Stitching

I'm back working on my stitchery blocks for Ruby's Garden, I started these a while ago. And now want to get it finished into a quilt. There are 12 stitched blocks that alternate with something like a Irish Chain block.

I'm almost finished block eleven and then I have one more to go and I'm finished all the stitching. I'm thinking the Irish Chain block would be a green instead of the dark blue in the picture below but I'm still undecided so anything could happen.

Happy Quilting!

Swoon Quilt

TA DA.....finally sewed on the borders....whew. I wanted this quilt to fit my bed, so that's why I added a border. It's a big quilt and it took me a while to get in the mood to sew on the border. The Swoon quilt is a fun block to make and with the size of the blocks, it goes fast.

I'll take a better picture when I machine quilt this one. It will be a few weeks because I have some customer quilt to do first. My quilts always go to the bottom of the list....oh well I'll work it in between somewhere.

Happy Quilting.

Civil War Quilt Challenge

Most of this last weekend has been spent in the garden.There is still lots to do but I made a good dent in getting the weeds out. The temperature has been prefect in that it's not to hot yet.

I forgot to show this sampler quilt a while back, this was part of a Civil War Sampler Quilt Challenge offered at Two Thimbles Quilt Shop. It was on display at the shop until last month. The idea was to use scraps only for the blocks, all the fabric for the blocks was provided. I added the sashing and border from my stash. You can see them all hanging here and the winners here.

I also finished this little quilt with applique, I like to use the freezer paper method. The log cabin blocks are made using scraps from a friends stash. She is down sizing and offered our stitching group some of her fabric. It was fun incorporating her fabric in my project.

Happy Quilting!

Happy Mothers Day

 

What did you do for Mother's Day? I've been spending a little time in my sewing room. I pieced this block together in between going out for brunch and soon we'll be going out for dinner with my daughter.  I love these relaxing days when I can sew without other things on my mind, like what am I going to make for dinner tonight.

Have a great day.

Swoon Quilt

It doesn't show in the picture but I have the stopper border attached using the same fabric as the background. The Swoon quilt is almost finished....woohoo.  I picked a outer border last week and still need to add that. This has got to be my favourite quilt.

Now if this cough would just go away, I would have more energy for sewing. Not sleeping well at night really takes it out of you.

That's my daughter's dog Fonz with his toy monkey. He's sure likes his toys. Leah doesn't let me take the toys on walks anymore, I remember how cute Fonz looked walking down the street with Sponge Bob's legs danging from his month.

Happy Quilting.

Sunday Stitching

It's been a slow week, not much to show. Having a cold has kept me from doing much sewing. When I have the energy, I've been getting ready for the Sue Spargo class which is next weekend. Some preparation needed before the class but nothing ready to show yet.  I love the saying on this stitchery and think it will be a nice addition to a bag when I have my energy back again.

Happy Quilting.

Swoon Progress

Blocks are completed, my living room is barely big enough to lay out on the floor. I'm so happy with how these blocks turned out.

I haven't decided on the final arrangement yet. The Swoon blocks have been fun to make and boy does it use up a lot of fabric.

Happy Quilting!