Slow Sunday Stitching -- The Tree is Done!

I'm excited that this part of this block is complete.  This is the most handwork I have EVER done on a block.  Look at all my fun leaves.  I'm still in the learning process (which I will always be.)  I tried different techniques while stitching.  I really am enjoying the process!  Enough taking... here it is:

I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  This week's progress is shown here. It's a gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  Have a great week, everybody!

  I'm also linking up with Sharon at Vroomans Quilts for the Let's Book It challenge for November.

 

This has been my Let's Book it project as well.  Here's what I have finished thus far:

I'm working from Cheryl Wall's book Welcome Home.  I really like the quilt designs in the book.  The instructions are illustrated nicely.  They are easy to follow.  The only thing I don't like about the book is that the instructions are cut, sew, cut, sew...  I sat one day and just wrote out all the cutting instructions on pages and pages of notebook paper to help streamline the process when it comes to stitching the blocks.  Other than that, I LOVE the book!

 

 

October RSC -- Orange

Last Saturday of the month and I made time to make a few scrappy hourglass blocks.  I started these hourglass blocks before Bonnie Hunter made them cool with the leader/ender challenge block this year.  I'm only making a few a month with my busy schedule right now, but I'm enjoying the process.  It's a leader/ender project...that's the way they work.

Here's my 12 orange hourglass blocks...

 

Speaking of orange,  my quilty BFF from across the country (California) is Julianne that blogs at Quilting with Calicos surprised me with this gorgeous, scrapalicious deliciousness of a festive pumpkin table runner.  It was a surprise package in the mail.  Isn't it GORGEOUS???

 

 

Love ya, Jules!!!

 

I'm linking up with Angela at SoScrappy for this week's installment of RSC16. Be sure to check out all the other scrappy goodies at the linky party today.

 

An October Friday Finish

Horray.  I finished a big quilt today.  This Hunter's Star quilt top is the property of my local quilt guild.  I finished the quilt be longarming it, binding it, and putting on the label.  It was my OMG (one main goal) to finish this quilt for October, 2016.

I LOVE that I chose to quilt this with one of my favorite Circle Lord Templates called Egyptian Eye!  The curves do wonders when paired with a quilt with a lot of angles.  BEAUTIFUL MOVEMENT!!!

 

Here's the back.  I love a good pieced back, but then again, sometimes a wide fabric does the trick!

 

Don't forget the label!  We will add the year with a Sharpie!

I'm linking up with

October One Monthly Goal.

 

 

I'm also linking up with Myra at Busy Hands Quilts for Finished or Not Friday.

The Crow Has Landed!

The crow has landed!!!  This totally makes this block!  Only a few more leaves to go...  one by one...

This is what it looked like last week:



Enjoying the progress!


I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  This week's progress is shown here. It's a gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  Have a great week, everybody!

Batik Strip Quilt

The quilting on a customer's batik strip quilt is now complete.  I quilted it with the popular Circle Lord Swirls giant template board.

Slow Sunday Stitching

I'm now working on the branches on the left side of the block!  Hopefully I'll get to add the crow on top this week.  I'm enjoying the process.  I'm adding a few more leaves than the pattern suggests. I'm still glad this is a primitive project.

This is what it looked like last week:

I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  This week's progress is shown here. It's a gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  Have a great week, everybody!

Finish Along 2016 -Q4 Goals

It's time to set my Q4 goals for Finish Along 2016.  I've decided to make a short list, as the 7 projects below probably won't all get done.  I also have several customer quilts and guild project quilts that need completed soon.  I'm linking up with Leanne at She Can Quilt.

 

1.  This Hunter's Star quilt is still on my longarm frame.  It needs to get DONE!  It's a charity quilt for my local quilt guild.  It's also my OMG goal for October.  Chop, chop.

 

 

2.  I'd love to finish my Celtic Solstice quilt.  The problem is that I am doing an enormous pieced back for it.  The back is so busy I don't know if my husband will be able to sleep under it.  LOL.  Good, maybe he'll stop stealing my part of the blanket.

