Receiving Blankets

A family member is preggers and I found yards and yards of white flannel in the Great Fabric Sort and Organization. There was 6 or 7 yards total. I pulled out the serger and using wooly nylon and a narrow hem, I whipped out these 6 receiving blankets. What a great stash buster!

Wordless Wednesday - 26 Dinner Napkins

Design Wall Monday - January 30, 2012

Well, it is still Monday and here is the portion of the design wall that has changed. I have been re-organizing the sewing room this last week and half. All the fabric came off the existing shelves in the fabric closet and more shelves were installed. Then all the fabric went back in plus the stuff that was stashed everywhere else. Yay! it is all in one spot now. What you see up here that is new are the two fish fabrics plus that purple to the right and the dupioni silk in the center. I plan to use the silk as the top of a quilt and the backing will be the fish fabrics, the purple and an orange or possibly a yellow.

Here is the fabric closet with all the fabrics and ufos. The pressing surface is there to the right with a bag that needs repairing sitting on top. The orange plastic bag hanging down from another shelf holds selvages. I love to use them to tie up cords and things.

Here's the opposite corner of the room. I moved out an antique cherrywood bookcase with glass doors that used to hold the FQ. I moved in the hand quilting frame. You can actually see a lot of quilts in this photo. There are two tops draped over the back rail of the frame. In the rocking chair is one completed quilt draped over the back and in the seat is a basted quilt waiting to be quilting. On the wall you can see the fabric for two, count 'em, two more quilts. I need to get busy.

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Design Wall Monday 01-23-2012

Lots of things are happening at Casa del Quilter! The fabric storage in the sewing room is getting reorganized --  inspiration by Mrs. Goodneedle. No photos of the reorg, sorry. But. Progress is being made on the AAQI Priority Quilts. The Road Knight quilt is spray basted, layered and ready to quilt. Plus, I dug out an old orphan block and made it into another Priority Quilt. When I was rummaging around in the box, I found another little block (the Lemoyne star) that I'll make into another AAQI quilt. And then buried at the bottom of the box were 4 unused pieced borders. Using the black fabric to the left and those pieced borders, another Quilt of Valor quilt top will be pieced in 6 inch wide pieces. The two black/yellow/white sunflower fabrics will be another strip quilt. All this discovered while cleaning out the fabric closet.

I plan on covering the outside baseball cap with sequins for an upcoming quilt retreat whose theme is "Get Your Bling On!".

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First Quilt Finish of 2012

Back on December 12, 2011, I posted a design wall update on the progress of this quilt. It's done! Yay! I realized that I had a duplicate of one of the shirts and found an Alexander Henry fabric of just Cameros that fit right in. Since the request was for a certain size, I did not put borders on it. I know how hard the recipient of this is on quilts so instead of quilting it, I tied it with wool yarn. The wool will felt in the first hot wash and form little balls on the top that will not come loose. The recipient is very pleased and so am I to have this done.

Wordless Wednesday - Leaves

Design Wall Monday - 01/16/2012

The design wall is empty! It has even been rollered with the tape roller.

What you see here is the first block ready to applique for the Baltimore Christmas quilt. See how many pins are in the cords at the top of the photo? That is how many each piece will end up having. I am a firm believer in lots and lots of pins. After using glue in the last applique quilt, Hugs and Kisses, which, incidentally is still just a flimsy top, I realized that I do not like using glue. I am back to my standard way of hand applique which is a combination of totally prepared applique pieces and needle turn.

The background fabric is the Etchings line by 3 Sisters for Moda. I am using the other right side of the fabric since it is the better color for my purposes. So what if you can't read it, you are supposed to be looking at the applique! The rest of the fabrics are from my stash.

By Friday this week, these pieces will be appliqued on.

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