What are you working on??
 

My brother loved the quilt that I made my son's girlfriend. He is very picky but I think I finally am good enough were he will really like it. I made my son's girlfriend a circle raw edge Alice and Wonderland land quilt. I tried posting no luck...oh well...its on my blog. I am too lazy to try resizing to upload...sometimes it loads and some times it doesn't here. Well any ways I have a ton of Baklic (or however its spelled) and spent the morning cutting 8 inch circles and 10 inch squares all were washed but the brown material...just waiting for it to dry in the dyer. I can't wait to start sewing this! I also cut a bunch of 3 1/2 inch tumblers to do a leader and ender quilt...come on hurry up and dry...LOL...surpose I could clean till then. Happy quilting everyone! So what are you making??

I am making Christmas placemats for next year's gifts. My co-worker has family of five and my friends have a family of six. Then I'm thinking of making some for other families, but am not sure that will happen.

hmmm...that is a great idea since many of the Christmas fabrics are on sale. But I think I have had enough of Christmas for this year and ready for Spring. So far we have had a very mild winter. Cold for a few days but not bad. This morning it was pouring out so glad it was not snow.

I just finished a blanket and pillow for my sister's rodeo room...her hubby used to be in rodeos. And I need some batting to finish up a Rudolph panel blanket for my daughter. Next up is to make some curtains for my living room while I wait for hubby to find me some DCU to start on his quilt.

A pot of soup and a batch of cornbread

I am trying to do some meadering quilting on an UFO for charity.My husband takes a lot of quilts with him when he goes on a mission trip every summer. I have about 4 made so far.

i am almost done with a binding on a quilt for my youngest neice- i have a wolf quilt loaded on the frame to be quilted (and i'm sitting here on the computer instead of quilting it)
i have a wool (paper cut applique) block all pinned onto a back ground square- for a hand project-
and i've been working on special request pillow cases for my daughter & 2 granddaughter's--
oh and i plan to start the new year doing the Carol Doak 50 stars in 50 weeks activity- and have a friend in Georgia who is supposed to work on a star sampler quilt with me (long distance) --- guess that's enough for the moment :)

I am still sorting out my studio from after Christmas so I can get 5 quilts quilted for the grands. I gave them the tops and will finish the quilts hopefully in January. Last night I made curtains to go over my fabric storage to keep dust and light off. I also made a bathroom curtain and sorted fabric and rolled it onto foam cores. I have a nasty cold so don't know what I am going to do today, depends on how I feel alter on.

Ham and cheese ball and then peanut butter balls for church fellowship tonight. Hopefully Monday I can put my room back together from the holiday and start sewing and machine embroidery projects.

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I am making a lap quilt for a friend using a new pattern -- urban log cabin. I hopevshevlikes the colors I picked out.

I am washing fabrics for the Mystery quilt I will be working on tomorrow- and working on a block for the Boomerang swap here - No big party plans for me tonight- just staying home where it is safe :)

I finished up the center part of my Christmas Quilt. Now need to figure out the boarders and then FMQ it. Hopefully be done for next Christmas. Have a 2FAQ that needs finishing on the FMQ. Lost count of how many tops need FMQ done but am hoping it is around 10. These are Table Runner up to Lap size quilts, no bed size quilts started. My mom is coming down in a week so will be working on projects with her and need to get my brothers Christmas Gift done so she can bring it home with her. Then lurking on the horizon is the need to pack everything up since we have to move by end of April. Going to be a fun year :shock:

I have a couple Bow Tuck purses to complete and a jelly roll strip quilt I'm in the middle of sewing together. Plus I have 2 quilts ready to be quilted. And that's not counting all the projects I have in mind!

I'm working on a commissioned tee shirt quilt.

I'm dealing with scraps...my drawers were overflowing, it's been so long since I've organized them. And tomorrow, going back to a Log Cabin for my sister. I'm doing it in sections...7 of them...and now it's time to assemble the sections, do a little more quilting and add the borders!

Thanks for reminding me. I have been putting off my own bow tuck. I'm starting now. Thanks.

