I'm still here .... sewing a lot during the last few months. The only thing is, that I can't share
anything I have been making. Most of the things I have been sewing are for two of my granddaughters, and I don't want to spoil the surprise for them or my daughter:-) My 8 year old granddaughter is having her First Communion the weekend of Mother's Day weekend, and I made a special "something" for her. This will be a road trip to Missouri. After returning home and recuperating I will get my act together and post my accomplishments. lol
My poor Loyal Union Quilt Blog has been suffering also. I have made a couple more blocks to share, but I have been to "b-u-s-y" to put them on the blog. Not to mention, the winter has seemed extra long here on the shores of Lake Erie in Ohio, and motivation has been non-existent! I am hoping actual spring weather will be coming and staying!!!!!!! and my mo-jo will return. lol
Update you all later. lol
Monday, April 27, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
Updated Photo's of Snowball Quilt of 2013
I recently received an e-mail asking how I quilted my exchange blocks from our Small Quilt Talk Group. Because I cannot figure out how to attach photo's to an e-mail with my new computer .... I thought adding them to a post may be the quickest answer.
I hope this is a help. I attached some other photo's of the quilt that I added and weren't very clear in my earlier post of March 12, 2014.
I hope this is a help. I attached some other photo's of the quilt that I added and weren't very clear in my earlier post of March 12, 2014.
I wanted a fairly easy and quick way to finish this quilt, so I basically measured a 1/4 inch from the snow balls, corner to corner of the quilt edge.
I added a detailed label with some of the quilters information to the back. The name of our group that was involved in our exchange, states we were from, countries we were from .... and the name of the quilt. This will always be one of my prize possessions. I have it hanging over my desk, above my computer, and I get to enjoy it every day.
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Sunday, January 25, 2015
Slow Sewing January!
You would think that it has been perfect "sewing weather". Cold outside, warm inside to do fun sewing projects. I don't know where the month has gone, but it has been slow sewing time in my craft room.
First of all, my sewing/craft room had to be "re-organized" after months of last minute sewing for Christmas. Nothing current to sew, I was in the mood to do some crocheting. My daughter asked if I could make something for the girls heads that would keep their hair from getting messed up under a hat for school. Sure, I found a crocheted head band that might work. Made a practice one for my oldest granddaughter, which she liked, and I made it a few stitches smaller for my two younger grandchildren.
My daughter said that the girls opened theirs Christmas morning (I made them to match the winter coats we had gotten them for Christmas) and Izabela wore hers the whole day. LOL I guess the headbands were a winner! Then, my daughter, Jennifer, liked the headbands also; so, yup, made another one. I look absolutely horrible in hats (that is what my children tell me anyway), so .... headbands do look better on people that can't wear hats. At least I think so, so I made me one too. LOL ... LOL
Then, a request for a sweater for their dog, Ms. Betty Sue. She is a French Bulldog, and has little to no hair. She needed something to keep her warm when she went outside. From there, my other daughter, which has 2 dogs; seemed it was only fair that Abby and Violet have sweaters also. Now I'm told that Ms. Betty Sue is getting very fat and will need a new sweater, soon!
My other two children have cats, and they mentioned sweaters .......... but that is not going to happen. LOL
From headbands to dog sweaters ......... I needed something more to work on in the evening while watching TV. I didn't want to start a new needlepoint project .... so I told my husband he needed a new crocheted afghan. My husband is over 6' 2"..... and he wanted x-tra length so he could tuck it under his feet. This darn afghan is nearly 9 foot long. Yes, 9 foot long ......... took me about 2 1/2 weeks to make it. Son, who is taller than his dad wants one also. I told him it will not be 9 foot long. LOL
In the meantime, No. 1 daughter (meaning first born:) ... liked the design of the afghan that I made for her father, she bought yarn for me to make hers. Now, she can crochet, but she doesn't have the time right now, and I wanted another evening project. LOL I started it last week, and probably should have it done by this weekend.
