Design Wall Monday

Thank you Judy Laquidara foranother winning design.........

I got my first six blocks finished yesterday and this morning I find the next step......

For more Eye Candy head over to Patchwork Times and see what else is in the works....HERE

Design Wall Monday

Two finishes this week.........  Lucinda's Gift is complete at last...I began it in 2011 as a Quilt Along and got the top done and then put it aside........  Well, it is finally quilted and bound.........  It was mailed Friday to my granddaughter and she should get it tomorrow....... 

The next big finish was completing the final block for Leanne's House.......  I loved making this quilt.  A good mix of piecing, applique and embroidery........  Each block assembled quickly until the last half of the last block...... We moved........Twice.......  Its parts got separated.......  Thanks to the encouragement of Judy at Patchwork Times I gathered it all together and finished the last block........  Now to find some one to quilt it for me..........  I don't mind confessing that my hand quilting is abysmal at best and I want something special on this quilt that will enhance the embroideries........

Check out Patchwork Times HERE for other things being made around the world.....  There will also be a Quilt Along starting on Friday..........  I have my fabric and I am ready.....

On Needles Friday.....

No, not my knitting needles......  I was surprised to see that I had not had the computer on since Monday....

I have been tackling my March List.........


I finished one item from the February list.........  One smocked dress ready for Abigail Jane......

Thanks to the pattern from Erin at Dogs Under My Desk I made a new harness for Wade Hamilton.  Of course I had to take 24 pictures to get one worthy of showing........

I also made a harness for Daisy and TJ...........  The tutorial was well written and even I could follow it....  Rebekah is going today for more fabric for more harnesses..........I am glad they are easy to make.

I finished the pillow I wanted to make to match the quilt I finished in January..........

I was pleased at how well it turned out.........

I also completed 7 ruffle scarves............  No pictures of them.  If you have seen one you have seen them all.

Design Wall Monday

Every Monday Judy at Patchwork Times hosts Design Wall Monday.......  A great place to see what others are working on and to get new ideas.........  Also a great place to get you in trouble as you thrust aside your current projects and start another one..........  To compensate Judy also host a monthly list to encourage you not to get too far off track.............

On my list this month was to finish the last block of Leanne's House......  I gathered together the different parts and found that I only had three embroideries to do and assemble the last half of the last block.....

Will I get that done this week?  Time will tell.

Saturday.....

Chicken Genovese for dinner tonight.........  Found the recipe when I was clearing out a few things........

Of course I forgot to take the picture when all the ingredients were there but here are the last three....

I can't decide if it looks better cooking or smells better cooking....  Has Rosemary and Basil in it not to mention red pepper, onions and mushrooms cooked in olive oil.....

Add a tossed salad and dinner is done.......  Next time I am going to serve it over linguine...

You can find the recipe HERE

The postal service delivered my fabric for the Quilt Along that Judy at Patchwork times is hosting HERE..... I could not find what I needed upstairs so I placed an order with Thousands of Bolts HERE.....  They have a color matcher on their website that helps with the selection.....Each of the blues have a touch of green in them.  This is going to be one great quilt...........

First Friday Freebie

After all that talk yesterday of making a list and checking it twice I will yet again take a different path....

Kaaren of The Painted Quilt has posted her First Friday Freebie..............HERE

I am going to turn off this computer and start that project NOW.......  It will be perfect for the guest room I am planning...........

Get It Done - March

Well, only three items left on the list for this month....... Not on the list is the ruffled scarves that I work on each night.......  Nor the preemie socks and hats that were made and given away.....
As you can see from the list on the sidebar many other things were finished but the main four are complete.


Linking up with “Getting It Done” on Patchwork Times HERE.

 For February

• *DONE* Lori Smith Block One, Two and Three
• *DONE* Binding for Challenge Quilt
• *DONE* Blocks and Borders for Kate's Quilt
• *DONE* Prairie Points for Challenge Quilt

For March

• Bind Lucinda's Gift
• Layer, bind and quilt small quilt
• Last block for Leanne's House
• Lori Smith Block 4

Design Wall Monday

Block four of the mini table runner is finished........

And all of the blocks are sewn together..........

Thank you to the person I got the link from..........  I don't remember who it was and would like to give the proper credit.......  I am not happy with my work in this quilt........  I really think that I need to hand piece blocks this small......  Yes, I will use this one and Yes I will attempt to make a better one..... I lost too many points and I did not have enough contrast in color selection.........

Go to Patchwork Times for other things being made around the world........  You might find a delightful pattern as I did this one.........HERE

Two More Done and One to Go

Still wandering away from the list.............  Sometimes that is necessary......

This is Block Two

And here is Block Three...........  Only one more block to go.............  Thinking I will put this on the table in the entry........

The Pause That Refreshes.....

Only a few things left on the list for this month and they are things that are not my favorite things so I took a break to indulge myself in something new.......

Someone posted a link to Pocket Patchwork Orphans and Scraps.....The link is HERE...

I would like to acknowledge the person that first posted this on their blog but I cannot remember who it was....  If you read this please let me know so that I can thank you (and share your blog link).

This is the first block of three......I must confess that the great closet cleaning was done to get to my scrap bins.........  Now on to block two..........

The Beginning

My friend Peg has the greatest studio.........  Her cutting table and sewing machine are in one room and all of her fabric is in another........  That means that in her studio is only the project she is completing......  It is also decorated with her special mementos and even a rocking chair to sit in to sew........  Her cutting table is a cabinet with storage for implements and she has a desk with her sewing machine on it......  It is a lovely place to sew with lovely things for the eye to rest on and no added distractions that make you want to do the next project instead of finishing the one on hand.........  Perhaps that is why she gets so much accomplished.

