Today was another day of staying in my workroom. I decided that I better get started on the lock in mystery quilt for this year. The lock in is on March 10th, so we better get busy! Anyway, here is my fabric choices..
Theresa
Tag: quilts
Maxine quilt
Tonight is my guild meeting and we are giving away this Maxine quilt. I sure hope I win!!
I will also be showing my first finished UFO for the year. Yea!!! Each month we will have a prize for one person that shows a finished UFO. I wonder if I could be lucky enough to win both the quilt and the UFO prize???? Not with my luck!! But it’s always fun to dream!!
Theresa
What’s on the machine Wednesday? 1/11/12
Since I am going to try to post more often. I thought I would share what’s on the machine on Wednesdays. This is what’s on Viqtoria, I shrunk the pantograph down to 5″ and I put it between the rows. I took part of the pantograph and am placing it between the blocks. It’s a sunflower pantograph and we thought since this is a Kansas quilt that would be great on it. After I finish that I will put it over on Millie to do the blocks.
I am still working on this one.It’s been on and off Millie numerous times so while I have a little time I am working more on it.
Theresa
Design wall Monday 1/2/12
I’m not very good at staying up with blogging, but I’m going to try better this year. That should be my new years resolution. I wonder how many new years resolutions I’ve made in my life? A lot I’m sure!! I have only managed to keep one of them. 2 years ago I decided that my new years resolution would be to see if I could keep homemade cookies in the cookie jar for one whole year. Guess what? I’ve done it for 2 years in a row now! I used to make cookies all the time but over the years I started buying cookies and hardly ever made them any more. Now I’m back in the groove of making cookies and I must say I do love home made cookies. Ok so much for that.
On to what’s on my design wall. I’ve spent most of the day doing custom work on the quilt that I’ve been working on. I’ve sat down and sewed a little bit today, I managed to get one block pieced. I’m not sure if I like these fabrics……..my friend Sharon helped pick them out. They are more her colors than mine. I’m sure Sharon will like it!
Well, that’s what I have on my wall. To see more design walls, check out http://www.patchworktimes.com it looks likes everyones been busy!!
Theresa
New years day sewing!
What a great way to start the year. Church this morning and then sewing and quilting the rest of the day! I call that a great day!! I worked on the new quilt that I’m making. I have some of the HST’s sewn, the rest of them are marked. I made one of the small blocks that are made of triangle rectangles. That doesn’t sound like it makes sense! Anyway, here’s where I’m at on the progress……
I got the binding attached onto the quilt that I quilted yesterday. I need to have the binding sewn down before my next guild meeting. It would be great to start the new year getting credit for finishing a UFO. This year we’re going to have a drawing at each meeting for anyone that brings in a finished UFO. Maybe I can win a prize. That would be nice!! The quilt is like 100″ square…….wish me luck with getting it done. LOL!!
The rest of the day I was quilting. Hopefully tomorrow will be another productive day.
That’s it for now. I’m tired and going to bed! 🙂
Theresa
Ending the year busy
I’ve spent the whole day in my workroom! So far I’ve cut out a new quilt. Here’s the fabric I’m using for it.
I hope it looks good after I get it done. I’m writing the pattern for it as I work on it. That takes a lot more thinking! Step one is done so far, the cutting!! Now off to the next step……
I decided to put one of my UFO’s on Viqtoria. I finished 14 of my UFO’s in 2011. I’m so happy about that!! I hope to get lots more done in 2012. I figured I could start the new year off with one quilted. That’s one step closer to getting it off my UFO list.
I’m using a panto that’s quilting really fast. I’m not sure what the name is, it’s the first time I’ve used this pattern.
I have a custom job on Millie, I can’t show it.
I can show the quilt top that I finished a while back. LOL! I don’t think I ever posted a picture after I got all the borders done. Here it is…..
That’s it for now. Hopefully next year I will keep up with blogging a little more often. I seem to go in spurts! Oh well, have a safe and happy new year!
Theresa
Design wall Monday 10/31
I am slowly making progress on this quilt. I only have 3 borders left to do. YEA!!!! The top border is sewn on.
I’m still thinking on the corner blocks. I will probably make them like the cornerstones.
Here’s a closeup shot of the center. After auditioning several different ideas…….. I ended up just making a scrappy background, added a dark frame around the block and then I appliqued the block onto the quilt.
I guess that’s it for today. To see more design walls check out http://www.patchworktimes.com
Have a great day!
Theresa
Design wall Monday 10/24
I made a bit of progress last week on the quilt that’s on my design wall. I made the sashing strips and have them on the wall. The center is still a mystery as to how it’s going to look. I have an idea for the border but I’m not sure on it. I guess I’ll keep playing around with it.
To see what others have on their design walls, check out http://www.patchworktimes.com
Have a great day!
Theresa
Busy? Am I busy?
This is one of those days where I feel like I’m not getting anything accomplished. I’m busy, but nothing is getting finished…. I have one of my quilts on Viqtoria, getting an all over design quilted on it.
While it’s quilting, I’m working on the quilt I have loaded on Millie. This thing is taking forever to quilt.
When I need a break from quilting, I go over and sit at my sewing machine. I decided to make little 4 patch units and sew them together into strips to put in the sashing. I went through my scraps and pulled out the blues. I sewed strips together and then cut them into 1 1/2″ pieces. I think I did way more than I’m going to need!!
I have a lot of them sewn together into the 4 patches. What was I thinking???
Anyway, I’m just flying by the seat of my pants (as the saying goes) as I build this into a quilt of some sort!!
Ok, my break is over, I better get back to quilting. I need to make the binding strips for the quilt that’s on Viqtoria. It’s getting close to the end and I always put the binding on before taking it off the longarm.
Hope you’re having a productive day!
Theresa
Design wall Monday 10/17
Years ago in my guild we had a BOM exchange where we would choose what block we wanted. I had the ladies make their favorite 12″ star block using blue fabric (and light yellow if they needed another color). Anyway, here are my blocks. I need to make one more 12′ block. The center block is larger than 12″ so my problem is how to put the blocks together into a quilt top……….I’m thinking of putting the center block on point and somehow coming up with something to fill in the blank areas. I know I’ll put sashings between the blocks, but what to put behind that center one is the puzzling question……….For now it’s on the design wall, and I’m waiting for it to talk to me. LOL!!
Check out more design walls at http://www.patchworktimes.com/
Have a good one!!
Theresa
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