I am working on a quilt from last years McCalls Quilting called House On Willow tree hill. I think that is the name. I am not that great at applique but I keep plugging away at it. I think that I am about 1/2 done with the leaves on the willow tree. Then I need to do the 4 applique borders. I will be glad when this one is done. So what are you working on? I would love to hear the details

I'm just finishing a tumbling blocks quilt. I am finishing up with the hand-stitched part of the binding. Of course I always have half a dozen other projects in some stage or another.

I am near finishing a mock cathedral window in pink and white for my neice's baby - it's been fun, but a real pain...the real cathedral window is much easier to do! I've discovered I don't really like working with circles - too persnickity.

Every time I visit this board it seems I start another project because I get so excited about what others are doing!

Shelly

I have just finished up two baby quilts and a queen size. I'm currently working on another rag quilt. I'm going to give rag quilts to some of my really close friends for Christmas this year. My mother is going to retire in November and one of her co-workers has asked me to make a memory quilt for everyone to sign so I guess my other projects will take a back seat until I get this one done. I think that I'm going to do the churn dash block and then let them sign it in the center block. What do you all think? Will that work?

today i'm working on a patchwork quilt. one of a looooooong list of works in progress.

a "real" cathedral windows quilt is on my someday list. if you've made on already, you are my hero!

someday will get here when i figure out an easier and faster way to make it. :shock:

Today I am working on my sister's fall wallhanging....I have made a Spring, Easter, Summer, and July 4th for her so far....I am heading into Fall now and will also do one for Halloween and Thanksgiving and Christmas...then she also wanted one for Valentines day and St. Patricks day....then I will be done with this batch of wallhangings!

This is the second sister that has asked me to make seasonal wallhangings... I have 6 other sisters :shock: I hope they don't all get the same idea! LOL Altho these have been much fun to make!

So far today I have made seven leaves and the Welcome letters ...then there is a scarecrow with a pumpkin to cut out and applique ...

Yesterday, I picked several large zucchini in the garden so this afternoon I will be baking some zucchini brownies and bread! :D

I am working on quilts for my grandchildren. singles, quilt blocks of spider and super men for my grandson, tinkerbell for my granddaughter each backed with a patchwork of receiving blankets they had. I had made some for both my kids, and neices and nephew. they loved them, and some still have theirs, even tho they are all adults now.

Luvmy, welcome to our happy family of quilters. I have actually considered that pattern myself, along with 5,000 others. :lol: I was just looking at it again this week as a possible, but will prolly put off until later. This is the time of year that I plan for gifts for friends and relations. I am always working on something at the shop for the shop. Each new line of fabric that comes in seems to want to be showcased. LOL

My current shop quilt is made up of a rose collection. Unfortunately, I have that CRS and do not remember the name of the line. Maybe will post a pic of this one, as it is quite easy to make.

I think that'll work just fine ccbear. I love that block. :)

It would be easier to list what I'm NOT working on right now. LOL I always seem to have too many irons in the fire. But I wouldn't be happy if I didn't. :)

At the moment I'm working on m-qing two twin bed quilts for a client. They're really going to challenge me because I'm trying a new technique on both quilts. I'm doing "McTavishing" and I've only practiced it a few times. Wish me luck! :wink:

Also in the works for myself is the king quilt I'm mq-uing for my ds. He's been waiting for a long time for it, but I had to finish his new wife's quilt first (the one in my avatar) as well as that queen I was griping about basting (for my nephew's wedding), and now these two came in to be done so he's going to have to be patient a little longer. Good thing he's a sweet boy! LOL I'm also working on two applique quilts, one for me and one for dh. His has to wait til Winter because it's a king and gets soooo hot sitting under it to applique the border designs. THEN...there are those 16 or so quilt tops sitting in the top of my closet waiting for me to get them under a needle--either by hand or machine. :oops: ACK!!!! Anyone want to stop by a month-long quilting bee? :P

I just tired myself right out! LOL

And...welcome luvmy!!! Sorry, that's the first thing I should have said. :oops: Glad to have you here. :)

That my name is Debbie. The luvmy2 bts stands for Boston Terriers. Their names are Cricket and Jazz.

