Purple String Quilt for the Guild -- Friday Finish 2.28.14

I finished quilting another quilt for our LQG.  Yeah!!!  Another one off of my WIP list.  Counting them down one by one.  This one is quilted with swirls.  I quilted it with the popular swirls.  I think they look really nice on this quilt.  The odd thing is that I used grey thread for the quilting.  Great choice in my opinion.

 

I forgot to take a picture of this on the line with the back.  Here it is.  It's kinda modern for me.

 

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 at Such a Sew and Sew blog for the February finishing party.

 

Star Light Star Bright Sides

The assignment this week for the Star Light Star Bright QA is to build the block sides.  Here are my four sides positioned around the center.  These fabrics are way out of my comfort zone, but I really like them.

 

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

 

 

WIP Wednesday 2.26.14

It's been another icy, winter-weather week.  That means I got a lot done!  Check it out:

I finished two Picadilly Circle blocks with the help of the RSC14 (Rainbow Scrap Challenge '14).


I was busy longarming.  I turned in FOUR longarmed quilts to our local quilt guild (LQG).





I am going to finish this WIP that was someone else's that was mixed in with some of the scraps that I bought at a garage sale a couple of summers ago.  I quilted it on my Husqvarna sewing machine.



I have my sights on the Triangle QA that starts March 21.  Time to start another project with all these finishes!  Fabric needs to be pulled from my stash.



I got eight more blocks done on my Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt.  This makes four rows.



I loaded my Star Surround quilt on the frame and finished longarming it.



I loaded my 2nd Split Decision quilt on the frame an it won't be long until that one is done.  But this leaves me with just one quilt in the "to be longarmed" box.  I better get piecing!



Finishing up all these projects and getting close to ending a couple more, I started in on the Star Light Star Bright QA at Happy Quilting.  This will be a mini quilt that will be a table topper.  This is just the center.



New Projects This Week
Someone else's WIP -- House Wall Hanging
2.  Star Light Star Bright QA

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 (February done)

10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA (January blocks done) 

11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM (January block complete)

12.  Mod Mod QA (need to work on February blocks)

13.  Pat Sloan Globetrotting BOM (January block complete)

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
2.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt (on the frame)

Quilted, needs binding
1.  Sue's Purple String Quilt for LQG
3.  Happy Quilting Star Surround QA
3.  Someone else's WIP -- House Wall Hanging (quilted on regular sewing machine.)

Completed this week:
1.  Alphabet Panel #1 for LQG
2.  LQG 1" scrappy squares (hoping for a Friday finish)
3.  Alphabet Panel #2 for LQG
4.  Sue's Solids String Quilt for LQG

WIP count this week moved from a very organized 41 to 39.  (I finished four, but started two... that's still progress in my book.)   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!

 

Star Light Star Bright QA @ Happy Quilting

I'm a couple of weeks late, but I decided to start the Star Light Star Bright QA with Happy Quilting.

I am going to make a simple one block mini quilt to put on the night stand beside the bed.  (Right now it has a Christmas mini quilt on it.)  I am using some "modern" fabrics that I won when I did the ...And Sew On BOM blocks in 2013.    These fabrics were part of a scrap bundle from Fabric Worm.  Here's the center of my block:

 

I'm linking up with the others at Happy Quilting here.

2nd Split Decision on the Frame

Yesterday I showed my Star Surround quilt on the frame.  It went so smoothly that I finished quilting it and loaded my 2nd Split Decision quilt on the frame while my little guy was in kindergarten.  Sadly, I'm down to just one finished quilt top to quilt in my longarm box.  Guess I better get piecing on some others.

I'm trying to get together some of the blocks that I have for finished quilts that just need some sashing and corner stones and make them my leader & ender project.  Organization is key.

Here's my 2nd Split Decision quilt that is on the frame now:

Star Surround QA Quilt on the Frame

I loaded my Star Surround QA quilt on the frame.  I am quilting it with swirls.  It seems to really give those stars motion.

 

Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip Quilt -- Row Four

Plugging along on my Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip Quilt.  Here's four rows now:

 

The helper helped me write numbers and pin them to the blocks.  Then he moved back to his iPad.

