A Successful FNSI

Yesterday, I finished sewing down the binding on a throw quilt for my niece...

...not a Christmas present but a belated college graduation gift...  that I want to give her over the holidays.

I also did some more knitting on the crimson scarf for my grandson.

This is one skein... not sure how long I want to make it yet...

 

...but I need to factor in the fringe... no... the tassels!   *lol*   I would like the scarf to be more an adult size... and hope it lasts for a while...

A Light Bulb Moment

It doesn’t happen all the time but every once in a while I see something online and think: AH HA!  …and I can almost see the light bulb going on.   

This happened yesterday when I was reading a blog called In Color Order and I came across a photo of a quilt made with repurposed vintage sheets…

…and I knew I had found the perfect pattern for the Kaffe Fassett prints I got at the Knoxville Quilt Show last summer!

So… did a Google search and found the pattern: 

…ordered it!  I am so excited!   

Many thanks to Jeni B. at In Color Order for the inspiration!  Don't you just LOVE the internet?

Friday Night Sew In: The Morning After

I arrived home from work at about 3:45 (yes, I left shortly after the students departed) and I was raring to go. Got the mail, kicked off my shoes, got something to drink… and dove right in! I needed to get moving early as I am working today… snow make-up day, don’t you know.



Lest we forget what the snow & ice was like…

First, I laid out the Lilac Hill charm squares on the bed in the “auxiliary sewing room”… aka: the guest room next to my sewing *slash* computer room.


Second, I opened up the luscious Lilac Hill jelly roll and cut the 5” and 9” strips.

Then came the sorting of the strips with coordinating charm squares. It wasn’t as difficult as I thought it might be… divvying up the lights/darks, solids/prints, large prints/small prints, plaids/florals, etc.

I just want to know why Moda puts FORTY-TWO charms squares in a pack and FORTY strips of the SAME line in the jelly roll.
Oh well, I can take care of those two orphan charm squares with a bit of the two different pieces of coordinating fabric for the two borders.

Next, I fired up the iron and got to sewing. By 5:00, I had ten blocks sewn and pressed and it was time for a break!
(Note to self: Surfing the net during a sewing break = too long of a break!)

By 8:30, I had 40 blocks sewn together, stacked up on the bed…

…and, then, I just had to spread them out!





Not bad for a Friday Night Sew In!

This afternoon… or tomorrow… whenever, I’ll sew the leftover sections of the jelly roll strips together, as per the tutorial… then cut those into strips to make a pieced border. All that’s left is to decide how big a border and which fabrics. I won't sew the blocks together until I rescue the two orphan charm squares by making them blocks too.

Grandbaby Quilt #5

Four quilts down, one more to go!  This one for my little Chloe, who isn’t all that little anymore… in fact, she will start Kindergarten in the fall.

 Chloe is my little tomboy although she loves stuffed animals and dolls as well.  The Christmas she was four, she asked for “Dino Roars”… a fabric covered, mechanical T-Rex that walked and roared.  She still loves Dino Roars… and even as big as it is, she stills brings Dino Roars to visit Grandma.

Chloe also loves owls (if you remember the owls I posted the other day) and has been given quite a number of them.  In particular, “Snowy” is her very special favorite owl and had to have him for naps and at bedtime.  Snowy came to live with Chloe as part of a gift set that also included a board book.  Chloe soooo loves Snowy that her mother ordered another gift set just to have a back up Snowy…. good thing too… the world stops turning when he can’t be found!  Snowy goes for swims in the washing machine when he is not snowy white anymore and Chloe loves when he comes out of the dryer all soft and fluffy again.

When I saw Deb Strain’s “Love U” fabrics, it was a no-brainer!

Made a simple rail fence and used leftover bits for a pieced border, used the "Love U" panel on the back, and liked the way that turned out.

For some reason Chloe thinks the quilt back is the “top” and insists on the LOVE U panel being up.  My sweet little, single-minded Chloe… gets something in her head and it’s hard to dislodge.  Gotta love her!