Hello Debbie and welcome. I am working on a Baltimore applique quilt at the moment also the BOM that is on the board here, give it a try if you want it is alot of fun. Have alot of other things on the go, but couldn't with all honesty say that I'm actually working on them :oops: :lol:

That would be a better description of what's going on here too Shelly. :D I just think I'm working on all these things. Really, I just NEED to be working on them so someday they'll actually be full-grown quilts. :lol:

:lol: I'm afraid some of mine have gone into permanant deep sleep and may never mature to be fully grown up quilts :mrgreen:

I know what you mean Shelly. I just look up in my closet, shake my head, and say "some day". I think those tops just roll their eyes and laugh at me when I leave the room. LOL

I am working on three wall-hangings (all the same), my friend is machine embroidering the blocks for me with "LIVE", LAUGH" and "LOVE". These are to be 2 wedding gifts and a housewarming gift.

My big project that I just started designing is a mariner's compass surrounded by log cabins set in the barn raising style. It is to be a queen size for my sil and future bil for a wedding gift. They are both in the coast guard, so I wanted to do a mariners compass.

I like to "rescue" blocks that have been taken to 2nd hand stores or at the antique shops. I had these from a shop in Montana,and am going to put them in several different setting,( on point, in squares with Jacobs Ladder settings, etc.) I have plenty to work with as there were 30 huge blocks. Have no idea why they let them go.When finished they will go to the hospital and local hospice care centers.

Immediately I am working on Double Irish Chain that needs donning by Labor Day. Birthday present for my oldest. Then I have to finish piecing a McCall's pattern from last October called Homeward Bound, or Geeses and Pinwheels. That one will be finished a couple weeks after the Irish Chain. I then have to quilt my first top, a Yellow Brick Road. I am going to restart on a quilt called Eye Dazzler, I now know how to get all the points sharp. It will just take awhile as there will be a fair amount of paper piecing involved. Finally, I have all the fabric pressed for a cloth foundation quilt called Latilla. That will be probably pushed into next year seeing how my real work schedule is making my head explode.

tim in san jose

Everyone is so energetic.
I was working diligently this morning until my dear husband came in offering a road trip through the southern redwoods and back so off we went and here is how I left my project. Tomorrow...

(Our cat, Kimchee, has managed to do everything illustrated in these cat blocks! Such a naughty kitty he has been!)

Yvonne, I looked at your blocks up close and they are absolutely fabulous. Did you design the cat pictures? Are they embroidered? I have a black cat quilt in my head, but with more of an art Nouveau feel to it. Not on paper yet, but in line... as a stained glass kinda thing.

That's going to be so pretty cynde. I can't wait to see it. What in interesting combination-the compass with the barn raising! :)

Moonpi,
The kitties are a panel I found on virginiaquilter.com.
I've forgotten the designer's name I bought them so long ago. Obviously, the fabric designer is a cat lover!

Lin, what is "Mctavishing." Sounds Scottish but that's as far as I get. Virginia

Sandra - that is an interesting block. It doesn't look appliqued but it must be?????? 30 blocks- My goodness. Can't wait to see some of the finished quilts.

I am hand sewing the border on the small wall hanging I made of Tim's star (my avitar at present). And today I chose the fabrics for the Aug. 15 block. I'm also machine quilting a 9 block wall hanging of stars I made in batiks. I'm stitching in the ditch around the stars then just need to get the binding on before I post a pic. I have about 10 other PIGs but refuse to look in the bag until I finish what I have started!! :roll:

AnnMarie...they are appliqued...machine appliqued...that is why I couldnt just let them sit. Will post them when I have them together. :D

It's a machine quilting method developed by Karen McTavish. Much like stippling/meandering in that it covers in an all-over pattern, but it's a completely differnt design. It's very pretty, but time consuming and I'm finding it a bit difficult to do well. But I'm hoping with practice I'll get much better at it. I first saw Karen on Simply Quilts, but thankfully she now has a book and dvd out which makes it a lot easier to understand.

