Monday Making

I was able to finish a quilt top this week!!

Happy DANCE!!!

:)

My mom helped me make the four patches so it is

an EXTRA special quilt for sure!!!

It is one of the graduation quilts for the

seniors at my church.

My yearly QUILTY project is to give a quilt

to every graduating high school senior!

I will quilt it later...

so I left those edges AS IS.

The blocks were sewn together "on POINT"

Or - diagonally....

so I added a rectangle at the end of each row

and will trim the triangle points OFF later.

The reason, some of you know already,

Is that they will be BIAS edges when trimmed

and bias edges are VERY persnickety!

They like to bend and wobble.

Wobble and STRETCH!

I might be folding and unfolding this one

a few times before I get around to quilting it

so...

I want to trim the edges later.

Hey!

I might even quilt it BEFORE trimming.

That way I'll be SURE to keep the edge from getting distorted!

I COULD have added blue triangles all the way around.

But I didn't.

It was so much simpler (for me)

to cut rectangles and sew them on.

The fabric was not expensive.....

SO i'm not too worried about waste.

(the blue cotton is a VERY nice used cotton sheet!!)

Yes..

I felt very THRIFTY as I pieced this one together!!!

:)

I have so many other quilt projects to work on in my sewing room!

Not sure WHAT I'll pull out next.

????

What are YOU making this week???

Monday Making

My knitting is taking a back seat this week

as I try to get some more hand quilting into

my "H" quilt!!

SOMEDAY it will be a finished quilt...

but it's hard to imagine WHEN that someday will be!

If I leave this quilt out and HANDY.....

I'm more likely to add stitching.

What are YOU making this week??

Quilt crossings

This quilt just returned home  

from a traveling exhibit

"Crossings"

I'm happy to now hang her up in MY house!

It is very minimalist and contains

LOTS of recycled even some "ancient" fabrics.

I say ancient because the OLD old muslins

I included are stained and probably

100 years old.

I LOVED adding that element to this quilt!

The old fabric gives this quilt a quality

that Joanns just couldn't.

The hand quilting adds so much TEXTURE!

Hand quilting.

Old fabric.

Piecing scraps together.

Just SOME of the reasons I LOVE to quilt!

Monday Making

It's time for a Monday Making party!

What are you making this week??

I have been working on this afghan for a while now.

I had DREAMS of finishing before Christmas....

but that didn't happen.

:)

That's o.k.

It's progressing. Slowly!

I want this to get REALLY big!

That means...

it's a LONG term project.

The unfinished afghan AND the yarn are housed in a basket

Near the kitchen.

I pull it over to a chair and work as I listen to

people talk at the table.

It's a little busy work. NO thinking.

Now it's your turn.

Thanks to everyone who links up

and makes this a FUN Monday get-together!

Weaving towels

Santa brought me a larger rigid heddle loom this year...

so I tested it out with some cotton yarn.

:)

I made some kitchen towels

that I'm afraid to USE!!

Haha.

They're so pretty...I don't want to mess them up.

I"ll probably give them away and let someone ELSE

break them in!

Four patch Monday Making

Last week I was making four patches

and...

I'm still AT IT!

This time with masculine colors.

(They're all spread out on the floor now

so I can admire them)

I'm finding that the BOY colors are running

low in my 3" square scrap drawer.

:)

I will probably have to cut some up!

Can you believe it?

I have a GIRL quilt going (almost done)

and the BOY quilt just got started.

(Both quilts will be given away in June

to graduating high school seniors at my church)

My mom is visiting so I pulled out the scraps

and had her sewing with me.

I have at least ONE more machine

if you want to join us!

Haha!!

The easiest thing to do was to enlist her in 4 patch making....

but...

you know what???

We might just have to BRANCH out!!

I'm dreaming about beginning

at least ONE more quilt before she leaves!!!

Link up and share what YOU'RE Making!

Are you making your house guests sew too???

January

I finished this quilt right before Christmas.

When the holiday decorations came down...

this one went UP on the wall.

It's smallish (36"x 36") and I am enjoying the sparkle it's giving my entry.

I entered this one into quiltcon...but it was a reject.

ah well.

I love it!

This quilt is made JUST with scraps and recycled garments.

The BEST kind of quilt!

I hand quilted it, so I've spent LOTS of time with this one.

Every quilt I hand quilt is another step towards 

PROFICIENCY!

:)