Lilly's Wave

As promised, Lilly's Wave quilt reveal.

 

We were on our way to visit family and this quilt was going with us to be delivered. It was a great day, so we stopped at a campground to eat lunch. It was a very pretty place and just right for taking pictures.

While my sister was making sandwiches, my mom and I took quilt pictures.

 

 

This was the first picture taken, and my mother really wanted me to make sure that I got the geese in picture. See how she angled the quilt toward them.

 

I wanted the lake in the picture and was a little disappointed that the sun was behind her, but I managed to get a decent picture. I took an art class over the summer and had to study some of the element of photography, so my brain was yelling "natural frame" while taking this picture.

 

What would a quilt reveal be without the back? I positioned my mom so that when she held the quilt it would have more sun on it. The colors of the quilt were much better in these pictures.

 

I got closer for some close up shots of the quilting and took a peek at my mom. Looks like the sun was to bright for her so she closed her eyes. She did not even know I was taking this picture, but look at that smile. I love her so much! She makes me laugh all the time.

 

Here is a close up of the front quilting. I really wanted to do a little more in the diamonds, but I ran out of time and really like this anyways. Sometimes more is not better.

 

 

The back looks great! I love the quilting on it. Those diamonds are just wonderful. I bought this fabric awhile ago when my LQS closed its shop. They are still selling online, but do not have a store. When I purchased this fabric I intended to use it for a backing. This was the perfect quilt trop for this fabric. It looks a little like it is a solid color, but it is covered in little dots.

 

The binding is the same fabric as the backing fabric, which I think looks great with this quilt.

 

One of the very few things that I did differently from the original quilt (why mess with perfection, right?) was to add a triangle of the sashing fabric to each side. I did this because I wanted the quilt to be wider and I could not find another stash fabric that I liked well enough to go with this stack. I had the bright idea to use more of the sashing fabric on each side.

 

One more thing, the sashing fabric is left over from this project. So, that means that I have come full circle with this quilt, having made the two boy quilts with the left over squares.

 

I really enjoyed working on this quilt, and I am so glad to have a quilt for my sweet little cousin who will be turning one in a couple of weeks. Happy birthday Lilly!

Bury the Knot

My mom, sister, and I went to see the sisters/aunts and nieces and nephews/ cousins again.

I delivered two baby quilts while we were there. One for a little girl who is almost a year-old and one due in October.

 

With the machine getting home just in time for me to quilt and bind the wavy quilt for he little girl (at one o'clock of the morning we left), I did not have time to bury any knots or take pictures before leaving.

 

So, on the way there, I finished it up and took some pictures.

 

Usually I drive everywhere we go, but this time my sister insisted on driving. That did not bother me one bit. So, I took the time to finish it off.

 

She caught me working. Look at that cute little smile.

There was only three knots to bury: the two ends of the thread on the binding and a place in the middle. So, I did not need a lot of time to finish it up, just needed to do it.

 

I had completely forgotten about needing to do this (must have been the late time getting in bed), but I noticed it while we were taking pictures. Then I looked through my purse and found the needle that I have in there and the scissors that I always carry (does this make me strange?) and finished it up.

I will be posting the finished quilt later this week. So, glad to have the sewing machine home and to be able to catch up on some quilts.

Ahh Widdiddid

Ahh widdiddid (can't you just hear it?)
The sewing machine is back! YAY!
The title is the sound my husband makes when ever he is commenting on my sewing. He said he was so glad to hear the sound of the sewing machine and not me whining. Okay, maybe not whining, maybe.
I have sewing stuff and getting through the pile on the sewing table that is still NOT under a pile of laundry!
Very soon you will be sing some finishes and quilt tops.

No Sewing Macine Means

So, what have I been doing without my sewing machine? I shared that I cleaned the sewing room, so what else?

Deep clean the kitchen: check
Deep clean the living room:check
Deep clean the bathroom: check
Have new windows put in the house: check
Fix soft spots in the floor: check (to undo and create more cleaning: check)
Work on school work: check
Sew by hand: check
Have husband wish the sewing machine was back: check

Yup, he is happy with the cleaning and the progress around the house, but he is ready for the sewing machine to be back. I find that funny.

We scheduled the work around the house, and I knew there would be school work, but sometimes you just need to sew something. That is when the hand piecing came out.

 

I got out this project. I have been working on it awhile. These pieces are 2 inches finished. When ever I have some scraps left over I cut them into two and half inch squares and throw them into a bag with the rest of them.

 

 

When I get some time on my hands, I draw a sewing line on the squares.

 

Then, when I feel like sewing by hand, I pull out this bag of squares, grab some light squares and some dark squares, and sew them together.

 

 

That is what I have been doing while my sewing machine is in the shop waiting on a light.

I sew squares of ten by ten, so that there is one hundred squares in a block. Usually they are all the same, but when I looked at these blocks I found that there is one block that has one repeat. I think I like that there is a repeat in there. Makes me smile.

 

This is a long term project and I do not know when or if I will finish it. I just like the idea of taking a project where ever I go and being able on work on it. I even took this to the doctor's office.

 

What do you do when your sewing machine is in for maintenance?

