Passing on Giveaway Info

Green Fairy Quilts is having a giveaway. She's giving away a pattern and a jelly roll, a quilted tote, a quilt and a honey bun! So go enter and pass on the information.

Amanda

Semi-Finished Wedding Wall Quilt

Ok so here is an updated picture of the wall quilt. I added corners to the back to put a dow rod for hanging and finished binding it yesterday. Now I get to go shopping for dow rods and ribbon to hang it. Let me know what you think (good, bad, or both).

Caleb's Quilt

Wow, so I'm such a lazy bum. I've had this quilt laying on a shelf for months and just now realized I hadn't taken a picture of it (much less got it to Caleb...thanks to sickness and bad timing). Well, now all that's over for a bit and I need to get with you Kathlyn. Let me know when you'd like to go to the coffee place or wherever. Well, here is the long awaited picture.

Wedding Quilt Sneak Peak and 100th Post!

Wow, can't believe this is my 100th post. Time flies...

Anyways, I just wanted to give everyone an idea of what the quilt will look like. It isn't sewn completely together, just in groups. I have to go and get some embroidery thread to finish the middle before I can sew it together. I'm just going to put their names and their wedding date in the middle. This will give you an idea of what it will look like.

Enjoy!

Wedding Wall Quilt - Tulip Block

Wanted to give everyone a taste of what the some of the blocks will look like.

Wedding Wall Quilt

A good friend of ours (one of Tom's best men in our wedding) is getting married in August. So I have decided to make their wedding present or at least part of it. I have also wanted to do this pattern and see how it turns out.

Their colors are purple and green (I added the the invitation to the picture below with the fabric).

I finally got the fabric yesterday and just finished cutting out the pieces. Well, except for the batting because it's drying right now. I wash everything before and after I make something.

Well, here it is so far. There are a bunch of pieces so I organized them (while I still remembered which ones were what) by letter like it lists them in the pattern.


LOL My cutting board is straight...gotta love trying to take a picture and fitting everything in above your head.

Did Yesterday Really Happen???

Wow! So, I'll start out with the small stuff. I tackled a lot of the laundry I had sitting around (both dirty and clean that needed to be folded). While folding the clothes, I had Victoria laying on her back on the blanket on the floor with me. She kept reaching for a toy and was almost rolling over. I decided to get down there with her and "encourage" her to roll over. She finally rolled over!!!!! I'm both excited about her accomplishment and dreading the fact that she's almost semi-mobile. Which means I'll have to keep a closer eye out for small toys, pieces of crayons, etc on the floor. As soon as I find the memory card adapter I will up load the video and lots of other pictures that I have on there of the kiddos.

Tom came home early! Yay! He took me to get my new sewing machine yesterday!!! I'm so excited! I can't wait to get an area cleaned off in my room for the behemoth! I couldn't stop smiling when the lady was showing me what it can do! Great shop up in Louisville! Lots of quilting, smocking, and other sewing items. They also told me about a small quilt shop in Elizabethtown that I'm gonna check out! They said that the lady also does classes. She runs the business in her basement. :-) I'm all for supporting small business instead of the chain stores!


(just looked it up) The store is Uniquely Yours Quilt Shop. Check out her site. She lists Quilting Events and the classes she offers on her site.

I Love My Hubby!

Well, after a few weeks of talking and finding one this past week that I absolutely LOVE and didn't think I'd be able to get. Tom has told me that he thought about it and because I have let him get his toys (28' trailer, huge gun safe, etc) and any others that he would want (new truck - Unimog and well anything else he'd want), he's going to let me get it! WOOOO! I was like a kid in a candy store when I saw it online and pretty much drooling over it, until I saw the price. That's when I figured I wouldn't be able to get it and he didn't seem too excited about the price either. He surprised me yesterday morning and told me I could get it because I have and would still let him get whatever he wanted. It's the new Bernina 830. It's a sewing, quilting and embroidery machine. It's the one I want, but they also sale other brands (brother and viking) at the store as well, so I might find something else I like better.

Here are some videos of it on YouTube.

Business Debate

Well, lately I've been thinking about and debating starting my own business. Tom and I have been talking about it and are going to do some more research on it. We are looking into what is needed to get a license, what do I need for tax purposes, etc. It's all very exciting. It's something I love to do and I will be able to work from home. What more can you ask for?

Baby Quilt #2 - Update 2: Almost Done

Well, I finished piecing the front of the quilt together so I thought I'd post a picture of it. I finally got the batting in yesterday so I need to pre-wash it (for shrinkage). Then I'll layer it, sew it together, and put the binding on.

Baby Quilt #2

This one is for Caleb.
I finished getting all the pieces cut out today and I'll hopefully get it done in the next few days.



Update: 5 March 2009 at 0857

I just wanted to add a picture of the pieces pinned together. LOL

Baby Quilt - Finished

Well, I finished pulling the loose threads through the baby quilt this morning. Aside from a few things (mainly my sewing machine) I really enjoyed this. I think I'll just have to get a better sewing machine. I just hope she loves it.

Baby Quilt Part 2

So, I have been hand stitching the binding to the back of the quilt and my fingertips are getting sore because I'm not used to it. Ugh...there has to be a better way. I think I'm gonna experiment on my scraps for an easier way to sew the binding on. I have 2 sides down and 2 to go! It takes me about 40 mins/side, which I know could be worse so I'm not complaining.

