Quilt Wall Hanging Project

Good morning everyone. I am getting better about posting. There just aren't enough hours in the day.

Yesterday after the evening worship service we went to a friends house from church. Her and her family recently moved into a new house. So I decide to make her a wall hanging for her house. It took about 3 1/2 hours from start to finish. I didn't use a pattern. I just made it up as I went. The finished size is about 16 x 16. I used a satin stitch on all of the pieces for a finished look. Not bad for my first time.

I am also making a wall hanging for a swap on http://groups.msn.com/3SistersCyberQuilting. I should find out who my partner is today. I have been making a few practice blocks. Trying to figure out what appliqué pattern I want to use. I am also a host for a swap. It is called Circle or Dots Mini Bow Ties. The material has to be polka dots or have a circle pattern. It is a very simple block to make. The pattern is from www.quilterscache.com. They use a lot of patterns from there with permission for swaps.

I haven't had time to make any big quilts. I want to make quite a few baby quilts. 2 ladies at church are getting ready to have babies. My cousin just had a baby boy. And my Uncle and Aunt just had a little girl. We are very blessed this year with births. I still have to finish my sister in laws quilt. I need a good solid 6 hours of time with no interruptions to get it done. No luck there. I need a vacation so I can get all this done. LOL.

I hope you all are having a blessed day.

Holly

It's the end of March already.....

I can't believe the month has gone by so fast. Where does the time go. It is sad to say I haven't done much sewing. Work doesn't allow much time for that. I have a ton of projects just waiting for me. They are calling out to me. What am I to do. I think of ideas daily that I would like to do. There just isn't enough time for me. I am being pulled in too many directions.

One thing I do get to do is go to a writing class. Some other ladies and I all get together once or twice a month and write. We usually pick a topic out of a hat and write for 15 to 20 minutes about the subject. Then we take turns reading it out aloud. It is fun and nice to see what other people write. It is my intellectual stimulation for the month. LOL.

My male cat Dash got into a cat fight with a stray cat last week. We ended up having to take him to the vet. He had a big gash on his stomach that got infected. It was gross. He is okay now and itching to go outside. Poor thing.

Well I am off to do more house work. GOD BLESS

WOW 2 in one month...

I am on a roll. LOL. I had the weekend off. It was lovely. We spent time with family, went geocaching, and to church.

My hubby was appointed Deacon at church Sunday morning. We are very excited. He will make a great Deacon. He is a honest, hard working man. And solider to boot. We love church and all the family we have made there.

I didn't get much house work done. I made a yule log. It was going well. I unrolled it too early and it cracked in one spot. So I went ahead and put the stuff in the middle an rolled it back up. All was going well. Until I put the icing on. It was heavy and cracked the top. So my husband was joking and saying that a lot of logs end up splitting. LOL. It still tastes good. Better luck next time I guess.

I haven't gotten much sewing done. I haven't had the time. I need to make 4 sun bonnets Sue's this week for a swap.

I hope everyone has a blessed week.

Quilting Blues.....

I can't believe I haven't posted sense November. Where has the past few months gone?

Christmas was great. The kids got guitars and so did hubby. I got a mini iron, a new dishwasher (YEAH) and a bunch of other great things. No more dish pan hands. I have also taught my oldest son how to load it and unload it. He has turned in to a big help around the house.

Both of my boys and my hubby had birthdays in January. It was a busy month. I have been working full time. I finally qualify for insurance, dental, and vision. It was sorely needed. Today my oldest son had an eye exam. He is near sighted. The frames he picked out look very nice. It was inevitable. Both myself and my hubby wear them as well as many other family members.

I found out a week or so ago that my 80 year old grandfather has throat cancer. They are going to do radiation to see if they can get rid of it. They think they caught it early enough. I have my church praying for him. If it is God's will everything will be okay.

I haven't had hardly an time to quilt. I have sewed some blocks. I have to sew the border on to my sister in-laws quilt and it will be ready for sandwiching. I am so far behind on projects it isn't funny. Some one wants me to make a t-shirt quilt. I just don't have time. All I do on my off days is clean house and do laundry. Which reminds me, I need to switch over a load.

