Are you sure it's Monday?

 

Sure feels like Sunday to me.

I had a very nice Christmas with my family. We celebrate Christmas Eve so Christmas day was pretty quiet, my mom made a great ham dinner then whomped me playing cards.

Today it has rained almost all day. I've taken a shower but dressed in jammies and sweats. It's supposed to rain all week so this could be the dress code for the next few days. ;o)

Remember the ugly little quilt I showed last week? Well, put your sunglasses on, this is what it looks like now.

Just a little bit different (hehehe). I went through my batik scraps and cut them into 5 inch squares. I looked for something that would stand out against all the different colors and the only thing I had on hand was the green. Might be a bit too bright.

The top finishes at 41 x 50 inches. I went through my stash again to find 1.5 yards fabric with a 44 inch width. Put your sunglasses back on.

This is all I could find that wasn't flowery. 

 The quilt is loaded and ready to go.

I finished the flannel quilt I was working on last week.

Still needs binding. I don't think I'm going to add a flannel binding. The flannels are kinda light and stretchy, I think a non-flannel binding will stabilize it better...plus I don't have any flannels in my stash that would work color wise.

I didn't have any problems with the vertical back seams. They turned out nice and straight!

Here's a close-up of the blocks. Very easy pattern.

My two goals for this next week are to actually get dressed at least one day and to finish Bon Appetit with Ash. Don't hold your breath on the getting dressed goal.

See you all next year! I hope you have a very happy New Year!

 

Merry Christmas

 I should be finishing up my shopping, writing and mailing Christmas cards, wrapping gifts, and cleaning, but I've been puttering around doing a little bit (very little bit) of a lot of other things.

I haven't done any sewing so didn't think I'd have anything to share tonight. After downloading pictures from my phone, I have more than I thought I would.

First up. As a quilter do you like receiving quilts as a gift? I do! Donna in Idaho made this quilt for me.

It is soooo pretty in person! The back is a black Woolies flannel (sooo soft) and she quilted it using a layer of 80/20 batting and a layer of wool batting (sooo warm). Love, love, love it. 

Next up. Another ugly quilt picked up at Quilts for Kid. 

Joanne gets lots of fabric donated and sometimes there are quilt tops. This was one. One of the group picked it up, added batting and a backing and asked if I'd quilt it. Can't do it. This is not a quilt for a kid. The center is batiks. The border fabric is seersucker - old seersucker. The setting triangles feel like sheet fabric. I do like the colorful center and think it is a good start. I've already taken it apart and I'll add more batik squares and a few borders to it to make it a nice size. The seersucker was tossed in the garbage.

She also gets partially made quilts.

There are 2 finished blocks, 9 partially pieced blocks, and pieces and parts for another 3 or 4 blocks. A few of the blocks have the sailboat fabric shown on the left.  I think this will be a very cute quilt and won't take long to finish.

Finally, I loaded a quilt top that I picked up from my guild. 

The back is pieced with 3 different flannels (top is flannel also). When I initially loaded the back with the pieced seams running horizontally, I could not get the seams straight. I took it off, measured and check everything - all good - but again couldn't get the seams straight. So, I've loaded the back with the seams vertical. Outside edges are all over the place but the vertical seams are straight, and the quilt is centered nicely. Hopefully the vertical seams won't cause me any problems. I'll show you the end result next week.

Tomorrow, I really need to focus on getting my holiday tasks finished. Or at least started!

I hope you all have a very wonderful holiday.

Still Working on Quilt Tops

 Not much was done last week other than Xmas shopping.  Oh, and Joanne came by and picked up 20 finished quilts! Nine flannel quilts that my mom tied with yarn, and 11 quilts that I quilted and added binding. So the pressure is off but there are still so many quilt tops in my closet.

This past weekend I did get some more small items quilted and the binding attached.

Pretty sad when it takes two years to get two simple placemats finished. 

I love this little vintage fabric 4-patch. It finishes at about 14 inches square. Simple in the ditch quilting.

Both of the above were quilted on the Juki.  The best part of finishing the two items above is that they are mine. Mine. Mine! 

Below are two more donation quilts. Again, I didn't make either. Both are quilted with curlicue borders and meandering in the center.

Four quick finishes that put my count down to 21 tops left in the closet! Woo Hoo!

A couple of weeks ago I sent Rose of Pics & Pieces a box stuffed with some of my scraps and a few goodies. This week she sent me a box stuffed with some of her scraps and goodies. Others people's scraps are just so much more fun than your own.

Even Bella thinks so. Thank you Rose!

Eleven So Far

 Seems like I've quilted more than eleven tops in the last 3-4 weeks. They all have the binding attached. I'm hoping to get at least one more quilted before Joanne picks them up on Wednesday.

This is the quilt I didn't show last week. 

I was going to bring the backing forward for binding but nipped it when I was trimming the batting. I like the blue polka dot binding.

This is the last jelly roll quilt. I'm so glad these are done.

This quilt was fun to make, I'll definitely make this again. I added some wishbones in the triangles.

Angela made this baby quilt and gave it to me to quilt and donate. I think it is so cute! Very soft flannel on the back.

Here is all of them so far, plus the nine flannel tops my mom tied with yarn.

So, the $64,000 question is: do I stop / take a break, or keep going until all the donation quilts are finished? After the quilt tomorrow, I still have nine quilt tops designated as donation quilts.