Quilt Doodle Designs BOM - July

Here's the Quilt Doodle Designs BOM for July.  It's called Jumping Jack's Blossom.

 

Check out our BOM's at our flickr group:

http://www.flickr.com/groups/2102890@N25/

 

You can also check them out on the Pinterest page:

http://pinterest.com/quiltdoodle/quilt-doodle-bom-2013/

Aiming for Accurace - Lesson 2

Here's Unit A4 in the Aiming for Accuracy Lesson 2.  The background fabrics are scrappy neutrals.  two of the neutral fabrics are from dress shirts that I picked up at a local Goodwill store for 50 cents each.

Follow along with Michele Foster at Quilting Gallery here.

July Goal - A Lovely Year of Finishes

My July goal for a lovely year of finishes is to complete my MMMRR13.  That stand for Modern Mini Mystery Round Robin 2013.  This was a swap that our lovely Michelle hosted at Quilts From My Crayon Box.  My quilt started out as a little block and was sent to five others who added a border.  Here's how my little quilt started out:

Oh, it's called the Tic Tac Toe block.  I got it from The Quilter's Cache.
http://www.quilterscache.com/M/MiniTicTacToeBlock_Page2.html
Here's a sneak peek at what Kim Johnson in Michigan did to my quilt -- it's amazing applique!



I still need to make a quilt back and quilt my MMMRR13.  The big reveal date on Michelle's blog is on 7/24.  It's been a busy busy summer with my six-year-old.  Let's hope I have time to finish the back and get this puppy on the frame!

I'm linking up with A Lovely Year of Finishes with this as my goal to have finished by the end of July -- but hopefully by 7/24.  See what the others are doing at http://www.fiberofallsorts.blogspot.com/2013/07/july-lovely-year-of-finishes-goal.html

Friday Finish -- Rocking Horse panel

I have to say that this Friday finish is not one of my favorite quilts.  This rocking horse panel was thrown in a box of things I got at a garage sale about two years ago.  I can see why it wasn't quilted back then.  It is soooooo crooked!  But it was a good place for me to try longarming a new design that I call Wonky Baptist Fans.

The owner of Circle Lord, Michael, threw in a sample of his version of the Baptist Fan to tempt me to buy it when he shipped me the Circle Lord Swirls template (which I totally LOVE!)  I do like his version better than the one I have from R&S Designs, but I don't think I like it for about $350!  It is much, much easier to follow.  I decided to use the one fan and keep turning it as I quilted each one.

This little quilt measures 34" x 44".  It has a vintage sheet on the back.  I used 2" strips for the binding instead of 2.5" to make a narrow, full binding.  Binding used to be one of my least favorite parts of a quilt, but since I have been getting lot of practice applying binding with all these finishes, it's getting better and better.  I'm even happy with my binding corners on this one.  This binding is also machine stitched with a zigzag size (4 x 4) on my Husqvarna Viking sewing machine.  It's a great binding for a little quilt that I donated as a charity quilt for my LQG that will hopefully be washed and washed and drug around with love.

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

 

I'm also showing off this finish by joining the linky parties on:

Can I get a Whoop Whoop?

Finish It Up Friday

String of Pearls QA at Christa Quilts Top Complete

Fireworks are exploding!  I can't believe how much I love these colors together!  The squares are leftovers from my Drunkard's Path baby quilt.  I added the orange to make a couple little pops and boy do I LOVE it!  Thanks, Julianne, for twisting my arm to do this one (yes, all the way from California to Ohio...) I am soooo happy that I did it.  Thanks Christa at Christa Quilts! for leading us in another fabulous quilt along.  Now off to search Pinterest for some inspiration on a pieced quilt back.  Happy Independence Day all!  And Ahhh... one of my favorite times of year to take pic of quilts on the clothesline (besides when everything is covered in snow...)  Love the green with this one.  I'm so happy I put those pops of orange in it!

 

 

Weight Watchers Peach Cobbler 4 pts per serving

Easy Peach Cobbler

Ingredients
... 2 lb frozen or fresh prepared peaches
1 box yellow cake mix
1 can(s) diet 7up or sprite

Directions
1 Spread frozen peaches in Pam sprayed 13x9 pan.
2 Sprinkle dry cake mix over peaches.
3 Pour 7up over cake mix.
4 Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees.
5 Uncover and bake for 40 minutes.
6 ENJOY!!

