Monday Making

I made a simple quilt this week.

A quilt FULL of scrappy strips is a favorite of mine.

I did add some bigger chunks....

just because.

:)

Some of these scraps go WAY back.

I ran out of the blue binding fabric and 

absolutely LOVE the yellow blue stripey addition there!

I broke one of my sewing "personal challenges"

and BOUGHT backing fabric!!

LOL!

Isn't it cute???

Yes...

I was tempted to buy a lot more!

I also finished this quilt this week.

After mending it

and quilting it

and binding it...

I have given myself an honorary degree.

HARD WON, mind you.

Some of you read last week's post.

I did NOT end up appliqueing the open seams.

I ripped a little and sewed a little

and fretted a lot.)

You can now refer to me as.....

"the QUILT DOCTOR"

This honorary degree is given after

many hours of repair using specialized equipment.

(seam ripper, scissors, sewing machine, needles, etc.)

It is earned after at least 5 quilts are

mended in a satisfactory way.

Satisfactory requirements state that the quilt must be USABLE.

These quilts never are quite right in the end.

Just like broken body parts...

there are scars.

But....they WORK

and they look ALMOST just right.

;)

I have mended quilts like this at least 5 times...

so I consider myself to have earned this

AWESOME degree!!!

I'm OFF to order a wooden sign.

I will have my new LOGO engraved on it

and it will hang PROUDLY at my front door.

:)

what are YOU making this week???

Monday Making

Thank you for ALL your sweet notes of encouragement

and CARE this week!

My son had surgery Wednesday and it looks like 

after time heals his leg....he'll be as good as new.

Actually....he'll be Titanium strong!!!

He is teased by friends that he'll be SUPER HERO material!!!

This week, as I help him with this and that....

I'll be repairing this quilt.

My daughter put it together...

but found that some of the seams split open.

Any of you quilters know why???

;)

Yep.

Some of those seams just weren't quite 1/4"

Instead of taking it ALL apart...

I am going to applique seam binding or

packaged bias tape on the seams 

that need attention.

I LOVE her quilt

and am so happy to give a little help in getting it

DONE!

I love DONE....don't you????

What are YOU making this week???

Monday making

life happened.

Sorry no Monday making party this week.

Hope to see everyone next week🙂

My son had a little run-in with a vehicle 

Ouch!! 

I’m in waiting rooms doing some embroidery.

Nice to have that project bag “ready to GO!”

Monday Making

I gave a quilt away this week.

I've had this one "ready to go" for quite a while....

but...

I wasn't ready to part with it until now.

It contains quite of few vintage fabrics

that I'll never see again.

I know.

It's silly.

I have SO much fabric.

Why fret about a CUTE little yellow strip of cotton??

with LAMBS on it??

That's only 1" x 5"???

I DO LOVE string QUILTS!!!

I guess I'll have to make another!!!

What are YOU making this week???

Monday Making

This week I pulled out an older embroidery set of printed blocks

that I have had in the "to do" pile for a long time.

This is the perfect portable project!

I brought it along on a short trip this week.

I took two small printed blocks, 

thread, needle, embroidery hoop and small scissors.

(There are about 10 identical blocks to embroider)

During my little trip, I was able to almost finish ONE block.

:)

As I stitched, I thought about how nice some 30's fabrics would look with it.

And guess what??

I happen to HAVE some of those reproduction prints!

(what DON'T I have...LOL)

As I stitch I will think about quilt settings.

There are always HAPPY thoughts when I'm stitching!

What are YOU making this week???

Monday Making

It is SO, SO nice to see the quilts I've given being used.

Ooooh! So nice.

Nothing, I think, makes a quilter happier

than when she knows her quilts are USED and loved.

The first was a wedding quilt for my older girl.

It's a Jacob's coat pattern that is ALL hand appliqued.

yes. It took me a long time to make it queen siZed!

The second is a wedding quilt for my second girl.

I pieced hexagons and then appliqued the edges onto a white border.

I really like the look of it on their bed and am happy BOTH quilts

are being used.

:)

I just finished this sweet little vest.

I loved adding the extra color to finish it UP

The ball of variegated yarn I had wasn't quite enough.

I think I'd like to begin another this week

JUST using my yarn stash and creating

a lot of stripes of color!!!

I think quilters knit like quilters.

Haha.

what are YOU making this week???

Monday Making

I am working away on my amish snowball quilt.

One little 3 1/2" square at a time.

Each square has four little tiny triangles in the corner.

After sewing on the little triangles...

there is trimming to do.

There are NINE snowballs in each block.

My goal is to make 48 nine patches

There should be 432 snowballs in the quilt when I'm done.

I'm not even 1/2 way there!!!

Quilting takes a BIT of patience.

Just. a. BIT.

LOL

What a re YOU making this week??