Oh, I did do some sewing earlier in the month. I wanted a winter table runner for my kitchen counter. I originally thought this might be a Christmas present for daughter #1 (she loves snowmen) ... but too much work involved ... and I fell in love with it. So I kept it. LOL
Yesterday I decided I had better get busy and try and do our on line Small Quilt Talk challenge for January. We had our choice of what to use a 4 patch disappearing block in. I need seasonal table runners ......... so a 4 patch disappearing Valentine's theme was for me. Luckily I had the fabric on hand to accomplish it.
First of all, my sewing/craft room had to be "re-organized" after months of last minute sewing for Christmas. Nothing current to sew, I was in the mood to do some crocheting. My daughter asked if I could make something for the girls heads that would keep their hair from getting messed up under a hat for school. Sure, I found a crocheted head band that might work. Made a practice one for my oldest granddaughter, which she liked, and I made it a few stitches smaller for my two younger grandchildren.
My daughter said that the girls opened theirs Christmas morning (I made them to match the winter coats we had gotten them for Christmas) and Izabela wore hers the whole day. LOL I guess the headbands were a winner! Then, my daughter, Jennifer, liked the headbands also; so, yup, made another one. I look absolutely horrible in hats (that is what my children tell me anyway), so .... headbands do look better on people that can't wear hats. At least I think so, so I made me one too. LOL ... LOL
Then, a request for a sweater for their dog, Ms. Betty Sue. She is a French Bulldog, and has little to no hair. She needed something to keep her warm when she went outside. From there, my other daughter, which has 2 dogs; seemed it was only fair that Abby and Violet have sweaters also. Now I'm told that Ms. Betty Sue is getting very fat and will need a new sweater, soon!
My other two children have cats, and they mentioned sweaters .......... but that is not going to happen. LOL
From headbands to dog sweaters ......... I needed something more to work on in the evening while watching TV. I didn't want to start a new needlepoint project .... so I told my husband he needed a new crocheted afghan. My husband is over 6' 2"..... and he wanted x-tra length so he could tuck it under his feet. This darn afghan is nearly 9 foot long. Yes, 9 foot long ......... took me about 2 1/2 weeks to make it. Son, who is taller than his dad wants one also. I told him it will not be 9 foot long. LOL
In the meantime, No. 1 daughter (meaning first born:) ... liked the design of the afghan that I made for her father, she bought yarn for me to make hers. Now, she can crochet, but she doesn't have the time right now, and I wanted another evening project. LOL I started it last week, and probably should have it done by this weekend.
Oh, I did do some sewing earlier in the month. I wanted a winter table runner for my kitchen counter. I originally thought this might be a Christmas present for daughter #1 (she loves snowmen) ... but too much work involved ... and I fell in love with it. So I kept it. LOL
I am calling it "A Snowman's Welcome"
Yesterday I decided I had better get busy and try and do our on line Small Quilt Talk challenge for January. We had our choice of what to use a 4 patch disappearing block in. I need seasonal table runners ......... so a 4 patch disappearing Valentine's theme was for me. Luckily I had the fabric on hand to accomplish it.
I think I will name this one: Candy Box .... doesn't it look like the top of a candy box?
This is all the time I have right now ........ need to go and update my new blog, stop by ...........
http://theloyalunionsampler.blogspot.com/
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Thursday, January 1, 2015
Here We Go Again!
WOW ... another New Year. I am thinking Mother Nature likes to play pranks. Well, maybe it isn't her, but I'm blaming her anyway. LOL Another year, another "wrinkle"? That's how I see it ... there in my bathroom mirror after my shower this morning, new face wrinkles that weren't there yesterday!!! I am going to stop wearing my glasses when I "put my face on" in the mornings. This could be interesting to the people that I meet face to face. LOL Gotha love Mother Nature!!
So, here we are at the beginning of a new year .. oh what do I want to accomplish, what will my goals be? I no longer do resolutions, it seems when we break our resolutions we give up on whatever we had set our tasks to be. If we make goals, and some don't get done, we don't feel like we are a failure. So, what are some goals I want to accomplish?
