Jelly Roll Race Day

Today we had a Jellyroll Race at The Farm….

And our winner was Claudette!

Look at that confident smile!

This novice, who has 2 completed quilts to her credit, beat out some strong competitors…

Like Sue, who came in second.  Sue has been quilting for a couple years now, and she is cranking out quilts on a fairly regular basis.

She beat me.  I came in 3rd.  I'm not sure how the heck that happened.  I accepted my defeat gracefully, but there might be some teenie tiny voodoo doll making in the near future.  She might want to watch her back.  

She beat Nancy.  Nancy came in 4th.  

I'm betting there was some thoughtful decision making as she sewed her strips together.

I should mention that Nancy was the Winner of the 1600" Strip.!!!

Faye did not participate in the race, but she brought along her Jellyroll quilt to share.

She worked on some paper pieced blocks…you can find her work at 

mimispassions.blogspot.com

We had a fun afternoon.  Good eats, Funny Conversation.

Thanks Again, Ladies!

More Ca$h and Carry!

I'm on a tiny roll here…another Ca$sh and Carry pouch.

The print is a vintage Michael Miller fabric.  I'm guessing its at least 8-10 years old.  

At Least!

These projects are fun to do.  They take less than an hour to make, and they use such a minimal amount of fabric that they are easy to make from my stash.  They also help me use up miles and miles of scrap batting !

Btw…the blue fabrics from the last bag was called Hand-Made for Benartex by Michele D'Amore Designs.

Friday Night Sewing

Last night the house was quiet, so I decided to make a quick little project.

This is the Strip Zip by Atkinson Designs.

Its about 7.5" long…just big enough to hold my glasses or my cell phone.

A fun, fast project.

I'm working my way through a yard of the two fabrics…pretty soon all that will be left are a few scraps and strings to use in future quilts.

Quilt Cam!!

So my morning started out great when I read that Bonnie Hunter was doing Quilt Cam tonight.

I didn't get a chance to do any sewing at all for the last few days…so this was my chance AND my reason to set time aside and spend a little quality time in front of my machine.

So I pulled out this little quilt that has been waiting to be quilted for about 2 years now.

Yes.  2 Years.

(My head is hanging in shame….)

So at 9pm, I fired up my computer, threaded my machine, and got to work.

I just started stitching…with no real plan.  Just lots of straight line quilting…..

And I was having a great time, feeling really good about attacking one of my UFO's…..

(A good friend would ignore those points not lining up.  I'm just saying.)

When I flipped the quilt over and saw this.

Ugh….

The back had flipped over itself and I had stitched into it.

So now, I need to decide if I will rip that stitching out and start over, of if I will just trim that away and continue on. 

If you know me, well,  you know which way I am leaning.

March 17, 2015

Happy St. Patricks Day!

And as always, Thinking of You, 

Patricia Agnes Hughes Papworth!

Quilt for Peyton

Pillowcase to match, more or less…..

Minus 1 Degree Celsius, -29* Windchill

I'm not ging to let a little cold weather stop me from taking the mandatory quilt-in-a-snowbank picture.

I'm loving the look of the blues in the snow…these fabrics from the Emerson collection by Dear Stella.

I used the same tutorial that I used here for my grey and yellow quilt 

from Crazy Mom Quilts…..

 Tim, being the good sport that he is, braved the extreme cold to hold my quilt for a picture

  

The gusty winds worked against his best efforts…

I'm going to stare at this one for a bit….and then get to work on another comfort quilt for a sweet little girl.

Ttyl, Chicks!