Celtic Solstice Step 1 Complete

Just in time for Friday all the triangles in the Celtic Solstice Step 1 are complete.  I just need to snip them apart and finger press them.  I really like the finger pressing thing!  It's good enough and the blocks are not distorted.  I'll do this while I am catching up on last night's episode of Survivor.

I'm happy that I am back to walking my 5K's after I drop my son off for kindergarten.  I hope to even get some longarming in today and tomorrow.  YEAH!!!

WIP Wednesday 12.4.13

Now that it's December I need to look at what I want to accomplish in 2014.  My WIP list is long...  I would like to get my WIP list down in 2014.  I'm not going to promise to not start any new projects because I know that I will.  I know I will continue to participate in the monthly Block Lotto drawings and do a few things for my local quilt guild.  Here's 29 finishes I hope to complete in 2014.  It's an ambitious list, but I think I can do it.  This is what I would like to accomplish in 2014:

January
1.  Name baby quilt for baby due in February.
2.  Pieced baby quilt for baby due in February.
3.  LQG Just 6" squares charity quilt.
4.  Quilt Doodle Designs BOM quilt.
29.  Starburst QA at Canoe Ridge (not even started yet).
February
5.  Amanda Murphy Designs Ugly Fabric Quilt (which really isn't ugly at all).
6.  Finding Nemo scrappy trip quilt.
28. 2nd Split Decision baby quilt (for a customer!)
March
7.  Digging up Bones Dinosaur quilt.
8.  Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter Mystery Quilt 2013).
April
 9.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
 10.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
 11.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; January 2013)
12.  Start/finish a teacher gift quilt (wall hanging).
May
12.  Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
13.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
June
14.  Longarm purple charity quilt for LQG (it's a large one).
15.  Picadilly Circle (hopefully this will be a county fair entry.)
July
16.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt
17.  Snowman wall hanging (hopefully this will be a county fair entry).
18.  Framed quilt block (hopefully this will be a county fair entry.)
August
19.  Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011-2012)
20.   We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
September
21.  Dutchman's Puzzle
22.  Scrappy Christmas QA (I think I am going to straight-line quilt this one.)
23.  Spring Mystery 2013 (still need to rip out those early longarming eyelashes)
24.  LQG Ship charity quilt
October
25. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)
26. MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)
November
Start the 2014 Bonnie Hunter Mystery
December
27.  Maroon Star Sampler Quilt

Here's what happened this week:
I completed 2/3 of step 1 for Celtic Solstice.



I got four of twelve blocks done for step 2 of the Downton Abbey QA -- Notice this isn't even on my finishes for 2014 list!



I sorted and organized a lot of my scraps.  I cut a big jar of 2"squares.  I will do these as "filler" blocks here and there for when I need some mindless sewing and make a scrap vomit quilt.


I'm working on the binding for my tall geese Block Lotto quilt.





New Projects
1.  Celtic Solstice (Bonnie Hunter Mystery 2013)

 



Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Herringbone OSU quilt

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt) -- Received blocks this week 12.2.13
3.  Quilt Doodle Designs BOM (one more month to go!!!)
4.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt
5.  Picadilly Circle
6. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)
7.  MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)
8.  Downton Abbey Mystery QA

Blocks Still Need to be Made
1.  NY Beauty
2.  Orca Bay
3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4.  Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
5.  Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6.  Color coordinated hexagon quilt
7.  Gourmet Quilter Sampler
8.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
9.  Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)
10.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt
11.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt
12.  Quilt Doodle Designs 2013 BOM -- One more block to make

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; January 2013)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)
1.  Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2.  Grandma's WIP #2 (This is also a long-term project)

3.  Snowman mini quilt (red #1)

Ready to longarm
1.  Dutchman's Puzzle
2.  Scrappy Christmas QA (I think I am going to straight-line quilt this one.)
3.  Spring Mystery 2013 (still need to rip out those early longarming eyelashes)
4.  LQG Ship charity quilt
5.  LQG Just 6" Squares
6.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt (for a customer!)

Quilted, needs binding
1.  Block Lotto Tall Geese quilt -- hoping for a Friday finish

Completed this week:
 Nothing
This keeps my WIP count to 37.

 Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

Celtic Solstice Part #1

Here's some of my Celtic Solstice blocks for part 1 of Bonnie Hunter's 2013 mystery quilt. 

It always amazes me how my scrappy quilts are made.  For the most part they start out like this.  Sometimes there is only a scrap of fabric big enough for one piece.

My colors are:
Bonnie's Colors                                                   My Colors
Neutrals                                                               Neutrals
Yellow                                                                 Maroon
Orange                                                                 Grey
Green                                                                   Brown
Blue                                                                     Pink

I'm linking up with the others on Bonnie's blog Quiltville's Quips & Snips.  Check out the all the yummy scraps and fabrics others are using.

