More vacation finishes

I think you will be seeing more of these chair shots for awhile. At least until I get bored with them lol. This is Jess' quilt all quilted and with binding attached. I picked up a dark blue sheet at Walmart for $2.50 and used that for the back. Nice bargain! I always check out the sheets when I go to Walmart because they mark their flat sheets down alot. They work nicely for backs, borders, and bindings.

For the quilting I just followed the lines from the blocks and tried to stay out of the big chunks of white since I was using blue thread. Now I just need to make labels for all 6 quilts going up north. Better get to that soon.

Jess' husband Dan is a big golf fanatic so I decided to make him a quick golf quilt. The base of this blanket is one of those really soft fleece blankets. I picked it up at the after Christmas sale last year. I also had a "GOLF" applique that is meant for hats that I ironed on and then stitched down. I made a green or whatever it is called, added a flag and felt ball and called it a day. The picture doesn't do it justice. It actually came out pretty nice.

What I did on my vacation...

Do you remember back in school when you had to write a report about what you did on summer vacation? Well, here is my report...


I started my week sick for a couple days. Then I had to go for an MRI on my neck and shoulder. I have been having problems with a pain in my shoulder for a few months and finally dragged myself to the doctor to get it checked out. The brief summary is that I have some problems with my neck starting with a bulging disc. I'll find out the rest when I go to the neck doc on the 8th. Later in the week my asthma flared up and felt sluggish for the rest of the week. So much for a restful vacation. Anywho, I did get a few things accomplished:

 

I quilted up the pink DNP quilt and finished up a Viking hat. I have a group of ladies that have buying Viking hats from me for a bit now. Each time a new baby arrives where they work, they buy them a new hat. I decided to send them this quilt as a thank you for being such loyal customers.  I haven't heard from them yet, but I hope they like it. I'm sure the new Grandma will love it, who wouldn't?

I used a piece of purple fabric that was sent to me as a RAOK a few months back. I also used that same purple as the binding. I use purple thread to quilt it in a meandering wander to tie it all together. I kind of hated to see this one go but it will be wonderful for a new little baby girl.

I've seen a few blogs where people used chairs to take pictures of their quilts and I love it. Just had to try it out with this quilt. Kind of fun :)

I also finished up my Fall table topper. I really love the way this one looks on the table. It looks great with the wood. I didn't finish the turkey for it yet though. It will have to be for next Thanksgiving I guess. No worries.

I'll show you some more of what I finished tomorrow.

The Day After...

This is what we all wanted to do today after the big meal yesterday. Suzi has the right idea. Grab a comfy pillow and rest.

Our table in the livingroom goes up and down depending on whether you need a coffee table or a table to eat at.  Every time we raise it up, Suzi plops her head on it. She always looks so pathetic. Almost like she is saying "I'm hungry too. If only someone would feed me :( "  I don't feel bad for her because she is spoiled and gets plenty of good things to eat. She loves to eat apple. If you hold it for her she will eat it just like the kids do...round and round leaving the ends uneaten.

I actually went out around noon and braved Target. I have never seen the parking lot so full before! I didn't even bother checking the ads because I knew I wasn't looking for any electronics are anything special. I picked up some older movies for the family, some cd's for Mandy, and some headphones for Justin. I also found some clothes for Robbie and a few other things for him. I also picked up a new artificial tree for Robbie's room. He loves having his own tree that he can decorate anyway he wants. I love being able to give him that freedom.

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

 

Here are my two turkeys this year!

I hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving! We just finished up a delicious dinner. Robbie was such a big help this year. Each year he is in charge of the snacks. He picks the cheese, pickles, etc. that we will be eating. Then he cuts it all up and places it in the tray. This year he also helped with the pies and all the fixin's. It was nice to be in the kitchen just the two of us.

I try not to make any side dishes that we eat on a regular basis throughout the year. I like for Thanksgiving to be special. This was the first year Robbie actually tried a bite of all the different veggies we had. He said it was better because he made it and knew what was in everything. Smart boy! He even said he would be doing it again next year. Even better for me :)

Miscellaneous babbling

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Just a little mix up of things I have been blogging about.


My vacation starts today...HAPPY DANCE!!  I have a couple little family things planned but I'm mostly going to be getting all my projects caught up.

Here is a partial list:

* 2 Winnie the Pooh advent calendars
* Jess's quilt
* Justin's quilt
* Dan's blanket
* turkey stuffie
* fall table topper
* List all finished quilts in the shop
* Learn to use GIMP or photoshop
* work on getting all quilt blocks from "the drawer" into quilt tops
* quilt the two 9 patch quilt's from the quilt along with AmandaJean
* work on some I Spy quilts
* I also have a couple crochet patterns to type up and get tested and then listed. Will probably be looking for * testers for these in the coming days.


That should keep me busy for a bit lol. I'm putting the blog on hold for now while I get these things done. I may pop in every now and then if something exciting is happening.

Have a great week and I hope you all get some fun projects finished!!

Project hopping

I was feeling fidgety the other day and started working on some new projects.

I started this tumbler quilt from the charms leftover from Kara's quilt top. Of course I ran out of fabric before it was a nice size for a baby quilt. I didn't even bother ironing the rows. I knew it would be put up for a bit before I had more light greens, blues and yellows to go with the pinks I still have left. This will be a very cute baby quilt once it is finished. I'm really enjoying these fabrics.

I made this quilt top from one of the I Spy swaps I did. I grabbed all the girl squares for this one. There weren't very many to chose from though. This will go to The GracieJane Project once it is done.

With some of the boy I Spy swap fabrics I made a bunch of 4 patches. I think I am going to use some white sashing around these to help break them up a bit. I was too lazy to cut the white strips, so this one is half finished too!

I told you I did a bit of project hopping. I just couldn't seem to settle on any one thing to finish to the end. I also started a small wall quilt from a kit I won but I don't have any pics of that yet. I only made it as far as the background when I realized I don't have any fusible web to attach the appliques. I could just pin them on but there are some smaller pieces that I don't think it would work for. I guess that means a trip to JoAnn's this weekend. Darn!! 

Blocks received

The blocks have been arriving for the SigOrnament swap! Everyone's ornaments look great!!

Melinda sent these and also some extra fabric. Love it! I think my fave is the one with the music notes on it. Great job Melinda!

Shari sent these. She also included "extra" ornaments for everyone! If you are making the Christmas tree, now you have extra ornaments to fill in some of the spaces. Thanks Shari!

These are from Frieda. I love the green fabric she chose. Very Christmas-y. Wonderful ornaments Frieda!

I believe I showed you Diane's blocks. They have a wonderful Northern feeling to them. Reminds me of mountains and snow. Di, these really are "Blissful".

Cecelia sent these. I love the gold outlined leaves and stars in the red center portion. Celestial job Cecelia!

...and remember mine? I think we will have a great variety for our little quilts/table toppers!