I hope all you lovely people out there are having a great month. I will try to visit every one's blogs very soon.

GOD BLESS AND HUGS TO ALL.

T-Shirt Quilt

I hope everyone is having a great day. Here is a picture of a t-shirt quilt I finished yesterday. It took me a while to complete. I am so busy with working and the kids and such that I just can't find the time to make bed sized quilts like I used too. I have one more big quilt to make before Christmas. The material is washed. Now I need to start cutting it up. Wish me luck. LOL.

Wow...

I can't believe it has been over a month sense I last posted. Life has been hectic. I got a job back in August and I love it. I got promoted about 4 weeks ago. Things are going good. I am working almost 40 hours a week. It has taken some time away from my family. The kids are missing me like crazy. Josh asks me every day if I have to work that day. Poor little guy. I haven't had a lot of time for sewing. I usually have to get up early and start before work or try to squeeze some in on my off day. Monday was my birthday. I said the heck with house work and sewed all morning. It was great. I thought I would share some photos of blocks I have made recently for swaps. I hope and pray you are all have a great day.

Trying to get caught up...

Hello fellow bloggers. Life has been very hectic for me. I was sick for about a week. I had a sinus infection and had to go to the doctor for meds. Then a couple days later my dad called and told me my grandfather passed away. He had cancer and it spread to his brain. I left about two hours after his call and drove to Fort Myers, Florida. It took me a total of 17 hours to get there. 4 of those were from taking a nap. I was there two days and it went by in a blurr. It was good to get to spend time with my family.

I got a job working as a cashier part time. I really like it. I have a ton of sewing to get caught up on. I have around 13 swaps for this month to do and I need to finish a Tshirt quilt for my landlord. There just aren't enough hours in the day.

Sewed some blocks yesterday...

I sewed thes blocks yesterday for some swaps for the month of August. It was so nice to do some sewing. I mailed them off today.
My oldest sone starts back to school tomorrow. I can't wait. Next week I am going to enroll my youngest son in preschool. I can't wait to have some time to myself. The kids have been fighting likes cats and dogs all summer. It is enough to drive you crazy. God knows I love them but the fighting is maddening.
I have the Tshirt quilt I need to start on. I have four quilts that need to be sandwiched. My work is never done.
Oh and today I signed up for another swap. It is a log cabin swap I have to make 12 or 15 blocks to swap. The colors are white or wow on one side and beiges on the other with the center square being a dark beige. I am excited to do this one. It was on my list of quilts to make. Yeah...Sometimes I am my own worst enemy. But I like to stay busy.

It's Monday....

I am feeling better. No more medicine head. I didn't get much sewing done in the last week. Just a couple blocks for swaps.

We had a busy weekend. Saturday was spent school shopping. That is always so much fun. There were tons of people out shopping. I went to 5 different stores before I could find my oldest son any shorts. They have a dress code here. No shorts that have more than five pockets. No carpenter pants or cargo pants aloud. And they can only wear solid, striped, or plaid shirts. Nothing with any logos on it. The shirts were easy to find. But it was almost impossible to find shorts. All the stores had shorts but they had too many pockets. Very frusterating.

Sunday we went to church. Then I took the kids to the skating rink for a friends birthday party. They had a blast. Then back to church again.

I have a quilt I need to get started on. A tshirt quilt for a daughter of a lady I know. She has 30 gymnastics tshirts for me. I need to finish the quilt for my bed. All I have to do is sew the border on it and put all the layers together. I have 4 swaps to make blocks for. They are farely easy. Hopefully I can work on those tomorrow and get them in the mail this week.

I slipped and fell in some mud in the back yard earlier today. I was watering plants and went to shut the water off and slid in the mud. My feet went right out from underneath me. I scrapped up my left knee pretty good. Thank God I didn't break a leg or ankle. God was watching out for me.

Medicine Head....

