Friday Sewing

Maddy's quilt is finished, with a little help from mom mom. I am so excited to give it to her so she can hang it in her new bedroom. I see more quilts in her future.

I sewed this whole quilt up today and just have to sew down the binding which is glue basted right now. It is for a baby girl that was born last month. I think it is fun that the trend seems to be moving towards couples not finding out if the baby is a boy or a girl. I never had the option and am not sure what I would do, we will NEVER know!

I think this fabric is so sweet.

I started sewing these strips together to see how they were going to look. Little did I know I have to sew them in the same sequence or they don't match. Seven pairs of strips had to be "unsewn". Good thing I checked! I am hoping to make this a big quilt and so far I love it.

I am itchy to work with some solids. We have a Round Robin improv challenge for the Lancaster Modern Quilt Guild next month. I am trying to decide to use these or my hand dyes. So many good decisions to have to make!

Kelly

Art Quilt

How's this for a bright and happy quilt? The rows are not sewn together yet and I am excited to get it quilted.
My granddaughter Maddy made this yesterday. I spread out a bunch of solid fabrics and told her to pick out 2 fabrics she liked for each row. She very much took her time deciding (can that be hereditary?). I cut out a strip and then she cut out the rectangles with scissors. You will be so proud of me that I did not at all tell her to change any of her colors. The orange and blue (3rd from the bottom) made my teeth hurt but now that it is in the quilt I love it.
It was fun to see an 8 year old pick her colors and why. She was very particular about how the rows were to be sewn together and packed up the rectangles in order of sewing.......I can't wait to do this with my grandsons too.
I will be putting this to the front of the line to get it done. I am pretty sure I am going to make more of these pretty quilts.

Kelly

Total Self Indulgent Post

Finn 1 and Maddy 8

For a few days this week I was hanging out with these two sweethearts. My daughter was not feeling well so I came over to give her a hand. Maddy had field hockey camp and Finn is a 15 month old who has no intention of sitting still! A handful when you don't feel good.

Maddy loves arts and crafts so mom mom delivered! She has been wanting to do the melted crayons that have been on Pinterest forever. While ours did not turn out exactly like the ones on Pinterest, she loved doing it and we had a good time.

This was our Van Gogh day. She used oil pastels in school and wanted to use them on our project. She was the teacher and I was the student......I loved how these turned out and we plan on doing it again some day. Kids have a great eye for colors . We also cut out parts for a quilt that I will show you later.

Finn was happy trying on his sister's flip flops and testing all the new words he is saying. He is such a good boy.

Jaxon almost 11 months old

Cameron almost 11 months old

I did get to see the boys last week and they are growing so fast! Cam is about ready to walk with Jax not too far behind. They are such good natured boys. Cam looks just like his daddy as the same age.

Not a lot of sewing going on but these colors make me happy!

I was hoping to have this ready to show by the weekend. It's going to be one of the auction quilts for our quilts show in May of 2017. Maybe it will be done next week!
Happy Independence Day!

Kelly

Opinions Wanted!

Sorry no pictures today.......I am looking for opinions on irons. As the workshop person in my guild we are looking to replace ours. Some of the requirements are......

Can be put away while still hot (the most important in my opinion!) Does anyone have any experience with those covers you can use to put them away? Hard or soft cover?

Stays on for a decent amount of time

Does not need to be charged

Last longer than a couple of years

Reasonably priced

This will be a major purchase so anything you can contribute good or bad will be appreciated!

Kelly

Spools

This block  (4" x 5 1/2") was fun to make and used up some of my scraps. I am making a quilt for my guild's auction next spring. Finished size will be 16" x 24". I am hoping to inspire other members to get some made over the summer.

There will be nine blocks altogether and these are the fabrics I am using.

My basket block is complete but it needs to marinate a bit before I quilt it. I am thinking of a border or maybe not. I love those flying geese in the fabric and was thinking of those in the border......we will see.

Kelly

Random Monday

Are you making a heart? It's for the victims and their families in Orlando. I made one block that will be put into a quilt. For more information  you can go to the Orlando Modern Quilt Guild

For me summer means lots of reading on the porch. Even when the air conditioning is on we sit outside every night, thank goodness for screens! I came across this book on Good Reads and can't wait to start it. First I need to finish up my book club book called The Girl Who Wrote In Silk

This is my awesome kitchen tip. To shred chicken quickly, after it is cooked put it in the bowl of a KitchenAid stand mixer. Put in the paddle, turn it on slow so you can control how chunky you want it and in about 30 SECONDS you have shredded chicken. No mess!
I told you this was all random......

Kelly

Projects

This was one of the 2 projects I worked on at our retreat. I love it and can't wait to finish it. Pattern is by Diary of a Quilter and the fabrics are by Alison Glass. I chose a non white background and went with a Bella called Mist. It's a bit grayish green and is hard to see in this picture.

I got all my strips cut, sewn and cut. they are ready to be put together.

The fun part will be matching them up into blocks......

that will look like this! I really felt like this needed a design wall so now the fun can begin!

I cannot remember if I showed this baby quilt or not. It is for my niece who is having a baby boy in early July. I enjoyed searching through my stash of baby/little boy/blue fabrics to come up with this quilt. It's little bit I-Spy!

Last night was book club night and we read the book, The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz (I think) and had a fabulous discussion. I highly recommend it and thank you Judie for recommending it to me! Everyone stayed until 11:00, there was much to talk about!

Kelly