Here's what my friend Jodie made me. She used Bonnie & Camille's Little Ruby fabrics!
Our guild made two quilts for Pulse. I volunteered to quilt and bind them. Here they are finished.
Showing posts with label #quiltsforpulse. Show all posts
SCQG Mini Swap and Finished Quilts for Pulse
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Last week my guild exchanged minis. Here's what I made for my friend Odie:
The pattern is Hope Chest Mini by a Quilting Life Designs (Sherri McConnell) and the fabric is Avalon by Fig Tree Quilts. This quilt is also pictured in my 2016 finishes tab. It's number 14 for the year (I am not counting the two Pulse quilts below that I quilted and bound).
Here's what my friend Jodie made me. She used Bonnie & Camille's Little Ruby fabrics!
Our guild made two quilts for Pulse. I volunteered to quilt and bind them. Here they are finished.
Here's what my friend Jodie made me. She used Bonnie & Camille's Little Ruby fabrics!
Our guild made two quilts for Pulse. I volunteered to quilt and bind them. Here they are finished.
It's the First Day of School and...
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
I ended up catching a milder version of my son's illness and spent several days in bed resting. I'm recovered now, but I'm still behind on life. I did get one of my quilt guild's Pulse quilts completely done and am hoping to finish the second one today so we can get those out in the mail. My guild meets Friday night and we are exchanging minis so I will share those next week.
I finished all of my The Aqua Umbrella QAL blocks and top. I'm trying to decide if I want to add more blocks to make it larger or just quilt it as it is. It's currently 58 x 60".
I am a week behind on the 365 blocks and I have yet to add all the 6" blocks to the top. I also need to do this month's Fig Tree blocks, make some shirts for my daughter and me, finish piecing a bunch of tops, quilt and bind a bunch of tops, make more doll clothes patterns (especially since the quilt shop I've been working in is closing and I'm out of work again), and make more Sew Powerful purses and maybe some charity quilts too. I have caught up on mending however!
I made 6 pints of freezer pickles and gave away the last few cucumbers from our plants, which have mercifully died back. We got another small harvest of green beans, enough for dinner tonight. The beans still look okay, but I am unsure as to whether they'll produce more or not.
This has been kinda an odd summer weather-wise. It seems like we go from pouring rain to hot, humid, and parched, although not as hot as some summers. The plants look really scraggly and weeds seem to be going mad. This morning I went to the bus stop with my younger child and there were mosquitos the size of sweat bees! Creepy for sure. We usually go out and walk at night and haven't had the mosquitos. We have had up to six tom turkeys wandering the neighborhood but I haven't seen any females or babies this year--also odd. The rabbits are thriving and doing some damage.
Here's hoping I get it all together and get super-productive!
I am a week behind on the 365 blocks and I have yet to add all the 6" blocks to the top. I also need to do this month's Fig Tree blocks, make some shirts for my daughter and me, finish piecing a bunch of tops, quilt and bind a bunch of tops, make more doll clothes patterns (especially since the quilt shop I've been working in is closing and I'm out of work again), and make more Sew Powerful purses and maybe some charity quilts too. I have caught up on mending however!
I made 6 pints of freezer pickles and gave away the last few cucumbers from our plants, which have mercifully died back. We got another small harvest of green beans, enough for dinner tonight. The beans still look okay, but I am unsure as to whether they'll produce more or not.
This has been kinda an odd summer weather-wise. It seems like we go from pouring rain to hot, humid, and parched, although not as hot as some summers. The plants look really scraggly and weeds seem to be going mad. This morning I went to the bus stop with my younger child and there were mosquitos the size of sweat bees! Creepy for sure. We usually go out and walk at night and haven't had the mosquitos. We have had up to six tom turkeys wandering the neighborhood but I haven't seen any females or babies this year--also odd. The rabbits are thriving and doing some damage.
Here's hoping I get it all together and get super-productive!
Super Mega Post
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Lots of things to share today. First, here are my The Aqua Umbrella quilt along blocks so far. I'm using various Bonnie & Camille fabrics. I bought a few specific prints to use, but I've been adding some others as I'm going along.
 |
| Week 1 |
 |
| Week 2 |
 |
| Week 3 |
Next, here is the bag that my daughter made using the fabric she got at the AQS show. We used a free tutorial and got what we paid for on that one. She's happy with it though. It's pretty massive. We added some pockets inside. The last picture is the best representation of the colors.
