Star Light Star Bright QA on the Frame

Here's my Star Light Star Bright QA quilt on the frame.  I'm hoping to get it completely done for the linky party and quilt parade on Melissa's blog, Happy Quilting,.  I'm just doing some freehand stippling on the solids and some freehand loopy flowers on the rest.  I'm a bit ahead of schedule!  Whohoo!

Scrappy Saturday RSC14

First let's start by sorting just my strings into piles by color.

See that big tub?  That is my blue/green scrap tub.  All the rest of the scraps are in gallon baggies.  I really need to find a cool string project (or 10 projects) to use these!  If you have a favorite string project, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know what it is!

I didn't make many scrappy teal blocks this week.  I did use up most of the rest of the teal I won in a scrap bundle from Fabric Worm.  It went in to my Star Light Star Bright QA table topper.

 

I need to finish the one border with FMQ.

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrapy: ScrapHappy blog.

An Unusual Friday Finish for Me 3.7.14

This little quilt is an unusual finish for me.  It measures 17" x 20.5".  I don't know why I am so drawn to it.  This little project was someone else's WIP.  It was in with some scraps I bought at a garage sale.  When I found it I thought that I would just rip the little house off of the background fabric and have a nice neutral background in my scraps for something like a Bonnie Hunter scrappy quilt.  I ran across it at the bottom of one of the bins again and was drawn to it as it set on my desk.  For some reason I felt this little quilt needed finished and hung.

 

It reads, "What kind of house will you build for me? Acts 7-49".  I believe that things don't happen by chance.  For some reason, God meant for me to know this verse.

I'm happy to link up today's finish with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY.

 

 

I'm also linking up with Elizabeth at Such a Sew and Sew. for the January Finishes Linky Party.

http://emsewandsew.blogspot.com/

 

 

I'm also linking up with Leah Day at The Free Motion Quilting Project.  I love to watch her videos.  I have learned so much about freehand quilting on my regular sewing machine.  The biggest thing I have learned is to relax and have fun.  Don't rip out the mini mistakes.  You get better with practice!

 

 

A Big one on the Frame

This is the biggest back I have ever loaded on my longarm frame.  It is using up all of the roller except for 3"!  This quilt is a group effort quilt for my local quilt guild.  It will be for the Spring Tea that we are hosting this year.

 

Here's a picture of the quilt top -- all in fancy batiks.

Star Light Star Bright Corners

Here are my four corners for the Star Light Star Bright QA:

 

I'm linking up this week with Melissa at Happy Quilting.  For the weekly linky party, go here.

WIP Wednesday 3.5.14

Lots of doctor/dentist appointments for our family this week.  It was all "maintenance", all is well.  It's still cold here.  I did manage to get quite a few things done.  Check it out!

I finished a kite girl block for the RSC14.  Teal is the color this month.


I finished longarm quilting this string quilt for our local quilt guild.


I set my A Lovely Year of Finishes March goal to finish my Star Surround quilt.


I'm caught up on the Star Light Star Bright QA.  This little quilt will be a table topper.


I finished the March block for the Classic Meets Modern BOM at Sew at Home Mummy


I finished the block for March for the Pat Sloan Globetrotting QA.  This is the Chicago block.


Here's the Big Tree block I made for the Quilt Doodle Designs BOM Mystery.  Isn't it adorable -- especially when connected to the cabin?  I can't wait to see what else is in this row.


New Projects This Week
  None

Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Herringbone OSU quilt

2.  Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt)

3.  Rock Island Campfire Quilt
4.  Picadilly Circle
5. ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (one block to go)
6.  MSBHQAL (Molli Sparkles Broken Herringbone Quilt Along)
7.  Bonnie Hunter's 2013 Celtic Solstice Mystery (Still working on chevrons; others done).
8.  Gypsy Wife QA (recycling  Red/White Flower Basket Quilt into this project & duds.)
9.  Quilt Doodle Doodles Designs 2014 BOM

10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA

11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM

12.  Mod Mod QA

13.  Pat Sloan Globetrotting BOM

14.  Star Light Star Bright QA

 

Blocks Still Need to be Made
1.  NY Beauty
2.  Orca Bay
3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler
4.  Red Frosty & Friends quilt #3
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 (started working on this again 2/14)
12.  Blue Frosty & Friends quilt #1

13.  Blue Frosty & Friends quilt #2 

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) (worked on these blocks this week.)
6.  Tall Fly
7.  Block Lotto Dud (Orphan Block Quilt)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)

Ready to longarm
1.  Dutchman's Puzzle

Quilted, needs binding
1.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt (trimmed, needs binding)
2.  Happy Quilting Star Surround QA
3.  Someone else's WIP -- House Wall Hanging (quilted on regular sewing machine.)

Completed this week:
1.  Sue's Purple String Quilt for LQG

WIP count this week moved from a very organized 39 to 38.   My WIP goal for New Years Day 2015 is 19.  Highlighted items in the Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn section above are done for the month.  These are 2014 BOM projects.
Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

Pat Sloan Globetrotting BOM - March

Here's my March block for the Pat Sloan Globetrotting QA.  This one is called Chicago.  It gave me a chance to introduce another grey and white into the quilt.