Long-arming, Embroidery and Circle Blocks

I bought an embroidered/pieced/colored quilt pattern a couple of weeks ago called ‘Love Covers’ by Tricia Cobbs. It’s got quite a bit of embroidery and very bright colors, I like the Scripture in the embroidery so I was drawn to it…..I’ve got all 12 of the large blocks embroidered and have 2 done of the 14 small blocks….You also use Crayola crayons to color in the blocks…It’s been fun so far…I’ve got quite a bit of bright colored fabric collected to get started on piecing the blocks…Fun!

My Prairie Rose BOM by Jo Morton is done! It’s quilted and off the frame now. While I was quilting it I thought I was doing a horrible job and was kind of in the dumps about it, but now that it’s off the frame I really like it. Now I only need to add the binding and it’s completely done!

Here are my Wool Spring Gathering BOMs from Primitive Gatherings…the top one is the latest one and the center block will go between all of the wool blocks….I’ve done 6 of them now.

This is the start of my grandson’s quilt…He is due July 29th, and my daughter wanted a circle quilt….It’s really not too hard to do…I found a tutorial on-line done by Dale Fleming and it really makes sewing the circles easy…I did not want to applique them so I thought I’d give this a try. My circles get better with each one I do.

Happy Quilting

Kris

Sewing puts me in my Happy Place!

I love to sew…quilt….crochet and all of that good stuff. Going into my sewing room and sitting at my sewing machine puts me in my Happy Place, it puts a big smile on my face and I can forget about everything but what I’m working on. Truly a day doesn’t go by that I don’t sew for at least 30 minutes…usually at least a couple of hours. It really is my therapy!

This is my Prairie Rose BOM that I finally finished…I did more ripping on this quilt than I have on everything else put together in the last two years….If it could go wrong it did! But I prevailed and got it done….now to get it quilted!

Mitered corners and I haven’t always gotten along so well…I’ve been able to do them but with much frustration and confusion. I finally found a tutorial from Riley Blake and she had a guest on that showed what worked best for her…they were cut before they were attached to the quilt. It just all made sense to me and so I tried it with very good results…it’s definitely worth watching.

One more thing to cross off my to-do list…Kyle’s t-shirt quilt is now done and ready to quilt. My mom had started this before she went in the nursing home and when we were cleaning out her house we found it…my sister Val asked me if I would get it done and of course I said yes…So a year later it’s completed! Only took 5 days to do it…but it was the getting started part that was so hard. Mom  only cut out about 5 t-shirts, so I made the whole quilt. It finishes at 86 x 98.

Getting started quilting my Bonnie Hunter ‘Grand Illusion’ Mystery quilt….It’s very big too! This is not a quilt I ever would have done by just seeing it in a book, not really my color choice either, but I love what Bonnie Hunter does and I thought this would be a good year to get started doing her Mystery Quilt and I jumped right in. I changed the outside border up a bit which I like much better….I’m happy with the over all results and will be doing her Mystery Quilt again next year.

All quilted and on a bed….have to add the binding yet…will use the turquoise colored sashing strip for that.

And here is what I did in the border….I’m learning, but I’m finding it just takes lots of practice.

I’m ready for block 5 in this wool quilt from Lisa Bonjean which is a 14 month BOM….fun fun fun!

This is a baby quilt I quilted for my masseuse…she and I are trading,  quilting for massages! I didn’t figure I could go wrong with that! I also sewed the binding on for her.

My 2011 calendar quilt is done now too….just need to bind it! So as you can see I’ve been very busy the past few weeks. I’ve also crocheted around 60 infinity scarves since the first of January…I guess you could call me an over achiever! I love doing hand work…..Which actually is an understatement. 

Happy Quilting!

Kris

Just a few pictures

Wool table topper ready to quilt….

Embroidery project all done….

Wool BOM for this month done….

Prairie Rose BOM is getting closer to being done…but I’m not enjoying this one at all….just need to finish it

And I’ve decided to do Bonnie Hunter’s Mystery quilt for 2014….I think it will be fun.

 

 

Happy Quilting

Kris

New wool project!

