Baby Boy Quilt

I have had the material for awhile-luckily, the baby boy won't be born until August.  This ia another UFO that I plan to tackle.  If you, like me , have a pile of UFO's, Join the Finish Along 2014 by clicking on the ble button on my home page. It has really helped me to get focused.

 I was hoping to deliver it to the grandfather when we go camping but I picked something up on my trip to Seattle and I have been really sick.  So, I will have to finish it (it is cut out) when I get home.

Working on Lizzy.  Today I got all the HST's in the pinwheel blocks sewn and most ironed

Sloanie and Regan Home from Hospital

Baby is better and everyone is home from the hospital.  Yay!  Thanks for the prayers.  Spent yesterday and today finishing a baby quilt and placemats for Tedi.  Will post pics of placemats when I get them back from Marilyn who does the bindings.  I did the binding on the babyquilt but it takes time and I think for this year my time is better spent getting projects to the binding point.

Baby blanket for Tea With Thee Chinese Auction

 I head a committee of 9 ladies from 5 churches and we do a tea for 160 ladies each year.  It is a lot of fun and we raise money for the local pregnancy center.  This year my only responsibilities are hosting a table which I love and use my aunt's tea set that she left me-and a baby quilt for a baby basket for auction.  Nice to have the quilt done.  I practiced some free form quilting-I need practice:)

A Well Spent Weekend

I really want to get Sloanie's quilt finished today.  I finished the top on Saturday. I added a brown flange and mitered the corners (which I don't usually do) and I like it.  Need to finish Home Sweet Home so I can have my design wall back.  Very hard to take pictures laying the quilts on beds.

On Sunday I finished prepping the last applique block for the opportunity quilt.  Judy volunteered to stitch it so I wanted to get it to her.  It took all afternoon but as I turned under each piece, I removed the template from the back and ironed it on to another piece of material.  So, I have this whole block ready to be prepped for my own quilt when I have time to do it.  I was able to do that with several blocks from this quilt so I have a headstart on my own Enchanted Autumn.

The blackbird has a beak-it is just folded back

I changed one fabric from our original selection.  The sunflower originally was going to be the folded gold fabric but it would have been lost.  I had the gold/burnt orange batik in my stash and I think it adds life to the block.

P.S.  The 9-3 workshop on Saturday was really very good.  They did get me to buy 3 things but they were 20% off and I think will be very helpful.  Two rulers to help with mitered corners and a foot that will help with echo quilting.  I also learned how to sew beads onto fabric with my machine.  I learned a few other things but would have to read my notes to remember:)

Almost a Quilt!

I needed to go to the Crazy 9 Patch yesterday to get some green for Sloanie's quilt.  A block for our 2014 opportunity quilt was turned in and given to me (I am coordinating the making of it) and instead of coming home and cutting out the green, I put together the middle of the quilt-It is going to be beautiful!

Vera Mosquera's Enchanted Autumn

The panels are straight-it is just laying on a bed as my design wall is 3 layers deep:(.  I will embroider "Enchanted Autumn" under the house-don't think I will add the date there.

Then I found "24 Hours" on Netflix and watched 7 episodes while I almost finished sewing Sloanie's top together.  I had never watched the show and -except for the fact that it shows the darkest side of humanity-it kept me on the edge of my seat.

Sloanie's animal quilt

Today i am off with a friend to a $10.00 "What's New in sewing and quilting today" class that include's lunch at Poway sewing.  I wonder what they will try to sell us:)