My garden is suddenly out of control. It's like a jungle. It looks like I should have a ton of cucumbers (maybe literally). I harvested our second and, I think, last batch of lettuce last night. We must have planted it way too late. Last year we had tons of lettuce. Of course, most of my lettuce didn't even come up this year, but still. I'll try again in the fall when it's cooler. My dill and chives didn't come up either. Not sure what's going on with those.
I made some more Quilts for Pulse blocks, bringing my total to 14. I will pool these with blocks my fellow guild members have made.
I actually had a paying sewing job this week. I machine embroidered this shirt for one of my husband's co-worker's kids.
While my daughter was at camp last week I taught my son to sew. He made two pillowcases using the hot dog/burrito method. He's pretty good! He did learn that you have to be super careful of brushing against the iron while you're working. You can see his burn near his wrist in the photo below.
I also finished up my B&C barn quilt swap and will mail that today. No sharing until she receives it though. As a reminder, I will be posting a tutorial for how to make it at that point as well.
I've gathered quite a few more funny photos, so look for one of those on Friday.
Today I am hoping to finally figure out the block I'm stuck on for my Fig Tree Mystery BOM. Once I figure that out, I can move on to last month's blocks and hopefully get caught up before the next group arrives within the week.
Quilts For Pulse
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
My guild is making blocks for the Quilts for Pulse (#quiltsforpulse) movement headed by the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild--details here. Here are the blocks I've made so far. I need to go through my fabric stash in the basement to find more solids.
The heart block is a free tutorial from Allison of Cluck, Cluck, Sew. It has several size options. Find the tutorial here. The 10" block size is what I am using, and it matches up with some free patterns:
Stefanie of sew fabulous has a love + love pattern available at Cotton Bliss. It is currently free. This pattern uses the 10" Cluck, Cluck, Sew block as its base.
And Amanda at What the Bobbin has a free paper piecing heart pattern in several sizes available too. Scroll down the page to find links to the 12 inch and 10 inch blocks.
In other news, after my long arm malfunctioned last week, my iron went up in a crackling, popping, smoking display on the same day. It was less than a year old. :( Since it would cost more to send it in under warranty than to buy a new one, I bought the same one. It's a Shark brand in case you're wondering. I really like it, and at $30 or so, not a horrible replacement cost if the new one burns out too.
I am binding my Bonnie & Camille barn quilt swap and working on the extra too. I will show those soon and plan on making a free tutorial for the block I made for the swap. I want to wait until the recipient gets it, so it will be a few weeks, but it will be posted here eventually.
While I've managed to stay current on my 365 Challenge blocks, I am a bit behind on my Aqua Umbrella QAL. Hoping to get that rectified today. I will try to share those blocks next week. I am still hopelessly behind on my Fig Tree Mystery Sampler BOM since I'm stuck on one of the blocks.
My daughter made a messenger bag with the free anime fabric she received at the AQS show. I'll share that soon too. My son wants to learn to sew, so we are going to make a pillow case. I need to get caught up on my blocks first, but hopefully that will happen within a week or so as well.
I also need to spend some serious phone time chasing down some help for my long arm.
 |
| I need to re-iron that lower left heart. It got bent in the stack. |
Stefanie of sew fabulous has a love + love pattern available at Cotton Bliss. It is currently free. This pattern uses the 10" Cluck, Cluck, Sew block as its base.
And Amanda at What the Bobbin has a free paper piecing heart pattern in several sizes available too. Scroll down the page to find links to the 12 inch and 10 inch blocks.
In other news, after my long arm malfunctioned last week, my iron went up in a crackling, popping, smoking display on the same day. It was less than a year old. :( Since it would cost more to send it in under warranty than to buy a new one, I bought the same one. It's a Shark brand in case you're wondering. I really like it, and at $30 or so, not a horrible replacement cost if the new one burns out too.
I am binding my Bonnie & Camille barn quilt swap and working on the extra too. I will show those soon and plan on making a free tutorial for the block I made for the swap. I want to wait until the recipient gets it, so it will be a few weeks, but it will be posted here eventually.
While I've managed to stay current on my 365 Challenge blocks, I am a bit behind on my Aqua Umbrella QAL. Hoping to get that rectified today. I will try to share those blocks next week. I am still hopelessly behind on my Fig Tree Mystery Sampler BOM since I'm stuck on one of the blocks.
My daughter made a messenger bag with the free anime fabric she received at the AQS show. I'll share that soon too. My son wants to learn to sew, so we are going to make a pillow case. I need to get caught up on my blocks first, but hopefully that will happen within a week or so as well.
I also need to spend some serious phone time chasing down some help for my long arm.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
