Okay ladies...I'm off to look at the patterns I've chosen for my blocks & start playing with colors for them.

I'm really excited...but you know what I realized today???

Holy cow...I've only got 45 days to get these done & on to klarina *eeeeEEEk*

I posted a picture on here...My KCStar Quilt. It has been about 2 months since I posted it. It was actually the luck of the draw! I did the "Little Jewel" in just a few days. The second top will hopefully be finished this week, then I have to hand quilt her, send in pictures and pray that it gets chosen for the next book.

When the featherweight gets here I will post a picture of her! Is that ok? She will be here this week! I am so excited about getting her.

My favorite colors:
1) Purple....any shade/hue of it.
2) Blue...same as purple
3) Reds...the deeper shades(maroon etc)

Tag....you're it!! LOL!

?? Could we call Batik a color? If we could that would have to my favorite!

ANOTHER ONE: YOUR FAVORITE TIME(S) OF YEAR?

I have to pick to pick 2!
1) Spring...I love new flowers, the grass coming up, the buds on the trees. The smell of Spring! The arrival of new foals, baby cows!

2) Fall...the colors of trees are so beautiful, the changing of all that God has given us to see.

Ok, I'm the last to report in! I just put my daughter, her 3 children and her dog on a plane back home to Virginia Beach this morning. Now time to catch up on my swaps!

A little about myself. I'm 53, married for 34 years in May, 2 children, son in heaven and daughter in VB who is a military wife. 3 grandchildren Olivia 7, Deagan 5, Tessa 1
I work full time as a Pricing and Contracts manager for a global manufacturing company.

Favorite Colors:

Pink -bright, pastel, any pink makes me smile
Blue - pastels, jeweltones love them all
greens

Favorite Season - Fall, love smell of burning leaves, cool nights, beautiful colors!

I look forward to being a member of the sweet 16's!

Kathy N.

In response to Sweetness and Karen: I have never been published as a graphic designer, but I have been published as a journalist. (I learned graphic design through my career as a journalist.)
Until 2007 I was working as a reporter covering Latino community in Orange County, CA for the Los Angeles Times Spanish newspaper.
At the end of 2007 I left the reporting arena to work with my husband. I'm in charge of designing covers and inside pages for the books he prints.
I still write for some Spanish newspapers a weekly column. And I have a published book that compiles one year of those columns.
But as much as I love my job, the truth is I'm always counting the hours left before I can come back to my sewing machine. lol.

As per colors:

I love dramatic, bright, intense colors. All of them.

off to find the pic of your soon to be famous! :)

and...OMG you BETTER post a pic of your FW here!

KATHY N!!!! Welcome :)

Now we're complete. Glad you're back from the land of holidays & company...karen & I were lonely ;).

I've seen your avatar around too! Those granbabies are GORGEOUS! (I always thought they were your kids).

Can you put a sewing machine at work & cross discipline? I mean you do know the owner quite well :p Tell him you'd be more productive & happy!

I wish I knew Spanish...it would SO come in handy in my neck of the woods!

FAVORITE SEASON:

Kinda of hard to choose. When I lived in NY it was fall. I love the crisp cool air, the leaves and apple picking.

Living in Houston...we really don't have seasons. So, I like anything that isn't Late April - Late Oct here. Right now I'm happy as a lark because it's in the mid to low 40's at night & mid 50-60 during the day. But it'll change again in a few days *grrr*

So, now that we're all here. Has anyone started pulling their masterpieces together?

I've picked my blocks...have to limit it to 5 right now I have 7 and then start gathering fabrics. Probably won't do fabrics until next Friday/Saturday as I'm going to have to go shopping I believe.

All my kids and grandkids live in the same town. I am now remarried and we all spend lots of time together. I did post some pictures of my latest that kept me up late into the hours. It's until pictures and called Garrett's Xmas Quilt.

Talk to you soon... Off to work and year end is a pill.

I like Redand I especially LOVE batiks but not really into florals although a lot of my stuff ends up with flowers I just don't like the stuff that looks like curtains or the couch. :) Strange I know.

KathyN..Welcome! Hope you had a wonderful holiday.

klarina...sounds like you are very busy. Sweetness had a good suggestion! A sewing machine at work!

frogquilter...I don't think it strange, we each have our own tastes. What is Redland? Is it a fabric line?

*knock knock*

anybody home???

Naaa...I think we are all on vacation! LOL!

My little baby arrived today!!! I have been playing around testing her out! Will get pictures posted asap!

LOL...vacations over...back to reality!

WHAT?????

Playing BEFORE pics...okay, I see where we rate now ;)

heres a link to the pictures. I bought from Tinabodina.

http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-59488-1.htm

You know I had to play!!! I can start my row now!

lol...not until we have pictures, it's a rule!!!

<okay, should have gone back one page 1st...lol>

WOW...he/she is a beauty...I'm jealous!!! I learned to sew on one of those (my granny's).

so yea...now you can do your row ;) GET BUSY!!! <after you get your f8's out....lol>

Sweetness you are to funny! You know there is a lady with 2 featherweights for sale here o QB...hint!

Thank you, I am so glad you liked her..her name is Frannie, she's had that name for awhile so I think I'll leave it alone. She sews really smooth and she is so quite!

Yes, I have to get my fabric washed and mailed out...think I'll mail just a few a week though.

UCK!!!! We have snow on its way!

OMG...seriously that's my grandmothers name is (or what everyone called her) her name is Frances...she'll be '99 this year. I'm glad she's running strong, just like her namesake...she still lives alone, cooks, gets her hair done, all that jazz.

