Trying something new

This is something I'm trying to use up little scraps. It is quilt as you go, and raw edge. The batting square started at 10 but has shrink to 9.5. I have a few other things I want to try on the next block, including a glue stick on the pieces so they don't shift.

Celtic solstice

My Celtic Solstice is bound and ready to hear to my local quilt show tomorrow. Pattern was the 2013 mystery by Bonnie Hunter.

Challenge Quilt

Time to trim and bind. Need to get these done this week to go in the Quilt Show next week.

Morning stitching

I have lots of morning stitch time today since Nate decided to come in and fuss about going back to bed. It woke Kyle up, and since I have no laptop with me, I thought I might as well get something done.

Star struck progress

Finally managed to get a few blocks done for a quilt I decided I needed to do because I wasn't seeing any progress on the other. The pattern is Star Struck by Bonnie Hunter and is available on her blog Quiltville. Blogspot.com. The stars will be in a few Bright colors and not all purple.

Table runner

This table runner is completely done: bound and labeled. While I pushed to finish the top and quilting in a day, the binding took a bit longer. Since my current show us not kid friendly, my TV time has been reduced to naptime and the hour between the boys' bedtime and mine.

Kyle

Apparently my stack of rest hammocks looks yummy.

Vomit quilt progress

I'm slowly making progress on my vomit quilt, which was my January goal.

Leader ender challenge: Lozenges

Finally finished cutting my pieces for a lozenge quilt I'm doing for Bonnie Hunter's leader/ender challenge. That is 540 bricks at 3.5" by 6.5" and 2160 2" squares. I gave myself 10 minutes a day to cut them. And my mom sent me nearly 200 bricks.

January goal: revisited

Finally getting myself going on my vomit quilt again. It will be nice to be able to put something else on my design, or at least to have that option again.

Celtic Solstice in Purple and Blue

Well my April goal remains, unworked on. But on the plus side, I was able to start and finish my May goal between mid-February and the first weekend in April. This is Bonnie Hunter's Celtic Solstice 2014 Mystery. This is the second colorway in which I did it. This is the one for my Grandmother-in-law. My oldest loved helping me with the borders, and would continue to measure while I was cutting the next one.

This was my first pieced back. This was caused by necessity. I didn't have time to hunt down a corresponding back because I gave myself a crazy insane deadline to get it done by. I had just finished piecing the back when my longarming friend came to get it. She was kind enough to come pick it up, despite the fact that I was asking to have it back within a week so I could give it to Grandma when I saw her 8 days after I gave it to the longarmer. (Thank again Konda.) I was really glad to have some jelly rolls and fat quarter bundles of these fabrics because I didn't have enough coordinating for the back otherwise. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out.

I bound it in yellow. And I am absolutely in love with the butterflies it was quilted with. I really like butterflies right now.

Easter

Nate was so excited to look for Easter eggs this year.

We each had a different color to look for. Kyle's was yellow and Nate helped him. Nate's was blue.

Kyle was not sure what to make of it all.

Scrappy Mountain Pinwheels

Made this for my neighbor's new little boy (OK not so new anymore he's older than Kyle) using Bonnie Hunter's pattern Scrappy Mountains Majesty. It was quilted by my friend Konda with lizards and frogs and bugs.

Table runner ready for quilting

This table runner has been planned since we bought the coffee table last year. I wanted to cover up some of the unpretty spots on it. I'm planning on just straight-line quilting the rows. Pattern is Jelly Roll Quick Step.

New Scrappy Square Hammocks

In my cleaning of my room, I discovered that I had a few more fleece scraps than I realized, for some reason. So I decided to see what else I could do with them. This led me to try and new rat hammock style, scrappy squares. Each of the pieces, is a square made up of squares, with a solid piece of fleece on the other side. I had to try a few different sizes to get them, so they could be swapped with any of the other hammock pieces I have in my shop.

I am pleased to say that I was successful. This way I didn't have to throw out the big pieces of fleece that were sometimes left over after making the other hammocks. And each piece can be different.

I love them. They look so poofy. They can now be purchased in my Etsy shop.

Hard to say goodbye

Sometimes it can be hard to part with gifts from others. This was a floss/bead container that my mom painted for me while I was still living at home. I brought it out to Utah with me on one of my trips home (I think long before I got married even). On that trip one of the corners got busted so that 2 of the compartments no longer held beads, which is what I was using it for. I have continued to keep it, with beads in all the compartments but those 2, since it was from my mom.

I finally decided that it was time to say goodbye, especially since, I am passing my beads onto my boys (just Nate until Kyle gets big enough to not put them in his mouth).

I made sure to get this picture, so that I have a record of it's existence, since it was a significant part of my life at one point. Now I have gotten a shoe box sized container and an open bin for my son to use to play with the beads. I hope to use them to work with him on colors and dexterity. For the dexterity, I bought some of the thicker plastic bracelet string for him to work on beading them with. I hope they bring him as much joy as it brought me.

Cloth Books

 While I have 2 little guys, and a bazillion quilts to work on, I've decided that I need to clean up, and streamline my sewing room. I have quite a few projects that have been sitting around waiting for me to do them since before I got married. This means that some of my friends are getting/have gotten yarn, Nate has gotten a good sized stack of coloring books, and a few of the quicker projects have resurfaced. These cloth books are part of that last category.

This first one was acquired when we visited and met my cousin in Texas.

I got this second one from Pine Needles in Gardner Village, which is fun since my sons have familial ties to Gardner Village.

Continuing Celtic Solstice

My expansion of my first Celtic Solstice is coming along slowly, but with Nate's quilt done, I can really focus on it again for the rest of March, or until it's done, whichever comes first.

While avoiding working on my March goal because I got a bit more done on my second Celtic Solstice. Here is part 2 completely done.

I love how both colorways feel so happy.

From April

This is a flannel quilt given to Kyle by one of my quilting friends, April. It is so soft and warm, we all love it. Nate even tried claiming it as his own during a recent trip to Nevada when he got to use it because his blanket got dirty.

I love all the animals in the star. I've been using them to work with Nate on his animals while we let Kyle enjoy some tummy time. Thanks April.

Kyle's Quilt

This is the quilt that my mom made for my new little one, Kyle. It uses the Dr. Seuss fabric. Every time I look at it it makes me think of her. When I was little she loved to read to us. She was sooo good at adding animation to things. Some of our favorites (and hers, too) were Dr. Seuss books. I don't think either of us can read Oh, The Places You'll Go without tearing up. She also always encourages me when I'm feeling worried about something, by reminding me that I'm Brainsy and Footsy. Thanks mom.