Top goal on my list, it started yesterday .......... get this craft room/office area cleaned up for once and for all. I really did make a step in the right direction in 2014, got a lot of my crafts and tools organized. The problem being ......... when I found what I needed .... not to good on putting them exactly back where they were suppose to go.
I actually do have sewing projects in their own neat little containers that I had started, for some reason or another, abandoned ... There they set, "in their neat little containers", waiting for me in 2015 to get them done. LOL
It's winter and my husband needs projects to do. He is kind of getting squirrely setting around not being able to play outside in his flower and vegetable gardens, so he is making a list of things to update the house. One of those being, my craft room. I am very excited about that. But, there is always a "but" .......... I have to actually empty this place of lots of stuff. In the end, It will either have a hard wood floor (that would be very nice), or another type of low pile rug.
I'll make sure to take pictures and post them of the "before and after"
Last year my friend and I had decided we were going to do a sampler quilt. Something like making a block a month .... thinking a process that will take us a couple of years to accomplish. We fell in love with "The Loyal Union Sampler" quilt from Elm Creek Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini. We are definitely not making the "huge" quilt that is shown in the book. But, we picked blocks that "spoke" to us individually. Mostly, the blocks that spoke to me were not complicated and paper pieced. LOL I eventually want to make the more difficult blocks ..... but they may end up being a one block pieced and hand quilted ... maybe hanging around my "new craft" room. Probably by then, I won't even be living in this house!!! LOL
So, here and there shopping around at our favorite quilt shops, and a couple road trips. we have been stocking up on our fabric. The first thing we had to consider is what our basic background fabric would be. When that was chosen, we then set out to acquire our fabric for the blocks. I like the roses and greens, sprinkle some medium blues in there, and of course some brown fabric.
My next step will be to make a chart of the blocks I have chosen. All my fabrics are going to play well with each other, but how to choose what fabric for what block. Oh my .....
When I get settled into this new year, and I can drag my "friend" over to my house to play .... I am going to start another blog just for The Loyal Union Sampler Quilt". I am hoping to do some tutorials of my block making process, and maybe get some hints from fellow Loyal Union Sampler quilters out there to chime in. I would love to hear your stories of your blocks that you have chosen, how long the process was for you with making the quilt. Or, have you just started making the quilt yourself .... or you want to and you don't know where to start.
So to my fellow bloggers .... and to my fellow quilters ..... crafters .... readers .... whatever you do, I hope you find time in this new year just for you to do what inspires you.
Have a Happy ......... and Mother Nature .... you be good!!!!
Sharon
After playing for a few hours, and blogger not being co-operative .... finally uploaded my new blog.
http://theloyalunionsampler.blogspot.com/ Hope you can drop by!
So, here we are at the beginning of a new year .. oh what do I want to accomplish, what will my goals be? I no longer do resolutions, it seems when we break our resolutions we give up on whatever we had set our tasks to be. If we make goals, and some don't get done, we don't feel like we are a failure. So, what are some goals I want to accomplish?
Top goal on my list, it started yesterday .......... get this craft room/office area cleaned up for once and for all. I really did make a step in the right direction in 2014, got a lot of my crafts and tools organized. The problem being ......... when I found what I needed .... not to good on putting them exactly back where they were suppose to go.
I actually do have sewing projects in their own neat little containers that I had started, for some reason or another, abandoned ... There they set, "in their neat little containers", waiting for me in 2015 to get them done. LOL
It's winter and my husband needs projects to do. He is kind of getting squirrely setting around not being able to play outside in his flower and vegetable gardens, so he is making a list of things to update the house. One of those being, my craft room. I am very excited about that. But, there is always a "but" .......... I have to actually empty this place of lots of stuff. In the end, It will either have a hard wood floor (that would be very nice), or another type of low pile rug.