Made potato soup... picked the last harvest from the garden (salad, beets, and cabbage- on New Year's eve in NY!) ... tomorrow it is supposed to finally turn into winter, and I will be working on a star sampler quilt for my son. Colors of denim blue, cream, and faded reds to go with his room. Lots of plaids to make it masculine. I have quite a few blocks made but unfortunately they have turned out to be slightly different sizes and I'm not sure just what I'm supposed to do about that :-( Well I had fun making the blocks anyway...

I am finishing up my Trip Around the World quilt. And must start sewing the sashing onto the Liberated Log Cabin Blocks for my moms quilted that was supposed to have been done my Christmas.

Ummm...potato soup, one of our favorites. Thanks for reminding me...I was wondering what to have for lunch tomorrow!

About your star blocks, slightly different sizes. You could frame them and then trim the frames to make them all the same size. Usually no one can even tell there's a variation.

Today I finished some quilted "chargers" for going under dinner plates, to protect the table when our food is very hot. Just HSTs made from scraps, 5 x 5, with rounded corners, two layers of batting and quilted in a spiral. Then I lengthened a new top sheet. It's aggravating how manufacturers package sheet sets with a fitted bottom sheet ample to fit a deep mattress, but by the time you tuck the top sheet in at the bottom there's not enough to fold over your quilt at the head of the bed. I had bought two sets (at a great sale price) because the color is a little uncommon...thought we might need a second fitted sheet if the first one wears out first. So I cut 16" off the extra top sheet and attached it with a flat fell seam that will never show, and probably will make extra pillow cases out of the rest. Now I can get back to quilting.

I just started a Halloween quilt. I'm either incredibly slow or ahead of the game. And after reading one of the other posts I think I should make a couple of bow tucks of my own.

I've just been finishing up small odds and ends. I like to do that between larger projects especially during a time like the holidays when I don't seem to have large chunks of stitching time with family and friends dropping in. I finished some more washcloth bibs for my DGD, made an apron for our bookkeeper, replaced zippers in DSIL's jeans, fixed DH's coveralls and stitched my BOM blocks for my middle of the month gathering at the LQS. My to-do basket is almost empty and I have tidied up the sewing room. I want to start a BQ quilt for DD using the wonderful Spaniel fabric she found (from the UK) and don't want to cut the pieces too small.

I've just been finishing up small odds and ends. I like to do that between larger projects especially during a time like the holidays when I don't seem to have large chunks of stitching time with family and friends dropping in. I finished some more washcloth bibs for my DGD, made an apron for our bookkeeper, replaced zippers in DSIL's jeans, fixed DH's coveralls and stitched my BOM blocks for my middle of the month gathering at the LQS. My to-do basket is almost empty and I have tidied up the sewing room. I want to start a BQ quilt for DD using the wonderful Spaniel fabric she found (from the UK) and don't want to cut the pieces too small.

I'm waiting on my Christmas present to arrive and then hopefully I can do some embroidery on my purses. That's all I'm working on right now, trying to get enough made to put in a consignment shop or for friends to take to their offices. I have a couple of different ideas for bags so I need to do a sample and see how it goes.

I have 2 quilts going... one is a twister lap quilt for my son's girlfriend for Christmas... guess I missed that deadline... and the other is a purple disappering 9 patch for my kid sister.. birthday is end of this month

I finished up two quilts for my kids, a bunch of clothes for another's American Doll. Last night (after all company had gone to their respective homes after holiday) I made a doll quilt and a tote bag with the fabric left over from the GD's Princess quilt. Will finish up more NICU quilts THEN start on my brother's quilt (for Christmas 2012). House looks well lived in, so I guess I should be 'working' on that as well. Happy and Healthy New Year to all of you!