I have decided to tackle my studio........  The first thing is the double closet.  I thought it would be a good place to put the filing cabinet but that was not a good idea......  I have three ten drawer rolling cabinets that I purchased once a month for the past three months and as soon as my son can he will take the filing cabinet out and I can put the rolling cabinets there instead.......  Next I will want a framed pegboard to hang over the cabinets...........

This was the view yesterday................

 

This is the view today......I everything out and now have a large stack of things to go upstairs and three bags of trash..........

In the area on either side I plan to make two bookcases with adjustable shelves........  Not sure how to do that but as soon as Jason will take me to Lowes in his truck I will be coming home with lumber.....

  

Design Wall Monday

On the design wall today is my third BOM from Temecula Quilt Company........  I am enjoying this project so much......  Doesn't take long to do one block and I can fit it in with other projects..........

Now I have three blocks completed.... This months block came on Saturday but I plan to put that on the list for March........

Judy at Patchwork Times is hosting Design Wall Monday (HERE) A lot of lovely things are being finished today.....

On the Needles Friday

One more pair of wee socks to be done and this gift set will be ready to go......  I cut out 8 shirts and have four of them complete...... The last four need snaps and I need to buy more.......

If you know of anyone with a preemie let me know and I will mail a set to you as a gift.  The front and sides are snapped so that they can be left open in case there are IV's that need to be placed there....  Rebekah and I are enjoying the making of these sets...........

Check out Patchwork Times (HERE) and see what else is going on around the world.

I got an idea from Pinterest and actually follow through........  This is a Ragu spaghetti sauce jar. I glued a wooden know to the top then painted it red.......  The ribbon and hearts are from the dollar tree.... The hearts were 60 to a package so there are lots of them left and there is extra ribbon on the reel.....  Some home baked chocolate chip cookies and I had a gift for the raffle table at the guild.....

Tuesday I made two King Cakes........  One for the Fat Tuesday party and one for the guild..... They were delicious.......  I think that today I will try using that recipe and altering it a bit............

Design Wall Monday and Other Things

Block two of the Lori Smith BOM is complete.......  When I finish block three I will be up to date with that
project.

This  is block one and two side by side.......

Jason and Kim came by last night with Andrew.......  He is really growing up.....  The basket of his toys sits on the landing and he heads straight there when he comes over..........

Today I will be making hospital shirts for small ones........  Rebekah and I both have friends with Preemie babies so we want them to have something special...........

More eye candy at Patchwork Times for your viewing pleasure....HERE

Design Wall Monday........

Ready to be quilted...........  I used every scrap of material I was given to make this quilt with the addition of the brown from my stash.......  I saved the HST's cut off from making the block and used them for the border.....The binding will be a combination of the solid blue and the beige print......

Thank you to Judy at Patchwork Times for hosting Design Wall Monday....  You can go HERE to see what others have on their Design Wall.

One page done and another begun

Page one is complete at last.............

Now on to page two..........  Some things are already done on this list and there is still room to add more.....

Today is the last day I should be taking care of the granddogs........... 
While Rebekah is gone I plan to work on item six on the list........ Wouldn't it be great to finish that item today?

A Little Diversion

Try as I will, my chair in the family room seems to collect clutter.....  When I finally get to sit in it I don't want to move so I try to have all I might need close at hand.........  When I applique that requires many different colors of thread so there is even more chazerai........

While working in the studio for the past few weeks my eye kept lighting on a thread holder that was my mothers...... Each time I would think that I really needed to replace the little strawberry on top and make better use of it...........

Monday I took a few minutes (less than 30 to be exact) and made a new strawberry for the top........

Now, doesn't that look much better?????

Monday and Tuesday was spent babysitting my granddogs.........  Our daughter is moving to be closer to us and I stayed at home while husband and son went with her to help her move.....You always need a General left at Headquarters to keep things going while you are away and I filled that place......

I made sure there were good meals ready when they returned and kept the home fires burning.........

There is still one thing on the first page of my list........  Assemble Kim's sweater......  A job I really don't like to do at all............Today is the day........  I will force my self to get that done so that I can at last turn the page before the month ends............

Hopefully tomorrow I can get caught up on my email..................

Design Wall Monday

Another week when some sewing was accomplished...........  Nothing is left on my first page of things to do but sew together Kim's sweater...............

My Carolina Lily blocks are completed and ready to give to Mary............

The first block of the Temecula Quilt Company BOM is done................

And all the blocks for Kate's quilt are assembled and ready for borders........

This is the pattern I used for this quilt............  It took two packages of Charm Squares and the corner fabric to make the quilt so far.........  I found the chocolate brown in my stash and there was 3/4 of an inch left..... 

Head on over to Patchwork Times to see what else is on display this morning.  HERE

See anything that needs correcting.....

While making the blocks I needed  for the Guild I used Kate's Quilt as a Leader/Ender.........

Now all the blocks are done.........  Do you see anything I need to move before I sew it together?

On the Needles Friday.................

More scarves..........  Four knitted and ready for the finishing touches.........

This is an enjoyable project because I love to give them to friends.........  Trying to finish one for each member of my Sunday School class......... 

Jane came by yesterday and I gave two of them to her............  This pink one is for her too..........

Not many visitors this week so there is little progress on my sock.......  Thank you Peg for the sock sack.... 

Now go to Patchwork Times to see just what else is on the needles..............HERE