I know I mentioned a giveaway last month....but health issues got in the way. Then we visited my son up north and I got involved in other things. Enough with the excuses, right?
Well here it is. As usual I forget what patterns I have and end up buying another and now I have 2 copies of a couple of patterns. Your gain.
I must really love these patterns because I have 2 copies of each. I will be gifting a pattern to 2 people.
To enter leave a comment letting me know you are a follower and which pattern you would like to receive. I will pick the winners next Wednesday. Good Luck.
Each day I am feeling better and have more energy. I prepped another block for the Old Voices quilt. I'm also getting a couple of Christmas gift quilts ready for quilting. I'm also testing some blocks for a magazine...can't say much more. And am trying to clean my sewing room. So it's good my energy levels are on the rise.
I got a new camera. A Sony Cyber Shot. It is very small. I do have a bigger camera but I needed something smaller I can keep in the sewing room to take pictures of projects. So I started playing with it. In the corner of my living room I have an old wooden ladder. I have some antique quilt tops hanging on it and some of my stuffed animals and dolls.
It's a little fuzzy...so I need to practice more.
In my sewing room I came across some scraps left over from an Accuquilt project. I need to trim them up but I put them up on my portable design board.
I think this will make a cute Doll Quilt.
Today the sun is out and it's 52 out...with no rain in site. I think I will try and get out and take a walk.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great day.
Hugs, Cathy
For the Old Voices, New Impressions Sew Along. Although I'm not making the quilt on the front, I'm making the quilt on the back.
I changed my background fabric choices twice. I like my final choice. I cut all the squares for the blocks. I traced all the applique pieces on freezer paper. I prepped 3 blocks in anticipation...and just couldn't wait. I appliqued the first block.
The picture is a little fuzzy. The background has little blue what looks like the planet Saturn. I also chose two blue fabrics for the sashing and borders.
I haven't gotten a lot done...I've played hooky. We took a day off and went fabric and antique shopping. I bought the background fabric above and some black fabric for Cheri Payne quilt.
There is a big Antiques Mall near by so we stopped by. I was inspired by Barb from Fun with Barb to find a vessel for my doll quilts.
This is what I found. It is a wooden planter. Works perfect for my doll quilts.
I also found this little doll quilt. In fact I found 2. This one was $6 and a smaller one was $4. I'm not a fan of cutting antique quilts but I loved this one.
Here are my projects up to date.
Cheri Quilt. 15 blocks made and 10 to go.
Row by Row Quilt. I'm making some progress.
Tiles quilt. Again slow but sure.
I have been wanting to make some portable design boards for keeping my pieces together for blocks. Lori at Bee in my Bonnet has a great tutorial. I made 2. A small one....10" x 10"
And a larger one...20" x 20"
I didn't cut my border fabric long enough...well actually it was some left over binding that I thought was long enough. I ended up using some of the binding from the other board. But it works...that is what is important.
Yesterday we took my father-in-law out for a Father's Day dinner. We went to his favorite steak place. We had a great time and Dad smiled the whole time.
Today I hope to get a couple more of my mini design boards made and get some sewing done. I also need to prep some more Old Voices blocks. So a busy day for me.
I hope you are having a great day and enjoy the up coming Father's Day.
Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs, Cathy
I took a break from working on my "To Do" list for a couple of days. I was going through some of the wire baskets I keep fabric in and I found some finished wall quilt tops that needed to be quilted. So I spent the day getting three of them sandwiched and another day to get 2 of them quilted.
First up is Pink Lemonade....
Many of you know that this was a QAL hosted by Lori at Humble Quilts. I machine quilted this with straight lines on the diagonal. The pink fabric was some vintage fabric I was saving for just the perfect project.
Next up is a Doll Quilt...
Another machine quilted project. I was happy with the way it turned out.
I usually hand quilt these little quilts....however, I have so much going on and they would have ended up in yet another forgotten spot. So in order to get some projects finished I opted to machine quilt.
I have one more quilt ready to machine quilt. It is a small Log Cabin quilt that was a very first project for me. It is made from old calico's and polyester fabrics. My seam allowances were very wonky, therefore the quilt is very wonky. Not at all square. But I'm going to practice some free motion quilting on it. I'll show you when I am done.
I found a couple of hours to work on my Bluebird feed sack project. I like where it is going. All will be revealed in April.
Well we finally got some warmer weather. It is 42 degrees out with blue skies and sunshine. But alas...back to the 20's later in the week. And it is suppose to snow again. I just looked out in the backyard and there are big puddles from the snow melting. Oh well!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you are having a great start to the week.
Hugs, Cathy
And time to make my to do or want to do list for April. But first I want to show you my last 2 finishes for March.
This is a little quilt I made for my daughter, Kim, for having us over for Easter. I had bought her a standing quilt frame for Christmas. This was from a new pattern I bought by Cheri Payne called "A Basket Full". The actual basket was smaller and I enlarged it on my copier. I hand appliqued and hand quilted it. Now I've got to make one for myself.
This is a little quilt I made after seeing an antique doll quilt on Pinterest. Then I also found the quilt in a multitude of quilt books. It is made up of 2.5" squares, 1.5" squares and 1.5" x 2.5" rectangles. It worked up quickly and I hand quilted it.
Now for my April List:
BOM'S
1. Joined at the Hip, March and April's blocks.
2. Country Threads
3. Seasonal Applique
4. Almost Amish, March and April
6. Patchwork Posse Winter Wonderland
7. Pat Sloan Quilt a Long (I know I can't believe it either. Another BOM)
On Going
1. Log Cabin Bow Ties
2. Scrappy Trip Around the world. I need to make 12 more blocks. So I hope to get this finished and quilted this month.
3. Ashley's Plaid quilt. I have 7 blocks made and 23 more to make.
4. I need to make another cup cake quilt.
UFO Busting
1. Plaid Jacobs Ladder. This was a sew a long from 2011 with Freda. I would love to get at least the top put together. So I need to make a few more blocks.
2. Floribunda. This was a Bonnie Hunter SAL from 2011. I never really liked
what I did but one of my daughters did so I think I will finish it for her for Christmas.
3. I think I should make this #1. It is my Primitive Primer. I still only need one block to make. So I will try and make this a priority.
Now if that isn't enough.....
1. I signed up for a Small Quilt Swap at Small Quilt Talk. I have 2 months to finish it.
2. My monthly Small Quilt Talk Challenge. This month we need to make a quilt using the Contrary Wife block.
3. I'm making a baby quilt for my Nephew and his Wife. The are expecting Son #3.
This is what I started on Saturday. It is a Trip Around the World using just 6 fabrics. The prints are from Riley Blake. I am using 2" strips so it is a smaller block that the Scrappy one I am making.
4. I got a couple of Sally Post Blocks prepped and started working on one of them.
5. And I started hand quilting my Henrietta Whiskers quilt. I am quilting it using #12 perle cotton and doing a big stitch.
How's that for a list? 18 projects on my list. It looks daunting, however the first 6 are just one block. The next 4 are work on when time permits. I think I can make a good dent in my list. Only time will tell.
Well I better get going so I can get some of this done. Hope you are having a great start to spring. Since it is April Fools Day...Mother Nature pulled a good one. It SNOWED this morning. No accumulation...Thank goodness. But none the less it snowed.
Hugs, Cathy