Well...here's the thing and I know, grow up but...I was suppose to get my Granny's. I'm the only girl, I learned to sew on it, etc. So when we were closing down the family home in 2005, she was moving into an apartment as it was safer...I was going to bring it home with me. But alas someone else had already taken it and no one will fess up to who. Sometimes families SUCK! So, I'm kind of bitter and if I can't have the FW I grew up sewing and all my dolls close, personal clothes, halloween costumes, etc were done on...I don't want to have to look at one in that time frame in my home...I know, silly but it would cause me heartache. Hopefully, I'll get past that one day & have one that just reminds me of her, but I'm not sure.

BUT...I came up with an idea the other day and my poor bf is stuck trying to come up with it for my 40th b'day which is in may because it's all I've asked for. All 4 of my grandparents were born in 1912...so I want a Singer from that year and it'll be a happy memory of all of them for me!

Send the snow to me!!! Actually, it's suppose to get pretty darn cold here next week (like not above freezing during day) and that doesn't happen very often.

How cool, sharing your grannys name!

Ok...let me check my machines...if I have a 1912 its yours!
I know I have a 1876...it needs loads of work. I will see though. They was given to me, sorta...cost a bundle to go all the way to Cinncinati, Oh to get them. But well worth it! Anyway, I don't need so many and I have loads, about 30 or so. I will do my best to get out there tomorrow and check.

We must be getting part of the same cold front.

Karen my husband wonders why I need 3 machines and a serger. :) Next time I will tell I know someone with 30+ machines.

I'm excited. I have patterns picked out now I just need to start sewing. Have a great day ladies.

Hi Frog! My husband was the same...why are we going all that way to pick up machines? LOL..is he crazy? Vintage machines, for the cost of the drive and time it took. I am learning to work on the vintage machines first. Then plan on going to school to learn the computerized ones! So the majority of what I have needs something done to them.

Where in Kansas do you live? Are you close to Joplin, MO?

Karen: your new machine is awesome.

Sweetness: these are the first days of January. I'm still recovering from the holidays. I guess my mind is not fully engaged in everyday's business yet. lol.

The only thing I have done is ordered my fabrics for this swap. I will start playing with my blocks next week.

Will keep you posted.

klarina..THANK YOU! I already love her, she sewa like a dream.

Karen I am in Junction City, KS which is about 7 hours from Joplin but I have actually been there a few times because my husband has a friend that lives there and we will be through there again but not until June as we are headed to Springfield MO for a bowling tournament.

Ladies, I have a question or a thought out loud I guess....

Will anyone be sending fabric with their rows. I had a thought to send some fabric with mine for background fabric but i just don't know. I was all over the internet today looking at pics of row robin quilts and that was one of the suggestions.

Any ideas?

I live about 60 miles southwest of Springfield. I forgot where Junction City was, awful to get so forgetful. I was hoping you was closer, so maybe we could visit.

frog I don't see any problem with that if you wanted to do it. I believe that bookworm had said to send it seperately to each person, cut down on the cost of reshipping the package each time. I will use priority mail, if possible, to send the packages, so not sure if it would actually affect the cost.

I would like to send sashing with mine. I can cut it to size so it is easy for everyone to work with. I think it will make my quilt make more sense because I'm working with 1930's prints.

I think I need more instructions.

So, we will be sending a 60.5" x 12.5" backing and a 60.5" x 2.5" sashing each time we send our block?

please advise,

thanks,

klarina..no backing needed, sashing is a matter of choice. I was thinking of doing the same thing...but I havent decided yet.

Actually I kinda want to change the whole theme, but then I don't think I should.

Karen is indeed correct klarina. Here's the rule highlights to help you:

1. Fabric should be prewashed and of a type that you would be happy to receive yourself. This means 100% cotton but but does NOT need to be LQS.


2. Use any techniques in which you feel comfortable, machine/hand piecing, machine/hand appliqué, machine/hand embroidery, paper piecing, etc. This in not particularly the time to experiment with new techniques unless you are confident that you can pull it off. You might want to experiment before attaching the row to the quilt in case you have to rework something.

3. Each row will be 12 ½” by 60 ½”

4. We will be posting pictures with each round, unless you specify that you do not want to see your quilt until it is finished. For most of us…we just can’t wait.

5. Please stay on target for the mailing dates. You will have approximately 2 months between mailings. If something happens that will cause you to be late mailing, please email the person who you will be mailing to and the leader of the group. Specific mailing dates will be sent out with the group assignments.

6. You will need to insure your packages when mailing.

The Quilt:
The theme is a design of your choice. You need to make the first row 60 ½” by 12 ½” but you can orient it either horizontal or vertical. (Each row should be carefully measured and squared) Each sequential row should be a continuation of the theme of the first row but can be what technique you would like.

Let us know if you have more questions or anyone else. Gonna be working tomorrow, so I'll be out of the loop until Sunday. If you get a chance you'll see some of the fabrics I bought yesterday to start working on the rows in the pictures. Have a great Friday night!

Hi All. I having been working on my 2nd book quilt and YEAH it is almost finished! Now off to the longarm, pictures then hurry up and wait to see if it gets picked.

Hope to get on my blocks for my row very soon. Really hoping to see some pics!

Haven't forgotten you quiet ones :) Just working the 2nd job this weekend, so busy & pooped. I'll catch up with you soon, probably another day or two. Hope everyone is having a great weekend & getting all those creative juices flowing!!!

Geezzzzz, we must all be very busy!

Sweetness, I found a 1913 Singer, but will keep my eye out for a 1912. I have a count of 44 machines so far, still have some that I can't get to without help. Hoping that one of them will have your name on it!