I'm trying to get some pics of samples I've done and get them downloaded on my computer. As soon as I've done that, I'll post them in the Picture forum. Hopefully that will be soon. Keep checking that forum and you'll be able to see what it looks like. (well, a close facsimile anyway, LOL)

Actually Virginia, I'm having trouble getting my pics the right size to post here and will have to work on them more tomorrow. But here's a great site to show you the REAL McTavishing. Mine was just a poor facsimile anyway! :oops: :lol:

http://www.designerquilts.com/mctavish.html

Well, it's not exactly sewing per se, but after I get some house and paperwork done, off to my quilt room I go to organize all my fabric, books, magazines and all. Hopefully I'll have enough time and energy to put up the cutest yo-yo cafe curtains and valance too to top it all off.

Such pretty wip going on with each of you. I confess to having to much going on, too, catching up on BOMs, hand quilting my niece' quilt, trying to get all the neck coolers finished, trying to choose the right colors to a new kitty quilt for my granddaughter (all four want their own, all queen size, of course) and I want to get into my Christmas stuff soon or it won't be ready in time. Keep telling dh and ds they HAVE to take care of hourse, yard, meals, and laundry as I have to much to do. :wink: They haven't jumped in yet, though, maybe a fit pitching is due them????

Sharon

I keep jumping around, these are the ones I have been working on and haven't put away, a pink and black pinwheel, my 3" squares quilt, a pile of pot holders, a dress, and jeans I have to hem and ajust for granson for school. There are squares i n boxes and some tops in closet, they can wait.

Great and bright quilt in the making. Love the bright colors and the fabric of the cat is great.

WOW!!! McTavishing is gorgeous. I've never heard of it or seen it til now, but I sure do like it!! Oh so many things to learn and not enough hours--not nearly enough. Thanks for showing me another facet of quilting. I love this forum--I've learned so much and also how much there is to learn. Virginia

It is pretty isn't it? I can only wish to ever be as good as her. I don't think there's any end to the kinds of creativity quilting brings out in people. There could never be enough time to learn/try it all.

lin,

McTavishing is gorgeous! It kind of looks like the Hawaiian Echo quilting.

Celeste, I agree it's similar in that it's very close quilting. The lines are about 1/4" apart, like Hawiian, but do go off in different directions so's not to look exactly like echoing. I love the effect. She also does what she calls "micro-mctavishing" that's so tiny and close together it's almost ridiculous! Won't be trying that any time soon! LOL

Cutting and piecing another baby quilt while working on panels for the Hawaiian. The first panel is getting turned into a pillow.

making a quilt, "Flip-flops in Paradise", by Pat Sloan, for my future DIL, a patriotic throw for my sister, the retired Navy nurse, paper-piecing Christmas stockings for whoever. Not too much going on.

hi, nellie here i,m working on serveral quilts for my grandchildren two are sun bonnet sue and sam,a butterfly applique,applique little girls quilt pattern,and another called cool kats for my teeage grandson with music cats,i still need to finish another quilt for my 7 year old grand son with car,and truck that you use in the city.after that i need to make , dog pattern quilt for g dauther for her sister another butterfly and for my other teenage grand son he wants a star moon and sun quilt ,so i,m perrty much tie down right now,so wish me luck nellie

I am working on the BOMs trying to catch up. Just finishing up a rag quilt that I started 2 yrs. ago. I have a tree skirt that I started last year - just need to quilt that and it will be done, but don't know how I want to quilt it yet. Also have a table runner that is pieced together and needs finishing. I work on one project for awhile til I get tired of it and then switch to another one. :roll: