I finally took some time and worked on my borders for Orange Crush! I have 2 on, 2 more to go! Bonnie is doing a lecture Wed night at our guild so I can't wait to show her!
I"m making these for xmas gifts. I've got these 2 done, 6 more to go! It is slow going these days still - working long hours and then I'm just too tired to care and work on them at night. Otherwise just nothing new to share. Life is kind of boring here!
Here it is. A quilty Christmas package. First I have to quilt it, then it gets a big 3D bow. Don't you just love the fabrics!
I continue on with the xmas theme. I"m working on 8 more very small wall hangings for xmas gifts - but those aren't far enough to share yet. So I thought I would give you a peak at my latest start for xmas. But this one will be for me. I won't tell yet what it will be, but my mom bought me the pattern for xmas last year, and I got this fabric for it this summer. It is going to be soooo cool! I got all the pieces cut out, so this is all I have to share at this point - just stay tuned!
Well I finally have a finish to share! I"ve got to find some more time to sew - I'm getting cranky! Anyway above is my Smore's quilt! Isn't it cute! I shared the pillow cases with you earlier, but thought I would post it again here with the quilt.
And here is my brothers Christmas present. You've seen this before also - but it is now quilted and bound! Woooo Hoooo!
I'm sure someone is going to ask about the gorgeous applique quilts in the background. I took these pics at quilt guild Wed night and our speaker was Connie Sue Haidle from Apple Blossom Quilts. Just look at this Christmas Baltimore quilt of hers. The quilting was GORGEOUS, as was the applique. I"ve just got to do some of these blocks! You can buy the all the patterns for this quilt together, or individually.
I made a small bit of progress! I got a xmas gift done (and one for me)! I found if I make something I like for a gift, it is better to make 2 right away. Otherwise I never go back and make one for me. Aren't they cute!
Yes, I'm falling behind on everything, including work because of the flood. So my head is just spinning and I"m not being too productive at quilting right now. But I did finish Augusts Quilter's Blessing block! Augusts block was "Sipping Hot Tea". Well I do like tea, but I LOVE Diet Coke! So here is my Aug block! Not too bad considering I can't draw for anything!
Just wanted to let you know that I"m "down" from email for a bit! I hadn't been able to get into my email all weekend. I finally called a co-worker to see what was up. Seems our building flooded out in the rain this weekend and they shut down all the servers and electric to our building! So if you are expecting a reply from me - hang in there! I"m hoping we are back up soon!
At camp I also worked on the Christmas panel I got out in Delaware! Sorry for the bad pic - but I didn't want to bother anyone to hold it, and I already sent it home with the long-armer down there! But I think it turned out pretty cute for a panel quilt! I also used the scraps to make 3 small quilts! Guess I don't have a pic of those - I'll have to take one later! Maybe I'll get them quilted up first!
Now I"m busy figuring out a small quilt for our Christmas small quilt exchange! Laura, Sossy, Heather and I drew names again this year to exchange a small quilt. Last year it was whatever style the person who we drew liked. I had gotten Laura and made the above one. This year it is a small quilt either Christmas or Winter! Oh so many choices! I can't decide!
Oh my gosh - I had so much fun this weekend at camp! Seeing Laura, Linda, Sossy and Jan is always a blast! We laughed so much, slept little, ate lots and sometimes even sewed! I"m still trying to get "back in the swing of things" so I thought I would share what I got done on my mystery quilt. Laura did the mystery again this year and they always are so cool! Above is mine - minus the last outside border of HSTs. Isn't it awesome!
And this was Laura and mine little corner of the world for the weekend - can you tell the theme was Hooray for the Red, White and Blue!
And check out some of the other mystery quilts! It is so much fun to see the same quilt all done up in different fabrics! Aren't they GORGEOUS! I didn't show Jan's - she can show hers on her blog! It is really cool!
I've been busy making pillowcases for the quilts I"m going to work on at camp! Well some others also! The tennis ones are for my daughter and her little sister on the tennis team. The batik and blue ones are fabric my nephew picked out and insisted he needed pillowcases out of them because the ones I made him a year or so ago are worn out. He picked the fabrics and told me what needed to go with what!
The brown snowman fabric ones are for my other daughter who saw this at another quilt shop and wanted pillowcases out of them! But the fabric goes with the panel quilt I"m making at camp. And the green Smore pillowcases are for me and go with another quilt I"m making at camp!
Last is the Notes from the Cat pillowcases I"m making my friend. She has 3 cute cats and her quilt I"m also working on at camp! But look below at the notes - they are hysterical!
And here is the main project I want to work on at camp. It will be a xmas gift for a good friend of mine. All cut and kitted up for fun at camp!
Got fabric cut today for one more quilt to work on at camp! I won't give away how it will look, but the center will be this panel. I rarely do things with panels, but this just looked like a quick fun project.
And I made 2 really fun Smore Pink Pillowcases!
I got 3 more bluework blocks done while I was gone! I"m only 1 behind now! Aren't they cute!
And on this trip I finally got to the ocean! I went with my oldest daughter Holly and my 2 nephews and niece. We had a great day! I even saw a whole school (or is it pod?) of dolphins swimming by not far from the shore! Holly tried to snap a pic but they all turned out looking like sharks! There were about 5 of them! A first for me! The water was freezing, but I went all the way in with my youngest nephew. The others wimped out!
And for today eye candy - the blue and teal quilt I made for Holly to give a very special friend for her new apartment. I just LOVE how it turned out! Oh and that is another friend helping me hold it for the pic - I"m hiding behind it!
Don't you just love the backing fabric and quilting!
I haven't done much to get ready for camp in a few weeks, but I did kit up one project. Is this just not the cutest fabric you have every seen! And the sewing is quick and simple - the perfect fun camp project!
Well I think if you read my blog regularly, hint #3 kind of gives it away! But here it is! My mom bought this fabric for me to make for my brother for xmas. When he was visiting her house this spring he fell in love with hers that I made and mom said he walked around all week with it on! So she wanted to give him one for xmas.
Here is my mom's all finished, and hanging on my wall before I surprised her with it!