I'll make sure to take pictures and post them of the "before and after"
Last year my friend and I had decided we were going to do a sampler quilt. Something like making a block a month .... thinking a process that will take us a couple of years to accomplish. We fell in love with "The Loyal Union Sampler" quilt from Elm Creek Quilts by Jennifer Chiaverini. We are definitely not making the "huge" quilt that is shown in the book. But, we picked blocks that "spoke" to us individually. Mostly, the blocks that spoke to me were not complicated and paper pieced. LOL I eventually want to make the more difficult blocks ..... but they may end up being a one block pieced and hand quilted ... maybe hanging around my "new craft" room. Probably by then, I won't even be living in this house!!! LOL
So, here and there shopping around at our favorite quilt shops, and a couple road trips. we have been stocking up on our fabric. The first thing we had to consider is what our basic background fabric would be. When that was chosen, we then set out to acquire our fabric for the blocks. I like the roses and greens, sprinkle some medium blues in there, and of course some brown fabric.
My next step will be to make a chart of the blocks I have chosen. All my fabrics are going to play well with each other, but how to choose what fabric for what block. Oh my .....
When I get settled into this new year, and I can drag my "friend" over to my house to play .... I am going to start another blog just for The Loyal Union Sampler Quilt". I am hoping to do some tutorials of my block making process, and maybe get some hints from fellow Loyal Union Sampler quilters out there to chime in. I would love to hear your stories of your blocks that you have chosen, how long the process was for you with making the quilt. Or, have you just started making the quilt yourself .... or you want to and you don't know where to start.
So to my fellow bloggers .... and to my fellow quilters ..... crafters .... readers .... whatever you do, I hope you find time in this new year just for you to do what inspires you.
Have a Happy ......... and Mother Nature .... you be good!!!!
Sharon
After playing for a few hours, and blogger not being co-operative .... finally uploaded my new blog.
http://theloyalunionsampler.blogspot.com/ Hope you can drop by!
Monday, November 17, 2014
Really --- It's Fall in Ohio ??
I can't believe that it is fall here in Ohio. Even though I've lived here all my life. I guess one good thing about all this "weather", that it should make for many "happy sewing days" in our craft/sewing rooms.
I have had issues with my computer, so was unable to post anything for a while. Solved that problem, I hope, bought a new computer. Now "learning" the ways of this one, even though my computer savvy son says it is still the same ......... "mom ... it's the internet .... you're still connected in the same way". Well, computer "savvy" I am not. LOL
I have been sewing a little here and there. I completed a small baby quilt for my daughter's SIL's baby boy. I've had this adorable fabric; that was actually my grandson's fabric that my daughter had purchased for picnic tables at our local zoo (Cleveland) for his first birthday party there. Of course, Gramma was right on the ball, as usual, he is now 5 and I didn't use it for his quilt. I did make him a darling baby bears quilt, though.
So, I had 4 yards of fabric and time for a fun project, so hence, the baby quilt. I wanted to use as much of the fabric that I could, so came up with this pattern. I had 2 yards left after completing the quilt top, and wanted a fun back for it. So, I played around with piecing it. I think it turned out cute, bright & cheerful for a baby boy.
I have enough fabric left to make my grandson a pillow case, as a remembrance for him of his first birthday party. Smart Gramma, huh? I like to pat myself on the back now and then. LOL Oh, I don't have it sewn yet, but I have all the parts and pieces cut. LOL
Showing Fall in my Kitchen
And, showing "Winter" out my kitchen door?
I have had issues with my computer, so was unable to post anything for a while. Solved that problem, I hope, bought a new computer. Now "learning" the ways of this one, even though my computer savvy son says it is still the same ......... "mom ... it's the internet .... you're still connected in the same way". Well, computer "savvy" I am not. LOL
I have been sewing a little here and there. I completed a small baby quilt for my daughter's SIL's baby boy. I've had this adorable fabric; that was actually my grandson's fabric that my daughter had purchased for picnic tables at our local zoo (Cleveland) for his first birthday party there. Of course, Gramma was right on the ball, as usual, he is now 5 and I didn't use it for his quilt. I did make him a darling baby bears quilt, though.
