WIP Wednesday -- Another Productive Week!

It's been another productive week.

I completed the Pumpkins & the Beanstalk quilt in time for the happy mom-to-be.



I loaded this customer quilt on the frame.  Expect another fabulous Friday finish!


It was explorer day this week at the elementary.  Meet the young Henry Hudson... with the help of a blazer from Goodwill and a curtain, some stretchy crushed blue fabric, a cowboy hat, and a mustache from his costume box, he was good to go.  (It's cold here in Ohio -- in the high 20's.  Wearing his sweat pants under his costume instead of my shoes with the big buckle and white stockings didn't work.)



I made a lot of progress on my sew-to-go project which is an EPP table topper.



Our elf, Chippy, did not make his appearance yet this year.  In place of Chippy, his cousin (Blue) showed up telling us that Chippy had knee surgery.  The escapades continue.



Sadly, a quilt is lost.  I mailed this quilt to my customer in Indiana.  She in turn mailed it to her mother in Florida.  It has been delivered to the wrong address and not found yet. :(



I did not start any new projects this week.  This brings my WIP list down to 67 projects.  I've had list in the upper 90's in the past. 

Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn

1.  Cheddar Jack cat pattern from Mama Spark's World 

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.  Go Four It! -- Scrappy 4-patches started as leader/ender June 2017

7.  Patriotic Folk Animals (from Americana Quilts Book) -- hand work for school

8.   Soul Searching -- need 2 more blocks for Julianne swap
9.   Leah Day Building Blocks QA

10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA
11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM
12.  Mod Mod QA (turning this one into a baby quilt) (from block Lotto, mostly circles w/lines)

13.  Slow Sunday Stitching wool candle mat from Sue project

14.  Bonnie Hunter Garden Party (started 3.18.17.)

15,  Cross Stitch bathroom saying for Aunt Jo

16.  Kite Girl (RSC14)

17.  Amish Country BOM (from Lynn, Johnna's mom)

18.  Cabins at the Lake (from Fons & Porter Magazine) (only one house block complete.)

19.   2.5" Scraps from Dani making "cracker" blocks

20.  EPP mini table topper (grey, maroon, blue, cream...)

21.  Little Houses (3.5" blocks)

22.  Split Stars (Block Lotto win)

23.  Spools (Leader & Ender project with Bonnie Hunter)

24.  Scrappy Hourglass Quilt 

25.  Slabs with White Rectangle (RSC14 started -- need blocks each month)

26.  Bonnie Hunter Box Kite class from March, 2017 (Will make baby quilt.)

27.  Super Mario QA

28.  2015 Orange, pink, grey kite blocks (from Accuquilt die, RSC17)

29.  Maroon Sampler Quilt

30.  Gypsy Wife QA (started again with Angie at Gnome Angel, August 2017)

31.  Crown of Thorns in blues

32.  2016 Plus Blocks (from left over pieces of Soul Searching blocks)

33.  RSC16 Folk Art Birds

34.  Kevin the Quilter's Sapphire Stars Mystery (started Summer 2017) 

35.  Secret O - H - I - O quilt.  Shhhh.  Can't show this one--but it's cool!

36.  Dot Dot Dash bag -- (new to the list April, 2018)

37.  Cross Stitch "A Friend is Someone..." WIP found in April, 2018, from 1980's!

  

Blocks Still Need to be Made

1.  Bluepatch Mystery Quilt

2.  Scrap Crystals (working on blue pieces for RSC15)

3.  We Can Do It Skill Builder Sampler

4.  Amanda Murphy Designs (ugly fabric quilt)

5. Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt (my seams don't match Julianne's seams...)
6.  Drunkard's Path Variation baby quilt

7.  Kim Diehl's Table Topper from her book Simple Charm (Started August, 2017 for to-go bag.)

8.  Catchin' Some Rays needle turn applique crib quilt started March, 2018 (adding EPP hexies!)
        

Blocks are made but need to be sewn together (and/or some sashing)
1.  Block Swap Adventure Orange/Yellow Sampler (2011-2012)
2.  Cruise blocks won from Libby
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 

7.  Fortune Teller (RSC14 started)

8.  Sonja's Windows string quilt 

9.  Block Swap Adventure (2013) Churn Dash Blocks 

10.  Tula Pink's City Sampler 100 Modern Quilt Blocks (New QA starting 5/7/17 Gnome Angel)

11.  Flower Baskets (blue and white with some applique) Block Lotto win 10/1/18

12.  Pre-printed cross stitch pillow sham (May, 2018 sew-to-go bag)

Quilts back needs to be made (tops are done)

1.  Pat Sloan's, I Love to Make Quilts Sampler Solstice Challenge (Red & White finished top 2017)

2. Card Trick (pink and blue) HUGE charity quilt for local quilt guild
3.  Hunter green large (bubbly -- will be a challenge to longarm) charity quilt for the local guild
4. Bubble Gum pink and navy charity quilt for local quilt guild 

Ready to longarm
1.  Little Letters QA Quilt (A RSC14 project)
2.  Royal Blue embroidered customer quilt (SB) Sewed back 11/20/18
3. Pink floral embroidery quilt (SB) quilting Circle Lord Cosmos Friday Finish 11/23/18

4.  Embroidery Bear with balloons and hearts crib quilt.

5.  Customer quilt with special block in the center (CM)
6.  Embroidery Bear crib quilt

 

I'm linking up with Lorna for Let's Bee Social.  Check it out today at Let's Bee Social!

