I’ve been busy today quilting on a customer quilt. It’s huge. I was hoping to finish it today since I’ll see her tomorrow at my LQS, but it’s not going to happen. I took a break earlier today and changed the header on my page here. I think it looks better than the dull brown picture that I had on here before. I like bright colors and this looks more cheerful to me. Don’t you think so?

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

Theresa

I want to quilt but instead of that, I’m waiting on my repairman to get here…….. I went to town today and picked up a few things at the grocery store just to come home and find that my extra fridge in the basement is not working. Everything in the freezer was melted and thawed out. What a mess!! I got it all taken out and will wait to see what John says when he gets here. The fridge is old and if it’s not worth fixing I’m not going to clean it out. I almost bought some ice cream…good thing I got sidetracked and forgot because my freezer upstairs is full. I guess I would’ve had to sit and eat the whole 1/2 gallon of ice cream. Maybe that wouldn’t have been so bad…………………….

Oh well, I did finish 2 customer quilts yesterday. I like the way she set this quilt. She put the blocks on point and made a zigzag instead of plain squares. I quilted feathers in that space. Maybe after John leaves I can get the next one loaded and get some of it done today.

I’ve been working on the HST needed for my monster quilt. Those seem to take forever. I’m using the paper that has the markings on it that you sew on the lines then cut apart. I like doing the HST that way because it seems faster. I think the pattern calls for 112 HST.

Johns here……..

Well, he got the fridge up and running. He had to put on a new part, I forget what he called it, but he said it should work fine now. I guess I better go clean it out before it freezes the mess that melted into the bottom of it. Then maybe I can get some quilting done.

Have a great day!

Theresa

I designed a cat quilt a year or so ago and I’ve been meaning to write up the directions for it, but I never did. Anyway, my LQS got in a new line of fabric which has 6″ squares with little monsters on it, and I told her that the pattern of my cat quilt would be perfect for that fabric. So, she told me to let her know how much fabric I needed for it so that I could make it and of course…….I’ve lost the paper that I had everything written on!!

I went in yesterday and took the cat quilt and the layout of the pattern. We sat and figured how much fabric it would take and she sent that home with me. Today, I’ve been working on writing the pattern. I need to write the pattern and then make the quilt according to the directions. That way I should have all the correct numbers of squares and blocks.

Here’s a pic of the cat quilt.

I think the cats are so cute on this fabric. The squares weren’t quite 6″ but I figured they were close enough.

Anyway, here’s the new fabric with the monsters on it.

The green polka dots and the purple polka dots will make the criss cross on the quilt. I hope it comes out looking good. I think I’m ready for cutting now. I just hope I figured everything right!! I need to get the pattern written up, printed and the sample made and then she’ll cut kits for it. I sure wish I hadn’t lost the original! I know it’s around here somewhere……………….

Theresa

Oh, the lady in charge of selling the mini’s at our quilt show, was at my LQS yesterday, she loved the sudoku one that I made. I showed it to her and the first thing she asked was “is that for the sale? I love it!” Hopefully, someone will buy it as it’s one of our big money makers for the quild.

I like to read Judy L’s blog and she’s always talking about using her stash so I decided to use some of my stash and make a sudoku quilt. I got out my sudoku puzzle book and went to the back where they have all the puzzles solved and picked one and then I took 9 of my charm squares and cut each one into 9 squares, numbered them and laid them out by number in the correct spot. Wow, I really used a lot of my stash. A whole 9 squares and some fabric that I had used on something else and had some strips laying there that were left over. I have to laugh!!! Anyway, I never have time to work on my own stuff, I’m always quilting on customer quilts, so I feel good that I got something done. We have a stash busters club at quild so I can get credit for making something from my stash. I have a larger quilt that I’m working on from my stash too, but in order to get in the drawing for this period, I have to show it next week and I can’t get it done in time. At our quilt show in Sept. we sell miniatures, so I’ll get this quilted and sell it at the show. I put a soup can beside it to show it’s size.

