Where has the first half of Feb. gone??????? I can’t believe it’s half over already. This month I quilted a quilt for a lady from Norway. She was here in the area last summer and saw a quilt that I had quilted at my LQS, so she bought the kit and contacted me to quilt it. I have it quilted and attached the binding for her, now I need to get it shipped off.  I have another one of the same quilt coming soon from another lady. I quilted peacock feathers on the original one in the shop and that’s what everybody likes about the quilt. When I originally did the quilt, I wasn’t sure if the shop owner would like it, but she did and it’s gotten me more business, so that’s a good thing.

I received the next Patchwork Party quilt from my LQS yesterday. I love this one!!! ( Sorry I can’t show it to you.) Now I have to decide how to quilt it.

I quilted a BOM for the shop last week, I think it’s called Queen and her Court.

My friend Sharon and I are getting ready for our annual mystery Lock in. We’re having it later than usual this year, but that’s a good thing for me. Sharon and I both make the quilts to ensure that we have all the directions written correctly.  My friend Doris has agreed to piece my quilt top for me this year.  YEAH Doris!!! She’s going to piece the queen size top. I finally decided what colors I’m going to use in it, but I need to dye 2 of the fabrics. The blue and purple, I have enough of the pink. Hopefully I can match the colors to what I dyed before. I really like these colors.

I’m also going to teach a class on borders and bindings next month, so I’m trying to get things ready for that. I’m hoping that by offering this class, it will help people learn the steps to attaching the border so that their quilt top lays nice and flat and also keeps it square.

Well, I guess that’s it for now, I better get back to the quilt on the machine. Hopefully tonight I’ll get started on sewing the rows together on the snail t’s quilt.  I haven’t had time to work on it lately.

Have a great day!

Theresa

Last week was a tough week to get through. I’m getting back into the groove but it’s been hard. I finished piecing the remaining snails trail blocks. I’ve decided to name the quilt “Jared’s Rainbow” because Jared aka Floyd brought so much color into my world. His bright smile, his laughter, he was so happy all the time. The bright colors in this quilt make me happy and that’s what Jared always did. I’m determined now to get it finished. Here it is on the design wall.

I guess I better get back to the quilt on the machine.  Have a great day.

Theresa

Here’s  what I’ve got going on this week.

I finished sewing the scrappy bargello quilt top. I still need to put some borders on it, I just can’t quite decide what I’m going to use yet.  The top went together fast using Bonnie Hunters directions from quiltville.com

I’ve been working on the snails trail blocks a little too, over this last week. I have this much done so far.

I’m making 8 blocks of each of the colors, so I’ll need 64 blocks total and I have 16 blocks completed. Only 48 more to go!

I played around with the blocks on the design wall and look at this, doesn’t that pattern look neat? I think it does. Hmmmmm, do I see another quilt made from snails trail blocks????????????

I guess I better get back to work. There’s never enough hours in the day, to accomplish everything I want and need to get done. I’m sure you know how that is. Oh well, enjoy your day!

Theresa

I cut fabric for the snails trail blocks over the weekend. This is the fabric that I dyed a while back. I couldn’t wait any longer to cut into it. I dyed  more colors than I needed, so these are the ones I decided to use in the quilt.

I had to sew a few pieces today! I didn’t sew much because I needed to spend most of my time quilting. Maybe if I sew just a few minutes each day, eventually I’ll get the blocks made. Here’s one block laid out.

I hope it looks ok when it’s done.

On another note. How many of you collected the state quarters? After 10 years, I finally put the last quarter in it’s place. YEAH!! It’s hard to believe that it took 10 years to collect the quarters. It seems like we just started them.  My, how times fly!!!

I guess that’s it for now.

Theresa