Monday Making

It's Monday and I'm beginning a quilt

BEFORE I finish a quilt.

Isn't that what we all do??

LOL!

I was SO close to at least getting my tumbler quilt BIG enough

and then....

a baby shower invite came

and I was OFF!!!

Baby quilts are so much fun to make!!!

I'll finish my tumbler quilt another day.

;)

What are YOU making this week??

Monday Making

I'm making another tumbler quilt this week!!

 

This is a new layout for me

and I'm excited to see this quilt GROW!

I'm hoping to get it QUEEN sized.

Think I have enough scraps???

;)

First...

I cut a bunch of tumblers using my 3 1/2" plastic template...

then....

Sew a bunch in sets of 4

and then cut a bunch MORE!!

In between I lay them out on the floor and ADMIRE.

 

I'm trying to alternate darks and lights....

but...

As you can see my darks and lights are not STRONG darks and lights.

They are muted a bit.

I'm finding it hard to decide if some of these scraps are DARK or LIGHT!!

It'll be interesting to see how its turns out when It's nice and big!

 

I'm having fun working in the dining room this week.

It's nice to change sewing locations once in a while!

although...

It means I have another MESS to clean up.

LOL!

 

 

Here's another MAKING picture.

Lots of cucumbers in the garden means there are going to be

 some PICKLES in the fridge!

 

What are you up to this week??

 

 

Monday Making

It's time for a Monday making party again!

It's hard for me to believe that I've been hosting this for a year and a half already!

It's nice to pull out what I THINK I might accomplish in the coming week

and share about it.

It doesn't always get DONE...but that's o.k.

Hope it helps you too

as you prioritize your "making"!!

I don't always get around to visit you....

but I love the comaraderie in our MAKING!

I've always been a MAKER.

Homemade has always been my "GO TO" when it comes to gifts

and making a home for my family.

I've made dresses and pajamas as gifts.

And then....quilts...of course!

There has always been homemade curtains on the windows

and homemade chair covers in the kitchen at my house.

There are SO MANY, many things I want to make!!

A weekly goal is kind of nice.

;)

This week I hope to put some stitches into this unfinished needlepoint I found at the thrift store.

I'm getting some hand projects lined up for the beginning of August

when my 20 year old has a surgery scheduled.

Long hours in the hospital demand hand work!!!

right??

Link up and share what YOU're making this week!

Change of plans

At the very beginning of the week I thought I'd be quilting THIS quilt.

(blogged about Monday)

But...instead...

I quilted this beautiful Dresden plate.

One thing led to another...

and I changed my mind.

;)

This is another vintage top that is in my stash.

An unfinished BEAUTY!!!

I loved echo quilting this quilt!!

Makes me want to make another quilt like this

JUST to echo those pretty petals!!

That BIG white area to quilt was a little daunting at first.....

but...

Once I got going on it, I was in LOVE!!!

The blue vintage gingham was the perfect choice for a backing.

Not too sweet.

Not too modern.

JUST right.

Happy Friday Friends!!!

Monday Making

I must be on a ROLL!

I pulled out another vintage quilt top this weekend

 that needed a little more work.

Some of the squares were already pieced together but...

it was missing 4 of the fan blocks. 

So....

 I sat down and quickly drafted a paper pieced fan.

Thankfully I had a bit of yellow, green and scraps that kind of matched.

;)

I will attempt to add a muslin border 

to make this wide enough for a twin size

and THEN....

Maybe I'll even get some quilting stitches in!!!

Friends...

I really don't know WHY I feel the need to finish these tops

that end up in my lap!

Their voices have certainly been LOUD the last couple of weeks!

They are shouting JUST a bit louder than the BINS of SCRAPS

that want to be QUILTS!!!

Add a link and let us know what YOU'RE making this week!

It's time for a MONDAY MAKING party!

Friday Finish

I haven't been finishing anything on Friday recently....

Especially not something this big

and this wonderful!!

Today's  a happy day.

;)

I took this old, old hand pieced quilt

and made her useful.

Every quilt wants to be USED!!!

I knew I did not have YEARS to quilt around each hexagon.

I also considered the age of the fabric

and the stains here and there.

I knew a simple quilted pattern was the answer...

but WHAT pattern???

I ended up using the small green diamonds as my guide.

I thought I might detract from the GREEN by using cream thread...

but I think it worked out just fine!!

I am also so happy I did not have to mark any lines.

I do NOT like marking quilts for quilting.

;/

I have attached the binding and will spend some relaxing hours

hand stitching it to the back.

I cut the binding on the BIAS 

since I wanted to CURVE around the side flowers

and not have to cut them off.

Bias binding is the key when you're doing any kind of CURVE!

The quilting lines are not perfect.

The piecing done by a long ago quilter is not perfect.

But...

I now have a PERFECTly WONDERFUL QUILT!

Best kind of thank you

The BEST kind of Thank you

does NOT contain words.

;)

Monday Making

This quilt top was given to me recently.

Isn't it pretty??

Hand pieced

and ready to be quilted!!

That's my GOAL this week.

At least get it sandwiched together with a backing!!

;)

Not sure how to go about quilting this one.....

But I want to start using it!

I love the green diamond outlines this quilter added!!

Such tiny pieces

with such a BIG impact!

Link up and share what YOU'd like to get accomplished this week.