A Quilty Finish!

Around the end of last year I found Christmas Spools Pattern on Moda Bake Shop and really liked the design.  I made up the quilt top really quickly and then it just sat there waiting to be quilted.  I pin basted the quilt and started in on the quilting.  I was trying to take a short-cut of course!

Pin basting has never worked for me and I got a dreaded pucker on the back!

 So there it sat for a couple more weeks.  I finally took the quilt and thread basted it during Nascar on Sunday!

 Then I got down to some serious quilting!

 Done!  The binding was done by attaching it to the front and stitching it down by hand on the back of the quilt.  It needed to be exactly at 1/4" on the front because there is no border on the quilt.  Which meant my quick machine binding method was not going to work on this quilt.

 I did some fun FMQ and had a blast quilting this quilt!

More of the quilting!

Some lovely Moda Solid  fabric on the back and a striped binding!

Finished Fall Tablerunner!

I posted this top a few weeks back.  Well I finally got down to quilting it yesterday.  I was waiting for it to tell me how it wanted to get quilted and it took it's sweet time.

It finally told me it wanted leaves, and pebbles...

 and acorns...

 I really like the colors - The fabric is called Autumn Woods!

Help For Hexaholics!!!

Today I am linking up with Sarah who hosts Help for Hexaholics once a month.   This is my work box with a hexi project in it.  I am making grandmothers flowers which will be appliquéd to a background square.

 The fabric is called "Wishes"!

The background fabric is not showing up too well in the picture.  It is more green in real life.

 Blocks waiting to be appliquéd.  I am using 1" hexies and the background block is being cut at 7.5".

Here is my box of completed blocks.  There is a good little stack!  I am enjoying this project and it might be one that I actually finish relatively quickly.   Thank you for stopping by!

Quiltmania Quilt Progress!

I have been sewing like a crazy woman!  My previous post showed the quilt I wanted to make from the latest Quiltmania Magazine (103).  I used my STASH for the entire quilt.  I have not bought a single piece of fabric for this quilt!  I have been stitching squares for a week!  One hundred squares per block and thirty blocks in all.

 It is as lovely as I hoped it would be.

I am in the process of putting on the borders.  I am finished with the pieced border and just have the outer border to attach and then the top is finished.  I had so much fun making the top.  I LOVE small pieces of fabric.  

I have another Quiltmania quilt on the go from several years back.  I am using some of the leftover fabric to cut more 1/2" hexagons for this project.  I will post my finished top tomorrow!  Thank you for stopping by and have a lovely day!

A Quiltmania Quilt!

On Monday this week, I went to the LQS to pick up my latest edition of Quiltmania Magazine (103). Now it is very rare for me to not find at least one quilt that I want to make from the magazine.  There are two in this issue that have spoken to me.

 One is this postage stamp quilt.

I have wanted to make one for a long while now and I actually have a scrappy one as a Leader Ender project.  These blocks are 10 by 10 one inch squares.  A hundred per block and thirty blocks in the quilt.  Oh I could not wait and went to pick fabric out of my stash.  I have 13 blocks done - 1300 little squares put together and I am loving the process.  Oh please don't let my enthusiasm evaporate before I get a finish.  It is going to be gorgeous.

Last  but not least, Karen  sent me this gorgeous scissor fob, handmade and appliquéd by herself for me just because I admired them so much.  No, I did nothing to deserve this gift.  It was just kindness on her part that thoroughly made my day.  Thank you Karen!  I don't know what my sweet scissors ever did without this darling fob!

A Table Runner, some Applique and some Crochet!

I am busy on a few projects (Ha ha) at the moment.  Always busy with a few projects - they just change.   The first project is a table runner made from Autumn Woods.  I plan on doing some fancy quilting in the center.  I started that yesterday when Big Bertha (my Bernina 820) decided to choke on a thread and jamb herself up.  Once I got her unclogged I was feeling a bit annoyed with her so I moved onto another project.  Quilting while feeling annoyed is not a good combo.

 I dug out an older UFO  and started another block!  It is such a cute little quilt. Just simple everyday scenes appliquéd onto a 12.5" background block.

I got some more work done on the afghan.  I just love the colors.  I saw this block on Pinterest!  The colors just spoke to me.  I had to work the pattern out for myself.  Not so bad since I have been crocheting for a hundred years.  I simply can't believe it is Monday AGAIN!  I hope it is not a blue one for you! Thank you for stopping by!

Halloween Decorating Continued...

Here are a couple more pics of the Halloween decorating!  This quilt is hanging on my kitchen wall.  I love the two ravens on a wire!  They look so realistic.  I wonder if the cats have noticed?

This is a twister  quilt on the coffee table in the formal lounge.  The colors are perfect for fall.  So is Mr Owl.

I finished a quilt because I am next on the list to have this put on the Longarm!  Yay!  I will show it off when I get it back.  It is a pattern from Quilty Magazine.