Gone camping

Be back soon. ;)

Quilts and cookies

 

This is what I've been working on.

A quilt to be auctioned off!

The proceeds will go to help a young lady

heading to Canada to minister there.

 

The design is simple....

but I like it!

 

I used lots of WHITE strips.....

different widths and lengths...

along with...

lots of REDS from my stash.

;)

 

Hoping to get it sandwiched soon.

I imagine some machine quilted lines

and THEN......

some NICE BIG RED hand quilted stitches!

 

Oh, you know me!

I'm always imagining BIG hand quilted stitches.

I just don't always ADD THEM in the end!!!

LOL!

I'm also making cookies.

 

Son's away at college.

It HAS to be done once in a WHILE!!

 

Nothing says I LOVE YOU

like a BIG box of homemade cookies!

;)

Toast on Tuesday

I don't just finish things people give me.

Sometimes I pay $$$$ to do it!

Crazy.

The line item in our budget is labeled

Entertainment.!

I enjoyed finishing up the flowers and black stitches on this OLD UFO.

The thread was even included in this little thrift store find.

I'm going to list it in my shop in case anyone wants a finished vintage goodie!

See? I want to finish things even when it's not for me!!

Yep. Crazy.

Time and voices

I'll never have enough TIME to do everything I want to do!

 

I'll never have the time to "DEAL with"

all the fabric that CALLS my NAME

from the shelf.

;)

 

The scraps in this table runner

WON'T be calling my name anymore!

Thank goodness!

Neither will all the multicolor strips in here!!!

But......

There are still strips in the BIG bag

wanting to be WOVEN into SOMETHING!!!

 

There are also LOTS of little squares

that CRY from their drawer....

"Take me out and PLAY!"

The orphan quilt blocks chime in...

"We want to come too!"

 

They call and CRY out to me.

 

GOOD thing they know how to

HARMONIZE!!!!

 

 

 

Friday

Poncho weather is not here yet in sunny Southern California...... But I'm ready.

Hope it arrives soon!

I saw this pattern on ravelry. (Easy folded poncho by churchmouse) and thought it would be great easy project.

It was easy......just took t.i.me.

It didn't require thinking like my current project:

How do you spell "aye-Yai-Yai"????

'

Thank you blogland

Antique quilter sent me some valuable information yesterday in response to my chair-phonebook-rearend problem.  ;)

Make a cushion with this......

Trash.

The little bits that get thrown out!

Believe or not, I had a pillow made already but didn't like the weight of it.

It sat neglected and forgotten.

It will be neglected no longer!

It's the perfect size!

Reason #242 why I love blogland!

Thanks friends. 

I also learned about marking quilts!

Reason #243. ;)

Deep blue sea is done

Yep.

Quilting lines are all sewn IN!

Happy dance time!!

Can you see the wonky lines here?

I rarely mark a quilt for quilting with anything other than painters tape. This time.......

I DID mark with a blue chalk roller by clover on the wide white border.  I marked only a little to keep me "sort of" on track. ;)

Guess what?  The blue didn't disappear in the laundry! I googled a bit and found out vinegar works. Haven't tried it yet. Isn't it crazy that marking lines don't come out like they should?  I once heard a quilt teacher say the safest marking tool is a #2 pencil. I should have heeded her advice!

Well I am happy with this quilt.

Love the colors my daughter and new son-in-law chose. They also chose the design.

I had to choose the quilting design!

I think it took me as long to decide that as it did to piece the whole thing!  ;)

 I'm Also happy my hours on this phone book are over! ;). There's got to be a better way of getting high enough on the chair to quilt comfortably. My arms aren't complaining this time.,.....but.....my rear end is. Hah!