I am doing the larger version right now (The smaller version finishes about 75” X 75”. The large quilt is about 111” X 111”.)

Just in case I forget somewhere down the line, the instructions are

For the SMALL Quilt, you will need 92 units with Orange backgrounds and blue side triangles, and 96 with Neutral backgrounds and blue side triangles.

For the LARGE Quilt you will need 140 units with Orange backgrounds and blue side triangles, and 240 with Neutral Backgrounds and blue side triangles.

...and then for the sides

For the SMALL quilt cut 188 PAIRS of triangles ((that’s 188 left facing and 188 right facing)) from blue fabrics.

For the LARGE quilt cut 380 PAIRS of triangles ((that’s 380 left facing and 380 right facing)) from blue fabrics.

These units will measure 3-1/2" unfinished and finish at 3" in the quilt.

Our elf, Chippy, was up to no good again.  Here he is bungee jumping from the light fixture using a slinky.

12/2/13 Elf on the Shelf

Our elf, Chippy, is up to no good again!

Downton Abbey Mystery QA Step 2 Progress

So far I have only made four of the twelve blocks for the Downton Abbey Mystery QA.  The contrast of the fabrics I substituted for the actual Downton Abbey fabric line isn't that great, but the blocks turned out nice.  These are the colors that I only had to make four blocks.  The other eight blocks will be in different fabrics.

 

Here's the first four blocks

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving.  We have so many things to be thankful for.  Hug your family.  Play with your kids.  Be happy with the things that God has provided for us.  My husband has been sick for the past three weeks.  It's something that just needs a little time, sleep, and strong antibiotics to heal.  It could have been much worse.  We saw so many people that needed more help than us when we waited in the emergency room for 11 hours.  My husband is home and getting better.  My son and I are enjoying the snow and playing "school".  Life is good.

Today I just made one scrappy block and attached it to a block I made earlier this week.  I think of all my friends that have given me scraps in this block.  I have some awesome friends.

Here's a pic of my little sunshine in the 6" of snow we got.  We could make snowballs, but couldn't get the snow to pack.  We made a little snowman.

Today will be a nice day with the family.  I hope to work just a little on my Downton Abbey Mystery blocks.  There are 12 blocks this week!  Whew!  Happy Thanksgiving!

WIP Wednesday 11.27.13

Here's what happened this busy week:

These geese flew on and off the frame.  Quilting for my tall geese blocks from the May block Lotto will hopefully be my Friday Finish quilt.  Needs trimmed and a binding.



I finished quilting this customer quilt.



I also finished quilting this customer quilt.



I made this little sleep bag for my six-year-old.




I sorted scraps and cut them to 2" squares all neat in a jar.



I did a sample block on what I have in mind.  I'm not going to consider this a new project since I am really just organizing scraps at this time.  Here's my sample:

 

That is what it would look like on point.  I really like it better when it's not on point.  I got my inspiration from a 2010 quilt along at I'm a Ginger Monkey blog.  Her scrap vomit quilts are awesome!

 

 There's a giant starburst QA at  Canoe Ridge CreationsCanoe Ridge Creations.


Cutting starts Monday, November 25.  Check it out.

I'm entertaining the thought of joining in onthis QA to make a quick baby quilt for my stock.

New Projects

 



Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Herringbone OSU quilt

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt) -- Gave blocks to LQG Round Robin swap 4.23.13
3.  Quilt Doodle Designs BOM (one more month to go!!!)
4.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt
5.  Picadilly Circle
6. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)
7.  MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)
8.  Downton Abbey Mystery QA

Blocks Still Need to be Made
1.  NY Beauty
2.  Orca Bay
3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4.  Red/White Flower Basket Quilt
5.  Maroon Star Sampler Quilt
6.  Color coordinated hexagon quilt
7.  Gourmet Quilter Sampler
8.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt
9.  Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)
10.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt
11.  Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Butterfly Blocks (that I won)
3.  Orange/Blue Fish Blocks (that I won)
4.  Split Stars (blocks won from Block Lotto; October, 2012)
5.  African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Tall Fly (blocks won from Block Lotto; January 2013)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)
1.  Grandma's WIP -- Cameo Rose (this one is a long-term project)
2.  Grandma's WIP #2 (This is also a long-term project)

3.  Snowman mini quilt (red #1)

Ready to longarm
1.  Dutchman's Puzzle
2.  Scrappy Christmas QA (I think I am going to straight-line quilt this one.)
3.  Spring Mystery 2013 (still need to rip out those early longarming eyelashes)
4.  LQG Ship charity quilt
5.  LQG Just 6" Squares
6.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt (for a customer!)

Quilted, needs binding
1.  Block Lotto Tall Geese quilt -- hoping for a Friday finish

Completed this week:
Customer quilts #6 & #7.
Sleep bag for son.

 

This brings my WIP count from 39 to 38.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!