Friday night sewing with Heidi and Bobbi...(NOT!) ...Pansy Park

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Here's a correction!  Last night was not Friday night sewing with Heidi and Bobbi.  I jumped the gun, Friday night sewing with Heidi and Bobbi is next Friday, February 18th! So, if you haven't signed up for it yet...click on the brown button on the side and go sign up now.  You have not missed it yet!  Sorry for the confusion, it was me that was confused, not you!  Have fun sewing, I'm back to it now!
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Last night was the Friday night sew in...I got several things cut out but not sewn...I did get the final borders put on my Pansy Park quilt and it is now a flimsy!!!! Woo hoo, I'm dancing!  I've had this for about six years and I've worked on it off and on over those years.  I finished all the blocks last October at retreat and put it away one more time.  I am really trying hard to finish projects this year. By finish, I mean complete..quilted and all.  I am finishing up the tops first and I'll start quilting these soon.  I have a Little Gracie frame and a Brother Mid Arm machine and I've only quilted two small quilts with it.  I am not procrastinating using it, I just don't have the time to do everything.  These tops are on my mind and I want to get that done and I'll decide how they need to be finished later.  I have several friends that have Longarms and I can keep them in business this year too.  I do want to do alot of my tops myself and I have done several but I want to see these in my lifetime too.  I work full time and only have so much vacation time!  Gosh, I have a family too and other committments...I do manage my time wisely but there's just not enough of me to go around. Anyway, I'm through feeling guilty now that I've put it in writing, so I'll stop there.  Let's just say, I will be quilting these lovely tops soon and you'll see them again on my blog when they are quilts...So, here's my lovely Pansy Park quilt top.  It is a queen sized top and will fit lovely on my front bedroom guest bed.  Now, go sew and have a great Saturday!

Here's a close-up of the quilt...This was a Thimbleberrie's pattern and fabric...

Whoop- Whoop! I finished my Red, White and Blue Flimsy

Ok, here's the red, white and blue quilt top I showed earlier this week.  I had enough blue/white star sashing fabric to go around the outside of the blocks.  I then went into my stash to look for border fabric.  I pulled out several reds and blues but came across this fabric. I have used this blue star fabric in a few of my quilts and I love this fabric. I have enough left of this to bind this quilt with and maybe make some pillowcases.  I have another red/white/blue quilt to make so I will wait and see how much fabric I need for it before I use this up...Here's the quilt top all together ready for quilting.  I already know how it's going to be quilted. I want stars all over it, I just have to find the right pantograph and then it'll be finished completely.  I am very happy with this quilt.  I'll have to decide on a name for it too.  Any suggestions?

Here's a closeup of the blue star fabric I used on the border... I love this fabric.  I bought almost a whole bolt of this a few years ago and I have a little bit left over.  I'll  decide what I'm going to do with this later  as I have another RWB quilt to put together. 

Super Bowl Sewing and Design Wall Monday

Ok, I watched part of the game, watched lots of the commercials and I sewed too. I was running up and down the stairs to catch the game.  I got some really good exercise. I can't say that all my soreness is gone but almost...

I pulled out the blocks that I did last year for Amy's BOM and some blocks from my Pizza Box project. I picked some out and put them up on the design wall. I still have enough left for another quilt!  Anyway, I pulled out some fabric for the sashing and thought I would do stars in the sashings.  I tried this but it really didn't work.  There was too much white in the blocks, especially the corners, so the star was lost.  Why do the extra work if the star doesn't show up? 

Ok, I took this apart and pulled out some different fabric for the sashings and tried again. I really like this star fabric and I'm glad I used it.  This top is now together and is on my design wall. I'm trying to decide if I want to make it bigger or stop here and just add some borders. I'm going to sleep on it and come back tomorrow and look at it again...

I don't have alot of room in my sewing room and can't take a full head-on view of my design wall.  I hope you can tell what it looks like.  I'm really pleased with how these blocks turned out and how they went together...

When I started these blocks, I had no intention of this being a patriotic quilt but how can it not be when you're working with red, white and blue fabrics?  Oh, I love red, white and blue and now, I'm glad it's turned out to be patiotic....

I'm going to go link this to Judy L's blog for Design Wall Monday.  I've been hearing about this for some time and just never did it. Have a wonderful week and get some sewing done. Til next time,

How About Them Packers! Super Bowl 45 winners!

Congrats to the Green Bay Packers!  Woo hoo, I was rooting for them.  

When I was a kid my favorite team was the Green Bay Packers. I loved Bart Starr and Vince Lombardi.  They were great!  Of course, I was a Cowboy fan too but I watched Green Bay when I could and I was just a kid!!  I saw Bart Starr interviewed today and he's an old man. OMG, where does the time go?? Anyway, I'm proud of Green Bay and I'm glad they won.  I think the coach, Mike McCarthy is pretty special too.  He seems like a really good guy. Congratulations, Go Packers!

Straightening up Saturday and working on red fabrics/scraps.

