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 

"What I Did On My Summer Vacation"....

I see the last post dated one month ago...wow. I'm already back to work in the classroom, making it a bright, happy place of learning. There are teacher's meetings next week, and first day of school is September 4th. So, I'm sending off a quick photo post, and hoping for more to come later. :-}

 

Leanna's blue and white embroidery quilt: quilted, bound, washed and crinkly! It was returned to her without a photo :-\ I'm hoping to borrow back for a class share next month, and take a picture then ~

This was my only visit to the Long Beach International Quilt Festival ever, "only" because next year it is moving to another state. But, I can say I was able to go! Notice the quilts that inspire me have Color, and great prints ~

I love these bright, happy hearts ~

The sewing room is still slow going...what excuse is there...I guess it's not as inspiring to me as creating is. So, there's the truth for you, and I'm moving on...!

 There are about one hundred 3 inch spools here from Bonnie Hunter's pattern, 

all scrappy, sewn into 4 patch blocks. 

Hope to get them sashed together for a lap sized quilt ~

 My second shirt this summer, it still needs buttons and then it's ready to go ~

 I love puzzles of all kinds. Does any one else look at quilting as a puzzle solving activity? This Ipad is probably a reason the sewing room isn't done, since it seems to find it's way into my hands daily for blog reading and reading, too. So far, I've read 6 books this summer, including the Hunger Games series. I'm on Odd Thomas right now. I have access to Lydia's Nook library, and Jeff's Kindle Library through apps they put on for me. This Ipad is really for my class, not mine, but I have enjoyed the access to it this summer!

 This is a rug loom from Country Threads. I ordered the loom, book and DVD for my birthday in July, started tearing my lesser favorite fabric, and the first rug is just about done as you can see. So far I'm figuring about 7-8 yards of fabric for a rug! I want to make a tshirt rug, too. Weaving has been a nice activity, and less hard on my hands than crocheting rag strips.

 

The quilt on the frame is a pretty batik Friendship braid, and has me humming You Can Quilt That Out.  It is on the bias and quite ripply... I now know why my client through her hands up in the air as she gave it to me and said to do whatever I wanted to, lol ~

 

We have been swimming 1-2 times a week with Beth and Jerry, Larry took 1 day a week mini vacation days and we enjoyed each other's company in their pool, or reading, sewing, R&R days for true! 

Now, it's back to typing class lists, filling out calendars, pulling book sets, running off papers and returning to the school days of life. What do you bet I will find time to post better, back on a regular routine? :-}hugs!

 

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

 

 

Lists Help!

I have a quilting to do list, with about 4 MUSTS!!  This one is first up, and then you'll see others soon.

These embroidered squares belong to my "yo-yo" friend from church, Leanna. They needed to be squared up, but since they were printed on the fabric, it was a challenge...I did my best.  Finally, "Pokey" went to work to get them sewn into a quilt top!

 

 starched, ironed and squared

 strips cut and added

 sewn into columns, then rows

 an extra square quartered to be cornerstones. 

I think I'll add one more small border so they will float ~

Next up, I need to wrangle with the quilt frame on a few projects, here's hoping it will be cooperative ~


 

 Oh, and here's the cakestand blocks for this week. 

 I'm up to 19 completed, big grins!

"The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life." Job 33:4

Progress--Summer Style ~

Temecula Quilt Company's July project was these little "Cakestand" blocks, 

 


I am sure you have seen them around the quilty blog community. 

 



Can you say, "tiny"? My first one had the boys in the house laughing at me, how can anyone cover up with a quilt of those?

 
 Silly boys! But, I did decide to enlarge the pattern, 




 and now, there are 31 larger blocks in various stages of progress. There are 8 small ones, too  :-}

Here are 2 blocks to send to Calgary, Canada, via my friend Gail.









Last, here is the amount done in the sewing room. 

 Not much it seems, since there is a good amount of sorting happening too.

  That's why I called it "summer progress," lol!

I am hoping posting the progress will help me with accountability....


So, here's hoping another post happens before 2 weeks pass again. I'm trying to sew a bit every day, how about you ? 

Happy Quilting!

 



"I have trusted in Thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in Thy salvation. I will sing unto the LORD, because He hath dealt bountifully with me." Psalm 13:5,6

Google Reader---*sigh*

I'll just let the title do my whining for me. No, I haven't started reading from Bloglovin' but, as of Monday that will have to be the case.... So, if you still want to see my puny posts you can push this button:

 
Miss Empress hit the nail on the head for my emotions for this year (although I did not suffer from her health issues, bless her heart!) I'm working on putting the sewing room -and the rest of the house- in order. There are several ufo's that have a date with my quilt frame for this summer break. I want to do some new sewing projects, 

but I really M.U.S.T. get some finishes going on, tooo!!!

 This was the most recent project to be worked on-a table runner or small quilt, inspired by the creative Tina of Seaside Stitches. 

 And no, it is not finished.

 
This was a pif I received from the  clever quilter Jan.

 I was so surprised to read that she only began quilting 3 years ago! She has her finger on the pulse of modern, look at her newest quilt here. 

My husband and graphic designer Larry thought Jan's choice of fabric for the backing was really sharp, the text print is from Ikea!

This is how far my Wiggly Whimsy has gotten. I was inspired by Moda Bake Shop, and sweet Terry (who has her quilt completed).

This pretty blue one is ready for the quilt frame. 

 This was sewn by my dear friend Ginny, 

and she plans to use it for a tablecloth, 

to match her new dishes :-}

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The sewing room? 

Well, I'm trying to sort through as I go... 

but here is the progress....

See my folks rocking chair? not much sitting my "seat" in it recently, lol

 We bought this wood cabinet for $23 at a favorite local thrift store. Larry talked me into only painting the front face of it (that is how I did our kitchen cabinets) and I think he was right. 

The shelves and cabinet (far back in this shot) are built into what was the closet in this bedroom. I have been accumulating the Jack Daniel's boxes every trip to Costco because they are so strong, and fit perfectly in the 14 inch shelving. 

(Yes, I'm following the example given by Karen, and that knockout creative suite of hers, I can hardly call hers just a sewing room!) I have wrapping paper, but haven't started covering the boxes. 

No, we didn't drink a drop of this, but Larry and I both like the look of the black and white type :-}

This cabinet came from a garage sale, we painted it black to go with the other stuff in this room. The wire baskets were donated to the school, and since they went unclaimed, they came home to help organize this stash accumulation. 

Not sure what will go where, but trying to move forward....

 That's all for now, I'll be seeing you on bloglovin' ~

Happy quilting!

"We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power 

may be of God and not of us."  2 Corinthians 4:7