This is a Weight Watcher recipe. You can use any frozen fruit and any lemon lime diet soda. 4 pts. per serving

MAKES 8 SERVINGS
Calories 217

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ARE YOU KIDDING!! Just when I think cauliflower can't get any better! Well here we go!
Cheesy Cauliflower Patties = YUM YUM!

1 head cauliflower
2 large eggs
... 1/2 c cheddar cheese, grated
1/2 c panko
1/2 t cayenne pepper (more of less to taste)
salt
olive oil

Cut cauliflower into florets & cook in boiling water until tender about 10 minutes. Drain. Mash the cauliflower while still warm. Stir cheese, eggs, panko, cayenne & salt to taste.

Coat the bottom of a griddle or skillet with olive oil over medium-high heat. Form the cauliflower mixture into patties about 3 inches across. Cook until golden brown & set, about 3 minutes per side. Keep each batch warm in the oven while you cook the rest.

WIP Wednesday 7.3.13

Summer has been busy but I have still managed to get in a little quilting here and there.  Here's what got done this pat TWO weeks:

I received all the May Block Lotto winnings.  I put the "landing strips" on all of the geese too:

 

I made one Block Lotto block for July (it's going to be a busy month). This will probably be it.

 

Finished all the dreadful stars in the Lucky Stars QA (Yeah!!! The hard part is done.)


Decided upon the layout of my String of Pearls QA blocks. (Yeah!!! The hard part is done.)


Finished the first block in the Aiming for Accuracy QA.


Here's the big quilt bag that I made.  Turns out it comes in handy at the waterpark too.


Some crazy quilt blocks for my LQG members:


I finished Julianne's MMMRR13 and mailed it to her in California.  I received my MMMRR13 in the mail.  I haven't had a chance to get it on the frame yet.  Can't wait to show you the whole thing!


Here's the baby quilt that I totally fell in love with that I finished: (Front)

 
 (Back) -- Seems to be getting popular on Pinterest. :)

New Projects - zero (not enough time to start anything...)  There should be a lot of new projects coming up because I will only be taking things to CUT with me on vacation in a few weeks.  I won't get any sewing done during that time, but I plan on making several "quilt kits" while the others are sleeping.
Pieces still need to be cut
1. Herringbone OSU quilt
2. Digging up Bones (Owen's dinosaur quilt) -- Gave blocks to LQG Round Robin swap 4.23.13
3.  Aunt Reen's Jelly Roll QA (Taking this one camping with me after seeing Julianne's quilt!)
4. Aiming for Accuracy QA with Michele Foster at Quilting Gallery (Current QA)
5. Quilt Doodle Designs BOM (Current QA)
6.  ...And Sew On BOM at Quiet Play (Current 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.  Lucky Stars QA from Quilt Story


Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and 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 (block won from the Block Lotto)
5. African Violet baby quilt (Block Lotto inspired)
6.  Geese blocks from May 2013 Block Lotto (three more packages to arrive)


7. Christa Quilts String of Pearls (Current QA)
8. May Block Lotto Geese
 Quilt back need 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. Tumbler Charm Quilt 4. LQG Christmas charity quilt

4. LQG Jacob's Ladder charity quilt

5. LQG Ship charity quilt

6. MMMRR13

 

Ready to longarm
1. Dutchman's Puzzle
2. Scrappy Christmas QA
3. Spring Mystery longarmed, but Eyelashes to rip out!
4. Easy Street

Quilted, needs binding
1. Rocking Horse panel quilt

Open ended projects (Red highlighted items on this list are complete for July.)
1. Block Lotto Blocks (only made one block for July)2. And Sew On BOM project 2013 3. 2013 BOM Quilt Doodle Designs

Each Wednesday I try to link up with Lee at Freshly Pieced. Sometimes the linky will accept my picture and let me link; sometimes it doesn't. But I try.



Lucky Stars QA @ Quilt Story - Step 1

Finally.  All this LUCKY Stars are complete for step one of the Lucky Stars QA at Quilt Story.  I think these stars really are lucky to get completed.  It was a very tedious task for me.  I kept my nose to the grindstone and they finally got done.  AND I am very happy with them.  Yeah!

This picture really doesn't do all the fabrics justice.  I can't wait until this quilt is hanging on the line so that I can get a sun-shiny pic of it. 

There's still time to join!  http://quiltstory.blogspot.com/2013/06/lucky-stars-qal-join-us.html