Baby Quilt

So I found some Antique Peter Rabbit fabric and decided that is what I was going to make a good friend a baby blanket with. I love it so I ordered a bunch. LOL My friend is having her first and it's a boy. Now if you listen to "old wives tales" when alot of boys are born, we are going to go to war. I know a bunch of people who just had or is about to have boys... I'm hoping that it is wrong (though I have known it to be right in the past...oddly enough). Anyways, back to what I was talking about. I cut everything out yesterday and took maybe a total of 4 hours to sew, pin, iron, and repeat (getting up to check on Victoria several times). I made two mistakes. Now I'm not gonna tell anyone, but whoever tells me my two mistakes will win a basket full of cookies (their choice) along with some cute things I'll make.

Here's the picture:

Kindergarten Memory Quilt

So, I was thinking the other day that there will be a TON of stuff that I would want to keep from his school work. I was just thinking of how much space it would take up. I did read somewhere, where a mom would let her kids decorate pizza boxes and they would only save what would fit in the box each school year to cut down on clutter. Well, I also got a order form for a school t-shirt. So that got me thinking. Since we will only be at this school for half the year, I was going to go ahead and get the shirt. I am going to make a memory quilt for him. The t-shirt logo will be the center of it and I'll print off 1st day of school photos and scan in work he does to make the other squares of the quilt. It will be something that can be folded, rolled, etc and will be easy to move with.

Two Finished Projects

So I just thought that I'd post pics of my latest projects that I finished (Yes I actually finished 2 recently!). I'm slowly going through my list (more like boxes) of projects to do. I feel so accomplished! Now my scrap fabric box is filling up, but I bought a quilting magazine the other day and it had a really cool idea for making flowers out of scrap fabric. So I'll probably make scrappy bouquets, hair barrettes, yo yos, etc with it.

Pledge of Allegiance Quilted Wall Hanging

I finally found a background fabric that I liked, but I neglected to realize that it was much lighter than the front and the thread needed to used left outlines in the back. Oh well, it's going to be hanging on the wall so no one should see the back. lol

Cross Stitched Winter Welcome Sign

This one took me a little longer than I had thought, but it turned out good. I didn't add the tassel to the bottom like it called for because I just don't like them. So I am going to try and find 3 different sized snowflakes to hang staggered on the bottom.

Ozark Hills 3rd Annual Shop Hop

Well, today I went into the local quilting shop looking for a good backing fabric for a Pledge of Allegiance panel I have. Well when I went to check out, she told me about this Shop Hop they were doing this weekend. You go around to 6 different quilt stores in the area and get your "passport" stamped. Then your name is entered into a drawing for some pretty cool stuff. I'm wondering if it would be worth it for me to go and try to win something (because 1. I'd probably want to buy something at each store and 2. I'm not sure if I wanna drive around by myself to areas I know nothing about because Tom might be too busy Sat to go with me).

As for the #1 reason, I bought another stencil and a cute "Little Red Hen" quilt pattern on top of the fabric at the first place! LOL I'm such a sucker for cute things!

The Prizes are:

*~* Grand Prize *~*
$300 in fabric and/or supplies (Consisting of one $50 gift certificate from each of the six participating shops, redeemable at the issuing shop.)

*~* 2nd Prize *~*
Choice of Prize Quilt Kit from any one of the six participating shops. All Prize Quilt Kits will be entered into the drawing.

*~* 3rd Prize *~*
Gift Basket

Plus, all participating customers will receive a free quilt block pattern at each store.



Ugh Decisions Decisions!!!

The Fabric Is Cut!

Ok, so it took me 3 days to cut all the fabric up into the pieces. They are now ready to sew together into squares. YAY! More good news: I found my power cord for my sewing machine! I am so relieved! Anyways, here is the next picture and an idea of what the squares will look like. Since I had two different colors of the character profiles print, I am going to make two different squares.

If it's not one thing...

...It's another!

Well, I have come to my second set back. I forgot that I had not packed my sewing machine cord (with the foot petal attached to the cord...one piece) with my sewing machine. I had accidentally left it connected to the power stripe when I was packing my sewing machine in a box. I was probably distracted in the middle of it by the kiddos. I ended up packing it in a different box and now I can't find it! Ugh! So I'll just continue cutting the material up and unloading boxes. Hopefully I'll find it soon.

On top of that, my parents are coming to visit next week and then the inlaws the week after. It will be good for the kiddos to see their grandparents (and good to get a little help/break from them). I just hope we get over whatever funk is bothering us. The kiddos have runny noses and I have a sore throat. I figure it's related to allergies because when I check out our HEPA filter (which I had put in 2 weeks ago) it looked like it had been in there for 3 months! Plus the we were around a house with a small dog and that might have caused some of it too (Gabriel had a runny nose on the way home). Although he wasn't allergic to dogs when we had him tested, maybe he has acquired a new allergy?

Future Projects With the Other Wizard of Oz Fabric I have

Here is the fabric for the other quilt I plan on making in color.

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Not quite sure what I'm going to do with this yet.

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I have 2 panels of this so I plan on making a large tote with the larger squares and maybe wall decorations with the smaller ones. On the other panel, I plan on making the same large squares into pillows and the same as above with the smaller ones.