So, I had 4 yards of fabric and time for a fun project, so hence, the baby quilt. I wanted to use as much of the fabric that I could, so came up with this pattern. I had 2 yards left after completing the quilt top, and wanted a fun back for it. So, I played around with piecing it. I think it turned out cute, bright & cheerful for a baby boy.
I have enough fabric left to make my grandson a pillow case, as a remembrance for him of his first birthday party. Smart Gramma, huh? I like to pat myself on the back now and then. LOL Oh, I don't have it sewn yet, but I have all the parts and pieces cut. LOL
Here it is........ Peek A-Boo @ the Zoo!
Front
Back
Okay, you probably noticed, I don't have a quilt label on it, yet!!!! But, I got to get it in mailed soon. I want it in the mail to my daughter for Thanksgiving, so I had better get it done like yesterday!! LOL
Recently had a fun sew-in-day at our Guild Hall. On Guild meeting date, we have "our" hall available for the entire day up until our meeting in the evening. So, there are classes we can sign up for, or just go in and work on any project you want to.
My friend and I decided to do our online Small Quilt Talk Group's monthly challenge for November. The group belongs to Kathleen Tracy, she gives us a challenge each month for fun. November's challenge was to make the Housewife Needle Case from her book, Remembering Adelia. It didn't peak my interest, what would I do with a needle case? But, I decided that I too would do this on our sew in day. I used some fat quarters that I had won from Kathleen Tracy's blog., A Sentimental Quilter. They were from Andover Fabrics, created by Jo Morton. Really pretty fabrics, and I was saving them for just the perfect project.
My first thoughts on this project was, what I would use it for? Well, I got to thinking, I do many different hand projects, requiring many different needles. DUH!!! A case for each project ...... embroidery, cross stitch, and hand quilting .... just to name a few. Every time I start one of these projects, because I am so organized, I end up buying more needles because I loose the packaging that the needles come in, and then I am guessing which ones goes with what projects? The only ones I can identify right off are my quilting needles. LOL
My first thoughts on this project was, what I would use it for? Well, I got to thinking, I do many different hand projects, requiring many different needles. DUH!!! A case for each project ...... embroidery, cross stitch, and hand quilting .... just to name a few. Every time I start one of these projects, because I am so organized, I end up buying more needles because I loose the packaging that the needles come in, and then I am guessing which ones goes with what projects? The only ones I can identify right off are my quilting needles. LOL
November Challenge: Housewife Needle Case
This is a really quick and fun project. Great Christmas gifts for sewing friends. I already have a list a "mile" long, besides making a few more for me!!!!
I am now going to "pa-roozz" the internet and my quilt magazines for an idea for a quick table-topper for Christmas. I just want simple and quick ...... Every year I say I am going to do my Christmas sewing in July!!!! I'll put that on my New Year's List of to do's.
Have a fun day in whatever you choose to do.
Sharon
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Something for Fall!!
I have a daughter who loves to "craft", and is very good at it. She is a lot like her father in the fact that when she gets an idea to do something, it must be done immediately. So, last week on her day off, she wanted to make a craft she had seen on Pinterest. So, off to the craft store to buy supplies we went.
I am not generally "a crafter". I like to quilt and do my other handwork items. She is also an accomplished quilter, but she "loves" to craft more, I think. So, her plan is for us to make rag wreaths. Her's will be done for Halloween, and mine just something with a fall theme.
But, before we can concentrate on our wreaths, we must also make something for daughter #2, her sister, because it is her birthday, and she is coming out to spend the day with us. It's a girl's day, as #1's husband and 2 boys are off to a steam engine show, leaving her daughter, birthday girl, me and said #1 daughter to enjoy the day. 2 dozen cupcakes and hot chicken wing dip later, B.D. Girl arrives. She is not a crafter, she just wants to hang out.
