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How is it possible??? from A year of quilts
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How is it possible??? from A year of quilts
Today has been more productive then I could have ever imagined. I have pieced together the majority of the front panel. The owls came out way better than I would have ever thought they could. I took a real picture off the internet, copied it onto fabric paper, peeled off the back and after cutting it out attached it to the quilt. I then took fabric paint and enhanced the trees and owls with black and brown markers. The ferns at the bottom are just messy cut and fussy cut then laid on top of each other. I will need ... -
Back on track!!! from A year of quilts
So here’s where I’ve been…. My sewing machine broke and it’s taken me a month to replace it. I was out of town last week and when I got back late Monday night my new Brother 9000 was waiting for me. I was almost done with the second quilt, all I had to do was finish the edges so I have completed the second quilt and I’m on my way to the third (only a month behind).
I love the new machine. The last one I had was 20 years old and only did about 5 ... -
almost there from A year of quilts
I completed all the hand quilting this weekend and will be finishing the binding this week. I’m a few days behind schedule but not too bad for two quilts in four months. I am so excited to start the next one because it will be my first attempt at an art quilt. Owls and trees and dyed background fabrics! Too fun!! I’ll post pictures this weekend of the finished shoe and purse quilt and post the outline for the next one.
I want to thank all the people who have sent me emails from all over the world ... -
UGH!! from A year of quilts
So the first weekend of April was Easter (lots going on) the second weekend of April we were in New Orleans (not at home) the third weekend of April was My 13 year olds Confirmation (lots going on). I have exactly 7 days left to finish this quilt and I am only 1/3 of the way through the quilting. I need to basically finish one block a night this week and the edges over this next weekend to stay on track. I need to leave the last week of April to prep for the next quilt or it will ... -
Second quilt update from A year of quilts
I love this new quilt. I’m so happy with the way it came out. I’m not done with the back panel yet so I wasn’t able to pin the layers together this weekend so I’m a little behind on my schedule.
I’m traveling this week so I need to get the layers together Monday night and rolled on to the stand so I can start stitching them together this coming weekend. It will be very hard to stay on target with everything going on this month. I have Easter, three trips and my daughter’s ... -
Dallas Quilt Show from A year of quilts
On saturday me, my sister and my daughter went to the Dallas Quilt show. I took a lot of pictures but had too many favorites to post them all. I've posted just a few that I was amazed at the details and artistic ability of the people who made them. I can’t wait to go to another show. We spent several hours and there and didn't even cover half of the building.
I finished all of the shoe blocks when I got back from the show. I cut out all of the purses and will put them ... -
Sorry its been two weeks! from A year of quilts
I’ve missed a couple of weeks post, I’m so sorry!!! It’s been very busy and I got side tracked by life. :0)
I finished my first quilt!!! (Insert cheers and applause) I’m very happy with the way it turned out. It’s not perfect by anyone’s standards but it’s the first… and its finished…That’s an accomplishment in and of its self! I know she will love it and keep it forever and that was the goal. I didn’t take a picture of the finished quilt but I will soon.
I did ... -
Like meeting a rock star~ from A year of quilts
So I go last week to get my hair cut and low and behold there is a real life professional quilter sitting next to me! I felt like I was meeting a rock star!! I know corny…
She has a couple of quilts in the (March) Dallas quilt show so I’m going to go check it out. It will be the first quilt show I’ve ever been to. I’m very excited!!
Update on the 1st quilt. I’m in my final days to complete the first one. I have removed it from the hand quilting stand and ... -
In the interest of time. from A year of quilts
This was a long week with lots of reasons not to sew. I think I’m going to have to change over from hand quilting to machine quilting to make sure I can finish all four quilts. I will make sure every one of them have some part that is hand quilted but in the interest of time I can’t hand stitch every one of them. I’m ready to finish this one so I can start the next one. I’m going to hand dye my own fabric for the next one so I’ve been watching a ... -
Teenagers and Quilting from A year of quilts
Sometimes you have a hard day with your teenager and you’re glad to go back to the office….
For the most part my girls are the best! But on occasion they have been known to be a little on the “I can’t wait for you to grow up and leave my house” side of the fence. Last week we had a few of those days. Because I was off from work and had a lot of time to sew I also had a lot of time to think. I started equating raising teenagers to quilting.
*Each time I ... -
I've started the hand quilting. from A year of quilts
I didn’t have time to paint the quilt stand so I just sanded it and put it up. I love it! My fingers are killing me but I really like how easy the stand is making the hand quilting process (check out the picture page). I put the stand behind my couch in the game room. I cover it when the girls are around or when I’m not working on it so they can’t see what I’m working on. I can work while they sit in front of me and watch TV. It’s great!
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Register your email for notifications. from A year of quilts
On this page to the right, half way down under “Categories” Is the "RSS FEED" link. If you click on it, you can set your email up to send you an email every time I update the blog. Register so you are always updated. -
!st quilt top done! from A year of quilts
This weekend was easy. I only worked about 4 hours completing the piecing of the quilt top and about an hour helping my nephew Mike build the stand for hand quilting. Tomorrow I have to take care of my daughter’s car but then I will paint the quilt stand so I can set it up on Tuesday to start the quilting process. I’m really happy with the way the quilt top turned out and I think my daughter will be very happy with it. I’m very excited about starting the next one. I now know why quilters ... -
Rip, Rip, Rip from A year of quilts
I decided to rip out the seams of the blocks going the wrong direction. I couldn’t stop thinking that I would regret not doing it after I finished. It wasn’t that big of a deal and now I’m ready to put them back together the right way. I know I’ll be happy latter that I did it. The trick with the star pattern is every finished square has to have the same color in the bottom corner. As long as they are all the same it looks like a star burst. You can change the pattern ... -
Success from A year of quilts
"To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents 1% of your work that results from the 99% that is called failure."
-- Soichiro Honda -
18 hour weekend from A year of quilts
So I worked 8 hours on Saturday and 10 on Sunday. My back is killing me, my children were stuck fending for themselves but I loved every minute of it! Most of Saturday was spent cutting and sewing these tiny little 1 inch triangles together so after 8 hours of that I thought I would move to larger triangles on Sunday. After several hours of math trying to figure out how many triangles would fit the 30 ½ inches I finally just gave up and went for it (Bad idea). So now I’m stuck piecing together add ons to try ... -
obsessive compulsive hobbyist from A year of quilts
I’m a self-proclaimed obsessive compulsive hobbyist! Any hobby I decide to take on becomes an obsession. I Google it, buy books and magazines about it; research, research, research!!! I spend so much time researching, I probably could have finished the project if I would have spent the same amount of time on the actual activity. I do this with everything, especially if I put the word “Challenge” into the proclamation. So, now is the true test… I need to build some blocks tomorrow to go around the 1st center block. I’m up for the “challenge” wish me luck! -
Live by this! from A year of quilts
"Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."
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Can you buy time? from A year of quilts
Ok, I need to up the amount of time I’m spending on this project because I’m not spending enough on it! Does anyone know where I can buy more time for my day? I just found out that I may need to go to Memphis next week for work. Not in my quilting schedule!!!
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