Redwork Cheater Quilt -- a Friday Finish!

I had time to get this little cheater redwork complete.  It is a charity quilt for my local quilt guild.

This was my OMG goal for November.  November is SUCH a busy month!  But I got 'er done early.

 

I'm linking up with Patty for the OMG linky finish party at Elm Street Quilts.  Check out all the other fun finishes.

   The goal finishing linky party is here on November 27th.

 

I'm also happy to say that I was one of the winners for the linky party at the goal setting party for November.  My $25 gift certificate for the Fat Quarter Shop was spent yesterday while Black Friday shopping for backing fabric for last year's Bonnie Hunter mystery quilt.  Hopefully that will be my finish goal for January.  THANKS!!!

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

Another Welcome Home Block Complete!

I'm thrilled to say that my applique skills are improving with each block.  Although if I look at this block quickly I could possibly see a big banana instead of a moon, I still think this block is cute.  Here's another Welcome Home block that is complete (well, at least the applique part is complete.)

With election day and Veteran's Day this week, it was only fitting I complete the block with the American flag... festive!  I love these primitive blocks. :)

 I've been 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!

 

 

I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  It's another gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  The Cleveland Indians didn't win the World Series, BUT second place isn't that bad.  Have a great week, everybody!

2.5" Pinwheels

Tiny pinwheels are being made for my scrappy blues Quilt Doodle Designs BOM.  Can you believe that I finally ran out of a certain fabric?  Yes, that white background is gone.  Off to find another WOW scrap(s) so that I can make some more.  I worked on these blues during the "blue" months this year.  Time to get the last BOM part finished.

 

These little things are only 2.5" (2" finished in the quilt!)  Luckily I have some help!

 

 

 

Linking up with the RSC16 at SoScrappy.

 

 

I've been using up those scraps!  Here's some of my other scrappy blue blocks for this BOM:

 

 

 

 

I'll be putting all eyes and things on after the quilting is finished!  The santas look silly without faces right now.

 

 

Scrappy Fun on the Frame

Sometimes you just need a mindless stipple to sing away the day.  This beautiful scrap quilt is another charity quilt for the guild.  I was quilting it with an all over stipple design when all of a sudden the electronics went out on my Nolting 23...  Boo. 

The good news is that my husband is very mechanical -- very mechanical!  He took the head off the machine and I shipped it from Ohio to Hiawatha, Iowa.  The Nolting repair person fixed the handles for me in early August.  That fix lasted about 3 - 4 hours.  When I called him to tell him that part was fixed but a new problem developed, he told me that when I couldn't stand it any longer or I made it out of my busy season that I could ship it to him and he would fix it -- FOR FREE!!!  He even said that he would work with my on return shipping too. :)  Now that's great service, Nolting!!!

Hope you make it home soon, 23...

Slow Sunday Stitching -- Another block complete!

 I had just the perfect amount of free time to finish the applique part of Block 2 this week. 

I've been 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!

 

 

I'm linking up to Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  It's another gorgeous day outside here in Ohio.  The Cleveland Indians didn't win the World Series, BUT second place isn't that bad.  Have a great week, everybody!

 

Cheater Redwork on the Frame -- OMG for November

A little cheater panel red work quilt is on my longarm frame right now.  I'm quilting it with a simple stippling.  Should make a little baby happy.  Our guild is making many charity quilts for Hannah's House (a local charity) that helps young women that have aged out of the foster system.

 

Finishing this quilt is my OMG goal for November, 2016.

But OMG has moved!!!  The new location is on Patty's blog Elm Street Quilts.  Here's the new button

Teeny Tiny Pinwheels

Oops!  Well, at least one is correct.  I don't usually makes blocks with this tiny.  The pinwheel on the left is correct.  These are my "test" blocks to make sure that my seam allowance is right before I make all 42 of them.  I'm an Accuquilt girl, so I'll be having to do all 42 of these blocks old school.

These little pinwheels are cute when done correctly!  They are the cornerstones for the Quilt Doodle Designs 2016 BOM.  Whew... after this we put the quilt together with sashings and borders and it's a wrap!--literally if you are giving it as a Christmas gift!

I'm still loving my choice to make a Christmas blue/white quilt!  Can't wait to put it all together.