We all head to the quilt store for Daughter # 1 to buy fabric. It can't be just anything thrown together, no, it must match and have the same theme. Finally, after an hour or so ....... we leave the store with her purchases. No time to craft, must eat cupcakes and have chicken dip. Their brother, my son, joins us for the cupcakes. Soon, everyone departs ........... no crafting has taken place. LOL
Now, it's 7 PM and I am to tired to even think about starting "my wreath". So, next day, I start the process, the long process, of tearing strips and cutting to the desired length. Probably a couple hours worth.. That evening, the "fun" starts? Well, in the beginning it seems like it just isn't going to work out right. I don't like how I've tied them on ........... daughter did not explain how to do this part! So using the trusted internet w/U-tube .......... I found out how to do it.
Next evening, put in another 4/5 hours of tying knots onto the frame. Getting the hang of it, really like how it is turning out. Boy, it sure takes a lot of pieces ..... hope I have enough.
Lots and lots of pieces ...... I have a couple of them tied to the frame. Not impressed at this point.
Finished, worked on this last evening while watching new TV programs. I actually enjoyed the process of this wreath. I now want to make a couple smaller ones, maybe. LOL Lighting wasn't really good, but it does resemble fall leaves:-) I had some really old "corn" fabric that I tied into a bow .... I am kind of proud of myself on how this turned out. Even husband said it looked nice.
So, hope you were able to stick with me during my rant about this craft. It actually seems to be a therapeutic thing for me to do. LOL Ranting that is, not crafting. LOL
Need something to hang on your walls for fall?? Should take you 2 / 3 days ........ or more .......... give this a try. Don't have to be crafty to make this wreath.
Check back to see if Daughter #1 has any more crafts up her sleeve for her mother to try. LOL
I am not generally "a crafter". I like to quilt and do my other handwork items. She is also an accomplished quilter, but she "loves" to craft more, I think. So, her plan is for us to make rag wreaths. Her's will be done for Halloween, and mine just something with a fall theme.
But, before we can concentrate on our wreaths, we must also make something for daughter #2, her sister, because it is her birthday, and she is coming out to spend the day with us. It's a girl's day, as #1's husband and 2 boys are off to a steam engine show, leaving her daughter, birthday girl, me and said #1 daughter to enjoy the day. 2 dozen cupcakes and hot chicken wing dip later, B.D. Girl arrives. She is not a crafter, she just wants to hang out.
We all head to the quilt store for Daughter # 1 to buy fabric. It can't be just anything thrown together, no, it must match and have the same theme. Finally, after an hour or so ....... we leave the store with her purchases. No time to craft, must eat cupcakes and have chicken dip. Their brother, my son, joins us for the cupcakes. Soon, everyone departs ........... no crafting has taken place. LOL
Now, it's 7 PM and I am to tired to even think about starting "my wreath". So, next day, I start the process, the long process, of tearing strips and cutting to the desired length. Probably a couple hours worth.. That evening, the "fun" starts? Well, in the beginning it seems like it just isn't going to work out right. I don't like how I've tied them on ........... daughter did not explain how to do this part! So using the trusted internet w/U-tube .......... I found out how to do it.
Next evening, put in another 4/5 hours of tying knots onto the frame. Getting the hang of it, really like how it is turning out. Boy, it sure takes a lot of pieces ..... hope I have enough.
Lots and lots of pieces ...... I have a couple of them tied to the frame. Not impressed at this point.
Well, this is after working on it about 8/9 hours. LOL Hoping I get this done by next Fall season!
Finished, worked on this last evening while watching new TV programs. I actually enjoyed the process of this wreath. I now want to make a couple smaller ones, maybe. LOL Lighting wasn't really good, but it does resemble fall leaves:-) I had some really old "corn" fabric that I tied into a bow .... I am kind of proud of myself on how this turned out. Even husband said it looked nice.