 

February Scrap Saturday RSC14 -- Pink

It's the last Saturday of the month already.  This week I worked on two blocks for my Picadilly Circle quilt from Quiltmaker Magazine July/August 2013.  I love these two blocks. 

 

This package of happy mail arrived yesterday.  It's a beautiful color wheel pack of Vicki Welsh Hand Dyed Fabrics.  There are 10 fat eighths.  Thank you, Vicki for sponsoring the January RSC14 and contributing to the prizes.  You can check out some of Vicki's site at vickiwelsh.com ; her Etsy shop is here.  Check out all her wonderful hand dyed fabrics!  THANK YOU, Vicki!!!

 

 

 

I'm linking up with the others today on Angela's blog for the RSC14!

 

Triangle Quilt Along @ TheSassyQuilter!!!

The name says it all... I've been having finishes left and right and have had some self control this past month.  But that's it -- I've got to join this one.

Add this to my WIP list!!!  I'm excited.  Here's the schedule that I copied from The Sassy Quilter.

When do we start?

Not until March 21st! So you have got plenty of time to get your thoughts and fabrics together.

Schedule

Triangle Quilt Along Announcement and Fabric Requirements- February 14

Official Sign-up and Share Fabric Selection- Week 1, March 21

Cutting- Week 2, March 28

Piecing Rows- Week 3, April 4

Joining Rows- Week 4, April 11

Break week! Giving you some quilting time here:) April 18

Triangle Extravaganza! Week 5, April 25

Another Charity Quilt Finish for our LQG

I finished longarming the last quilt in the charity bin for our LQG today.  This string quilt reminds me of what I would see on my drive 20 minutes from where I live now in Amish country.  It's beautiful solids and black -- a classic combination.  The weather was quite yucky today.  It's in the mid 30's.  Everything is frozen or dripping and starting to get a little muddy.  The wind cooperated with me enough to get these two shots:

 

I'm happy to link up another finish this week with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY.   I'm so happy to keep crossing them off the list!

 

 

 

LQG 1" Squares Friday Finish 2.21.14

I'm happy to finish this quilt for our local quilt guild.  As of right now the charity bin of old UFO quilt tops are all distributed!  I think I only have four more in my posession.  This quilt was all hand pieced.  I think someone from our guild sewed on the blue border.  This quilt was a bit of a challenge because it was at least 6" longer on one side.  It all worked out.  It will make somebody a nice quilt!  I quilted it with Circle Lord Swirls, of course.

 

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 Crazy Mom Quilts:

http://crazymomquilts.blogspot.com/

Someone Else's WIP

Someone else's WIP is now my WIP.  I found this block in some of the garage sale scraps that I bought two summers ago.  I just couldn't throw it away.  I like it, but didn't know what to do with it.  I came across it again while pulling blue/green/orange strips from my stash.  It was waaaaaaaaay in the bottom of the bin.  I guess it was meant for me to find it and start working on it.  Ironically I trimmed a charity quilt today and the scrap batting was just the perfect size for it.  Coincidence?  I think not.  God must have wanted me to get the message "What kind of house will you build for me?"  Acts 7-49.

I am just doing straight line quilting across it with my walking foot.  It looks "organic".   I am a huge fan of mindless sewing.  I LOVE the calico fabric that just happened to also be right there within reach in my fabric bin.  It goes perfect with it.  I will use the calico fabric as the binding as well.  I love the X's and dashes going around the Osnaburg fabric attaching it to the border fabric.  I am going to put a hanging sleeve on it as well.  I have the perfect place for it in our bedroom on my side of the bed.

Twin Finishes for the Guild

I finished longarming two little quilts for our local quilt guild (LQG).  Time to knock two more quilts off my WIP list!

 

One I quilted with stippling and the other I quilted with loops.

 

I'm happy to link up today's finish with Richard and Tanya Quilts for the Link-A-Finish FRIDAY tomorrow, since this week's linky is closed.

 

 

Here's a yummy recipe that I'm making this weekend:

 

Chicken Roll Ups

Ingredients 

6 oz cooked chicken breast, chopped

1 can crescent rolls

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup cheese

 

Directions

Preheat oven to 350.  Lightly spray a 9x13-inch pan with cooking spray. 

