Baptism Quilt And "Bikkies"!

This sweet little quilt from 30's/40's scraps that I had on hand, is ready to go off to MA for a little boy's Baptism………...

MBH, Finished On Friday

Tada!

My Blue Heaven quilt top is done, and I am celebrating cleaning up a couple of small projects before getting back to the longarm and another major project………….

Do You Have This Fabric?

The true color is darker ……...

My Blue Heaven Progresses

Linking with Heather's Needlework Tuesday.

This is a two block design and more than half the blocks are done, hoping to finish them today………….

35th.Ave 2013 BOM

Linking with Needlework Tuesday
And Lynn's BOMs Away

The last two days I have been working on putting all these blocks together and it was quite a big job!
However they all fit just as they were meant to, except for the top and bottom borders. According to the pattern there would be two FG in the center but lacking space I simply added another 2" color block to fill the spot……………………...

"Jacks" Is Done!

Only need to find a backing [ from stash I hope ] and quilt this, I am so pleased to have the top completed and I like it a lot. Everything came from stash…………

Playing With Jacks

Here are half of the Jacks blocks completed to date,

Underground Railroad Mini

I am linking up with Needlework Tuesday

My Underground RR mini top is pieced and I thought my experience was a good opportunity to talk a bit more about some of the challenges of piecing minis.

I wanted to give an idea of just how tiny these pieces are, 1" and 1.25"……….

NASA Star Blocks

Astronaut Karen Nyberg has faced down the challenge of sewing in weightlessness! She has made a quilt block and invited other quilters to make their own blocks to add to a quilt to be shown at the 40th. anniversary of the Houston International Quilt Festival where Karen will make a special appearance.
A group of Phoenix area quilters met yesterday to make blocks to be added to Karen's quilt……..

Five More Tiny Blocks

Making another five of these minis was doable but hoping to get all twelve finished and sashed- not happening! However it did go faster as the day wore on, perhaps I was finally getting the hang of it…..

Five For Friday!

Five little blocks so far……………

Teapot Cozy

Last week Heather over at Books and Quilts featured a very cute teapot cozy I want to make. It reminded me of the one I crocheted 40 years ago, this is it! You can probably tell it's vintage easily by the '70's colors, LOL……………...

2013 NYE Mystery

Here's my last NYE Mystery quilted, and now added to the two quilts that await binding. Another stash quilt, I pieced this one mostly in Boston…………….

Saturday Success

This quilt was much smaller than the last two and makes the third off the longarm for this week. I finished it up late last night but was too tired to finish posting…………...

Finished For Friday

It's always good to have a wrap up of the week's accomplishments, especially when I have so much going on in my life that I keep a running list of what needs to be done and what is up next, so I often do a "Finished For Friday" post………..

Cowboy Quilt

At about 105" square it is kingsize, hard to take a picture of it .

Scarf Knitting

Linking up with Needlework Tuesday.

With time on my hands during the journey to CO. I began knitting this scarf…..

Back In The Colorado Mountains

We have had great family time this week and fun in the snow, no quilting! The Boy has really enjoyed his twin cousins,……..

Jack In The Box

This is Angela's quilt "Jack In The Box" another Bonnie Hunter pattern that was featured in Quiltmaker Magazine Jan/Feb.2011…...

We had another wonderful day with Bonnie and "My Blue Heaven", then the trek home for the weary!
 I stayed with the original colorway.……...

Day Two, Playing With Jacks

It begins!

Students hard at work-or not! Perhaps they were socializing or eating, there was plenty of that!

A few of the many "Jacks" blocks in progress and some of the many ways they can be set.

I like this chevron design.

 This is Angela's in modern fabrics.

 A blue and yellow version.

 Beginning of a Barn Raising setting I think, it is Andrea's.

 This one too appeals to me.

 Hmmmm, not sure how this will turn out yet.

 Nice!

 Totally scrappy.

And here is my sewing area but my blocks are half hidden.

Tada!

 Angela made a Valentine Mug Rug for Bonnie…...

 and I had made two selvedge potholders from some of the "Jacks" fabrics. That brilliant smile of Bonnie's never ends and if you are not a passionate fan you will be once you take one of her classes. She is most giving of her time and talents and entirely lovable!

We made a stop at the SAS store, Bonnie had never seen one before and was rather amazed when she walked in, she said that it was a very dangerous place-to our pocket books yes!

 Even I could not resist a small purchase here, the only fabric I purchased this week. I think my weariness is showing!

On the advice of Maria, one of our fellow students from Tucson, we ended up here for dinner, good food  [the rest of the group enjoyed melt in the mouth Prime Rib] then back to the hotel for an early night! Tomorrow it's "My Blue Heaven".

Tucson And Bonnie Hunter!

What a great day, driving to Tucson with quilt buddies…..

Bonnie's lecture and trunk show…….

This is "Playing with Jacks" the workshop we are taking with Bonnie tomorrow.

lunch with Bonnie and the Phoenix group……..

shopping with Bonnie at Quilter's Market……...

 at Bella's Quilts

and at Quilt Basket. 

Dinner, was sushi at Sushi Garden!

 

And finally Salted Caramel Gelato, the finale to a great day!

Quilting Celtic Solstice

Originally I planned to quilt this with the same panto that Bonnie used, Celtic Swirlz.

However after quilting two swirls I decided that I did not like how it was sewing out so I frogged that and went freehand………….

 quilting swirls all over the body of the quilt ………….

 traditional straight-line quilting in the piano key border, with "C"'s in the sashing and a larger swirly design in the triangular border.

 The swirly design shows better on the backing which is pieced with left-over strips from the border.

I will try to get a better pic of the entire backing tomorrow but for tonight I am too tired! I stayed up late to finish it, because I want to take it to Tucson to show Bonnie on Wednesday! It won't be bound but neither is one of the other Bonnie Mysteries that I am taking for show and tell!

The Mickey Mouse Quilt

Linking up with Wordless Wednesday

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