Quilt Retreat today! Wooohooo!!!

Our Spring Retreat is here!

2 wonderful days of sewing,

laughing and

eating.

I made a stiletto for each quilter.

Saw this on pinterest, of course.

18 stilettos made with a

turkey lacer and beads.

Can't wait.

Happy Quilting!                   Lynda 

Refinish a Flimsie and Ready for Halloween!

 I am so so so happy that I took off the original border and changed it to

2 solid borders on my Grandson's Bricks and Stepping Stones quilt.

What a difference a border can make!

 This is just a glimpse of the back.  I am trying to use up more of the

bricks I cut out a few months ago. 

Now, what to do with all the other ones I have cut from different fabrics?

I think I have made 3 or 4 of the Bricks and Stepping Stones so I may just trim the

remaining colors down and make a Scrappy Chevron.

 This Halloween Shoo Fly was made from leftover Halloween fabrics.  I fell in love with the

purple bubble fabric so had to buy it to use as the back.

The quilting was done by Kerry at Utah Valley Quilting in Springville.

I let her pick the thread color and I am so happy with

her choice of a variegated purple/orange/green.

I just love the spider webs.

A little plug for Kerry.  

She is great.  She meets at a quilt shop close by every Saturday.

Picks up your quilt AND

returns it the following Saturday!

How great is that?

Back to my sewing room to keep clearing out the UFO's from forever ago.

Happy Quilting!                Lynda 

A couple small finishes.......and an UNfinish!

 In my clean out I found a couple Scrappy Baby Quilts I made several years ago.

They both use the same fabrics.

This one is very busy Log Cabinish.

I decided to just tie them and have ready for a new baby (no announcement).

 Here is a close up.  I used various widths of fabric and cut at angles on some sides.

I like it o.k., but it is way busy!

 This is the 2nd one.  Just a Square in a Square.  I like it much better.

 They both have the same plaid back.  

At least they are finally on the finished side of my stack.

This one.....however.....I haven't liked since I put the border on it.

I love the border fabric but it just doesn't look right to me.

Yesterday our Wednesday Bee met and Suzanne showed her Bricks and Stepping Stones

Quilt.  It had a small orange border than a larger black border.

LOVED IT!

So today I will be unpicking 4 long sides of this flimsie and

looking for a blue border and a black border to add.

I'm sure I'll be much happier.

Happy Quilting!                     Lynda

February Finishes

I'm thinking a Flimsie is a finish, right?

Most of these just needed a few more blocks or borders added to

get them ready for the quilter.

 I purchased a charm pack several months ago hoping to make a small Twister

for a baby quilt.  Of course, I didn't have quite enough charms so had to

add a few fabrics from my stash.  

This one will go to the quilter on Saturday.

 I started this Halloween quilt several months ago from left over Halloween fabrics.

It just needed a couple of borders.  My Bee went on a Shop Hop

last week and I found these great lime green and purple fabrics 

that were perfect for another finished flimsie.  

This one is going to the quilter on Saturday too.

 This quilt looks very faded out.  It was started 24 years ago!

Finally got the borders on and a back made.

Off to the quilter on Saturday!!

 My friend, Janine, and I decided to get together once a month to sew.

This was our first project.  We spent a couple hours cutting out the blocks

for both of us.  After she finished with the fabrics, I got the leftovers for my borders.

(Seemed only fair that I took the leftovers since she had purchased all the fabrics.)

The green borders are 2 different fabrics but look great together.

 This is a quilt for a grandson who is graduating this year.  I added the border this past week.

Now I just need to find a backing and it will be off to the quilter too.

This is a small portion of a quilt for a neighbor boy who will be graduating this year.

I used scraps and made a zillion HST's.  Got to find a backing fabric and it's ready too.

Cleaning out my sewing room has really helped me to prioritize just what needs to be done to finish another quilt.  I should be able to keep the quilter busy for a few days this month!

Happy Quilting!                   Lynda

Product of a Clean Sewing room!

My sewing room was such a disaster that I didn't even have room to cut out a quilt and I certainly didn't feel like sewing in there!  So I spent the better part of a week emptying cupboards and throwing out.  Oh what a feeling!!!  After a huge bag of garbage and a big bag of "pass it on to someone else", and lots of reorganizing, I can now maneuver around, find fabrics and actually work on a project.

When I say garbage, I mean pieces smaller than 2 inches, and fabric so crinkly and stiff that I would be embarrassed to use it in a quilt, and some that even had an odor when ironed.  It does feel good to purge once in awhile.

I found lots of pieces of flannel, not enough to make a whole quilt, but enough to mix together and make something usable.  I found this cute tractor fabric and a blue plaid that seemed to work well together.  Since I'm going to a baby shower tonight I figured it would be perfect for a small rag quilt and burp cloth.  I've also finished a blue and brown baby quilt top that I'm going to tie.  I also found several quilts that just need a back and they will be heading off to a quilter soon.  

I'm having FUN!  Hope you are too.

Happy Quilting!                           Lynda

Merry Christmas!

My husband's family exchanges Christmas gifts with one sibling each year.

This year I decided my sister-in-law, Joan, needed

a homemade Christmas!

I made her  a couple things just for Christmas time.

A Santa Jolly Belly pillow,

a Snowman dressed for winter,

and a comfy warm pillow case.

Then I added a new towel to hang in the kitchen,

a hot pad I learned to crochet this year,

a zippered pouch for change (or whatever),

a tissue holder for her purse,

and a loopy frog Mug Rug/Snack Mat.

She was quite happy with everything.......

and I had fun making them for her.

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Happy Quilting!                        Lynda

Baby Wyatt's new quilt

Baby Wyatt didn't want his picture taken but we finally

got him to hold still long enough to snap this one.

I'm sure he was thinking, "I'm awake.....it

must be time to eat.  Why are you making

me hang out here on this quilt?"

I love the Mother Goose themed fabrics.  

They are so bright and cheerful.

Happy Quilting!                       Lynda