Too Many Projects

I really wish I could focus.  Unfortunately when it comes to quilting, I truly have ADD.  There are 3 projects that I'm working on now.  1 that I just finished (thankfully) and another I'm going to start.

This is the quilt I just finished. One of the ladies I work with wanted a quilt for a new grand baby. Thankfully I had some finished tops in my closet. I'm going to put a label with all the important information once the baby arrives.






I decided to do a quilt along. I don't normally do them because of my ADD. But I love my quick curve ruler, so I'm going to participate in this one. Check out Jenny's blog for this Medallion Quilt-A-Long.  This is my fabric that I plan to use.  Who knows it could change along the way.



Hopefully the holiday will allow me some time to sew.

Have a great 4th of July!

I'm Tired

I started my weekend out with the theme from the old Monday night football, but changed the words a little.

Are you ready for some sewing?? It's like a giant party! I'm gonna finish something if it kills me. 

 LA LA LA LA

First up - Hedgehogs






Next up - Squares
This one has been sitting for a while. I finished 12 blocks. I'm hoping to make 4 more and then get it together this week.


And the GRAND finale - I Spy
This one about did me in. I was able to piece the rows, but when it came time to put it all together, I really struggled. I tried matching seams - not good. There needs to be overlap of the triangle into the hexagon in order to get the star effect. So I had to trust my die cutting system and my sewing and just sew. It worked. I said a few prayers and then began telling myself "Use the force Luke." It worked. I'm so pleased with this top. Definitely busy, but I think some little munchkin will have fun finding all sorts of cool things.





I also did some embroidery for customers, but I didn't take any pictures of those items. All in all, a VERY productive weekend. The goal for this week is get the squares together and get some machine quilting done.

Have a great week.

Design Wall & Creative Munchkin

Can I first say that I'm sick of cold and snow and I'm really ready for spring.

With that said here are a couple pictures of Grace. Since she hasn't been to school this week and has decided to get creative with fabric. I helped with the sewing but she did all the fabric picking and arranging, etc. and created her own little quilt top.







The thread kept breaking so we didn't get very far tonight. I think it's probably because she's moving the machine so slllllooooooowwwww and I turned the speed down. I think when we go back at it tomorrow I will turn the speed up a bit. Crazy thing is, she gets it. She made a flower on one of the first blocks. I asked what she was doing and she said Well making a flower of course. Such attitude.  :-)

On the design wall is another t-shirt quilt, which I will spare you pictures of. I'm working on a "I Spy" top. I used my Go cutter hexagon and triangle dies. So have I mentioned that I LOVE my Go cutter? I love working with the shapes that I wouldn't normally cut myself. Hexagons definitely on that list.



The top has grown since I took the picture.  The hexagons are cut from 6" blocks that I cut from the remains of other baby quilts and just threw in a box. That's a perfect size to put on the die and not have a lot of waste.

School has been cancelled already for tomorrow.  I suspect we will finish quilting a quilt top and have pictures to show.

Have a great night.

Snowy Day

There wasn't any school today because of the snow we got. The weather here in Kansas City is crazy to me, being from the Chicago area. School was cancelled yesterday for today. I don't ever remember that happening when I went to school (in the dark ages).

I tried to work from home this morning, but it didn't go so well since my little helper wouldn't leave me alone. I finally got tired of crabbing at her so I just called my boss and told her I would take vacation for the rest of the afternoon.

So since I was taking vacation, I decided to work on some sewing projects. I can say that I had a very SUCCESSFUL day.

First up, is my rendition of Crazy Mom Quilts (Amanda Jean) Fair and Square pattern. It goes together quickly. I have a box of 6 1/2" squares cut from every baby / kids quilt I've made. So I started digging and pulled out a variety. I'm pleased with how it turned out.




Next is my baby twister quilt.  The top is all together and now I just have to wait on my border fabric.  The shop that I got the charm squares from didn't have any yardage, so I had to order it online.  That should be here by this weekend (I hope).


And last is my first pass at one of the t-shirt quilts I was asked to make.  I sent pictures via email to get comments before I start sewing shirts together.  Every time I cut a shirt or move a shirt all I can think about is the owner of the shirts ran 26 miles to get that t-shirt.  That's a whole lot of miles.  I love the shirt in the middle - it's a caricature of him.


Oh yeah, I finished this quilt over Christmas vacation when I was off.  It's the batiks that my friend brought back from Malaysia.  I LOVE it.






I think my helper and I will head back down to the girl cave and see what other things we can accomplish this afternoon.

Have a great night.

Design Wall Monday and Other Stuff

Here is the braid top I'm working on.  This is from the Accuquilt Go tutorial I attempted.  Slow going, but I like how it looks so far.  Lots more sewing to do on it.  My dad asked for a new quilt, so I'm hoping to have it done before I head to Ohio in October.

I Spy another I Spy Quilt top.  I'm just randomly sewing scraps right now.  I like the look so far.


These aren't on the design wall, but I have to share.  I'm getting ready for another Ladies Night Out event.  This is one that I participated in last year and had pretty good success.  So I'm back at it again this year.  I'm decorating all sorts of towels for the holidays.  Starting with Halloween.





The feet just make me laugh.  I don't know about you, but I've gone to work with 2 different color shoes on.  I'm a gal that likes what I like, so when I find something I like, I buy several pairs in different colors.  Enough said.  This poor witch suffers from my same disorder.


Ragweed this season has been horrible for me.  I finally had to make a trip to the doctor today to ask for help with new allergy medications.  The Claratin just isn't working anymore.  In order to breathe this weekend, I had to sleep sitting up in the recliner.  In the old days doing that really didn't bother me, but today I feel like I'm about 100 years old.  Guess that  means I'm getting older (don't tell anyone that though).  So I'm off to take some new medication and call it a night.

Have a great night.