To Do List

160 Flying Geese - Oh My!

Come up with the perfect project for Meadow Sweet 2...

Wait for more thread to quilt 12" of this border to finish this quilt and offer a give away.

A little experimental machine quilting...

Follow in Shannon's footsteps and make some of these blocks!

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Joy Luck Schnibbles

My Year of Schnibbles quilt, Joy Luck, is done and quilted! I love, love, love this pattern. It's a variation of a coin quilt with a little twist. A bit tedious sewing 4 little squares to each of those rectangles, but quilting is sometimes (many times) tedious. I read that someone in the group got her whole family to help with the pressing and the trimming. Why didn't I think of that?

Here's a close up of the quilting. I really like how the border came out. I did just 3 wavy lines - unmarked - and it was easy-peasy.

Most of the fabric is from Hunky Dory. I used one of the big prints on the back and just love this print. Makes it a reversible little table topper.

A peek at our hummingbird population - lots of them! We have one red throated male who sits on the hook and guards the feeder for himself. This poor little bird is trying to get a snack while he's away. Better make it quick!

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Paperweight

A pattern I picked up from Aardvark Quilts called Paperweight. It's my latest attempt at some more modern looking designs using more modern looking fabric. This quilt had 2 of my least favorite techniques. Cutting with templates and set-in pieces.

I never cut with templates (I know, I should never say never). I make the template, and find a ruler that has the same angles as the template.

Then I use a glue stick to glue the template to the back of the ruler and cut away! Here's the 45 degree angle,

And the 90 degree angle.

The pattern had you piece each of the hexagons then set in the background shapes. Instead I was able to make square blocks by splitting the octagons in quarters.
And the air is back on! Hallelujah! Still too hot to be outside. I'm finishing up my machine quilting project this weekend. Come back next week to see it - and for a give-away. Have a cool weekend!!

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Fabric Play...

Back when I worked in a quilt shop, one of my favorite things to do was coordinate fabrics to make up bundles. We folded them into "tulips" and made cute little packs of 8 fabrics that worked beautifully together. My friend Jean used to line her bundles up on the counter like this waiting to be folded and tied. I always thought it looked so pretty and when I pull fabrics from my stash for a project, I often lay them out just like that!

When it's 92 outside and your air conditioning is on the fritz - except for the sewing room - you start looking for things to do. I played with fabric for a while today!

Different color combination for me. I've noticed some pretty black, grey and yellow room designs on HGTV (while sitting in the sewing room) and had to try it out.

Now this looks tranquil.
I guess I'll stay cool and keep sewing!!

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Questions...

Safety pins removed...

Finishing up a quilt from this awesome Martingale book. Can you guess what's coming?

Which came first?

I made this block for absolutely no reason. What to do with it now?

Anyone need some Black-Eyed-Susans? (Note: the haze is not an artistic photographic technique - it's our air!)
Have a great week!!

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Sew Picture Perfect

If you love beautiful pictures of quilts and all things sewing... head on over to Sew Picture Perfect, a new blog dedicated to sewing related photography.

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New Wave Weekends

My New Wave quilt is done! It uses several pieces from the Weekends line. I just love how Summery it looks!

You can download the pattern from Oh, Fransson here.

I love this bicycle fabric!

It's quilted using a design from "Absolutely Fabulous Echoed Blossoms and Blooms". So easy and I love how it looks. (Sorry, I'm loving too many things in this post)

It may be hot outside, but things in the sewing room are just Hunky Dory.

Have a great week!

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