Row by Row

Right now, in my WIP I am working on the rows. I have gotten the first couple of rows on each of these quilts done.

 

I started putting together the snowman quilt before Christmas but stopped because I was short a few fork pins. I have been using them for a few years now, and find them very helpful when matching up seams. I asked Santa for some more and ended up getting 3 packages of them. I will now happily get back to this quilt now that we have snow.

I have also started sewing the rows of my Picnic quilt together and as I thought I am liking it better now.


Linking to WIP Wednesday at the Needle and Thread Network and Freshly Pieced.

Monday Making - Sweet gifts

I made this cathedral window pincushion for my daughter. It is the first time I have tried making a cathedral window, and the first time I used crushed walnuts in a pincushion. I used this pattern to make the pincushion and I found it very easy to follow.

My daughter has become quite the quilter. She attended my quilt guild meeting last week to show off a quilt she had made for herself. She has another one almost done and plans to present it as well to my guild.

In another quickly done projects, I made this microwave bowl for my roommate from my quilting retreat. She showed us how to make these really cute sheep at the retreat and when I saw this fabric I immediately thought of her. I made quite a few microwave bowls for Christmas for family and friends, but of course I have not yet made one for myself!

One Word

I have decided to start again with my One Word Challenge and have chosen the word Faith. I was thinking over the holidays, about what has been lacking in me, and I realize that it is Faith. I have lost my faith over the past year in myself and the world around me. I am hoping to have more of it in my life and in my quilting.

Design Wall Monday - Definitely too cold for a Picnic!

I finished the last of my 80 blocks for my Picnic quilt over the holidays and I got the first two rows sewn together yesterday. It is definitely too cold here to have picnic right now.  At Christmas time we were wearing our spring jackets and now we are wearing our winter parkas.

I feel that this is a quilt that I will like better when it is finished. It felt like it took forever to get the blocks done and yet the first two rows when together so quickly. I find it difficult sometimes when working with a scrappy quilt to ensure that it is scrappy enough. I used quite a bit of fabrics from my stash but also bought some more in the blue/orange colour scheme. I have not tried this colour scheme before and I must say that I do like it.

Linking to Design Wall Monday.

Happy New Year! - The Mystery is over!

If I had to choose one of my favourite things to do on New Year's Eve it would be to watch a movie with my dh and get to finish a quilt. That is what I got to do last night. I finished binding my Mountain Mystery quilt. Yes the mystery is solved and the Butler did not do it !It was definitely an uphill climb to get this done including spending months to find a backing only to end up finding it at one of my LQS. I am so very happy that is finished and so very happy that 2015 is over. I am looking forward to the year ahead.



Linking to TGIFF.

Happy New Year's Eve

My calendar blocks are now complete.  It was a fun project to do over the year. I hadn't done a Block of the Month for at least a few years and this was a nice way to get back into it. Hopefully it will become one of my first completed quilts for 2016. 

Wishing you a safe and Happy New Year's!

Zigzag into the New Year!

This quilt is one of my own design. I started it in 2011 and the top was finished in 2012. It was a good size when it was done but it felt a wee bit too small. I was never quite sure what to do with it, so it sat for a couple of years. On my quilting retreat this year, I brought it with me and decided to add borders along the side. I had had my son check it out for me and he felt it was long enough, but not wide enough. I liked having the borders along the side but not on the top because it felt like it made it seem wider without boxing in the design. I had originally planned on making a Jacob's Ladder quilt with the fabric and so I had a few blocks left from that idea.

 I put them on the back, and I love the design. I worked on this at 11:00 pm at the retreat when I was the only one left up quilting. One of the good things about a retreat is the ability to clear your mind of everything but the quilting. This has now been sent to the quilter and will be one of my first finishes for 2016!