Progress made...

What a great day! First I sewed together 3 blocks I made for a friend who is making quilts for 3 gals who lost their mother to cancer.

Than I cut out all the pieces for a dozen more paper pieced stars and sewed for a little while before family obligations took me away. ;-)

When I came back to my sewing room, I ironed... forever! I have been collecting FQ's and stash for 2 quilts on my to-do list. It was wonderful to have this 'excuse' to get to them! First I want to make the 'Honeyberries' quilt on the cover of Evelyn Sloppy's book, 40 Fabulous Quick-Cut Quilts in blues like she did. I cut a pretty big stack and only have a few more blues to cut up. I also have wanted to make a 'Shakespeare in the Park' (Judy Martin) for ever! Evelyn at Starfishy has a gorgeous one in her header. I have all the FQ's ironed and ready to go and will cut them up tomorrow. Wow, it feels so good to have this start on these quilts. :-) Thanks Judy!!!

It's Quiltathon!

Whoohoo! :-)
JudyL had a great idea to get everyone sewing/quilting this weekend. You can check it out from the Quiltathon button (thanks Judy!). I had errands and family stuff that kept me out of my sewing room yesterday, but today I'm going to sew! Lots to do and I'll be back this evening with photos... I'll continue my 'weekend' tomorrow to make up for missing yesterday.... ;-)
Happy sewing!

Look at this top!

My Mom made it for me. Candlewicking blocks, floating borders, my favorite colors! What more could a girl ask for? :-)

The other half...

...Is now finished! It is 'Sweden' from Carol Doak's Mariner Compass Stars book. I think I'm starting to like paper-piecing. ;-)

I am off to my sewing room. My DH calls it my "padded room". :-) ~could it be because fabric lines the walls? LOL I hope to get it more organized and find a little more storage soon, but until then I'm happy in my 'padded room'.! :-))

Happy sewing!

Still sewing....

...and sewing, and sewing! I love it!

I received this wallhanging kit as a Christmas gift. Just got the top together so far. ;-) I'm thinking about machine quilting in the ditch and hand quilting an eagle in the center.

I'm also continuing to work on my blocks, BOM's, and other fun things.

Previously...

...I showed half of a paper-pieced block. Were you wondering what happened to the other half? :-) I'm doing a BOM through a local LQS that uses Susan Garman's Chain pattern. We will do a different chain each month. I am going to paper-piece state blocks from Carol Doak's 50 Fabulous Paper Pieced Stars book as my alternate blocks. The stars will have significance to our family. I'm so glad I only need to do one a month as some of the patterns are really intricate! Here is a photo of January's block and my coordinating star. Now I need to get to work on February's! ;-)

Sewing fun!

I just love to hear the hum of my sewing machine. It relaxes me. ;) I've been working on a bunch of things. A little of this, switch to a little of that! LOL I sure don't get bored! Today I was working on some mini 9-patch blocks for another swap I've joined. These measure just 3.5 inches unfinished. Aren't they cute?!

I'm also still working on some star paper-pieced blocks. Here's the half I have done. Maybe tomorrow I will finish the other half. ;)

Happy sewing!