          

Explorer Day -- Henry Hudson Costume for 5th Grade

Yesterday was Explorer Day at our elementary school.  With one curtain and one maroon blazer from Goodwill and one cowboy hat and some velvety knit stuff, young Henry Hudson was dressed.

 

With the blue stretchy stuff in my stash that someone gave me I made knickers, a cape, and covered his cowboy hat.  He had the funny mustache in his costume bin.  I added some fur for a goatee.  I cut the curtain ruffle off to use as trim on his sleeves and hat.  The rest rent on top of his ruff.  There was plenty of curtain left over for his sash.  The ruff was a piece of white polyester blend.  A little stiff pelon to reinforce it and make it stand up did the trick. 

Everything (except the pants, hat, and facial hair) was sewn to his maroon blazer.  It was easy for him to put on by himself (which is a big deal to the teachers in his class.)  He had a blast.

 

He was excited that he won second place in the contest.

 

I'm not sure if the video plays.  Don't worry, it gets lighter after the first few seconds.

 

 

On the Frame Monday

I have this beautiful embroidered customer quilt on the longarm frame today.  I am quilting it using the Circle Lord giant board called Cosmos.  I love the effect of this template board.  It is more time consuming than the others.  It has a feminine (romantic) effect on the quilt.  This quilt has been speaking to me from the line-up bin that it wanted Cosmos.  I LOVE it when a quilt speaks to me!

I have an extra day off this week due to the school schedule for Thanksgiving.  I need to get ready for Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt and pull some fabrics.  Busy, busy, busy!  I LOVE it!

Slow Sunday Stitching

I'll be honest, I'm not as excited about this project as when it started.  But it does continue.  I do want to complete it.  I love making EPP hexagons.  I know that.  I don't like the size of this project.  I tried to do it in rows and sew the rows.  The little cardboards keep popping off.

This is definitely a learning process.  This was supposed to be a table runner for my small kitchen table.  It will be perfect, flaws and all.  For the next part I will try to do the sections differently so that not as many papers pop off. 

I know all those wrinkles will come out before it is complete in the quilting process, but it's too hard to roll up and put in my to-go bag like this.  This day I was working backstage of the high school musical The Adams Family.  You can see the costumes in the background.

 

 

 

I LOVE the hexagon basting process the best.  They travel great!

 

I'm linking up with Kathy at Kathy's Quilts for Slow Sunday Stitching.

 

The Green's Have It

Pumpkins & the Beanstalk was gifted today to the mother-to-be.  All these scrappy greens were admired.

 

You can read more about the quilt finish here.

 

Lining up with Angela at SoScrappy for the RSC18 here.

 

 

Elf on the Shelf... Chippy's Cousin, Blue (Our Elf had knee surgery.)

Who said it's hard to get my kid to read?  He was so excited this week to read the note that "Blue" left.  Blue is a new elf at our house this year.  Blue is Chippy (or original elf on the shelf) first cousin. 

Our son is crazy when it comes to announcing people.  He loves to announce them in difference ways.  For example, my sister-in-law is also his aunt, his dad's sister, his dad's sister's sister, his grandpa's daughter, my BFF... you get the point... 

Blue will only be here once in a while (not because of my busy schedule) because Chippy had "knee surgery" and isn't released by the doctor to fly yet.

 

Owen was so excited that he proposed to me again.  LOVE!

 

Luckily Blue brought a couple of new Wii games that I got on eBay to keep Owen busy so that I can finish some of my sewing/quilting deadlines during this busy season.

Pumpkins & the Beanstalk -- A Friday Finish

I love how cute this baby quilt is.  It is for my nephew's wife's baby shower that is TOMORROW!  Finished just in time.

 

This quilt measures 40" x 49".

 

The back is a simple dot fabric.  I quilted it with Circle Lord Swirls giant template board.

 

I signed the label by hand.   Check out the labels on Sarah Craig's blog, Confessions of a Fabric Addict today.  I need to think of ordering some of them from Dutch Label Shop.  They are very neat and professional and on sale this month!

 

I'm excited that this is my seventh finish in SEVEN weeks!  Woohoo!!!

 

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

 

 

I'm linking up at Alycia Quilts for TGIF Friday!!!!

 

 

Linking up with Sarah Craig at Confessions of a Fabric Addict for Can I Get a Whoop Whoop?

 

 

This was also my project for the November OMG (one main goal) finish.  I'll be linking up to that at Elm Street quilts later in the month.