Busy Day of Sewing

Today has been a good day of sewing. I did most of my errands yesterday, so I had more sewing time than normal for a typical Friday. I sewed until my back told me to quit, which was about 30 minutes ago. I did the first block of the "Rosebud Lane" Block of the Month. It is very challenging. Then I started the "Schooling Fish", a free pattern I received in the mail with an advertisement. I have a thing for geometrics and batiks, and being my obsessive self, I just had to do one of each color of fish. The darks are supposed to resemble fish that are deeper in the water.

Taking it to a new level!

I am taking my quilting to a new level. Today I ordered the Gammill Premier Plus quilting machine. I am so excited about it. I will be able to quilt all of my own quilts. And who knows, when I retire, I might supplement my retirement income quilting for others.

Copy Cat Top Finished

I finished the copy cat quilt top last night.

Copy Cats

Thank you Charla for the pattern! I had to see what it would look like. I am using my scraps and extra fat quarters to make the quilt in blues with a gold background. I think it will be so cute!!

Canning Beans

There is something very rewarding to me about canning or "putting up" your own food. With the help of my good friend Sherry, I finally got over my fears of the pressure canner, and purchased one. I had trouble finding green beans, but Jim found some at a local veggie stand. We worked in beans all day. We canned 21 quarts, a good half day's work! When I retire, I want to have a garden so I can grow and can more of our food. I am so domestic. I enjoy cooking, cleaning, quilting, and now canning! I should have been born 100 years ago.

Tablecloth Quilt

This is from a pattern I've made before, only this time, I rearranged the blocks to make a totally different looking quilt.

Happy 4th of July!!!

Been pretty busy.....

This is the last of the star quilts for a while. I made this one for the baby daughter of a co-worker. We are giving him a shower after work in a couple of weeks. I hope to get a picture of it with him and his wife. The baby isn't here yet!

More Stars

This is the other quilt I originally made for the church auction. However, there is a young couple expecting a baby girl that Elijah is friends with. We are going to a function at their church Wednesday night where they are also giving her a shower. I decided it would be nice to give it to them. I have plenty of time and fabric to make another before our church auction.

Signature Star

This star pattern is becoming my signature quilt pattern. My machine messed up about the time when this one was ready to quilt, so I hand quilted it. It is to be donated to the church for an auction to raise money for the youth ministries. My machine has been serviced and is now ready for more sewing.

Five Yard Quilt

This a a "five Yard Quilt" from Bolines. I think they have a website. It was a package of 5 one yard cuts of coordinating fabric. They came with the patterns to make several quilts. The quilt measured 64 x 88.

Jamestown Quilt Show

Today Charla and I went to Jamestown to see a quilt show at a Baptist Church. The church pews were covered in mostly antique quilts; the show featured the quilts of a 97 year old quilter from the area, plus had lots of other beautiful quilts on display.

If you're a quilter, why you need to belong to a Guild

I won these blocks in a block drawing we had at our Quilt Guild. For every block you made, you got a chance to win several blocks. I made 5, and we ended up with 69 blocks. They were divided into four groups, and I won one group!! I chose a pretty light teal for the sashing. I put a yellow dot border around it all and will use the teal to bind it. I like it. To me, it looks like a real country quilt, my favorite kind.

Quilt Label

I found a picture of Kiril and Nicole to use for the label on their quilt. I transferred it to the fabric in "sepia" which is a nice tan tint. I like the way it turned out. Hope they like it!

More Star Quilts

Here are a couple more star baby quilts I made for gifts. I've decided I prefer bright colors for baby quilts. The dinosour is for the new baby son of our neighbor and the pink flowers is for the new granddaughter of a co-worker.