WOWZA

I'm tired.  I love long weekends but for some reason I think I need to pack way too much into them.  So here's a little show and tell.

I ordered some new dies for my Accuquilt Go.  This is Robbing Peter to Pay Paul.  It does NOT lay flat.  I need to do some more practicing before making any serious blocks for a quilt top.  Very fun to do though.

Another new die for my Go.  This is Winding Ways.  I'm very shape challenged so this is all the further I got before I gave up for the night.  I can't figure out how to get the top 3 pieces on.  I don't think I made reverse pieces so I'm going to have to do some studying.

I quilted my Twister block.  I used Linda Taylor's Meandering Feather pantograph pattern (8 inch size).  I love how it turned out, but it's a little more involved than I like.  I don't know that I will ever use it again.

My Disappearing 9 Patch is now quilted.  Just  need to get the binding sewed on.  I used Linda Taylor's Inside Out pantograph pattern.  I absolutely love that pattern and will use it again and again.  Very forgiving and no quick stops and starts.  Great beginner pattern.

The next beauty is one that I quilted for a girl I used to work with.  She gave it to me on Thursday and asked if it would be possible to have done by Tuesday.  I did it.  I used Dizzy by Willow Leaf Studios.  I think it looks great on things that are very square.


Just have to share that the horseback riding lesson went well.  There will be another lesson this week.  I think there will be 4-H meetings in our future.

Because the kitties are having fun with the Accuquilt Go box, I thought maybe I should share those pictures too.

Have a great night!

Busy Busy Busy

The title should short of explain the lack of posting lately.  There has been so much going on that it isn't even funny.

• We got our the exterior of our house painted so there was lots of running home at lunch to make sure all was well.
• Had someone come and do some odds and ends fix it items on the inside our house.
• Bags bags and more bags for Brandi - 29 embroidered bags to be exact.
• Swimming
• Work
• More swimming
• Machine embroidery on visors and towels for a friend's kids for their birthday
• Bindings attached to 5 quilts that had been quilted.
• One queen size quilt loaded and in the midst of being worked on.  I thought straight lines would be great on this quilt.  What was I thinking?????  I now understand why professional quilters charge a lot of money for custom quilting.
• One small quilt top finished.  Yet another variation to the infamous disappearing nine patch.
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•  Oh and I forgot the in-laws that are coming in tomorrow for the weekend.  So there has been cleaning going on.  Well more like hiding and a little bit of cleaning.

I will have to get a picture for show and tell, but a friend of mine went home to Malaysia to visit and brought me back a box of batiks.  All have been cut and the piecing is underway.  I'm quite pleased with my endeavor so far.

Disappearing Nine Patch

This project started with a whole lot of black and white charm squares.  I added the color charm squares for the center and  started out with a block like this one.









I made my first cut.

 And my second cut.

And then I did a whole lot arranging.

I'm working on sewing all my rows together now.