Here it is another Monday. Boy, they seem to come fast!

I was gone a few days last week so not much sewing took place. I have to decide what to do with my rows from the row by row exchange. For now they are hanging on my design wall. Along with the extra blocks I have…….

 
Hmmm…….since I don’t know what to do with it at the time, I’m sewing on a few string blocks. I need lots of these, so I sew on them in between other projects. 

 
What I really want to sew on is another panel quilt. I have a cougar panel that has been sitting around for years and I want to do the same thing with it that I did with the deer panel. I found a couple of blue fabrics that match the blue in the panel but I don’t have a good background fabric, so it will have to wait.  

 
I guess that’s it for now. To see more walls, check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

My lecture Thursday night went great. I had plenty to talk about and actually had to cut a few things short. Everyone was paying close attention and seemed eager to learn some new tricks and techniques about peicing, pressing and adding borders onto their quilts. 😀

I finished the big custom job I needed to finish and got it mailed back to it’s owner. Yea!

Here lately I’ve been trying to sew for myself on Sunday’s. I did get the quilt sewn together that was on my wall last week. 

 
Yesterday I decided to come up with something for the back, so I found a couple pieces of leftover wide backing. I cut and peiced them and added the last remaining piece of the butterfly fabric that I used in the top.

  

  
More fabric from my stash! Yea!

After that I decided to see if I had anything that would go with the other stash quilt I made. It’s not made with colors that I normally use, so I thought I was going to have to buy something. Once I started going through my fabrics I came up with some yardage, fat quarters and a piece left over from something. I even worked the last strip I had from the fabric in the top.

  
Both quilts are now ready for quilting! 😀

After that, I decided to start working on the delectable mountain blocks that I need for the border on the deer quilt. So the deer quilt is back on my wall with one border pieced together. 

  
That’s it for my wall this week. Check out others at http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

I’m a bit nervous about guild tonight. I’m doing a new talk on preparing your tops for quilting and then moving into machine quilting them. I have been worried that I could say everything in 5 minutes, but after getting things packed up I don’t think I’ll have any problem filling an hour!! 😳 

  
I will be showing several of my older quilts that I quilted when I got my first LongArm, 16 years ago. Not exactly the best quilting on them, but hey, you have to start somewhere!!😳 Since most of my nice work has gone out the door with customers, I had to ask a couple of friends if I could show their quilts that I quilted for them. Luckily they said yes! 😀

Hopefully the guild members will leave having learned something new. Whether it’s piecing or pressing the quilt top or choosing thread and quilting designs for their quilt. We will see………….

Theresa

Last week I showed this quilt that I was working on and I got the borders added so it’s ready to quilt. Yea!!

   
It was such a fast quilt top to make, I decided to make another one with a yard of fabric I had in my stash. I found a light purple that went with the print and found a dark purple for the sashings and borders. I did the strips a little different this time and it was much faster. After I sewed the strips together and cut the sizes I needed, instead of cutting the side strips the correct length and sewing them on the sides, I sewed them into long strips and then trimmed them. Much faster!!  

 
  
Anyway, I did all that in just a few hours yesterday. I have to get back to machine quilting the next several days as I have deadlines on some quilts. So I just hung the pieces on the wall and will sew a few together now and then, when I have a few minutes. Here’s how this one looks. I think I like it better……… 

 
To see more design walls visit http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

I thought this would be a quick quilt to make and so far it has been. I sewed on it yesterday, when I needed a break from the LongArm. I have all the blocks pieced and up on the wall.

  
I found several pieces of a purple batik and I think I have enough of it for sashings and the borders. I’m hoping the binding too, but probably not………

  
I cut the sashing strips and cornerstones and put them on the wall with the blocks. Also a couple of strips of the purple. So this is how it should look when it’s done.

  
I’m hoping to get some time this week to sew on it some more. Anyway, that’s what I have on my wall. To see more walls check out http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

I am still trying to find quick designs to use up my stash of fabrics. Friday evening I took a yard of fabric and cut it into 8 1/2″ squares.  

 
I only had a few minutes to sew yesterday, so I quickly stripped these together.

  
I’m hoping to find a few minutes today to cut these and sew on them. Once I cut them I plan to add a strip onto both sides. I still need to find something to use for the sashings too. 

Hopefully I can find a few minutes to work on it today…………..

Theresa

I didn’t get any sewing done on the delectable mountain blocks for the quilt that was on my wall last week. That quilt got replaced with my row by rows. I need to get back to working on them. Here’s the rows that I received from the other members in my group.

I have some extra embroidered blocks that my friend Joelyn made that I will encorpoate into the quilt somewhere.

I also need to finish my row.😳 I made enough to exchange with everyone else, I just didn’t have time for mine.

It was hard to give those rows away. I wanted to make them into a quilt. 😊Maybe someday I will make a Dresden plate quilt………..maybe!! LOL!!!

That’s what I have on my wall this week. To see what others are working on go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa

It’s  been a busy summer around here and I have neglected my blog. I’ll try to get back on track, but no promises on that.😳

I did get the Quilters saying quilt finished over the summer.

Also the triangle quilt is quilted and bound.

Here’s what’s currently on my design wall this week. I worked on getting the rows sewn together over the weekend and I have the first border  on. Yea!

I need it to be bigger so that it will fit the bed, so the plan now is to add on a pieced  border. I’m thinking some delectable mountain blocks would look good. We’ll see……

That’s it for now. To see more walls go to http://www.patchworktimes.com

Theresa