Today, I couldn't decide what I wanted to work on. As most of you know, I am not short of any projects to work on or finish up, but I just couldn't decide what to work on. And, I just wasn't motivated. Maybe, it was just too early...I don't know but it just wasn't happening.  So, I decided to straighten up my sewing room and get a little bit organized.  I straightened up and threw away and finally decided on what to work on.  I had a block I wanted to do so I pulled it out and completed it.  It was alot of fun...it was an easy block. I pulled out my pigma pen and my light box and wrote on this one too.  I'm going to include this one in my quilt from Amy's BOM last year...This came as a kit and was supposed to be a wallhanging but I decided to use it with my quilt.  Here's the block that I did:

Isn't this great?  I think it will look good in the quilt....

I pulled out another of my projects and I completed these little blocks.  These are all 6 inch blocks and will go in my 30's Sampler quilt....

3 down and about 18 more to go....These are so cute.  This is my first 30's quilt sampler I have ever done.  I'm really liking this quilt.   I have about 6 Applique blocks to do but I'm not looking forward to those!   Finally, I pulled out this last little quilt and finished it.  I started quilting it last night after I found out Angela was doing red fabrics this month.  This has been laying around for awhile. It was a class sample a few years back.  I quilted it very simply and bound it today.  It is now finished!  Woo hoo, an actual all the way finished quilt.... I know it's small but that counts too, right? 

I pulled out my red scraps and looked for little projects to do.  I don't have alot of red.  I think I'll see what I can finish quickly then onto bigger projects...it sure is a good feeling to have an actual finish. 
I'm going out of the house now for dinner. It will be the first time in a few days that I've been able to leave the house.   I tried yesterday but fell on the driveway....I'm so sore today, I can't hardly move around but other than that, I'm great.  Now, off to dinner with the family. Have a wonderful Saturday.

Whoop- Whoop! UFO 2 is all put together!!!

This is Whoop-Whoop Friday...woo hoo!

 I'm at home again due to the lovely snow and I get to sew some more.  I don't like all the cold and I hate that people that really need to work, can't get there,  but I'm really enjoying staying home and I'm lucky enough to have electricity too!  I got up and cleared off my car, fell on the driveway and went back in and turned on the TV.  I found out  the bridges going into Dallas were closed down.  That was enough for me to decide to stay home...The fall didn't hurt me.  It was nice and soft on the snow  but it sure was cold and bright outside...I came back in, brushed off all the snow and went upstairs to sew! 

I started putting another UFO together last night and I finished it today.  I'm not sure when I started this little quilt so I can't tell you how long it's been sitting and waiting to be finished.  I made the blocks and just never finished putting it together.  Well, that's over cuz it's now a little quilt top.  This is UFO 2 on my list. The blocks were all hand done, they are English Paper piecing blocks.  I got this pattern several years ago and it is still available on this website. It's called A Little of This A Little of That and it was alot of fun to do. I enjoyed doing the different shapes alot. (I do remember that, you know.)  Here's my version, I think it turned out really cute. 

I will quilt this soon...I'm still practicing my quilting.  For now, this is finished but will come back later when it's quilted....

I also quilted a little community service quilt.  This top was done by someone in our guild. I grabbed it to quilt and finish....I just meander quilted on this one.  I'm still trying to get used to the machine and figure out how to work everything...Anyway, I quilted and bound this one.  It's ready to take back to the guild for some little person to enjoy.  This one has all little happy cows on it...

Ok, I just wanted to post this today but now, I'm going back to sewing. Hopefully, I can show you something else today.  Enjoy your cold day off and go visit everyone doing Whoop, Whoop, Friday....

 

Snow Day, I mean Sew Day and I finished the next UFO on my list!

I got up early this morning (around 4:00AM) and listened and watched the thunderstorm/sleet/snow come down.  It was really strange to hear thunder with sleet and snow instead of rain...I want back to bed but got up early again to find out I wasn't going to work due to ice on the roads...So, I crawled back into bed and slept some more....
I got up later, fixed breakfast for my crew and pulled out  UFO 8.  I looked on the paperwork and this was a UFO from 2002!  It's been sitting in the box that long.  I worked on this in a class I took back then and I worked on it one other time that I remember. I pulled it out this morning, finished the last 3 blocks and started putting it together.  I remember this one not fitting together properly and that's what stopped me from finishing this.  I decided I was going to finish this one no matter what! 

I put the blocks up on the design wall and played with them for awhile.  I started sewing them togethter and it went pretty quickly.  I had to ooch and scooch here and there but all in all, it went ok.  Here's how it went together to begin with...

After I sewed all of the rows together, I had to trim off the points and add triangles to the middles (like setting triangles).

Once, everything was trimmed up, I added small borders....

So, this is February 1st, right?  This is UFO 8 and it's finished!!!  Well, it's finished for now, until I get around to quilting it!  After 9 years of just sitting in a box, I think it turned out pretty well.  I'm not crazy about the borders but I don't have enough fabric for anything else...I have fabric for backing it and binding it but no extra. So, this one is staying like this and I'm pleased with it.  I have to say, this was the worst or poorest written pattern I have ever worked on and I'm glad it's finished. I love the fabric and that's why I saved this UFO.. The name of the pattern was Hexagon Magic but  I'm going to name this one Almost Too Much Trouble. 

I hope you are safe and warm and you get to sew or be with your family during this icy weather....Til next time,