So, hope you were able to stick with me during my rant about this craft. It actually seems to be a therapeutic thing for me to do. LOL Ranting that is, not crafting. LOL
Need something to hang on your walls for fall?? Should take you 2 / 3 days ........ or more .......... give this a try. Don't have to be crafty to make this wreath.
Check back to see if Daughter #1 has any more crafts up her sleeve for her mother to try. LOL
Friday, August 29, 2014
SOMETHING FUN TO DO ....PART II
Finished, actually finished this project early in August, but couldn't find time to set down at my computer and post the results. I still have a "desk top computer", which means I have to be at my desk to do "computer" stuff. LOL
I think this quilt is probably one of the most fun quilts I have ever done. I definitely have to make another one in this way! I let go of my "O.C.D." long enough to really enjoy the process of the surprise. Sure, there were a couple of times that I would have liked to have "cheated" at the choice of the fabric that I pulled out of the bag. But, true to my project, I sewed the pieces together as they came next.
All the blocks were done in the manner of pulling a piece of fabric out of the bag, no looking; and adding them to the block I was working on. Okay, I got a little nervous, and wanted to pick again, especially when a couple of the same colors of fabric got to "live" next to each other. Like a couple of the "reds" ...... they just bring my eyes to them.
As I noted, all the log cabin blocks were pieced by "surprise", but I actually chose my border colors:-) Had to have a little "O.C.D." in this quilt. LOL
I am using this quilt as my UFO challenge project for the month of August for the on line quilt group I belong to.... The Small Quilt Talk Group ..... Technically it wasn't an old UFO, but in my mind it was, as I new I wanted to make an American Doll Quilt for my granddaughter, Izabela, who is going to turn 9 in September. I had been thinking about this project for a good long time since their vacation ended with us early in July. (They were living in Texas at the time.) So, what better way for me to "kill" to birds with one "stone"? Make it my August Challenge and Izabela's birthday present. Well, one of her birthday presents!! She also has shown Gramma the robe and slippers that she wants for her American Girl Doll that would match hers. Of course, she is going to get them too:-)
I think this quilt is probably one of the most fun quilts I have ever done. I definitely have to make another one in this way! I let go of my "O.C.D." long enough to really enjoy the process of the surprise. Sure, there were a couple of times that I would have liked to have "cheated" at the choice of the fabric that I pulled out of the bag. But, true to my project, I sewed the pieces together as they came next.
All the blocks were done in the manner of pulling a piece of fabric out of the bag, no looking; and adding them to the block I was working on. Okay, I got a little nervous, and wanted to pick again, especially when a couple of the same colors of fabric got to "live" next to each other. Like a couple of the "reds" ...... they just bring my eyes to them.
As I noted, all the log cabin blocks were pieced by "surprise", but I actually chose my border colors:-) Had to have a little "O.C.D." in this quilt. LOL
I am using this quilt as my UFO challenge project for the month of August for the on line quilt group I belong to.... The Small Quilt Talk Group ..... Technically it wasn't an old UFO, but in my mind it was, as I new I wanted to make an American Doll Quilt for my granddaughter, Izabela, who is going to turn 9 in September. I had been thinking about this project for a good long time since their vacation ended with us early in July. (They were living in Texas at the time.) So, what better way for me to "kill" to birds with one "stone"? Make it my August Challenge and Izabela's birthday present. Well, one of her birthday presents!! She also has shown Gramma the robe and slippers that she wants for her American Girl Doll that would match hers. Of course, she is going to get them too:-)
So, here is my UFO & Izabela's Quilt, titled ................ HUGS & KISSES FOR IZABELA
Hand quilted with X's & O's thru out the quilt ...... hence ..... Hugs & Kisses for Izabela!
So, get your scraps out, have them cut to whatever you need for your block, and put them in a bag, and just have some fun. You might be surprised at the out come.
Thanks for stopping by .......... you never know what my "brain" will cook up, so stop back. Have time, leave me a comment ...
Sharon
Sharon
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