One More Finish for August

Good Morning! Lookie what was completed today ~

 

 Unfortunately, not without a pleat or two, as I mentioned the bias trouble here.

But overall, a nice lookin' quilt. 

 

I have considered doing a Friendship Braid myself, 

 but I'm thinking twice on it now,  *vbs*

I have two more shares from the summer. One is a couple days of playing with the Accuquilt cutter produced this vintage tumblers quilt top, waiting for its turn to get sewn...patience....

The other is progress on my enlarged cakestand squares from The Temecula Quilt Company July project this summer.

 

 I sat and fussy-cut these little cornerstones, 

 

 only to decide I liked the yellow cornerstones better. BTW, I have this quilt top rolled up in a beach towel, so I can put it away easily between the long spaced sewing times. Larry said he wants the towel back, lol I guess I'd better work on this quilt top next ~


Happy Quilting!

 

"From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised." Psalm 113:3 

Life, and of Course, Sewing ~

One month since I posted...and there has been some sewing mixed in with fun, work, and life.

• Easy Street is fixed! ...haven't picked a border or backing yet....

 

• Quick flannel baby blanket for a co-worker. Her little boy Hunter made his debut today!

• I quilted and bound 2 table runners for my dear friend Ginny, but somehow only got a picture of the simple one...they both were reversible. Also made a pillowcase for her I Spy quilted last year ~

• Sewing along with online friend Terry again. I hope to make a quilt, but wanted to try this in a table runner first. Need to pick a binding.

 my charm square pack

 quilted last night!

~ the back ~

• Remember my checkerboard blocks back in November? Some have made it into a quilt for a wedding gift. Rajeana grew up with my dd Lydia, so a couple of the scrappy pieces are actually from Lydia's clothing of the past, I think 'Jeana recognized one of the pieces. The backing is made and this one is next on the frame....

• My sweet honey is in the Philippines for a missions trip with the church. It's his 3rd time to go, he is so excited. I have a constant pang of missing my Larry, but it is a perfect reminder to lift the team in prayer.  
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• Oh, and just before he left, he had to file for unemployment...work has slowed down at his job  :-(
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• I have found a bit of time to play with that new "toy", the Accuquilt Go!
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• What I didn't share, it was purchased for me with gift certificates from my class!!
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•   Larry bought a couple dies I wanted-fun!
  
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• Last, a late-posted photo of my sweet second graders in their Nativity program. They memorized and recited "Luke 2, The Christmas Story." 

 I love these kiddos! 

"He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might He increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." Isaiah 40:29-31

It's All Coming Together ~

After these bits and pieces were living together in a ziploc bag,

    
all crowded and pushed in,  no room for the last cuts,

they got to stretch out on the cutting board today...


 


 ...and here are the first parts sewn into triangles.
Oh, it's coming together so nice!!

 

And look what I'll get to play with next ~ from Christmas ~
















“Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and His greatness is unsearchable.” Psalm 145:3

Go! Giveaway

You know I want it. . . here is another one!

Lavender Ridge Go! Giveaway

Happy Quilting!
Pokey

GO! Giveaways ~ Are YOU In? I AM!

You've seen me enjoy the Accuquilt GO! fabric cutter. My friend loaned hers to me, and my sweet little snowflake / flower on the snowgirl's hat was created! Well, I'm wanting to own one of these beauties, and I'm loving the idea of winning one! GO! check out these giveaways, and maybe we both will win!

Here are some of Karen's projects ~

...then, there is our Canadian friend Paulette, with her plaid fun ~

Quilt Hollow is making it look really easy with her baskets ~

...and Jackie has a friendship braid in the works ~

But wait, there's another one at KarrieLyne's blog ~

Oo-o-o, I'm editing to add Heather, too ~

Now, that's 6 opportunities to win this month! Plus there are more when you do the extras, like sharing the fun in your blog...so, here's hopin' one of us wins!

Happy Quilting,
Pokey

So Far...

Just a few photos to show progress...

on the charity Americana...

on the snowladies

and their evolution, decided to go with the applique smile, not the snaps. Decided I liked the same color outline, not the all black outline Decided in the from Accuquilt die cut to be her 'flower' on her hat, for several reasons
(Would YOU want to cut to cut those by hand? no)
Boy! Don't I want one of these!!

Also, I want to share this sweet pumpkin quilt that came in the mail yesterday. Gail of The Cozy Quilter recently had a giveaway celebrating 30,000 posts. She is a very accomplished quilter! You should see her little pumpkin patch. She also sent along a precious pin from her guild, I'm so honored!! Thank you, Gail!




Happy Quilting!
Pokey

Edited to add on 8/18/2010:
Yes, I did design the snow girl. As a matter of fact, see the blue grid drawing? That is actually my first rough draft with pencil and 1/4 inch graph paper, and then enlarged on the copier! Notice I moved the bird from one shoulder to the other in the project, since the scarf and the hat/flower were already on the left. I was going for the look of her listening to the birdie's song, but I felt it still had that feel with the girl looking at it, too. My artist husband Larry drew the final birdie. It's a cute one!

Wish I had one completed as I wanted them to be, I still have incomplete prototypes. Oh, precious time...I'm off to the classroom today, but I did get my borders on the charity quilt, yippee!

Pokey