Monday

I'm quilting lines through some pretty hexagons today!

Last week I was looking for motivation.

This week I found some. ;)

I moved my machine into the dining room and got to work!!

The change in scenery is good.

Plus.....

The dining room table is big enough to hold the bulk of this big queen sized quilt!

Wish me luck as I wrestle with the "deep blue sea". ;)

Quilting lines

The baseball and soccer games were cancelled today.

The PERFECT opportunity to stay home this morning

IN MY PAJAMAS and quilt!

I LOVE to quilt before getting dressed for my day  :)

I love the backing

AND

 the fact that I was able to squeeze in leftovers from the quilt in the middle.

Ties it ALL together!

A polka dot binding is the icing on the cake!

My quilting method is worth mentioning...

because it saves me some time.

 

First I lay the quilt on my kitchen table (after sandwiching)

and tape off TWO diagonal lines through the middle of the quilt.

 

I quilt those two LONG lines.

Then move out from there marking 3" from each seam with tape

as I go.

The tape hangs next to me and I add as I go.

One line at a time.

I use the tape pieces over and over again.

When I'm done they are ALL out of  "sticky".

Before you know it

the quilt it DONE!

One day

I began the day with cutting squares.

I love to GET GOING right away in the morning!

 

A NEW quilt!!!

Oooh.....I love beginnings!

This one is especially NICE

because it's a special REQUEST!

(a twin sized quilt for a little boys BIG bed!)

 

Lots and plaids, stripes and SHIRTS!

Good thing I have a stash of those!

Then I did some wrestling with this monster.

The quilting is all done around the applique.

I just have the white areas left.

I'm trying to mimic the pattern in the white border.

A very light pencil line is all I'm using

as I work around this BIG quilt!



I've made some more coasters.

They need some slip stitching on the side

and quilting stitches.

The PERFECT project to take along today

as we go to my daughter's therapy appointment!

;)

Aaaah!

Time to relax a bit.

Crotchet is addicting!

It's ALSO....

Perfect with a cup of coffee!

 

A day FULL of FUN!

Fabric.

Quilting.

and

Yarn.

 

 

 

done.

You all know I like that word.

DONE.

I'm so happy with my little quilt.

So happy that Sujata challenged us all to dream.

It's even quilted!

You know, quilting little quilts really doesn't take that long.

You've just got to sit down and DO IT!!

I stippled all that white background

closer together than I normally do.

Wow!! It sure takes a lot of thread!!

I used brown wavy lines in the baskets.

I like that part!

Can you see the vine with leaves in the green borders
and the little three petal doo-dad in the triangles?

Well.
I had fun playing with some quilting on this one.
:)



Here's the back.
Not too exciting, but no one's going to be seeing this side.;)
I used an old piece of heavy weight fabric.
I thought it might hang better.
We'll see.

I cooked enough yesterday.
I ate enough yesterday.
I cleaned enough yesterday......


After putting these away...
I'm going to quilt!!!

circles.

I finally decided on quilting circles on my quilt.

I found out....

Unmarked circles are not as easy as I had hoped.

They are especially difficult as the circle g-r-o-w-s.

And...

I have a confession to make.

I always dream as I work on a quilt...

"THIS is going to the BEST quilt ever!!!"

Do you ever dream that as you work away??

I do.

I'm a dreamer.

At some point I realize...

This is NOT going to be THE BEST quilt ever.

Disappointment sets in.

I go to bed.

Wake up the next day,

and realize...

It's o.k.

Maybe the NEXT quilt will be the BEST ONE!!

;)

I was a bit disappointed with my circles.
But I sure didn't want to rip them out!!

The circles and swirls are o.k.
This quilt will live on a guest bed at my house.
It won't be living on the wall in a museum.


Mistakes are o.k.
It's all a learning process for me....
But I don't think I'll ever stop dreaming about

that Perfect quilt....
The BEST quilt EVER!!!!

twice.

I was able to pick up a needle and thread only TWICE this past week.

Pretty.

I worked on this mainly in the air on my way home.

and Practical.

I received some dimensions for this sofa from my

daughter's roommate last month.

I sewed up the covers for those big cushions here in

California...then....

I slipped them on Sunday and handstitched the openings

in Georgia.

The girls were so happy to have the ugly cushions

covered up! Even if these didn't fit perfectly snug.

I also found out I have a sewing-soulmate

in one of my daughter's roommates.

Aren't these cute???

One for each of the girls in the apartment.

This roommate also makes homemade bread!!

I sure am missing out on that this year!!

Can I go back in time and become a college student again??

Please???