Monday I went to the doctor and got put on some new meds. I have been taking them all week. One of the side effects is medicine head. I feel like I took some cold medicine and I am loopy. I guess that is the best way to describe it.
I haven't gotten much done this week. I worked a little on my lily project. I sewed some lace on a dresser scarf yesterday. I fixed something for a friend. I also have a new project in my lap. A lady wants me to make her daughter a quilt using all her old gymnastics t-shirts. I also have a pile of fabric to iron and cut up into squares. I just can't seem to get myself motivated. I have managed to do a load of laundry. But what fun is that. I bought some pink, blue, and purple fabric to make a planned parenthood quilt for a friend in FLORIDA who is having a baby.
Hopefully the day will turn itself around here shortly and I can get some things done.

Lily Blocks

Today I worked one the floral pieced blocks. I made 3 yesterday and the other 5 today. I have 8 of the other blocks too. I am going to alternate them with sashing in between. 4 across and 4 down. I have one more orange lily to hand stitch and then the leaves and stems of all 8. Then I can sash and border the piece. The floral print of the pieced blocks is a lily print. I am hoping to finish it with in the next week. It will make a cute wall hanging or lap quilt.

Fabric Arrived....Yeah....

I ordered some fabric from www.fabricshack.com Saturday. It arrived today and I got a free fat quarter. The fat quarter is very pretty too. They also sent me the directions for two quilt patterns. One of them I might try. It looks very pretty. So I have to say that I will definitely order from then again. I order 1/2 yards of the 4 prints. They are all Marcus Brothers material. They are in the washer now. Can't wait to cut them up. LOL.
I was going to work on my quilt today but hubby came home from work sick this morning. He has a bad headache and is nauseous. So I am trying my best to keep the kids quiet and not use the sewing machine. I am working on my lilies instead. Hopefully I will get them done soon. It seems like they will take forever. I just don't have enough patience for embroidering. LOL.

Lovely Weather

It was lovely outside today. One of the best days this summer. Not too hot and a nice little breeze. The kids actually got to play outside a little. I didn't get any sewing done this weekend. I haven't been feeling well the last two days.
My hubby got the kitchen cabinet hung. Yeah...We bought it back in March. So after church this morning I spent my time reorganizing the kitchen. It looks a little better. Of course it would look great if there wasn't a huge pile of laundry calling my name. That will have to wait until tomorrow.
The house is quiet right now. Josh fell asleep right after we came home from church. Tyler went with the young people of the church to go sing at another church. We don't often get to enjoy much piece and quiet. I almost don't know what to do with myself. I need to take something for my headache. That is the first order of business.

Cookie Monster

You Are Cookie Monster

Misunderstood as a primal monster, you're a true hedonist with a huge sweet tooth. You are usually feeling: Hungry. Cookies are preferred, but you'll eat anything if cookies aren't around. You are famous for: Your slightly crazy eyes and usual way of speaking How you life your life: In the moment. "Me want COOKIE!"

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Fish Block & 9 Patch

I finished my 6 fish blocks today. They turned out pretty cool. There wasn't an exact pattern so there was a lot of trimming to get it to be a 9 inch square. All in all it wasn't to difficult. I cut the pieces yesterday, got the squares made, and sewed the fins together. Today I got all the pieces put together. And of course I have been cleaning house while I do this. I probably could of had it all done yesterday. I made the rest of my nine patch squares yesterday too.
The first picture is the batik I received from my swapper for my fish blocks. She also sent me a pin which is in the picture.
Now I can get to working on catching up on the BOM the month blocks from the previous 6 months. I also have some August blocks to make for swapping.
I ordered some material off of www.fabricshack.com today. They had some nice material on sale for under $4.00 a yard. I ordered Marcus Brother material in four different prints. I order 1/2 a yard of each one. With shipping it was a little over $12.00. Not too bad I guess. I hate having things shipped but you can't buy it in the stores here. So what choice do you have.
I have done alot of house cleaning in the last two days. I need to go to the post office and grocery store. It never seems to end. This is the life of a stay at home mom who likes to sew. LOL :)

