What Are Quilters Blogging About Today?

English Ivy was featured on the Fat Quarter Shop Newsletter – The Jolly Jabber and my quilt, along with two others who did the block as a pillow are featured in it at this link.  They have a pretty pack of fabric for the kit.  (but I like mine better lol) I did manage to […]

A little bit of progress on the second border.  I cut more blue pieces out (I cut a little large and trim down) and I got one more block done. I just noticed that I had yellow for three of these four blocks so I might change the next one out and cut some new […]

I worked off and on all day yesterday to get the binding done for Arkansas Traveler – now to wash it today and see if I can get some photos – depends on the weather of course!  I was really trying to get it done so I could get an end of the year post […]

I’m still working on the binding for Arkansas Traveler and have 3 sides done – I want to include it in a year end finishes post and we still have some days to go before that happens so I should get it done!  It is getting there. One more center block of NYB cut out […]

Yesterday I was home all day and got back to work on the New York Beauty – the center of the quilt is coming together – this piece took off and on all day to complete – it is called “Magpie” Some of the names have gone with totally different animals/birds/insects then I would imagine […]

I hope everyone had a nice holiday.  We had a quiet nice holiday and I took the day off blogging yesterday but back to it today.  I was busy sewing binding on Arkansas Traveler and finished two sides of this long quilt I’m glad I chose this stripe binding I like it and it was […]

Off the frame!  This one sure took awhile – I started quilting it back in the middle of July and it took almost 170 hours to do – that is about 50 hours at least more than usual.  But whose counting LOL  This part was finished on Wednesday night And I took it off the […]

First of all the quilting went pretty well Tuesday night and the quilt might be off the frame by Friday!  Got this part quilted then. This is the area I started on last night – even though I am close to a finish I will not push through it if my hands ache.  The injections […]

Well as I said I was going to be in Little Rock yesterday getting the injections in the thumbs so not much got done at home –someone asked was it really painful – well I won’t lie — yes you do feel it  they spray a numbing solution on the area of the injections but […]

well it took a few more days to finish this block then intended but it is now done – other than a piece that needs to be added to the left side of it and the block above it when I start to put the center together.  Construction was done in arcs of course Eventually […]

Count down begins  – one week until Christmas – all the little kids in the world are probably giddy with excitement – this is the time of year when I wish I still had little children around – but there are none so I will envy those that have them. My blog has been acting […]

Well I have the large NYB block ready to piece – I might get to it today but not sure – Melanie’s schedule keeps changing and we still hadn’t made Xmas cookies together and she swears she will be over today – if not I will get started with the two kinds of dough that […]

Another block done on NYB and this one is called Bluebottle and it is odd shaped and goes in the middle – this one and the block that will be under it will have one more piece added to it to square it off – but I need to wait to do that until I […]

I finally have the hexies all thread basted for the next section of the Noriko’s Star – today I will get them laid out into the rows needed on the big board to started stitching. Ninety hexies ready I had to shop for a pair of every day shoes – that took a little time […]

We were having internet issues last night and I write my post in the evening to schedule for the next day so I’m just posting two photos after linking up to my phones hot spot. I didn’t get around to working on the NYB block until early afternoon and see as I had a PT […]

I think I have a love hate relationship with picking out fabric for the New York Beauty.  Because I am doing one block at a time and only using batiks I am choosing as I go which adds the extra step of getting the fabric bins out for every single block as I have no […]

Well we got some Christmas decorations out but we didn’t accomplish a lot – hope to finish today.  No cookies baked, Melanie was working – maybe today LOL – didn’t accomplish much that I said I hoped to do – but I did get one more New York Beauty block made.  New York Beauty block […]

And I haven’t even gotten my Christmas tree up still and it is almost upon us – I don’t know why I’m kind of slow this year but I am.  If I’m going to get the decorating done I really need to get it done this weekend so I can enjoy it awhile.  I don’t […]

Yes this NYB block is called “Peacock” So is the Australian Peacock a bird like ours my searches did say they have them. or is it something a Peacock Spider?  I don’t know which it is named after. Here is the wall so far And here is the quilting on Arkansas Traveler from the last […]

I think everything I am working on right now is bright and colorful – other than the neutral hexies I am thread basting that is.  More neutral hexies cut out yesterday and thread basting was done while watching the evening news last night. If I can keep at it I should get them done for […]