Mother's Day

What a wonderful Mother's Day this is! First, I work my Sunday shift at my LQS and have lots of fun with my coworker and some out of town customers. We actually had more customers than either of us expected since it is Mother's Day. I had an unexpected dinner invitation from my daughter and her husband to my very favorite restaurant, Roys, Hawaiian fusion cuisine. Not sure what that is but their food is to die for including their chocolate souffle. My fun continues as I'm off to my son and DIL house in Fort Collins on Wednesday for 6 days. 

As far as quilting goes I am busy working on my trip around the world play mats for the latest grand babies born to my friends. I only have furry grand babies of my own!

Trip around the world class.  may 2013

 

May 2013

Mine is the one in the middle with the red stripe going down the center. My blocks are all literally scraps but they will all have a red strip in the middle for continuity. I love the pink, red and aqua one in the top picture. That one belongs to Zany Quilter. It is so organized and sweet. Check our her blocks. There is another one I love in monochromatic lime. Maybe my next one will be somewhat organized, some how! I will let you know the minute I am organized in anything. 

Until then sew happy.

To Clean or Not to Clean

I know, I have been busy and have not posted for a few weeks. I will start now and try to get back into the habit of posting regularly. I now have a job working at my LQS. I work Sundays so it doesn't cut into my sewing time much! I'm having too much fun for it to be a job.

I finished binding this quilt that Zany Quilter quilted for me. She did a wonderful job and thank you. It was picked up today to be auctioned off at the gala for the Living Grace Home. Check out their website here.

Donation quilt May 2013

I have been sewing a lot away from home. With all my sewing and cutting surfaces covered with fabric there is not a place to do anything until it is cleaned up. I would rather sew than clean up so there you have it! I am only a few yards of fabric away from being on "Hoarders". Do you think it could possibly be true?

What a mess!  May  2013

And you thought I was kidding...

Stay tuned for large hexagons, pick up sticks, dancing stars and other assorted projects I have been working on. 

Happy sewing!

Tuesday With The Girls

Yesterday was our Tuesday group and the room was packed. This is the quilter that made the tree wall hanging out of my scraps because I gave her the fabric for this awesome snowball quilt. In case you missed the tree check it out here.

C and her snowball quilt  April 2013

back of snowball quilt April 2013

The back of this quilt is almost as fun as the front. She even matched up her stripes. There's a whole lot of creative sewing going on in that room on Tuesdays.

Today I trimmed some Dancing Stars pieces so I can sew them together into squares. These are slow going but I'm excited about the finished quilt so I will persevere. I don't think I will make it to king size though!

Dancing Stars  April 2013

Happy sewing for now.

Sew Happy

My three day sewing adventure was like participating in a marathon without training for it! I had not done any sewing for over a month and I didn't realize you can loose your stamina. Well, I won't let that happen again. 

I was excited about all the hexagon designs I have been seeing on the internet and around town so I figured I would start there.

Hexagon April 2013

I need to learn how to do Y seams to sew the rows together on this one. After starting  it looks like I need more of a variety of fabrics. Could I possibly find something in my stash? Ya think?

French Roses April 2013

This is an old pattern in new fabrics. It is a raw edge design that is very fun. I used freezer paper to cut the shapes and a 1/4" seam around to sew them down. After washing they will get all soft and ragged around the edges. I have only done one other raw edge quilt and I love the added texture the raw edge adds. I did finish this one and will post a picture when hubby comes home to hold it up.

Loose Ends

This is a quilt that one of the other girls finished that I love. It was done in shadow play fabrics. The depth that those fabrics create gives this quilt an added dimension that I'm not sure it would have had using pure solid fabrics. Great quilt.

Bernie worked great with her new hook but I did miss Juki and her push button thread cutting feature. A girl starts to depend on those small but special features. Now if only the bobbin would never run out!

Make time for your sewing therapy. It's cheaper than a psychiatrist. Well maybe!

Another No Sew Post

I know it has been a month since I posted but... when I get a call that my sister is in the hospital with pneumonia and sepsis I don't know about you, but I get on a plane. No hand sewing projects or anything but clothes and my Kindle. I was in Connecticut for almost three weeks. After reading 3 books my hands were going stir crazy so I ventured out for knitting needles and yarn. I haven't done any knitting for say, 40 years. It all comes back to you like riding a bike.

March 2013

I didn't have a pattern so I casted on until I got bored then turned around and knitted the next row. Lucky for me it is the perfect width. I used three colors. I stay with a color until I get bored and then change up to the next one. There seems to be a reoccurring theme here. I know, I have the attention span of a gnat sometime. 

4 deer in the backyard. 2013

You know how I like to see wild animals up close and personal. There were 4  adult female deer and a baby one eating in the forest. I was in the house talking to one of my sewing buddies and due to the snow I could see activity in the forest. This is my sisters back yard and I'm looking out the window. I can see 4 in this picture but I think the baby is behind the post. I wish I knew how to draw those circles around an object so you can see the deer clearly.

Another window March 2013

They all ventured around the neighbors house and across the street to the path that leads to a pond.

My sister is on the mend and I am home. I have a three day sew in this weekend and hope to get some work done on my Dancing Stars and other UFO in my room. I was in a panic because I have a Bernina that needed a new hook due to a crack in mine and my Juki that needs a new tension assembly. I bought the hook for the Bernina so I am set to sew this weekend. 

Until next time...quilt happy.

Tuesday with the Girls

Today was a very productive day. Completed my Wild Child quilt and worked the rest of the day on my Dancing Stars. The rate the paper pieced Dancing Stars blocks are coming together it will be 2020 before I am able to complete 300 blocks!

Wild Child March 2013

This was a totally random quilt and I had fun making it. First time doing hourglass blocks. All fabrics used are from my stash!

Detail Wild Child March 2013

Squares are 3.5 inches finished that started out 5 inches square.

I thought I had this on a post already but when I looked for it I couldn't finid it. A very good friend made this for me for giving her scraps to make a snowball quilt. I could hardly believe it. I absolutely LOVE it!

Tree from Cyndi March 2013

It is square but I wasn't! Check out the quilting. She used my scraps in this piece. Scraps never looked so good. The purple thin border is a hand dyed fabric she made in a class.

Tree detail March 2013

Until next time, quilt happy!

Mud Puddles

Yes, there are mud puddles outside today which is very unusual for Las Vegas. It has been raining all day. It is also the first word that came to mind when I saw this as my next post.

Today's Sewing March 2013

I quilted the cubbie art yesterday but I put the binding on and will sew it tonight. I finished most of the 144 blocks I need for my hourglass quilt. I think I will put black sashing in between the blocks. It might look like chaos if I don't. I have never made one of these. Any suggestions out there so it won't be pure chaos? No worries, the cubbie art is not going in the chaos quilt. I just have no room to work because my room is a mess. 

14" X 14" cubbie art & hourglass blocks

I didn't get my 20 minutes of sun today due to the rain but I accomplished quite a bit on the sewing machine.

Quilt happy.