Tuesday Archives

This Week's Tuesday Arhives with Val's Quilting Studio is either Animals or Award Winners.  I haven't anything that was any kind of huge award winner, but I immediately thought of a quilt done just last year.

This was the Forest QAL with Shape Moth and you can read the original post HEREl  

** linking up with Val's Quilting Studio **

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

8 Bobbin Weekend

I hope you all had at least 15 minutes of stitching time for National Quilting Day - maybe you got lucky and had the whole weekend like I did.  First was getting 180 (pinned in groups of 20) lozenge blocks done.  There is still a long way to go with these, but I have a basket of pieces set up for leader/enders for now.  Maybe there will be another marathon stitching weekend.

All the pinwheel blocks got finished for the 'patches and pinwheel' quilt. Now all the blocks are done, this will go on next month's goal list for putting together.  That's not an 'oops' - half of the pinwheels go one way and the other half need to go the other way for the layout.

And I really felt guilty that my Celtic Solstic is still sitting.  The 'Fight or Flight' blocks were done, but those sad pinwheels - no.  So all those pinwheel blocks are now finished and I actually put these into rows, but I didn't have a large enough area to photo them.  This went back on the shelf possibly for next month.

I ordered this fabric shortly after coming home from the hospital.  My daughter saw it in one of my fabric catalogs on the table when she and the boys came for a visit - of course I went to the inter-net and searched for the best price.  Perfect timing as I found all of the 'requests' on sale (last day) at the time.  The littlest guy is just so in love with Thomas, so I got yardage for the top and some plushy for the back - he loves this shade of blue too.  No batt needed and a simple pillowcase technique of piecing.  Just used my walking foot (I pin plushy like crazy to hold it in place) to quilt it with a serpentine.

The older one is very into The Angry Birds.  This is the first time I have used a plushy on the front and back - think I used every pin in my box!  Again, just the pillowcase method to join front and back (no batt)  and the same serpentine with the walking foot. Just took my time (I know - me sowing slowly) and had no problem with slippage or puckers.  This guy loves the color red, so glad I was able to get the last of the red print.  What a snuggly quilt this is.

Both drag-along, snuggle quilts are washed, dried, and boxed up to be mailed out.  I hope she takes photos of their faces when they open this box.

** linking up with Design Wall Monday with Judy at Patchwork Times **

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

Hands2Help

Remember it is time to sign up (March 16-22) with Hands2Help over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict.  This year there are three groups for you to chose who you would like to donate to - but you are not limited to one, you can give to each if you like.

Quilts of Compassion

Hurrican Sandy Survivors

Happy Chemo

And Sarah also has info for those out-of-states quilters who would like to participate.

There will be link ups and follow ups to keep us all on track - gentle reminders.  And Sarah will send you a pdf file with all this info once you sign up so you have that information at your finger tips.

Of course, there are prizes along the way, too.  But that's not why we do it.  Quilters are special people, because they always gift from the heart.

So start from scratch, or dig out those orphan blocks, or maybe there is a flimsy on the shelf.  If you are not sure what to do, there will be a linky party on March 30 for posting up favorite charity quilt patterns - great resource.

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon

Make it a Handmade Christmas Challenge - March

 

 

Hard to believe that we are half way thru the month of March and it really has roared in like a lion and rather happy to stay that way.  I am happy to have another gift to add to the box.

 

 

This was a pattern offered by Sheri at A Quilting Life  for the little project for the month and I thought it would make a great Christmas gift.  I did change her little white flip corners in the center of each flower so I could use some pretty white pearlized buttons I had.  I used Moda 'Audra's Iris Garden' candy charm pack for the flowers and corner stones and some scrap Kona Sand for the background/sashing.  The outer border and binding were from my scrap basket.  Also, the batt and backing were 'cut-offs' from a larger quilt.

 

I will be linking up with SewCalGal

 

 

 

 



 

I haven't had an 8-10 bobbin sewing weekend and this is the perfect time for that.  I have a few blocks done for Bonny Hunter's leader/ender challenge - LOZENGES.   I think I will be dumping barrels and bins, sorting, cutting, and stitching away in celebration of National Quilting Day. Hope you get some sewing time in.

 

Sewingly Yours,

Sharon