My Last Quilt for 2008...

I took the final stitches in the binding last night. :-) I swapped the red/white Monkey Wrench blocks in 2007, and figured out the lay-out in my EQ program. It was a lot of fun putting this one together and it waited a year before I could get it quilted. My DD loves it, but I'm not sure where it will go yet. ;-) Maybe I'll keep it and use it in February.... :-)

Yikes~ I guess blogger likes my photo tipped. :-/

I wish I would've kept a notebook of quilts I finished this year~ I will next year! Off the top of my head, I can think of 13 that I quilted and finished up, from queen size to baby quilts. That isn't too bad! ;-) And I made a number of bags and small items that were quilted too. I have lots of plans for 09~ why can't I sew as fast as I can think up things??! LOL :-))

Have a safe and happy night and a wonderful 2009!

See ya next year... ;-) And until then~

Happy Stitchin'!

Back to Sewing~

I tried the blocks again~ :-) And determination finally paid off! LOL :-) Instead of cutting the small triangles with the bias along the edge, I quarter cut squares, putting the bias next to the HST's. Now I wasn't sewing bias edge to bias edge and with a good spray of sizing~ it worked! :-) Whoohoo!! I have a few more blocks all cut out and once I get them together, I need to put this up and work on something else for a bit. ;-)

Until Next Time~~

Happy Stitchin'!!

A One Block Wonder~

..finished! :-) I put the last stitches in the binding last night. I am thinking of saving it for next Christmas giving. :-) Wouldn't that be nice? To have one gift already finished? Of course DS may have other ideas~ he likes the tigers. ;-) Here are photo's of the front, back and a close up of the tiger fabric that the blocks were made from. I don't think I have any more of this fabric in my stash~ that is why the back was pieced so much. ;-) I think you can click the photo's for a larger view...

And for a close-up of the quilting, go back to this post~ yes, I've been putting off the binding for a while now! LOL :-)

Until Next time~

Happy Stitchin'!!

and Merry Christmas!! :-)

12 Days of Christmas...

My secret sister on the hgtv message board signed me up for a 12 Days of Christmas swap this year. I have been having a blast opening up a little gift every morning! :-) We aren't supposed to show photo's on the message board until all 12 days are finished, but I don't think anyone from the message board follows my blog except Bingo~Bonnie and I know she won't tell. (LOL, Hi Bonnie!) ;-) If there are any hgtv lurkers out there~ now would be a good time to say 'hi'. ;-) LOL

So here are my first 9 days of gifts~ a scissors holster, a little reindeer necklace, a couple of porcelain pieces with that gripper stuff (I think I am supposed to make pincushions~?), a starfish ornament and a yo-yo ornament, a basket, a small notebook and a pin, a crocheted thread pouch with a little extra rick-rack, and a lacey fridge magnet~ which I think I can use as a needle holder too~~it is too pretty for my refigerator. :-) Three more little gifts to go~~ :-)

Now I am off to sew!

Hope you find time for a few stitches today too!

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

Snowy Days~

~should be 'sewing days'!~ but they are not. :-( Can't seem to get near my machine! Maybe once the cookies are made~? ;-)

Until next time~

I hope you are stitching!! :-))

Less Play, More Sewing?

LOL if I did that, I might actually get more blocks sewn! :-) I made another pair of blocks this morning, and then had to arrange them out again to "see"~~ at this rate, they may never get done! My friend and I are each making these blocks, and then we are going to trade our 'duplicates' so we each end up with all different blocks in our quilts. I thought the 9 inch block would be pretty easy to do, I was wrong! :-o I am having lots of trouble keeping points and getting the block to measure the right size. I haven't quite figured out where my problem is~ the stretchy bias maybe? I've resorted to starching. I am using my quarter inch foot, but something is still off just enough to make my blocks end up a little on the small side~ ??? Ah well, my own quilt may end up huge because I am not trading the wrong size blocks! ;-) Back to the sewing machine~~

On another note~ thank you for posting and welcoming me to the blog ring! This is fun! ;-)

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!

No Sewing Here...

...at least, not today. ;-) My friend sent me this panel for my birthday. All I had to do was cut it out and hem it and viola!~ a Santa tablecloth! :-)) I love it! It is beginning to look a lot like Christmas at my house, how about yours?

Until next time~

Happy Stitchin'!