Last Post of 2017:)

I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
I am officially closed until mid January:) SO nice to be sewing for me:)

This is Karen's custom quilt:) Love the way it turned out! It is on it's way to Maine where she lives:)

A closeup of the corner.

Feathers of course and love those lines in the triangles!

A bit of sunshine on the quilt.

And here is the backing. She had me machine sew on the binding and she will hand sew it down:)

Was SO glad she let me push it back to after the Christmas quilts. I really got to take my time and enjoy the quilting. Great way to end the year!

A man's Chemo quilt  that I got as a kit from the guild.

Millie is going strong:)

Another Chemo quilt from a  kit.

My Prism quilt top is finished:) YEA!!!

And here is the beautiful backing we found at Sew Much More yesterday when we pu Bianca. Yup got the girl back and she has been emb most of the day. They blamed it on a bobbin error but I don't think so... she also got an update while she was visiting.

My first 2 Steampunk blocks,,, the curves are WAY easier then I thought they would be!!!

It is a Jen Kingwell pattern and my block of the month.... I have 2 months worth to sew up to catch up.These 2 had the points perfect in the middle only to be covered up with the hand appliqued circle. I was kinda disappointed to not show off the points but my next 2 were off so I could cover them up:) haha!!!

I hope everyone has a great holiday!!!! 

CYA next year!!!!

Busy Busy week!

Hi all,

This week just flew by but then I was really only home 1 day and that day I quilted... custom still not done but will be this week:)

Had Lunch bunch, visited with friend, errand day and then Bee. All were SO much fun!!!
Saturday we had an electrician come in and hang 2 new ceiling fans and put in a larger breaker box. And cleaned out more of MIL house... when the trash can is full we stop. Had 3 huge garbage bags and 1 box of stuff for Goodwill again. We also went to the Singing Tree concert. It was such a great way to get in the Christmas spirit!!!

Here is the tree.... the ornaments are people. They started with hand puppets then the choir and then Holly Tucker.Then the tree full of people:)

So while we had no electricity I worked on designing Project Linus tops with fabric I got at the Bee. Today I brought Judith... my featherweight in the house and sewed all 6 up:) Now they go to Pat for backs:)

The footballs were already made:) Yea!!!

Leftover fabrics that came with the footballs.

Had a bunch of train fabric so here is the first, Hate it when the fabric is not printed straight!

The blocks were already made and the rest came with  them. Once again crooked panel:(

More trains.

And the last one is just a piece of the train fabric by itself. I have enough of the tracks to bind it:)

Hope you have a great week! I am home all but one day:) YEA!!!!

Been cold at night and no we did not get any of the snow:( We did get some sleet but nothing stuck:) I was thankful for that!

Till next week!

December!

December has arrived and it's still warm... suppose to have a cold front come this week:) Sure is hard to be in the spirit when you are wearing shorts:)

Hubby and I went to HEB this morning and bought a real little Christmas tree:) We haven't had a  live tree for almost 5 years... Jax and Gemma were babies and there were concerns! Of course they may still pull it over but there are no breakable ornaments on it... they would just spill some water... we hope not though!

I started the custom quilt last week and got half way done with it... will only quilt a day or 2 this week as we have lunch bunch and Bee this week. Plus a good friend is down visiting and I want to spend sometime with her:)

Friday Pat and I headed to Sew Much More as Bianca had a fit when the power went off and on and she was asleep... I can't get her hoop calibrated to continue embroidering:( They said 2- 2 1/2 weeks:( UGH!!!! I have another angel and a new Santa to stitch out... and I need to finish my snowmen.... But we did stop a Joann's:)

So not many pictures but that is ok:)

This is a Man's Chemo quilt.

I got the kit from Guild and the backing from Pat. Just meandered all over.

Another Chemo Kit.

More meandering:)

Block #10 out of 20 for my Moda Bee quilt.

My Millie Rosette #3 is started

Row 2 is done:) Haven't sewn then together yet.

Here is our little tree:)

Have a great week and get those gifts finished!!!

After Thanksgiving:)

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving!!! Hubby and  had our traditional pizza:) Of course today the kids and MIL came over for our big meal:) Was a fun day!!!

Also got our new AC/Heater installed this week and I have to say it is just amazing!!!! Our old one was 30+ years old so there is a considerable difference! Will see if if it affects the bill??? We have been running the heat at night and the AC was finally on today:)

I got some quilting done even though it was a short week:)

First up is Nancy's log cabin for her sister:)

She wanted it all girly:) haha!!! So feathers!!!

And swirls:) I love the way it turned out!!!

Here is the back... see those lovely feathers???:)

Another one from Nancy... tumblers!

Just a simple loop meander all over.

The backing matches:)

Judy Mc made this sweet Project Linus quilt.

All quilted with loops and stars.

Fun backing!

I got 3 man chemo kits and made 3 quilts. This is the first one all done:)

Just loop meander.

And double sided:) Fun!!!

Linda W made this red strip quilt for her friends son.

Lots of different red fabrics! Just loop meandered it.

Backing has cars on it:) Too cute!

I made this machine embroidered Nativity with designs from Embroidery Library. The quilting was done on the domestic:)

Rosette #2 all done!!!!! Had to redo a few spots:(

I machine embroidered this FSL ( free standing lace) Angel design from Embroidery Library. I think I bought it last year?

Just LOVE how it turned out!!!! Will be making a pink one as soon as my thread arrives:)

I also finally presented Pat and Micheal with their Pet Portrait.

This is Velcro:)

She passed away last year:)

Here is the back... lots of thread!!!

Am home most of the week  so should get something done:) haha!!!

Have a great week!!! Christmas is fast approaching!!!!

Almost Thanksgiving:)

Well the temperatures have dropped again for a few days:) At least it does make it feel more like Fall.
Was a busy week so just a little quilting done. I only have 2 more Christmas ones to get done and then back to regular schedule...

Here is what I did get done:

Nancy had one more Wolf quilt to get done:)

This one is for her husband and she wanted to custom.

Hard to tell on the front

But you can definitely see the work on the back!

Pat made Linda a quilt out of flannel.

So soft and cuddly:)

Loops and hearts all over:)

We voted on our Guild's challenge entries and I won 3rd:) yea!!!

It had to have the purple fabric and fabric manipulation on/in it.

Was a good challenge as it made me go WAY out of my comfort zone!!

Found this sweet emb design and had to make a towel for Kathy J:)

Gifts for a few friends:) And one for me!!!!

My Chicken Butt towel:)

It is Hubby's birthday today... he is yet again 23:) So we went on a day trip and I got to visit 2 quilt shops:)

Bought these from Sew Crazy in Cedar Park.

And these are from Valli and Kim in Dripping Springs... I am gathering for the next 2 Millie Rosettes:)

Then we went to Cabela's in Bud and he bought himself another gun... I know he can never have enough??? I feel the same about fabric and sewing machines:) He got his catfish dinner at Catfish Parlour in Georgetown.... a full day for sure!!!

Tuesday they will install a new AC/heater unit... ours is over 30 years old and the heater would not light today so we decided to do this at the right time!!!

Hope ya'll have a Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Hubby and I are having pizza and then next Sunday the gdaughters will be over and the feast will be served:)