Quilt Retreat

I had a wonderful time at my quilt retreat that I attended a couple of weekends ago. I did something I have not done before. I started a quilt from start to finish(quilt top finish). I used the Northern Lights pattern and had all the half hexagons cut out before I got to the retreat. It was neat to see a project done from start to finish but I usually use the time at my retreats to work out the problems and kinks in my projects and I missed doing more of that.

I finally got my Calendar quilt sewn together as well.I kept trying to make it perfect and changing my mind about which fabric should go were for the borders, and having it at the retreat forced me to just get it done with whatever I had brought.

I also worked on my Snowmen Star quilt and figured out what I was not liking about it. Once I figured that out I was back to sewing on it.

 Linking to Linky Tuesday and WIP Wednesday and Let's Bee Social.

Slow Stitching Sunday - Wildflower Baskets

I am working on the binding today for my Wildflower Baskets quilt. I got the sleeve and binding sewn to the quilt, and now I am working on hand stitching it to the back. I really do enjoy the binding part of it. It is soothing and relaxing to know another quilt is almost finished. I would like to get it done, and then start working on my Christmas gifts.

Linking to Slow Stitching Sunday.

Friday Night Sew-In - Kaleidoscope

I spent part of Friday night Sew-In assessing projects and trying to organize what needed to be done in time for Christmas. I also got all my rows sewed together for my Kaleidoscope quilt.

I worked out my problem with the sashing and feel great about the way it is looking. I need to add on the top and bottom sashing border, then I have one other border to go around it and it will be complete. This one I will treasure for years to come since the fabric was given to me by my son.

Autumn Moons

I finished my Autumn Moons and I am so thrilled. It is one of my favourite quilts, and I do realize that I say that every time I finish one. I really like it too, because it is one I stuck with and got finished rather than letting it sit around for a long time.

  

This is definitely a keeper for me and having it finished motivates me to get my other quilts finished as well.

Linking to Finish it up Friday, TGIFF and Can I Get A Whoop, Whoop.

 

Slow Stitching Sunday - Autumn Binding

As I look out my windows and see the beautiful autumn colours, I am working on binding my Autumn Moons quilt. I have so enjoyed working on this quilt. I am going on a quilt retreat in a couple of weeks and as I started to get my projects ready, I realized how hard it was to go back to a project I had started some time ago. I know there was a reason I had stopped, a fabric I needed or something that was not working out and needed to be changed. It felt hard to get back into that mindset again, as though I was picking up a book I had not read in a long time. I so enjoyed my Autumn Moon quilt, because I did not let it sit and I worked out any issues I had with it right away. I know it will become one of my favourite quilts for that reason. I feel as though there is a life lesson in there for me as well.

Linking to Slow Stitching Sunday.

Halloween Totems - Friday Night Sew-In

I had a good sewing evening last night. I worked on my Halloween Totems quilt. The pattern is from M-R Charbonneau of Quilt Matters and is called Modern Totems. It calls for one charm pack and background fabric. I had some charm squares left over, as well as some scrap fabric from when I participated in a Halloween block exchange years ago and thought this would be the perfect pattern to use some of them up. The quilt reminds me of the art I did when I was a kid where you would colour a page with crayons, then put black over and then draw designs into it so that you saw all the colours come through. It was one of my favourite things to do.


Linking to Friday Night Sew-In.

Grateful

Happy Thanksgiving! I had a wonderful weekend with family and hoped you did too. This year on Thanksgiving, I am very grateful that I get to pull together fabric to make a quilt for my parents.

Next year will be their 50th anniversary and I am going to be making a special quilt for them.

I am also very grateful to my wonderful son who helped me make a quilt for his Cub Scout leader. I saw her last week at my Quilt Guild meeting where we had a trunk show from the extremely talented and very creative Lorna McMahon of Sew Fresh Quilts. His Leader  told me that he was the inspiration for her to start quilting.

I am so grateful for my amazing husband. He managed to get me to a quilt store this weekend with enough time for me to look around before it closed. He has always been so supportive.

Finally, I am beyond grateful for my incredibly talented daughter. She pushes me, she encourages me, and she is very inspirational. I am so happy that I get to share the love of quilting with her.