Last year I decided to participate in my LQS’s  first Saturday BOM.  Anyway, I completed the top for it last night. I didn’t get the finishing kit for it because it had too much pink, plus I didn’t want to make all the extra blocks for it. LOL! I decided to just put the blocks together with a sashing  and call it done.  I used lavender for the sashing and went with a border fabric of green with lavender flowers.  The blocks have no lavender in them, but I wasn’t happy with the colors in the blocks so this is how it came out.

Tomorrow starts the 2009 BOM and I’ve signed up to make a red and white quilt. They are offering this years BOM in red/white, blue/white or black/white.   It was hard deciding which one to sign up for.  I chose to go with the red/white since I don’t have any red/white quilts.

Well, that’s it for now. Have a nice day!

Theresa

DD’s quilt is finished!! She goes home tomorrow, so we got it done on time. I quilted it yesterday and stayed up last night and sewed the binding on.  She is so proud of her quilt. This is her second quilt. Last year when she was home for Christmas she made her first quilt.  I guess we’re getting a tradition going here!!

Now we’re off to the theater  to see “Marley and Me”.

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Theresa

Yeah! DD finished piecing her quilt top today. We decided to keep it a lap size so that saved her from putting borders on it.  Now it will be up to me to get it quilted. I’m hoping tomorrow I can get it on the machine. The pattern is called basket weave from Bonnie Hunters website  quiltville.com.

Lazy Girl designs has a free pattern on thier site for a cute little bag, so I made one. It’s called Noriko Handbag. I used some smiley face fabric and didn’t put the tassle thing on the bottom of the bag like the pattern said to, but I think it’s cute just the way it is. Wouldn’t a little girl just love this?

I’ve been cutting strips for a scrap quilt that I’m going to make. I started sewing them together yesterday. My hope is to use up a lot of my scraps of fabric. My guild donates quilts to different organizations every year, so I’m hoping to have several ready next year.

Oh well, I guess that’s it for now. Have a nice day!

Theresa

I finally have pictures on here. I still don’t know what the problem was but I have pics so that’s all that matters. Here is the rag quilt, finished at last!!

I like the fringe on both sides.

This is the scrap quilt that DD is working on. She did this much on Sunday night.

Monday she got all the small 6″ blocks done. Now it’s time to sew those into the 12″ blocks.

Yesterday, we went shopping. Then we started doing some baking, so no sewing was done yesterday.  Maybe we can get some done today.

Since today is Christmas eve, I thought I’d share a quilt I made several years ago. It’s an I spy quilt made from Christmas fabrics.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas!!

Theresa

I finished the rag quilt that I was working on. I got all the edges clipped, washed and dryed it, so it’s officially finished!! I love the warmth from rag quilts.

My DD is home for a week, so she’s helping me use some of my scraps. Yeah! My goal for next year is to use as much fabric as possible to get it cleared out of here! She’s making a scrap quilt from Bonnie Hunters site. I can’t get any pictures to upload today for some reason so I can’t show how much progress she’s made today. We planned on baking cookies today, but she’s having too much fun sewing.

Sometime, I hope to show some pictures. I guess there must be a problem with WordPress, becuase I couldn’t get any pictures to upload on either computer. That is so frustrating. Oh well, have a good day!

Theresa

I won this apron last night at my guild meeting. Yeah! I needed something to help lift my spirits after the last couple of days.

It’s made from a  dishtowel.  We played a game where we all started out with a clothespin attached to our shirt and we couldn’t say the word “Quilt”.  If we did then the first person to call you on it would get to take your clothespin and the one at the end of the night with the most clothespins won. My sister was sitting beside me during the meeting and she said “quilt” so I reached over and took her clothespin, she’s like…..”what are you doing?” Then my friend across the table says “You said “quilt”.  Ah ha! I got hers too! Wow, I then had 3 clothespins, I was having fun at this!!  I was the second one to show a quilt top for show and tell and I was determined that I would NOT say the word quilt while I was up there. Guess what? I said QUILT!  Well, I was then on a mission! By the time show and tell was over I had collected 11 clothespins and won the game.  You know how hard it is not to say the word “quilt”  at a quilt meeting during show and tell when you’re showing and telling about your quilt? Nearly IMPOSSIBLE!! LOL!!!!

Have a great day.

Theresa