This is what I worked on today. It is using the scrap pattern. Turned out pretty cool. My husband said it looks like the video game tetris. I love that game. I am going to finish it off with a solid red border. I am going to donate this one to Project Linus. So far I have three tops made to donate. I want to make a couple more. I was thinking a premie quilt and a baby quilt too. I have some patterns I would like to practice. We will see.
A lady by the MSN name Garden Gal sent me some beautiful batik material for me to use as the ocean in my fish blocks I am making for a swap. I couldn't find the right stuff here for the life of me. She came to my rescue and sent me a cool pin too. I am going to send her some fabric in return. I have meet some great ladies doing swaps. It is nice to meet people who have the same interest and don't get tired of talking about quilts. LOL.
Tonight was the last night of Vacation Bible school at church. It went very well. Everyone had a great time and I am exhausted. It is time to unwind. Have a nice evening.

Here are a few pictures of what I have been working on for the last two days. God Bless all the women who hand stitch, embroider, cross stitch, and do needle point. My poor thumb is so sore. I have completed 2 lilies in 2 days. I still have to do the stem and leaves. I can come back to that. I am concentrating on the flower right now. Please ignore my irregular stitches. I am an amateur to say the least. I didn't realize when I had this idea how long it would take. Never have embroidered before or hand stitched much. Not on big projects anyway. I was searching high and low for a Lily pattern to applique. I never came across one I liked. So I turned to coloring books and coloring pages. I found a coloring page off the internet of a group of lilies. I cut out the one I liked and made a pattern out of it. Once I finish it I am sure it will be lovely.

Running Around Like Chicken With My Head Cut Off...

Our vacation bible school started at church last night. It will be Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening too. We had a good turn out last night. I helped the teachers on the K-2nd grade class. We had a good time. The kids were full of questions. We had a good time making the crafts too.
Today I am helping out with food for the evening meal. I am bring two batches of brownies, one cake, a crock pot full of baked beans, and 6 packs of heat and serve rolls. I tend to always want to over extend my self. LOL. Wednesday evening I am bringing two batches of brownies, two bags of chips and a case of Coke. Wednesday is Pizza night. Not as much work involved sense we are getting the pizza's brought to us.
So I guess I might not have time for sewing today. I need to work on a quilt I started last year and was going to try to send to someone as a gift. It involves hand embroidering the applique. I also have two swaps to work on. One of my online swapping buddies is going to swap out some material with me. I need a certain color Batik and couldn't find it here. So God Bless her she is a life savor. She is mailing it to me today.
My house smells like brownies. Yummy. Oh the timer is going off on the brownies...Yep they are done. Well gotta run and make a cake...Hope everyone is having a great day. God Bless.

What kind of Pie are You?

You Are Lemon Meringue Pie

You're the perfect combo of sassy and sweet Those who like you have well refined tastes

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No Sewing today....

Today is definately one of those days when you feel like you have done everything but it looks like you haven't accomplished anything. I got up, put the clean dishes away. Swept the kitchen floor. Fed the youngin's breakfast. Took the youngin's to the park. Went to the grocery store. Came home put the groceries away. Fed the youngin's lunch(mini pizza's). Took the kids outside and let them play in the kiddie pool. By then it was 2:00pm. Then washed more dishes. Swept the kitchen floor and mopped it. Oh wait I forgot to mention that I have done 5 loads of laundry while I'm doing all this. Whew....It's quarter to 4 and I'm just now feeling like I don't have a million things to do.
Oh wait...I have to start supper in about 30 minutes. LOL. I am going to make Steak Enchilladas. Yummy. Found the recipe in my Simple and Delicious magazine. It was for chicken but we are eating alot of chicken this week so I am substituting it with steak. I can't say it enough how much I love that magazine. It comes out every two months. It is put out by Taste of Home. It used to be called Quick Cooking. It has great quick recipes for people who don't like to spend hours in the kitchen every night. If you haven't looked at one you should. A subscription is between 10 & 12 dollars for a year. It is well worth it. I have given it to family members and friends as a Christmas present.
Ok so I guess I have rambled enough. Hopefully I will get to sew this weekend. Much love to all...