Saturday, July 30, 2011

Kona Solids Challenge Quilt...

I can finally post a pic of my finished Kona quilt.  We all got a charm square pack from Kona about 3 months ago and had to make something with it for our July MQG meeting.  Me and another member each switched half our charms with each other....so I actually had two of each color...but only from half the pack.  ???  Make sense....???

It is pretty small, measuring about 32" x 40".  ;-)  I am working on my Warm/Cool quilt along and will have a post on that progress tomorrow...Happy Quilting!!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Wednesday's WIP....

Gosh, there is so much in progress...where to start?

My Warm/Cool QAL squares are cut and I've got about 1/3 of them sewn, cut, pressed and trimmed...There are 310 of them....I cut at 4.5" and then trim to 4" so they will finish at 3.5".  What was I thinking?


Oh, I also got back my Dad's quilt for his cabin.  And I got it bound in two days...lots of Sons of Anarchy and Oz....The quilting was done by Kalynda Klemmer...


It is a large Queen comforter sized quilt...all from vintage men's shirts!!  ;-)

Today I'm off to paint Rebecca's new office at the high school.  The school is one of the best, but at 20 years old, it could use some TLC.  We've been cleaning over there for several days and today is the painting day....Happy Quilting!

Saturday, July 16, 2011

Projects....

I did finish my Kona Solids Challenge for the LVMQG...but I can't show it until after the meeting at the end of the month...but it is done, quilted and bound!!

Next, I decided to make a warm/cool quilt....I've pulled my fabrics and determined that I have too much fabric (that I don't like anymore).  So I'll bag up more for the local high school Home Ec teacher.  But here is what I'm working from for my quilt....I need over 300 squares of fabric for this little project!  Looks like there is a lot of TV time in my future.  By the way, we did watch over 60 episodes of Dexter in two weeks...now we are on to Oz (yes, it was the late 1990's when it originally ran on HBO)...

I've been working on a quilt for my Mom for Christmas.  The directions were from Moda Bake Shop and they are difficult to follow...wrong yardage, wrong directions, pictures that don't match the directions, etc.  Due to my own mis-cutting (massive confusion in this project), I had to order a second layer cake of a "now out of print" line of fabric so I could continue...But now I'm on the right track, I hope!!

The quilter finished quilting my Dad's plaid quilt so I made the binding last night and am awaiting it's return....

Also, Happy Mochi Yum Yum arrived last week.  I love 25 out of 29 of the prints...there are four that I'm just not into...but they will eventually be used for something!  I'm thinking of making a king-sized hexagon pinwheel quilt for my bed but I need to test out my idea on some junk fabric to see how it turns out...



Anyhow, the list of unfinished projects is so long.  There are many more in various stages of completion on the table but I just don't know when I'll get it all done!  And I'm giving up caffeine again so I'm quite certain that my eyes are going to fall out of my head....so no quilting until this passes.  ;-)  Happy Quilting!!!

Sunday, July 3, 2011

Kona Solids Challenge Quilt...

I made a bold move and cut up my charm squares for my Kona Solids quilt...this is all you get to see of the quilt until I show it at the MQG meeting in July. It needs to be fully completed...quilted and bound, by the end of July!  Ack....


I'm happy to report that Happy Mochi Yum Yum is now available at the Fat Quarter Shop....  I'm definitely going to make a new quilt for my bed, which is a California King, so I bought 1/2 yard of each fabric.  I think that will cover it!!  I've really been careful about not adding to the ridiculous stash of fabrics I have accumulated, but I couldn't pass this line up....



I also made my blocks for the Block Party swap....Andrea requested snowball blocks from her Tula Pink Prince Charming fabrics....


There is more sewing on tap for today!  And it is hot and muggy-ish here in LV.  Stay cool!

Friday, July 1, 2011

Finished Lucky Star quilt top...

I worked on piecing these blocks together while I was in Tahoe.  I finally go the top put together during one of our marathon Dexter-watching afternoons.  We are trying to watch all 5 seasons as fast as possible....go fingure???!


The colors are very muted....it measures 60" x 75" and I'll quilt it with some parallel lines.  I also had some leftover scraps so be watching for a table runner in the future....The auction is in November so I have some time to set it aside before quilting it.  I desperately need to work on my Kona Solids challenge quilt which is due next month at the LVMQG meeting....what to do, what to do???

Happy Quilting!!