It’s been too long!

As you will be able to see by all of the pictures below, I’ve been a very busy person. The big project I’ve been working on is finishing my mom’s Civil War Chroncicles Quilt from 2011. She has the center all done and now I will finish all four corners, there is a lot of work left to do in this quilt. The border alone is 60some 6” blocks, and the blocks I’m working on now are 14”. I’m not crazy about this quilt and I wasn’t from the first time I saw it. I love the fabric in it, but I think it’s just too ‘busy’ for my liking. The good thing is that I get to keep all of the scraps from this quilt and that is a substantial amount of fabric! Below is a picture of what this quilt looks like finished. Looking at this makes me think I have a long way to go yet! I’ve also gotten one of the borders sewn on my Farmer’s Wife Quilt, I’m having a hard time deciding what to use for the outer border….when I decide I’ll post a picture of it.

I have to make four of each of these block and I have 8 made so far…..

My wool BOM from Primitive Gatherings has been fun for me. I’m waiting for the 7th block now.

I’ve also been doing a lot of handwork on my large and mini hexie quilts. I’m planning on adding 4 more rows of flowers to my large hexie quilt and then see if I think it’s big enough to add the borders and applique. I have about 6 more flowers to make and I’ll have enough to get it done!

The picture of the single hexie above is my 1” hexies and the picture of the hexies all sewn together in color rounds is the 1/2” hexies. These two qults will look completely different. I’ve decided to mostly concentrate on the larger ones right now because that quilt is almost done.

And last but not least is the dress my daughter volunteered me to alter for a friend of hers. I HATE altering anything, but I’m being nice and doing this one anyway. It’s is almost two sizes too big, and it’s got boning in the seams in the bust. I HATE boning in dresses that need altered! I have the hem taken up and am almost done adding spaghetti straps, I’ve taken in the side seams in the hip area and now I need to finish the bodice part. I’m not taking this dress apart, I will ‘cheat’ and just take tucks under the armpits. No one will ever see those and it will work out okay I think. I sure hope it will anyway, cuz that’s what I’m going to do!

Well, Happy Quilting! I’ll try not to stay away so long next time!

Kris

My grandson Walker and I!

First off here is a picture of my grandson Walker and myself….it’s a horrible picture of me…but boy is Walker a cutie! He’s 20 months old and he’s Grandma’s boy. College football started this Saturday and my team won….Go HUSKERS!

I’ve got all 111 of the Farmer’s Wife blocks sewn together, I just need to decide what to use for the borders now. Over all I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I had quite a hard time with the cornerstones and I’m not sure why. I ended up ripping out a lot of those and doing them over. I was very frustrated by the time I got done.  I think I might quilt this one myself…we’ll have to see if I’m in the mood when it’s all done.My cat Morris wanted to be in this picture…..Sorry that he’s covering a couple of blocks….He’s a very large cat!

And here is the 5th BOM from my wool Primitive Garden quilt. I’m done except for the vine embroidery….which once I get going on it won’t take very long. I’m thinking I’m going to add a heart or something to the black star….I’m kind of debating on it right now.

My mini Hexie quilt is growing…..it’s a pretty slow process, but I enjoy doing it.

When I went to the Wooly Mammoth in Kearney a couple of weeks ago, I bought a skein of yarn to make a scarf for one of my daughters….It was very expensive, $15.49 a skein….It’s the black one…..I found the gray and orange yarn at Walmart for around $5 and it is basically the same…a little different, but for one third of the price it’s very nice. One skein will make a pretty long scarf. It’s not as fast knitting as regular yarn, since you have to get the knitting needle through a hole in the yarn instead of just looping it around the needle. These will be very nice gifts, relatively cheap to make, and I’m having fun doing it. I hope Lesley, my daughter will like them.

I’ve had a great day off today and I’m having a great time sewing and knitting.

Happy Quilting, Kris