Working away....

Well working away on getting all the blocks together on our guilds raffle quilt. I"ll actually be kind of glad to be done with it! Other than that not much going on. Just some family medical problems keeping me a bit down and stressed.

Getting ready for my trip...

Decided I wanted a little wallet for my trip coming up, and saw Melly & Me's pattern Sunshine and decided that wallet looked just like what I needed. So I made these up. I made the first one in 30's fabric and forgot to take a picture. Each time I made one I tweaked the pattern a bit for things I liked.

Until I decided to try and use a purse magnet instead of velcro. Didn't work. It was just too heavy and pulled too much on the fabric, even though I had used several layers of interfacing. So today I cut out the magnet and just sewed velcro over the hole!

A few of you have sent me notes wondering where I've been. Things are a bit hard right now. Work is extremely busy and stressful and my mom is not doing well so my sister and I have been busy trying to figure out what kind of help we can get for her. Mostl likely I"ll be tied up in the coming weeks. When I have so much on my mind I just have no desire to blog. I'm just a bit overwhelmed at the moment. But just know I"m ok.

Question...

Do any of you know of a place online in the US that sell nice/fun leather purse handles similar to the ones shown above? Inquiring Minds want to know!

Another Tree Skirt

Holly called the other day and wanted me to make 3 more Christmas Tree Skirts for shower gifts this spring/summer. So I managed to get the first top done! Now to get it to the quilter and then bind it. I think I"m going to have to teach Holly how to do the binding! Man these skirts have a lot of binding!

Midnight Stars Top Finished!

Yes it is! To see other very fun Midnight Star tops/quilts check Lori's list on this post.

Are these cute or what!

Check out what I made this week! The pattern is Cash And Carry. Aren't they fun! Yup the little ones are 2 zipper wallets sewn together.

On the 4th day of quilt camp

I got to start a new project!!!!

On the third day of quilt camp..

I finished 2 projects! The Smore Snowman quilt top that I've had cut and ready to make now for years, and 3 pillowcases to go with it!

On the second day of quilt camp....

My quilter brought to me....

3 quilts to bind

In exactly 2 months....

I will be here (Sydney)

And here (Batemans Bay)

And here (Canberra)

And here (Melbourne)

Can you tell I'm just a bit excited! And Holly is worried I won't take any pictures!

On the first day of Quilt Camp

Mel's Block: A block that represents the maker

my sewing machine made.... 4 birthday blocks

Lela's: Barns

Mary J's: Flowers

Michelle's: Pink and Brown

Thank Goodness for Friends and Indiana!

More on my old project....

OK, so many wanted to see the whole quilt I took it downstairs to my daughters room and snapped a few pics. Its in the basement so I only get so much light down there! Anyway, here it is. Thought I would snap closeups of the few sections I have quilted.

For those of you that asked what the pattern is: It is Primitive Primer by Jan Patek. An oldie but a goodie. The first running of this book had side projects to make with blocks and sections of the full quilt. The second printing is just the full quilt. So if you go looking for the book just note that.

Someone else wanted to know about my pin basting. Yes, I pin my hand quilted quilts. I don't have the time or the space to really thread baste it. so I pin baste just it, just like if I would machine quilt it. Then I start quilting sections. If a pin is in the way of the hoop when I start I just move the pin. And I"m just extra careful when I put the quilt in the hoop to make sure I"m not folding any backing in it, or pulling the backing funny. Has worked for me.

Midnight Stars part 4

All caught up! Midnight Stars part 4!