The next time......

......you see Chelsi's tea party it will be quilted and ready to place in her chubby little hands on Christmas morning. I ran into some bumps along the way but it all worked out. The quilt finished size is 46" x 60:. No I did not put a pink border on the top on purpose.

Happy quilting!

Chelsi's Tea Party 4

Finally, an idea came to me for a layout. What kind I say, I'm slow. :)

This will be the top row.

This will be the second row. It needs the block for the right side.

The third row will be the teapots and the fourth row will be another row of tea cups.

Happy quilting!

Trains, Firetrucks, Mater and The Lorax

I spent a day making part of the grands Christmas. Thought I would get the little item out of the way so I could concentrate on the big.

Nikolas loves trains.

Greg loves firetrucks and can spot one a mile away. I looked at a coloring page to do the ladder.

Aiden loves Mater. You know, Tow-mater. Aiden has Mater everything. Mater toothbrush, underwear, shirts, cup, etc etc. Did I mention Mater was hard to do?

Chelsi loves The Lorax which is a Dr. Suess movie. Chelsi waves at the Lorax, throws him kisses and laughs at him. If you haven't saw the movie, you need to, it is too cute.

Happy quilting!

October Tea Time Teapot

I love teapots but I really love fat teapots! I had a lot of fun pulling the fabrics and stitching it. Rhonda is doing a great job designing the teapots.

Rhonda still has the other two teapot patterns up on her bog if you would like to join in. Maybe tomorrow I will sew the three teapots together.

Happy quilting!

Pillow

I needed wanted a hand applique' project that I could finish quickly. I had so much fun doing this project. I used the interfacing flip and turn method from the Purl Bee. I had a lot of trouble turning the stem of the flowers. So I've been exploring other methods of hand applique'.

The entire time I was working on this pillow I was thinking of the way I was going to quilt it.

Here is exactly the reason you should not sew while taking cold meds.

Yep, there is no quilting. I never noticed I had not quilted it until I took it outside to take photos. Oh well, maybe I will remember to quilt the next one.

Happy quilting!

New hand project

I found my next project at pinterest.com. Seriously, I can never die or I will leave a lot of projects un-done. lol I have always wanted to learn to applique' by hand and when I saw this project/tutorial from the Purl bee I felt like it was a great first hand project.

So I got my circles stitched.

Pressed my circles onto the background and I pinned them also like they suggested.

I matched thread to my circles because I thought I was suppose to do it that way. Then I re-read the tutorial and they used thread that matched the background. Guess I should have re-read the tutorial before I started my first circle.

As you can see, you can see my stitches. I know I'm learning and practice makes perfect but still I wanted it to look better. Click photo for larger photo and you can see the red arrows. I started at the arrow on the right of the circle and stopped at the arrow on the left side.

I'm not giving up and one thing about this project if it turns out badly I can pick it out and applique' it on the machine.

Happy quilting!

Hexie Love

Finally I am showing you the finished Hex Star. The star measures 29 3/4" from point to point and used 73 hexagons.

I still need to add the star blossoms and the hex border. Here is one star blossom.

Happy quilting!

Tea Time Teapot Sept BOM

I'm loving the TTT BOM. I am having trouble picking fabric every month. lol

You have time to join the fun. Head over to Rhonda's for the two patterns she has posted.

Happy quilting!

Chelsi's Tea Party 3

I think I have enough tea cups applique'd so I can seriously start thinking about the layout.

I thought the little princess needed a gold trimmed tea cup.

I'm sure Chelsi would want her Dad to have a tea cup.

Happy quilting!

Reindeer Games

Trying to get all my reindeer ready for the big day! I will be adding to the reindeer when I get home. I haven't decided what I will be adding to their scarves.

Note: I have a few post scheduled as I will be away for a few days with my daughter and her family. My daughter is having major surgery today at 1230.

Happy quilting!

Chelsi's Tea Party 2

I got another tea cut and tea pot done. Still playing with the layout.

Happy quilting!

Tea Time Teapot

Rhonda is doing another fantastic BOM that I could not pass up. This is the first teapot so you have time to join in the fun.

Happy quilting!

Reindeer Games

I've finished two more reindeer for the Reindeer Games and I have three more prepped.

I think Comet went for a dye job. Show off!

Happy quilting!

Rooster

I found this free rooster pattern at Attic Window. I just loved the colors!

I'm sewing or playing with yarn but I don't have anything else that I can show for now.

Happy quilting!

Be Attitudes finished

I got the Be Attitudes quilted and the binding done. In fact, Jon immediately hung it on their wall. I do believe it grew after it was hung. It looks huge.

I didn't do any fancy quilting but I liked the way the back looks.

Happy quilting!

Be joyful

I have finished the last block of the Be Attitude quilt.

The last row has been added to the quilt and I added one border. I thought that was plenty for a wall hanging. It still finished at 40"x60".

Happy quilting!

Reindeer Games Week 2

When I finished the second reindeer, I realized I had put the name Dasher or both reindeer. Since I didn't like the thread on the real Dasher, I picked it out and changed the name to Dancer. I'll get it right next reindeer.

Both reindeer.

Happy quilting!

Be grateful

Finally, I finished the Be Grateful block and I've started the Be Joyful block. I'm so excited to finish this quilt and see it hanging on Lacy's wall.

Yes, I changed the block just a little. Barb had sent me the acorn, pumpkin and leaves and I wanted to use them in this block. I believe Barb cut them with her GO cutter.

These are the first two blocks on the last row.

Happy quilting!

St. Patrick's Day

I didn't wear green today because I forgot but I have green eyes so I'm good. lol

Lacy's friend made Chelsi a top for today.

Those are her beloved Cabbage Patch dolls. I bought the cat one first not realizing they come out with another one each month. Chelsi kisses her babies and jabbers to them.

Since Chelsi didn't need a St. Patrick shirt I made her a Cat in the Hat.

Here are the boy's shirts.

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Valentine Shirts

Of course I made the kids shirts for Valentine's Day.

I loved the little top Lacy purchased for Chelsi to wear for Valentine's Day. Lacy and I thought she could wear it after Valentine.

I found a site that has the trucks for every holiday and thought they were perfect for the boys.

Have a wonderful day!