Ta-DAAAA!

I think the title may be from Dora the Explorer.  It feels so good to get this quilted-only binding to go!  It caught in 2 places on the Gamill which I will have to fix-but non-the less-it feels good.  I almost wanted to take a picture of my empty design wall:)

top quilted in black-thought it would be more noticeable but it blends in nicely.

Back is a hot pink flannel-I lightened the exposure so you could see the quilting which is light pink

Jumping in Head First

I have been looking at the Tshirt quilt for several weeks-and it has been looking at me.  I finally just jumped into the murky water and held my breath.  So far so good but now I am getting to the hard part so I quit for the day.

Looks like I will be able to add a few more Tshirt logos which will make the recipient happy.  I am sewing them in chunks that hopefully will be easy to attach in the end.  The back will be hot pink and the binding-who knows!  One step at a time.

I Won a Fat Quarter

It wasn't just any fat quarter, it is a Vicki Welsh hand dyed fat quarter and it is beautiful.  I signed up for Vicki's  newsletter a few months ago and bought a gradient pack from her about that same time.  She chooses four people every month who are on her newsletter list and gifts them with a fat quarter.  Her newsletter is relevant, interesting and I have learned a few things about the care of fabric etc.  Vicki has an Etsy Shop.  You can find her here or here.  I found her fabrics to be a little brighter than what I found at Road to California.

The fat quarter I won

The pack of gradients

The T Shirt Quilt-I think I am going to set the squares in a black and white fabric and back it with Pink-either flannel or minky.

Large Pies Prepped!

I got all of the "pies" prepped and the tarts are going much faster as they are much smaller-I think I have about 40 left to do and then the whole quilt will be prepped.

I also worked on the dreaded T-shirt quilt for a couple of hours.  I have about 12 more shirts to prep-but most of them  just have the greek logo on them so they will be small pieces.

Today-hoping to get most of the little tarts done-fingers crossed.  When Greg gets home Monday night-my sewing frenzy will have to step back a step or two.  Love having the uninterrupted work time but am starting to really miss that guy!  His dog REALLY misses him.  He plays frisbee by the hour with Miss Hyper.  She plays games like "let's put my ball under the couch where I can't reach it and then cry until mom gets down on her hands and knees and retrieves it for me".  We are playing that now:)

PS-this is what I came home with from RtC Thursday:

I added a few pieces to my fiber collection-I am thinking the leaves will find themselves in the Cow quilt

I am starting to collect neutrals and corals and sea  foams for Regans quilt (2015)

And you can never have enough purple and turquoise batiks-can you? I had printed off 50% off coupons for E. Burns booth for all of us.

The only other thing I bought was Misty Fuse-have never used it but liked the demo.

Tiny Treasures is going to be a Favorite I Think

Last night was Tiny Treasures

I had my houses all cut out and got 3 assembled.  I left an hour early because Lizzy was home alone.  I got to play "throw the rubber bone" for an hour before she went to bed so she got some exercise.  I took her errand running in the morning as she loves to ride in the car.

This morning I sandwiched my first Tiny Treasure:

And then I decided to get started on the last consignment I will ever take (this is the second part of the Tree project).  The young lady had cut out some of the tshirts so they are all going to be different sizes.  I will have to find a setting fabric so I can cut them into something I can make uniform units out of (or divisible).  So I have them all ironed and have a few stabilized with interfacing-I am just going to forge forward and get it done!

Lastly, I got all the templates done for the Turtle Quilt (which is the kids' Christmas14 present) and a second set done for mine after I move.  I will choose the fabrics and mark them today.

Before I say goodnight to the day I hope to quilt the basket quilt and choose the materials for the turtle quilt.

Tomorrow-Road to California with some friends!