Design Wall Monday

 

The Desert is blooming! I took a hike on Granite Mountain yesterday and the blooms are starting to come out. The Mexican poppies are always the first and give a beautiful carpet to the desert floor. The next couple of weeks will be the peak of the wildflower bloom, but then the cactus will start showing their flowers.

More poppies.

Indian paintbrush

This week along with prepping more appliue, I am tackling this beast of a quilt that was made in 2017. Yes, I am custom quilting this one. and like the results so far.

Busy week ahead of me! How about you?

Sunday Stash Report

 

Arizona Quilt Guild Quilt.

The Quilt above depicts all of the chapters of the Arizona quilt guild. I belong to Sunrise Stitchers on the second to last row, the last block. Below are some winners and some that I liked.

Day into Night by Deb Deaton.

All for the Marbles by Darla Orndoff.

Noah and her Sisters Quilt Co. by Sue Nami.

Love the Bonnie Hunter Crumb quilt.

Thatsalotofcrumbs by Nancy McFall.

Grand Canyon Qult

Only a small add to the stash from the Show. I am trying to stay on my fabric diet!

Also arriving this week was my second block for Vintage Valenting. I will again be busy with prepping blocks for applique.

Small change in the Stash Report this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 65 yards.

Purchased this week: 2 yards.

Purchased YTD: 7 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 58 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

Prepped blocks.

Happy Hump Day!

 Back from my trip to Sacramento and back to the quilting studio. This week I am working on prepping more applique blocks for my Dear Jane Retreat coming up in a couple of weeks  Above are blocks that are prepped so far.  I am also continuing to finish up the applique on Autumn Love. Hope this will be a finish soon 

Later this week I will be attending the Arizona Quilt Show. Looking forward to finally attending this show.

Happy Sewing!

Sunday Stash Report

 

Happy 85th Birthday Mom!

This week finds me in Sacramento with Family to celebrate my Mom's 85th Birthday. We had such a great time getting together everyone and enjoying our time together.

Brothers and sisters with Mom.

Nothing new on the quilting front. No additions to the stash and no finishes, yet.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 65 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 60 yards.

Enjoy your week.

Design Wall Monday

Above are a sample of blocks completed for my Dear Hannah Quilt.

This quilt is in the same style as the Dear Jane Quilt, but has a lot more applique. I started these blocks a couple of years ago and will be getting back to working on them during the Dear Jane Cowgirl retreat in April. I have pulled out the completed ones, and will be pulling fabrics and prepping more of these blocks to take with me. I am using mostly Liberty of London fabrics that I have collected over the years.

Tomorrow at our guild meeting I will be giving a presentation on the Dear Jane Quilt and showing my Dear Jane that was published in the new edition of Dear Jane. It should be fun and informative.

Patriot Jane

I will be off later this week to join family to celebrate my Mom's 85th birthday. Looking forward to my trip. Busy week for me. How about you?

 

The last of the Autumn Love blocks was prepped last week. 

Also prepped was the first block for Vintage Valentine. A lot of hand sewing is in my future!

No changes to the stash this week.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 65 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 60 yards.

Have a great week.

Design Wall

 

House Block

This week will be all about finishing up the prepping of the last Autumn Love block and getting the hand sewing done. I also hope to get my Vintage Valenting Month one block prepped. I will have a lot of hand sewing ahead of me and to take on my travels later this month.

Milk Can Block

I may even get started on adding sashing and sewing some of the blocks together for Autumn. This is also one of my UFO's that have not been called yet. Four UFO's are finished with more to go!

 We are starting to feel spring here in AZ, with temps finally climbing into the 70's. It had been a cold winter here, but at least we are not dealing with all the snow in other parts of the country. We did get a dusting on the local mountains last week. It sure was pretty.

Stash Report

 

Happy March! Just a small charity quilt completed this week. I am busy preppin applique for Autumn Love. Will share progress tomorrow. No additions to the stash this week. 

Used this week: 5 yards.

Used YTD: 65 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 60 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

Now that Modern Christmas is complete, I am finishing up a charity quilt that was started last year. Blocks were made with my crazy quilt die on the Accquilt. It sure made it easy to cut and sew these crazy blocks together. This week I will also be wotking on the binding for Prairie Star. 

On the longarm this week is O say can you sew. I just finsihed quilting this one for Sandi, and she FINALLY recieved it, so thought I would get mine done.

Have a great week and happy sewing!

Sunday Stash Report

A big finish this week, Modern Christmas is done! If finishes at 96x96, and I have a set of custom quilting patterns I will be using for the quilting. A super fun quilt to make with all the different elements.

Also completed this week at our guild sew-in was this 3 yard quilt from my stash. I will be looking for a backing for this one and hope to get it quilted soon.

Good week for me, using up the stash!

Used this week: 30 yards.

Used YTD: 60 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 55 yards.

Enjoy the last few days of February.

Design Wall

 

Making progress on my Modern Christmas Quilt. I have 16 more ornament blocks to finish this week. They are all cut out and ready to sew. 

Tomorrow my guild is having a sew in and we will be working on charity quilts. I spent most of today cutting out kits and preparing binding for all to work on. I will be putting together backings for quilts that I will be quilting and hope to maybe get a kit togehter. We are using patterns from the 3 yard quilt books, which go together quickly.