Mix together milk, soup and cheese - set aside. Separate crescent rolls into 8 triangles. Top the large part of the crescent triangle with the chopped chicken. Top each crescent roll with 1 tsp of soup mixture. Roll crescent rolls up. Spread approximately 1/3 cup of soup mixture in bottom of 9x13 dish. Place crescent rolls in dish. Pour remaining soup mixture over crescent rolls.

Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly.

WIP Wednesday 2.19.14

A holiday... another snow day...  Didn't get everything done this week, but I did get quite a bit done.

Chalk another one off the list.  I completed my Yahoo Groups 2012 Spring Mystery quilt!



For RSC14 I made 12 scrappy string strips that are 2.5" x about 43"!



I started working on my Finding Nemo Scrappy Trip quilt again.  I have three rows done and now I can add these six blocks to it this week.



I finished my Classic Meets Modern block for February -- LOVE it!


New Projects This Week
None (surprised?)

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 (February done)

10.  Love Laugh Quilt Christmas Improv QA (January blocks done) 

11.  Classic Meets Modern BOM (January block complete)

12.  Mod Mod QA (need to work on February blocks)

13.  Pat Sloan Globetrotting BOM (January block complete)

 

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
2.  2nd Split Decision baby quilt
3.  Sue's Solids String Quilt for LQG
4.  Alphabet Panel #1 for LQG
5.  Happy Quilting Star Surround QA

Quilted, needs binding
1.  Sue's Purple String Quilt for LQG
2.  LQG 1" scrappy squares (hoping for a Friday finish)
3.  Alphabet Panel #2 for LQG

Completed this week:
1. Spring Mystery 2013
WIP count this week moved from a very organized 42 to 41.  My WIP goal for New Years Day 2015 is 19.

Highlighted items in the Pieces Still Need to be Cut & Sewn section above still need to be done for the month.  These are 2014 BOM projects.

Linking up with Lee at Freshly Pieced for WIP Wednesday!

 

Found this recipe today on facebook!

POTATO PUFFS
Ingredients
3 cups of mashed potatoes
2 eggs
1/3 cup sour cream (optional extra for serving)...
1 heaping cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
2 tablespoons chopped chives or parsley
Salt and black pepper, to taste
Directions Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease with butter 8 - 9 of the wells of a nonstick muffin pan. In a medium mixing bowl whisk the eggs then mix in the sour cream. Stir in both cheeses and the chives. Add potatoes and mix well. Spoon them into the pan filling the cups to slightly below the top. Bake 25- 35 minutes until they pull away from the sides of the cup and are golden brown. Remove from oven and let them cool 5 minutes in pan. Serve with sour cream if desired.

Six more Scrappy Trip blocks

I worked a lot yesterday making scrappy trip blocks.  I think it took so long because I went through all my stash (except for the solids) and cut more blue, green, and orange strips with my Accuquilt 2.5" strip cutter.  I have a pile of accurately cut strips and only six blocks to show for it.  Hmp.  I also started cutting the blocks with a rotary cutter instead of my strip cutter after it was sewn into a tube.  I still think it's a slow process for me.  Yet I see others just whip out these blocks.  Oh well... enjoy the ride.  Here's my six blocks:

It's time to get this Scrappy Trip on the Road again

It's time to get this Scrappy Trip quilt going again.  It is one of my February goals to work on it.  I call this one Finding Nemo because of the blues, greens, and the strip of orange in the center of each block.  I only have three rows right now.  I see so many people make tons of these blocks in one day.  I use the Bonnie Hunter scrappy trip tube method.  I guess I'm just slow at it.  I need to cut a bunch more strips.  I need 48 more blocks to make this big quilt.  I'm planning it to be 96" square.  I love big quilts.



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Cathy, at Big Lake Quilter is having a giveaway for a book called "Welcome the Seasons."  Check it out here:  http://wwwbiglakequilter.blogspot.com/2014/02/a-finish-and-giveaway.html

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Scrap Saturday -- Pink -- 2.8.14

I'm not sure what I'm going to do with this strips yet.  I know I saw a tutorial on making something that had a white square, then a scrappy row around them and then another white square, but I just can't find it yet.  Most of these strings are less than 2.5"  A lot of them are 1" to start.  I thought it would put a big dent in my gallon Ziplock back of pink strings, but there are still plenty left.  Woot woot!

I'm linking up with the others today on Angela's blog for the RSC14!