Busy Day...#6 and counting

WHEW...it was a very productive day!!! I never left the house and that was AWESOME!!! I was going to cut a new quilt out but thought to myself that was not a very wise decision. I have several tops that need to be quilted and bound first! Since I am spending a week in Mpls with my hubby next week I thought I should quilt a few (if I have the time), get the bindings sewn on, and then take them with me to do the hand sewing in his apt. That way I won't be bored to tears while he's at work!!!

I got one quilt done and I'm not sure that I'm very happy with it. I might do some beading on it but that scares me because the center flower is printed on Printed Treasures. Holes in that will be permanent! YIKES!!! But we'll see.

I also got this loaded and started a couple of rows done on it. I am using the Circle Lord baptist fan template on it.

I finished day #6 of eating dinner at home!!! I think that's a new world record for me! LOL I had shrimp cocktail, green beans, and french bread with an olive oil/parmesan cheese topping on it. YUMMY!!!

Now it's time for some R&R...

Tomorrow it's back to the longarm! WOOHOO!!! Have a great night!

Borders are on

WHEW...the borders are on and I really am liking how this quilt top is turning out! I didn't put a border on the top of the quilt cuz it would've been WAY too big...it already will have a nice pillow tuck on it. Now to assemble a backing (UGH)...borders and backings are my least favorite part about quilting...but they are a necessity! I'll tackle that tomorrow!

It's beginning to look a lot like Spring time...

Well...here's a sneak peak of the king size, spring time quilt I am working on! This is one quadrant of the quilt, minus the focus fabric border. I wanted to keep it simple and showcase the focus fabric while bringing out all of the vibrant colors that the focus fabric contains. I think I am going to like this one!!! At least flowers are blooming in my sewing room!!! :oD Stay tuned for more updates...

FIRST UPDATE: Here is the top half of the quilt...do you see my pattern here? LOL
(edited: 3:30 CDT)

On Your Mark...Get Set...GO!!

Spring just does NOT seem to want to arrive so I am MAKING it arrive in my sewing room! LOL...Everything's cut...now to assemble...stay tuned!!!

Quilty Weekend!

I had a lot of fun this weekend! I got 3 quilts done on the longarm...one for a gift from my son and I to his orthopedic surgeon, and 2 for a friend! It felt good to be "buzzing" along! LOL I have to make a postcard cataloging the KU quilt yet. Maybe tomorrow...
These are the pics of the KU Quilt for Dr. Snyder!

The next set of pics are a friend of mine's who made this large quilt for her brother/dsil and the smaller one is for donation. I used a very pale yellow thread and did the baptist fan from Circle Lord on the large one...I just have a close up of my all over patterned meandering for the small one. My friend had enough blocks left over from the large quilt to make the small one! WOOHOO!!
blogger was a stinker...tried to upload 5 at a time last night and this morning and it would NOT take...had to do them one at a time! *SIGH*

I busted 11 yards for the KU quilt...YTD fabric busted: 47 yards
Fabric purchased YTD: 75.75 yds
Net purchased YTD: 28.75 yds

Accomplishments...and a new ADDICTION!!

I have become addicted to the quilted postcards! I do my own thing...no rules...my goal is to journal quilts that I make from here on out! Barb asked me in a previous post about the process. It's pretty simple...buy some PELTEX in the interfacing section of your favorite hobby store and cut it into 4x6 pieces using your rotary cutter. Use your favorite fusible web, fabrics from the project you want to journal about and a lot of imagination!!!! The key is to have fun! I haven't been able to use ALL of the fabrics in the following projects, but used a LOT of them. I try to use a lighter fabric on the back so that I can do the journaling on the back. I use a zigzag stitch around the raw edges using a 2.5 x 1.0 stich length.

This is the second one that I made journaling Dan's firefighting quilt. Dan liked the first one (see previous post below) so well that he wanted to keep it! LOL...it's ok cuz I got to make a NEW one!! This is the front:

This is the back:

This is a mystery quilt top from Glad Creations Quilt Shop in Minneapolis, MN. I was on a roll with the project until travelling got in the way, starting with our 25th Anniversary trip to Hawaii in June! I finished the top today! The colors don't show well here but it is yummy shades of browns/oranges/reds/greens with a neutral background. DH said, "OH COOL...a fall quilt!" All of Glad's mystery quilts becomes a pattern!

The day wouldn't have been complete if I hadn't done my journaling! Here is the front:

And here is the back:

Last, but certainly not least, is the adorable flip-flop quilt! It's small but is meant to be a lap, not a full size quilt. A friend asked me to make this for her SIL. It was easy to throw together so I did this today as well!

And...you guessed it...JOURNAL IT!!! Here is the front of the journal postcard:

And here is the back:

So there you have it! I have been back in my quilting room and am LOVIN' IT!!! It has been awhile and I have missed it! You might have noticed on the last 2 postcards that I put the date when the top was finished...leaving room for when it truly becomes a Q-U-I-L-T!!!! How is THAT for accurate journaling!!!

I hope you enjoyed seeing my accomplishments for the past few days!
Hugs
Laurie

Accomplishments...

I have been inspired by Mary at http://maryquilts.blogspot.com/ to do a postcard journal. I couldn't get this neat idea out of my head so I jumped in today. I did one to commemorate the firefighter's quilt I made for Dan's graduation from firefighting quilt. I am going to try to make a postcard for all quilts from here on out and write on the back of it the details of why the quilt was made.
Here is the front:

Here's the back:


On a different note, I have 2 gals who clean the house every other week. They have admired my quilts all the time and hinted they would love to have one. I finally gave them some tops and said "pick one out". I finished those and will give them to the gals tomorrow. I am only showing one becauwe the 2nd one has some bad feelings attached to them for me.


Have a great day everyone!
Laurie