On my longarm this week is Prairie Star by Judy Niemeyer. I finished piecing the top last year and am finally getting to the quilting. I am using custom patterns by Watasch Quilting. After this I will be quilting up a few more charity quilts. 

Happy Sewing!

Sunday Stash Report

 

February is flying by! Nothing finished this week, but making progress on Modern Christmas. I am going to finish this one before I start something new. That may be a first for me, as I always seem to have 2 or 3 projects going at once. My first block for Vintage Valentine arrived last week. This will be next up to prep and take on an upcoming trip in March.

A small purchase at Mulqueen's yesterday after my Longarm meeting. This will be used right away for a birthday gift for Margarete from my Guild. She is turning 80 this year!

Here is the updated stash report for this week. Next week I hope to have some finishes to share.

Used this week: 0 yards.

Used YTD: 30 yards.

Purchased this week: 1 yards.

Purchased YTD: 5 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 25 yards.

Enjoy your week!

Design Wall Monday

 

Modern Christmas is back on the design wall this week. Checkerboard border was competed and added on. Next round will be ornament blocks, Wreath blocks and Santa Blocks. Getting them all cut out and hope to get some sewing in to finish this one. It will be a big one-finishes at 96x96.

Hope you have somthing fun you are working on this week.

Happy Valentines Day!

Sunday Stash Report

 

Happy Super Bowl Sunday. Who are you rooting for?

Just a couple of small finishes this week. The last of the Valentines tablerunners. This one is quilted and ready to bind.

Also completed were a couple of gifts for the grandkids.

A bedside caddy for Ivy. Pattern from Missouri Star Quilts. Crossing my fingers that this will fit on her bed.

And a doll quilt for Ayla.

Thats if for the finishes, no additions this week. Updated Stash numbers below.

Used this week: 4 yards.

Used YTD: 30 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 4 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 26 yards.

Have a great week!

Design Wall

 

On the design wall is the last of my Valentines Runners. This one is using up a mini charm pack and a little bit of yardage. The patten is one that I found for free on the internet. 

You can get it here. I hope to also get back to Modern Christmas this week. 

It will be a busy week here in AZ, with the Superbowl on Sunday and the WM Golf tournament going on. Almost 1 million visitors here this week in the desert. 

Might be a good week to stay close to home.😁 

Hope you are working on someting fun!

Sunday Stash Report

 

We have had a busy week and weekend, with company in town. I was able to get the placemats finished and on my table for Valentines. Another small finish is under wraps as a gift for one of the Grandkids. I will share next week. No purchases happened this week!

Updated numbers below:

Used this week: 2 yards.

Used YTD: 26 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 4 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 22 yards.

Design Wall

 

This week on the design wall are placemats to match the table topper completed last week. The pattern is from Missouri Star quilts and is called Zig Zag placemats. I will also be working on a couple of small behind the scene projects that will be shared at a later date.

Next up will be UFO #6: Sugar Sand Beach. This should be a fun and farily easy project that will finish lap size. It will be for my daughter Kendyll.

Have a great week!

Sunday Stash Report

 I have finishes to report! First is Hugs and Kisses from Missouri Star Quilts. This finishes at 24" and was perfict for my kitchen table.

Next up, two more table runners. I needed a few more valentines decorations for my house. These will be quilted this week and find a home on a couple of tables.

Added to the stash this week were a couple of purchases from the Quilt and Craft Festival I attended on Thursday. It was super busy that day and hard to get into the booths, but I did find some pinks that I needed to finish the tabler runners above.

Also purchased was this cute kit from Lori Smith. I love her designs and have another kit that I need to get to at some point!

Below is updated numbers for the Stash! Did not do too much damage at the Quilt and Craft Festival.

Used this week: 7 yards.

Used YTD: 24 yards.

Purchased this week: 3 yards.

Purchased YTD: 4 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 20 yards.

The rest of my day to day will be watching Football, how about you. Who are you rooting for?

Design Wall

 

On my Design wall is a small valentines project. This pattern is from Missouri Star Quilts and finishes at 24 inches. It is made from one charm pack, with extra yardage needed for backing and binding. This will be a table topper for our kitchen table, and is also one of my UFO's. After all the work on Chilhowie Christmas, I needed a small project and quick finish! I am also continuing to work on Modern Christmas, but am still on the checkerboard round. Hope to get back to it later this week.

Happy Sewing!

Stash Report

 

Chilhowie Christmas

A finish this week, Chilhowie is done and I love how it turned out. I did have to fix one block where the pieces were turned the wrong way. I thought about leaving it, but knew it would bug me. Backing will be put together next, I am using up scrappy christmas fabric.

Nice usage from this quilt! And no purchases this week, and hope to keep it that way. But no guarantee's, as we are attending the Quilting and Craft Expo at the Fairgrounds on Thursday. I will have to be strong.

Used this week: 14 yards.

Used YTD: 17 yards.

Purchased this week: 0 yards.

Purchased YTD: 1 yards.

Net Fabric Used YTD: 16 yards.

Enjoy your week!