Well, I better get back to work. I loaded a quilt this morning and I guess I should go work on it. Have a great day.

Theresa

I sure wish the quilting would show up on the quilts that they show on the Quilt Gallery website. The ad is in the McCalls magazine. They show a small picture of each quilt, then when you go to the site, you can see each individual quilt. The bad thing is that you can never see the quilting on the quilts. Check it out for yourself. http://quiltgalleryshops.com

Here’s what the quilt looks like with the quilting. It really makes a difference.

I matched the blue thread so good that I couldn’t see it, the blue has some feathered hearts in it with stippling around them.

Hope you enjoyed seeing the quilting on the quilt. It’s just so plain without seeing the quilting.

Theresa

I was off work today and I planned on getting the quit finished that’s on the machine. HA!HA!HA! It didn’t happen!!! All I have left to do is the borders. You’d think I would finish it!! Instead, I started my day off visiting Bonnie Hunters blog and website. That got me motivated to go cut some charms squares up for a quilt. Every time I read her blog or go to her website, I end up starting another project. After cutting fabric for awhile, I decided to go quilt on the quilt that’s on the machine. I did quilt for a few minutes and finished the last 2 blocks on the quilt. Then I did one border and took it off, turned it, put it back on for the last 2 borders. I did half of one border then decided to work on my Mom’s quilt. I had the rows sewn so I put the sashing strips between them and added the borders. Here it is

I bought the kit for this, but I didn’t care for the whirlwind blocks that were in the kit, so I changed it around. I bought extra fabric that wasn’t in the kit so that I could make it the way I wanted it. I had extra little blocks so I put them in the corners of the border. I like the way it came out. Now to get it quilted………. I do have time, as I plan to give it to Mom for Mothers day. Well…..I’l have time if I ever finish the one that’s on there now……LOL!!!!!

Theresa

I’ve been slowly getting a few things done this week. I have so many things to do that I need to go at full speed but this last week I just haven’t been able to get in the mood to quilt.  After the lock in all day last Saturday, on Sunday morning I loaded a quilt and worked all day Sunday quilting it. My legs were killing me on Monday!! Being on my feet the entire weekend was too much!! Anyway, on Tuesday, I loaded a wall hanging and finished it on Wed, then Thursday I loaded a large quilt. It’s still on the machine. I just don’t want to do it. I keep forcing myself to go down and work on it. I keep doing other things even when I plan to quilt. Like today, I’ve been sewing on a quilt top that I’m making for my mom. It’s the Wizard of Oz fabric. I need to finish the quilt on the machine so that I can quilt my challenge fabric quilt for MQS.  Oh well, I don’t feel like quilting it either. I guess I better go work on something……

Hope you’re all getting more done than me!!

Theresa

Well,  Sharon and I hosted our 7th annual lock in on Saturday. It’s the 13th one that’s been held. Janel hosted the first 6 and Sharon and I the last 7. This year Sharon designed the quilt for the class. She wanted to do stars so here’s what she came up with. Hers is the lap size. I did the full size one. (of course mines NOT quilted LOL!) Everybody seemed to have a good time again this year. A few of the ladies had to leave early but the ones that stayed the whole time, all completed at least one block. I took pictures of them with their blocks and border fabric so if you’re interested in seeing the variety of fabrics they used you can view them on my webshots page.  We had 2 of the ladies that made the lap size and they were able to get their quilt tops completed. (not the borders)

Show and tell was great too! I didn’t count the quilts shown, but I bet there was close to 40 quilts brought in and shown. All from past lock ins. Except one that a lady wanted to show. It was a t-shirt quilt made from Harley t-shirts. It looked great!! I took pics of show and tell too.

I’m still trying to recoup from our busy day. It’s a long day and a lot of work getting ready for it, but it’s so much fun!!!

You can see all the blocks and quilts at

http://community.webshots.com/user/alwaysquilts      in the lock in 2008 file.

I guess that’s it for now. Have a great day!!

Theresa