This is the new wool project I got started on yesterday….It’s from the book ‘Simple Appeal’ by Kim Diehl. I seem to be drawn to anything she makes/designs..I love the colors she uses and the use of applique with piecing and wool. I can pick her stuff out every time! This is a 30” quilt/table topper and it sure uses up a lot of wool….But I’m sure enjoying myself making it….I’ve got all of the wool pieces cut out and most of the center stitched down, then on to the outside wool oval units….you can see I laid some of them out, they will go all the way around the table topper. Just looking at this makes me smile!

I’ve got one more block done on the Prairie Rose BOM, so only one more block to go and I will be putting this one together…..finally! After I start some BOM’s I wonder why I ever did them…this is one of them….It’s okay, but it’s really not something I would ever do again. My civil war BOM was the same way, after it was done I really didn’t like it. Oh well, I will finish this project and maybe after it’s quilted I’ll change my mind.

Happy Quilting!

Kris

UFOs….finishing a few of them!

Well, I’ve been doing my best to try and finish some of those projects I started over 20 years ago! I have a few more than I thought, and they’ve been bugging me for the last few months, so as I was cleaning my sewing room and finding them, I kept them all out and have been doing my best to work on them. I’m still starting new projects…I just can’t help myself!  I’ve completed my 4th wonky log cabin quilt this past week…It’s probably my favorite one, it’s got the fireside plush on the back and it’s so soft and warm…It was made for my daughter Karmon…..my grandson Walker is helping  hold it up in these pictures.

Thank you to Kelly Kreft,my friend from Colorado for sending me the pattern for this fun snowman embroidered wall hanging….it will measure 16 x 20 when it’s finished.

The picture with the redwork is from the picture on the pattern…..I really wanted to do it in redwork, but even with a drawer clear full of embroidery floss,  (and I’m not exaggerating on that either,) I couldn’t find the red I wanted…so I’m making do with black for my first one…I’m changing up the embroidery stitches on a few of the panels too…I think this will be fun and easy. I guess it came out of a magazine quite a few years ago.

Here is the quilt I’m making for my niece’s baby who was born a week ago…It’s on the frame and should be done in about a week…

A new project I  started this month…a BOM from Primitive Gatherings…It’s a 14 month BOM….so you’ll be seeing new blocks from this one for quite a long while…I just love wool!

This is the 7th block in a BOM I should be done with, but I’ve been too busy doing ‘other’ things that to me seemed more important! Now it’s time to get this done…

A tub full of 3 dimensional flannel bow tie blocks…I had most of these sewn together and then decided I really didn’t like how they looked, so I tore them all apart and will try another layout….this is a UFO from at least 25 years ago….and by the looks of some of the blocks you can tell that I really didn’t know what I was doing!

My great find at a store in Norton this week…all silk ties for .75 each! I was quite happy with the price and the colors….brighter ones, which I needed for the tie quilt I’m ruminating on!

Okay….so I showed you a few of my UFO’s and some newer projects….I am going to whittle down on half started projects…I am! I am! I am!

Happy Quilting!

Kris

I’m sewing and loving every minute of it!

I’m on vacation this week and I’ve been in my sewing room 10 hours every day….It’s been wonderful! I finished my Vintage Tins quilt….and have started a new B.O.M. called: Prairie Rose with fabric designed by Jo Morton. I also dug out my Farmer’s Wife Pony Club Quilt blocks and have started in on those….I’m over the halfway point now, I think the reason I enjoy doing these blocks is that anything goes. I’m using all kinds of fabric scraps and just having a fun time deciding what to use for each block…some I’m not so happy with the colors choices once they’re done, but I’m not changing any of them. I think once they are in the quilt, it will all look good together. I think I’ll end up sashing it in black. I’m still crocheting in the evenings before I go to bed…I’ll be sending about 50 hats to my sister in Iowa so she can sell them  in her store.

I love my vintage tins quilt…instead of using all black, cream and white, I threw in some red and golds….I am very happy with how it turned out. That was a lot of embroidery too!

These are the first three blocks of my Prairie Rose BOM….I love the fabric…it reminds me a little of civil war fabrics and I’m in a  love relationship with civil war fabrics right  now! As soon as I walk in a fabric store they start calling my name.

These are the latest blocks I’ve made for my FWPC quilt….there will be 90 of them and they are 8 1/2” unfinished. I think I’ve gotten 50 of them made now….

Have a wonderful day! and Happy Quilting

Kris