Perpetual clean-up. Everything seems to be a mess around me. Organization is not a strong suit of mine.
As for quilting, I'm hand piecing 1.5" hexagons for a table runner for DMIL. Hoping to have it done by Easter, as the colors remind me of dyed eggs!
Also got bitten by the OBW bug over the last few days. Bought a big floral print from the clearance table at Joanne's yesterday. Brought it home, tore down the middle, found repeats and cut 24 blocks immediately....just to see what was going to happen. I hope to get the rest of it cut today ((should be 96 blocks if my math is correct). I'm very excited to see what the OBW turns out like...every one I have seen has been so beautiful.
I have the fabric for 3 other projects that should last me a few months, and as with most crafters/quilters, I have that UFO pile that just seems static.
Happy New Year, everyone!

I am making mugrugs for gifts, then there is a basket with log cabin quilt pieces all cut out (queen size) and ready to start on. Making baby quilts for my Church. Also want to do some sewing for next Christmas. The list of things to do grows daily, but that is okay it keeps me motivated.

Today I'm designing one of the two wall hangings I need for a workshop I'm teaching the first weekend of February.

Potato soup sounds yummy!

I am cutting out and piecing 10 flannel charity quilts for David's House in Hanover NH. Very linty, the Husky doesn't like it, but the Janome doesn't care. The Husky has to go in for repairs, only 2 years old, the easy needle threader doesn't stay down, and I think it needs a tune up. I have cleaned out the lint from the bobbin and throat plate undersides on the Husky, but it just doesn't "sound" happy. I am doing a double slice layer cake (Utube, Missouri Star), but using 8" squares. Not alot of cutting, simple, have about 5 quilts in varying levels of work. I have to press the first batch, (my least favorite activity - ironing - at the same time I will be pressing rows on a feedsack quilt for a gd, a highschool grad gift for June 2012. Maybe tomorrow I will feel like pressing.

I am flummoxed by the acronym OBW, help me out!!

Thank you for posting this...I have never heard of it http://www.davids-house.org/Page.aspx?pid=291 I live in NH this sounds like a wonderful cause.

I'm working on a new quilt that I started a few days ago. It's a "Gemini" pattern that I got from Keepsake Quilting a few months ago. I'm using the Zinfandel Jelly Roll Batiks from Hoffmann in shades of blue, green and purple. It's really easy and I can't wait to see how it turns out. I know I should be working on one of my 2012 UFO challenge but I've had this fabric for a long time and just wanted to work with it. Did you ever have fabric you just couldn't wait to work with?

Where do you get you feedsack fabrics?

Well right now, i'm online reading the quiltboard. Quilt wise i'm trying to get some of the quilt tops I have in various stages of completion done. The one i'm peiceing the blocks together for now is a scrappy heart blocks with black and white sashing. After that, I have a 9 patch started that needs to be worked on and a couple others. I will get them all done eventually.

Im going to start making 3 arm chair caddy's for Christmas 2012. Not going to get caught again this year with alot of gifts to make and running out of time. I dont work well under pressure, it takes all the funout of it!

I am finishing up some pot holders that I was making for Christmas presents. I have a patriotic quilt that I have almost finished hand quilting and I have an I Spy quilt with all the I Spy blocks sewn together in strips. I want to double check all the horizontal seams of the strips then put in the vertical sashing and finish. I don't like to have a list too long to finish. I don't want to feel pressured.

When we lived in NH, I had my surgery at norris cotton cancer center, and also my husband knew Dick Syr, David's dad.
Whenever possible I donate to David's house, I know the money gets used there, over the years it has grown. It does'nt get much publicity, but it does so much for the families of sick, injured, and needing surgical procedures children.

It is a pattern called feed sacks in scrap basket surprises by kim brackett, jelly roll friendly, but I did it with Honey Bun rolls.
Update on the Husky, it now is a very sick puppy, calling the Viking dealer tomorrow to make an appointment. Tomorrow, I will put the Janome back to work. Have to move the sewing cabinet to put the wire through the right places, and to move the cabinet, I have to move everything around it. Tight but wonderful sewing room. I appreciate the fact that I have a sewing area/room now.

I have started a king size scrappy flannel quilt. It is just 10" squares & the front and back will be 10" squares. I just need to use up all this misc. flannel I have purchased and never done anything with it. If I get a new camera I will post pics when finished.