Monday Making

It's Monday!

Time to think about what I'd like to make this week!

All I could manage this morning

was to pull this old friend out.

 This is a quilt I made a few years ago that doesn't scream Christmas...

but I think it fits in with all the red and green!

;)

I used paper pieced stars ala Peggy Martin

and some applique by ME.

I've been pulling out my Christmas quilts

and Plopping them here and there.

Christmas decorations are going to be VERY minimal this year

due to a long kitchen remodel going on.

Christmas cookies can't even be baked!!!

I'm just crossing my fingers it'll be done before the 25th.

I'm so glad remodels happen only ONCE in a lifetime.

LOL!

What are you making???

I want to hear all about it!

Wednesday

I've been doing some SLOW stitching.

This little applique project gets pulled out once in a while

and I add a few more leaves.

THIS time....

I'm going to try and stick WITH it

and get ALL the blocks done.

That's the goal....We'll see what happens.

I've also been getting some stars in the mail.

THANK YOU for your help

Sharon and Selina!

I'll wait for a few more patriotic blocks before piecing them together.

They are going to feel RIGHT at home in this quilt

being donated to the wounded warriors project.

I participated in a FUN trade a couple of weeks ago.

I sent a little zipper bag....

and received this cute little pouch in return!!!

Thank you Brenda!!

Happy sewing friends!!!

A new friend

A new friend arrived this week.

I'm spending some time getting to know her as sew up little stars. ;)

It will take lots of little stars to make a quilt. 

Lots of time to get "Friendly" with my new to me machine.

I'm still trying to process the fact that my third child is now married!

Sewing will help my mind wrap around the fact that I'm not 20 something years old anymore and my kids are! :)

Monday monday

I liked the potholders when they were just pieced together.

I like them a LOT MORE all quilted up!!!!

Don't you?

Maybe the fact that they're DONE is part of it.

:)

I love the center of this star.

Mmmm....yummy fabric.

I had a nice piece of this green/brown dotty fabric.

It was PERFECT for the back of ALL of my stars and bars.

Don't you LOVE when you don't have to make ANY MORE decisions??

 

People don't realize how many decisions we have to make as quilters!!!

It's exhausting.

;/

Stars, bars and houses

I'm sewing up some scraps

to be turned INTO potholders for gifts.

I love these festive STARS!

The bars in the upper right are o.k. too.

;)

The bars were ALL together in my scrap bag...

Just needed two seams sewn.

I couldn't RESIST the simple design!

 

In other news....

Houses for the neighborhood party are arriving daily.

Sharon sent a house and barn.

One for the party and ONE for a charity quilt!

I LOVE the way she added this little pre-printed quilt block

into the barn!

It's PERFECTO!

Maria sent these two houses.

One looks like a daytime scene

and the other NIGHT!!

Fun! FUN!!!

 

The party is on.

There's still time to join in the FUN!

Leave a comment and I'll send YOU my address.

Details here.

 

 

 

 

Mitered border

Success!!!

After finishing up my stars...

I found the perfect border fabric in my stash!

But.....

This border fabric was screaming "miter me!!!"

I hesitated a bit....and then......

I did it!!!!

Since I didn't take pictures of the process...

 I found THIS tutorial to share with you...

It's very close to the way I did mine.

;)

I will NOT be afraid to miter again!

Woo Hoo!!!!

Another TOOL in my quilting belt!

seeing stars

I'd really like to make a couple more stars today.

I'm using some new fun fabric...

and a background of blue that's been in my stash

For.ev.er.

I think the blue is a kind of seersucker.

It has a little dimension to it...

and I like it.

Sooo....

I'd really like to make some more happy stars...

but every time I go to press a seam....

My ironing board cover accuses reminds me.....

It's a hard working part of my quilting...

and...

IT DESERVES a little LOVE TOO!!!!!

No One will know

No one's going to know the ugliness this quilt holds!

Oh, they might...

If they look real close!

My all time LEAST favorite fabric....

And another....

all time LEAST favorite!!!!

If they look REAL close they might see a cleat.

Or part of a football helmet.

This is the LAST remnant of a quilt I made a few years ago.

Remember when you made quilts for EVERY occassion....

No matter how big or small???

Well...I bet I can top your occassion!!!

This quilt was made at the end of flag football season

for the Coach.

Yeah.....

A coach's gift.

I bet he laughs every time he tells his friends

the CRAZY coach's gift he received one year.

:0

Those pieces of fabric might be ugly to me....

but....

I sure like the way the little pieces look in HERE!!!!

Unfinished

Since I leave tomorrow....

I'll have to leave this fun project

UNFINISHED!!!

I won't be using a sewing machine for a

WHOLE WEEK!!!

I'm prepared though!!

Joseph's Coat......

HERE. I. COME!!!!

BIG project Blues.

When you're working a huge project...

do ever wonder...

WHY, oh why, did I EVER begin this?

What possessed me?

I'll never have enough of these!!!

Yep.

That's what I was thinking yesterday.

I even had some bad dreams about it last night.

IS that a GOOD sign or BAD????

:/

I've appliqued

LOTs and lots of these circles.

The last time I posted about this one is here.

Yesterday I trimmed and pressed.

then I appliqued some circles onto a VERY large piece of muslin.

I used the crease of the fabric as my center line.

I have a LONG way to go.

:(

I was feelin' kind of overwhelmed

with the size of this project.

Then...

This little something came in the mail.

Oh MY!!!

Did my mood change!!!!

I just LOVE this little bit of

wonderful patchwork!!

I MORE than love it!!!

Michele even included some yummy fabric!

Michele....

Your timing was perfect.

I'm not feeling BLUE anymore.

;)

Wonky Stars

My friend wanted to make some wonky stars today...

so we worked together...

and figured out how it's done.

We began with 3" squares.

I dug through some scraps and found some yellow.

laid it down there....

Double checking that it would cover the corner of the block.

Yes.

It does.

:) 

Sew it on.

Press open.

Trim.

Using the 3" square as a guide.

Viola!!!

One Star point....

Only 7 more to go!!!!

Two star points!

Oh....

Don't they look nice?

Here I am chain piecing those star points on!

Much easier.

PLUS...

I'm using some triangles cut from 3" squares.

It works perfectly!

Woo HOO!!!

TWO

LOVELY

STARS!!!

See how that stash of 3" squares comes in handy????

I have quite a collection!!!

What color do YOU need??

:0

I love the way they look with this fabric she'll be using!

Don't you???

After making some big stars....

I made some

teeny.

tiny.

tiny.

stars.

(using 1 1/2" squares)

So. cute. !!!!

I'll be making these for the next few years!!!!

Hope you don't get tired of seeing them!

:)