilts auctions I may sell some of my quilts.
Red, White, Blue Blog Hop--Day 13
Block 1--This is my accidental block! I was sewing blocks of 3" fabric together, sewing both sides down and then cutting straight down the middle. I realized it looked a an American flag when I added the first white strip next to the 2 squares. I was trying to play around with making a straight paperclip mini at first. My Favorite part about this block is that I could use pieces of fabric that I cut about 14 years ago when I dabbled in taking scraps along in my purse to try some crazy hand-quilting. At that point in my life I had only made square patch blanket/quilts for a pregnancy center where I volunteered. Now I have actually made up several of these blocks, making plans to make a nice lap quilt for watching the summer games. Maybe Ziona will get to use it as a floor quilt.
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Block 2--This is an improve block using that same basket of scraps! I used the same concept as my paperclip quilt but in wonky miniature. This was a fun, but time consuming block. I love working in little bits of fabric that really stood out. If you want to make something like this start with some scraps (You could always make your colored strips with angles blocks too!) and strips of solids of different widths to create the wonky effects. In my paperclip quilt I went for straight turns; I am working on making that quilt into a tutorial. The beauty of a block like this is there is no wrong way exactly, just trim your sides with a straight edge in whatever angle you wish as you add the next strip of white or pieced strips
You can see another particular block that caught my eye HERE. Would that be so fun done up in Red, White and Blue? I am thinking of using this idea in some other scrap fabrics first.
For those who sell quilted items, I just heard there will a "finished quilts" auction added to Top Hatter (You also can find out more info at facebook)! It's an interesting concept in selling as it is a live auction. It's certainly fun to watch the online proceedings. I have bought a few items from the site but I have yet to sell anything. If anyone ends up joining the auction, let me know what you think, if they add further finished quilts auctions I may sell some of my quilts.
(Sorry For the Delay on this post, there was a technical difficulty, it kept coming up as a blank post)
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