 

 

3.  Finish December 2014 Block Lotto Big O blocks that I won 12.31.14!  The quilt has been put together as a top.  The back has been made (one fabric).  It needs to be longarmed and a binding.

 

4.  Finish Bonnie Hunter 2015 Mystery quilt, Allietare!  (Top is complete.)  It needs a back.  I need to find just he perfect backing for it.

 

5.  Finish Sew Sweet Simplicity (Customer Quilt) for Maxine.  The blocks are made and need to be put together and then longarmed and bound.  (I also need to find the blocks that I inherited.  Her things still need to be sorted. :(  )


Here's one of the beautiful blocks.  I need to do something special for each center.   

 

6.  Complete this Country Roads Mini.  It was a mystery at Humble Quilts for 2015.

 

7.  I doubt if I'll have time, but I'm going to throw this quilt in with my Q3 goals too.  These are blocks that I won in the Block Lotto.  All of the blocks made it home by February, 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow Sunday Stitching

I'm still working on this willow tree.  But I'm enjoying the process.  I'm adding a few more leaves than the pattern suggests.  I need practice with leaves.  It's the hardest thing I have needle-turn appliqued yet.  Even the circles were easier.  They are not perfect, but they are mine!  Glad this is a primitive project.

I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  It's a gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  Have a great week, everybody!

Quilt Doodles 2016 BOM -- Hats

It's time to get caught up on my Quilt Doodle Designs 2016 BOM blocks.  For September we made five hats.

Here's all the other blocks.  I'm happy with the blue quilt!


Oh, and the four snowmen corners from earlier this week:



 I will add the buttons after the quilt is quilted.  I am a longarm quilter.  I prefer not to have buttons on before the quilting.  I also want to use a bunch of my grandma's old buttons that I KNOW she cut off of old blouses and coats to make it even more sentimental.  I'm loving the blue blocks!


  Check out the flickr group here.

Snowmen -- Quilt Doodle Designs 2016 BOM

I'm still stitching along with Cindy at Quilt Doodle Designs.  For October we only needed to make four small blocks.  You can find her info on the pattern for the snowmen on her blog post here.

I will add the buttons after the quilt is quilted.  I am a longarm quilter.  I prefer not to have buttons on before the quilting.  I also want to use a bunch of my grandma's old buttons that I KNOW she cut off of old blouses and coats to make it even more sentimental.  I'm loving the blue blocks!

Now off to cut out those hats before the bus brings our kid home from school.

  Check out the flickr group here.

I'm really liking this all blue/white quilt.  Here are the rest of my blocks from previous posts/months:



So right now, the snowmen, Santas, and reindeer need eyes.  The wreaths may get some berries.

On the Frame

This is a charity quilt for my local quilt guild.  It is a Hunter's Star quilt.  I finally have it on the longarm frame.  It is my OMG! (One Monthly Goal) to finish this quilt in October.  I am quilting it with the Circle Lord giant template board called Egyptian Eye.

I'm linking up with Heidi at Red Letter Quilts for the October goal setting party here.

Let's Book It!

I'm still working on blocks from the same book.  I'm loving the Let's Book It! Challenge.  Here's the how the block that I'm working on started:

 

This week it progressed to this:

 

 

I'm linking up with Sharon for the Let's Book It Challenge at Vroomans Quilts. for the Let's Book It Challenge for October here.

 

I need to finish stitching down the branch on the right and then adding the leaves.  I'm a little hesitant to add the leaves, but I'm glad I'm not worried because this quilt will look primitive.

 

The book I am using is  Welcome Home ~~ Surround Yourself with Country Warmth, by Cheryl Wall.  Cheryl got my attention with the adorable house blocks made from shirtings. 

 

Here's the next block I am working on for Cheryl's pattern, Welcome Home Sampler Quilt.  This block is a tree with leaves and a crow on top.  This one is going to help me pass the time while waiting on the bus... and students... and lunch... and speech... and cub scouts...  Yeah!  I love working from my to-go bag. 

I'm also linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  It's a gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  Have a great week, everybody!