Snowball quilt

I started quilting the Snowball quilt Sunday morning. I used a design that came with my embroidery machine. Each design takes 3 minutes. Then I had to walk back into the dining area so I could re-hoop the next block. Hubbykins said I probably spent more time walking back and forth and re-hooping.

Here is a close-up of the design.

The back of the quilt shows that the quilting needed something else but I didn't know what else so I washed and dried it.

Should I have connected the designs with cross hatching?

Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones 2/12-18

Last Week's Goals 2/12-2/18

1. Snowball quilt - layer, baste, quilt Nope
2. Cowboys and Indians-applique 2 cowboys 1, 2 Indians 1, 3 sheriff's stars 

Not a good week for sewing. I feel asleep every time I sat down Sun, Mon, Tues and most of Wed.
This Week's Goals 2/19-2/25

1. Snowball quilt-layer, baste, quilt
2. Sunbonnet Sue-prep and applique' 3 more blocks
3. Hexagon- baste more hexagons, make more hexagon flowers 
4. Bandana bibs-make 3

 Kim (A Peach In Stitches) is sharing her weekly goals. She even has a a Mr. Linky on her blog if you wish to share your goals and work through them weekly.


Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones 2/5-2/11

Last Week's Goals 2/5-2/11

1. Lazy Heart Feb block-prep, applique' (Lacy and Cindy)
2. Boot Bash Feb block-prep, applique'  (Lacy and Cindy) 
3. Cowboys and Indians-applique' 3 tepees, 3 cowboys, 3 indians, 4 sheriff stars; cut 4 ivory, 6 blue 

 cut 10 blocks, applique'd 2 tepee, 0 cowboy 0 indian 0 sheriff's star 


This Week's Goals 2/12-2/18

1. Snowball quilt - layer, baste, quilt
2. Cowboys and Indians-applique 2 cowboys, 2 Indians, 3 sheriff's stars 

Happy quilting!

January/February Goals

Well, let's see how I did in January.

• Batik Hexagon-make more hexes, sew hexes together (made 2-6 hex and 1-8 hex flower)
• Farm Quilt-finish blocks, add sashing between blocks (25 blocks total 25 completed)
(bunny, crow, chick, monkey, bee, beehive,cat, cow, tractor, paw print, horse, hat, sheep, puppy, A, I, D, E, N)

• My Flower Garden-finish tying
• Pretty 'n Pink-complete last block, add borders, applique' borders

Plus I completed the following:

• Lazy Hearts January BOM
• Boot Bash January BOM
• Cut 25 8" blocks using various fabrics
• Cut 60 2.75" squares
• Made 22 Snowball blocks
• R wall hanging 
• Prepped Jan Be Warm block 
• Applique'd Be Warm block 
• String Pieced Quilt - layer, baste, quilt
• Table Topper

Well, January I did pretty good so let's see how I can do in February. I have several finished quilt tops that just need to be quilted, so I'm going to try to quilt one per month starting with the oldest.

• Emilee's Winding Ways - applique' blocks, sew blocks together 
• Feb Lazy Heart BOM - prep and applique'
• Feb Boot Bash BOM - prep and applique'
• Feb Be Attitude - prep and applique'
• Snowball - layer, baste, quilt 
• String Quilt - quilt
• Cowboys and Indians - cut 10 - 7 1/2" ivory squares, cut 10 - 7 1/2" squares using various blues, applique' 5 teepees, applique' 5 indians, applique' 5 cowboys, applique' 5 sheriff stars

Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones 1/22-1/28

Last Week's Goals 1/22-1/28

1. Finish farm blocks Done
2. Add sashing to farm blocks
3. Make 8 snowball blocks
4. Make 3 eight hexagon flowers
5. Layer and baste string pieced quilt
6. Finish quilting Serenity Prayer wall hanging.

This Week's Goals 1/29-2/2/4

1. Be Attitude Feb block-prep; applique'
2. Emilee's Winding Ways-finish blocks
3. Quilt string pieced quilt
4. Cowboys and Indians-jut getting started not sure how many blocks I can do

 Doesn't look like much but I think the quilting will take up a lot of my time.

Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones 1/15-1/21

Last Week's Goals 1/15-1/21

1. Applique' 6 farm blocks
2. Make more hexagons Made 23
3. Make 10 snowball blocks Made 2
4. Sew 40 HST
5. Sew hexagons together
6. Sew last block for Pretty 'n Pink 
7. Applique' Be Warm block 
8. Cut 5 more 8" squares 

This Week's Goals 1/22-1/29

1. Finish farm blocks 
2. Add sashing to farm blocks
3. Make 8 snowball blocks
4. Make 3 eight hexagon flowers
5. Layer and baste string pieced quilt
6. Finish quilting Serenity Prayer wall hanging.
 

If you wish to do your own Monday Milestones, be sure to visit Kim (A Peach In Stitches) and put your link on her post!

 

Happy quilting!

Pretty 'n Pink

I changed the last block on the Pretty 'n Pink quilt. I didn't like the pieced block.

And I goofed. I can't add obviously, I miscalculated when I was figuring the amount of fabric I needed to include the borders. Ugh! The pattern called for the same fabric in the blocks for the border and I don't have enough. I haven't decided what I'm going to do. The quilt without the borders measures 44" x 69 1/2", which would make a nice size throw.

Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones Wk 1/8-1/14

Last Week's Goals 1/8-1/14

1. Applique' Lacy's January boot block
2. Applique' my January boot block
3. Applique' Lacy's January Lazy Heart block
4. Applique' my January Lazy Heart block
5. Applique' wallhanging for Robin
6. Applique' 8 Farm Quilt blocks Applique'd 4
7. Cut 45 8"squares Cut 25
8. Cut 60 2 3/4" squares
9. Organize hexagons
10. Make 14 snowball blocks Made 20
    

This Week's Goals 1/15-1/21

1. Applique' 6 farm blocks
2. Make more hexagons 
3. Make 10 snowball blocks
4. Sew 40 HST
5. Sew hexagons together
6. Sew last block for Pretty 'n Pink 
7. Applique' Be Warm block 
8. Cut 5 more 8" squares 

I have an extra free day of sewing this week. I hope to get lots done. 

Happy quilting!

Monday Milestones

Toni is doing this and I thought I like to make list of things I need to accomplish, so I will give it a try.

Kim (A Peach In Stitches) is sharing her weekly goals. She even has a a Mr. Linky on her blog if you wish to share your goals and work through them weekly.  I borrowed her beautiful graphics, isn't it cute?

Last Week's Goals

I didn't have a list for last week.

This Week's Goals

1. Applique' Lacy's January boot block
2. Applique' my January boot block
3. Applique' Lacy's January Lazy Heart block
4. Applique' my January Lazy Heart block
5. Applique' wallhanging for Robin
6. Applique' 8 Farm Quilt blocks
7. Cut 45 8"squares
8. Cut 60 2 3/4" squares
9. Organize hexagons
10. Make 14 snowball blocks

Happy quilting!

My Flower Garden

I wanted to do free motion quilting on this quilt. Well, it just didn't work. My space is so limited that I just couldn't manage the quilt. So I ended up tying the quilt and I'm OK with that. I will be looking for a small table for my embroidery machine and will be doing some re-arranging SOON.

Edit: Finished size is 49" x 67".

Happy quilting!!

Pretty 'n Pink

When I started this quilt in 2008, I wanted for my own but now I'm now so sure. Pink really isn't my color. I'm thinking this quilt may end up at Ms. Lacy's house. I have one more block, then I can add the borders and start applique'ing them.

Happy quilting!

January Goals

I've listed my goals on the right side bar for January. I know it doesn't look like much but it is a start and I don't want to be so overwhelmed with finishing projects that I can't have some fun. I just listed the name of the quilt on the sidebar but here is a more detailed list of what I need to complete.

• Batik Hexagon-make more hexes, sew hexes together
• Farm Quilt-finish blocks, add sashing between blocks (25 blocks total 10 completed)
• My Flower Garden-finish typing
• Pretty 'n Pink-complete last block, add borders, applique' borders

I will pull this back up the last blogging day of the month.

Happy quilting!!

Farm Quilt

I'm trying to get the farm quilt blocks finished so I can start adding the sashing.

Happy quilting!

Week ending 10/2

Well, that worked pretty well keeping me motivated. Plus I didn't feel like I had to work on a project because it was on my list. I worked on what I wanted to work on.

Sunday
1. Sewed binding on Bliss & Blessings
2. Pull backing fabric for Serenity Prayer panel.

Monday
1. Basted Serenity Prayer panel.

Tuesday
1. Started quilting Serenity Prayer.

Wednesday
1.Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Thursday
1. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Friday
1.Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.

Saturday
1. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.
2. Started a new project because I couldn't find Emilee's Winding Ways.
3. Traced applique' pieces
4. Fused applique' pieces to fabric.
5. Looked for background squares and corner stones for Emilee's Winding Ways.
6. Made vine for new projects.
7. Fused applique' to background
8. Layered new project.
9. Started appli-quilting new project.
10. Looked for background squares and corner stones foe Emilee's Winding Ways.
11. Found background squares and corner stones for Emillee's Winding Ways. WOOHOO!!

I looked everywhere for the pieces I had already cut for Emilee's Winding Ways. I had looked so much I had decided I had accidently thrown them away. Saturday afternoon I remembered that when I was showing my neighbor the batik flower garden quilt those pieces were laying on the bed. I unfolded the batik quilt and there they were. Thank goodness!

Happy stitching!

Goals NOT

Seems that making a list of goals that I hope to accomplish is not working for me at the moment. The goal list isn't working because I don't always want to work on what I need to work on. So I'm going to try making a list of what I am accomplishing. Feel free not to read as I'm doing this to keep up with my accomplishments and this is subject to change.

Sunday
1. Found templates for fall Mini
2. Traced templates
3. Fused and cutout fused pieces
4. Cut background
5. Fused pieces to background

Monday
1. Sewed fall mini

Tuesday
1.Sewed hexagon flowers
2. Sewed hexagon borders

Wednesday
1. Laid out cottage blocks
2. Cut sashing, inner border and outer border for cottage quilt
3. Sewed  sashings and borders on cottage quilt.
4. Looked shocked at how big the quilt was.
5. Made quilt label for my friend's quilt.

Thursday
1. Watched the first half of Rachel Ray.
2. Went into bedrm to look at Cottage quilt.
3. Pulled possible fabrics for backing.
4. Threw fabric in floor.
5. Repeat 1 - 4
6. Watched the first half of Wendy Williams.
7. Repeat 2 - 4
Do you see what I didn't do?

Friday
1. Picked up pile of fabric out of floor and re-folded. Who did that?
2. Pulled Halloween fabric.
3. Looked for circle template.
4. Finished quilting Bliss and Blessings.

Saturday
1. Ironed fabric for bindings on  Bliss & Blessings.
2. Cut binding.

I hope you had a great week. Fall is finally here in the DFW area and I hope it stays awhile.

Happy stitching!