 

 

Boo Hoo, Cry, Whine, Sniff

I took my sewing machine in for some maintenance. While I was there I mentioned that the light was flickering on and off; mostly off. They seemed surprised because the light is LED and should not do that. So, they had to order the light.

This is where it gets sad. It is supposed to take them two weeks, TWO WEEKS, to get my machine fixed up. They said it normally takes three days to get a machine cleaned and put back together, but because they had to wait for the light it would be about two weeks before it was ready

Let me tell you, I am going crazy without it. I have cleaned my sewing room. Yes, it is sparkling.
*WARNING: If you are expecting before and after pictures, it is not going to happen. I am more than a little embarrassed as to how it looked before cleaning, and I am not excited to show you the boring, although better, after picture of the laundry, I mean.. umm... sewing room. Yeah, sewing room with a washing machine, dryer, and clothes both clean and dirty that always want to be washed, dried, folded, put away, and covering my work space... WHY MUST MY WORK SPACE ALWAYS BE COVERED IN LAUNDRY?! Oh, um, sorry. I was cleaning my sewing room...

During the cleaning I uncover all sorts of WIPs, pulled fabric stacks for projects, and scraps, all sorts of wonderful scraps. So, I sorted the laundry WIPs, fabric stacks, and scraps into piles and put them in order to work on when my sewing machine finally gets back. I know that I will not be without a project for some time, but it is always good to have something to work on.

So, I guess I will go find something else to clean since I don't have my machine back yet. Or maybe I will just pull some more fabric and prepare for when I can sew again. Yeah, I think I will do that!

Pink Lemonade Quilts

I finally finished this quilt! Okay, okay, you got me. It was, HAS been finished...quilted that is. All it needed was a binding! Yet it sat beside the sewing machine looking at me and waiting! I started cleaning the sewing space and decided that one way to do that was to put a binding on this quilt and give it to the little girl who is nearing one. What took me so long!!!

 

 

It is a beautiful quilt and very similar to the other with subtle differences. There is more quilting on this one than the other, and most of it is my go to favorite wave. There is some straight line stich-in-the-ditch quilting that is hard to see if you are not looking.

 

 

When I gave them this quilt they put it on the floor for the little girl, who is crawling and trying to walk, and she crawled right to it. She laid her head on it. She left a few times but always came back and either sat or laid on it. Once, she tried to turn it over while sitting on it and got grumpy when the dog stepped on it. I am rather sure that she loves it.

 

The backing is the same monkey print that was so cute. I still have a LOT of this fabric left so you may see it used in the future. ;)

 

 

I realize that I did not post any pictures of the other quilt all finished. I finished it in March and planned to take pictures together when I got the binding on this, but then I decided to give the other one since it was finished.

 

The back is the same, but the binding is different.

 

Also, for some reason, which is maddening, I am unable to post the pictures, taken with my cell phone, that I have of it here!

Here is the last post that I wrote about these two quits.

 

Updated 23 November 2013: here is the picture of the other quilt finished! I was finally able to figure out a way to upload this picture. The back is the same fabric as the other. The quilting on this one has wavy quilting in the light pink fabric and several straight lines on the pieced coins.

 



Wave Rainbow

I finished the wave quilt top.

After a visit with my sister and mom to see our niece/granddaughter and on our way home, we had a photo shoot of this quilt top.

First my mom held the quilt top. She did a great job!

Then my sister held the flimsy. She also did a great job. Then both of them held the it and tried to hide behind it. It worked for a little while then...

Blooper! We had so much fun. We always have a lot of fun when we get together. This quilt will be quilted soon.

Two Baby Boy Quilts

They are finished!

 

I quilted and put a binding on both of them all within two days.

That is super fast for me!

Every part of these quilts are from my stash.

That includes the batting. I have a, now dwindling (yay), stash of leftover batting pieces. It has been enjoyable to piece them together and use them instead of them being discarded or sitting in waiting.



 

There was just enough of the light blue fabric for both quilts' binding. I though it worked well with the quilts.

Both quilts were given the same stash fabric for the backing. There is a subtle difference in the amount of green and blue fabric. I had enough to give the same amount, but I wanted them to have some differences.

 

They were both quilted in the wave that I really like. One is quilted more densely than the other.

These two quilts will be separated soon. One is going to a little boy in Texas and the other to a baby due in October in Tennessee.

 

Slowly I am catching up on my quilting.

Wave Quilt

I have had this stack of fabric for a couple of years just waiting on the right pattern and a new baby girl. I told you that I was behind on making baby quilts. My cousin had a girl a few months ago and this stack seemed perfect.

I looked through my Pinterest quilt inspiration board and found this quilt. You may remember that I plan on making it with this fabric.

 

This quilt will be finished soon, and I am so in love with this quilt pattern and fabric!

Leftover/Precut Squares Into Quilt Tops

I had several squares left from this quilt. It has been sometime since I cut them...

Well, I am behind on making some baby quilts for some loved ones, so I was going through my stash and found the stack of them.

I started laying them out and there was enough to make these two quilts without cutting more or having any left over.

 

These quilts are not very big, currently 30"x 36", but that is okay; I have made smaller. I know they will be loved no matter the size.

I am preparing to baste these and start quilting.

 

After how fast these two tops came together, I understand why so many love precuts. This was fun, fast, and fabulous!