Just wanted to give my avid fans out there (all 3 of you) an update on my Stake in the Sand.
Yesterday....
- I completed the Old Red Barn Quilt Along top - I ordered some fabric for the backing and need to purchase some batting. I'm only a week and a half behind.
- All 92 Nine Patches complete. Now time for sashing cutting and layout
- More turquoise squares completed
- More hourglasses in process.
I'll post pictures later today, but wanted to give you all a quick update.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Just keep sewing, just keep sewing
A quick update on the sewing front....
-11 more nine patches - DONE - 14 to go
- 2 more rows on the Summery Quilt - DONE - 2 more to go
- 6 more turquoise square in a square - DONE - 42 to go
- Posh Bed Quilt - ahem....cut and pressed some half square triangles getting ready to mark and make into hourglasses
Stay tuned....more sewing to come!
-11 more nine patches - DONE - 14 to go
- 2 more rows on the Summery Quilt - DONE - 2 more to go
- 6 more turquoise square in a square - DONE - 42 to go
- Posh Bed Quilt - ahem....cut and pressed some half square triangles getting ready to mark and make into hourglasses
Stay tuned....more sewing to come!
Monday, June 15, 2009
Sweet progress
I've been a busy busy bee the last few days. Nose to the grindstone.....I had to work on getting caught up on my two quiltalongs.
First the nine patch a day. After organizing all my 2 1/2" squares I started sewing. I now have 67 of them done. Crazy Mom Quilts is making 70 for her quilt, but I cut out enough for 92 squares. And by God, if I cut the material, I'm going to sew the material.
The last photo may be a bit misleading. That's the yummy white Kona cotton I purchased as sashing that I've just laid some of the 9 patches out on. I'm so excited about how this quilt is going to turn out. And because naming quilts is part of the fun for me, I've named this one "Jello Shots."
Next up, Old Red Barn's Quilt along. You may remember the last time you saw this fabric it was still in it's 1/2 yard cuts. Well much cutting, sewing, cutting, and sewing later, I have three of seven rows assembled.
I'm very pleased with how it's turning out, even though these fabrics aren't ones I normally am drawn to. This quilt SCREAMS picnics and summers to me.
Next, Posh bed quilt....I actually dug out the box of hourglass blocks I completed last summer, all the rest of the fabric and got organized. I counted 382 blocks made and 168 to go. I now have a plan for layout....
Finally, the turquoise square in a square quilt.
Just made more of these bad boys.
It helped my progress that Kate and I made a sewing date for Sunday. I got so much done. If you haven't noticed, I'm basically working on all four at one time. To put my own spin on Dory from Finding Nemo's, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming....", I "just keep sewing, just keep sewing."
And finally I had to leave you with the latest pic of my two furry friends.
They both now join me in the sewing room and supervise all the productivity.
How's your summer so far?
First the nine patch a day. After organizing all my 2 1/2" squares I started sewing. I now have 67 of them done. Crazy Mom Quilts is making 70 for her quilt, but I cut out enough for 92 squares. And by God, if I cut the material, I'm going to sew the material.
The last photo may be a bit misleading. That's the yummy white Kona cotton I purchased as sashing that I've just laid some of the 9 patches out on. I'm so excited about how this quilt is going to turn out. And because naming quilts is part of the fun for me, I've named this one "Jello Shots."Next up, Old Red Barn's Quilt along. You may remember the last time you saw this fabric it was still in it's 1/2 yard cuts. Well much cutting, sewing, cutting, and sewing later, I have three of seven rows assembled.
I'm very pleased with how it's turning out, even though these fabrics aren't ones I normally am drawn to. This quilt SCREAMS picnics and summers to me.Next, Posh bed quilt....I actually dug out the box of hourglass blocks I completed last summer, all the rest of the fabric and got organized. I counted 382 blocks made and 168 to go. I now have a plan for layout....
Finally, the turquoise square in a square quilt.
Just made more of these bad boys.It helped my progress that Kate and I made a sewing date for Sunday. I got so much done. If you haven't noticed, I'm basically working on all four at one time. To put my own spin on Dory from Finding Nemo's, "Just keep swimming, just keep swimming....", I "just keep sewing, just keep sewing."
And finally I had to leave you with the latest pic of my two furry friends.
They both now join me in the sewing room and supervise all the productivity.How's your summer so far?
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Stake in the sand
Okay, after spending some time with my sewing machine I'm putting a stake in the sand. Before school starts at the beginning of August I'm going to finish 4 on going easy sewing quilts.
1. One a Day Nine Patch - Crazy Mom Quilt Along
2. Old Red Barn Quilt Along
3. Turquoise Square in a Square
4. HourGlass bed quilt from last summer
I will finish these by the time the Munchkins board the bus on the first day of school in August.
Speaking of stakes, I've been rewatching Buffy while I've been treadmilling since January. It truly is a great series and mythology. Just recently at a friend's house for game night, a discussion (after a few glasses of wine) happened. A very intelligent and adult examination of the blending of the vampire mythologies of Buffy, Twilight, and Sookie Stackhouse. And of course we discussed which vampire we would pick, Angel, Spike, Edward, Bill, or Eric.
Y'all take care, and hopefully after this weekend I'll some fun pictures of my sewing progress.
1. One a Day Nine Patch - Crazy Mom Quilt Along
2. Old Red Barn Quilt Along
3. Turquoise Square in a Square
4. HourGlass bed quilt from last summer
I will finish these by the time the Munchkins board the bus on the first day of school in August.
Speaking of stakes, I've been rewatching Buffy while I've been treadmilling since January. It truly is a great series and mythology. Just recently at a friend's house for game night, a discussion (after a few glasses of wine) happened. A very intelligent and adult examination of the blending of the vampire mythologies of Buffy, Twilight, and Sookie Stackhouse. And of course we discussed which vampire we would pick, Angel, Spike, Edward, Bill, or Eric.
Y'all take care, and hopefully after this weekend I'll some fun pictures of my sewing progress.
Friday, May 29, 2009
Sewing and Blogging Slacker....that would be me
So I'm going to skip the part where I make all kinds of excuses as to why I'm a Slacker and go straight to the good stuff.
Sewing
I've joined a couple of quilt alongs, Crazy Mom Quilts and Old Red Barn.
This is as far as I've gotten on the 9 patch a day one. I'm so far behind. But by God, I will catch up and finish. All of this comes from my stash,which is really good news. I'm very excited about how this will turn out.
This is as far as I've gotten on the Old Red Barn one, I've purchased fabric. These are so far out of my normal fabric cravings, but when I joined the quilt along and went through my stash and saw that it would be beyond my current mental concentration to find 12 1/2 yards that went together, I naturally went shopping at fabric.com. This whole collection was on super duper clearance, and I've always liked red and light blue together. I bought extra of the gingham....it will make perfect binding for lots of things....hee hee.
The Oh My Dog wallhangings....still hanging over the railing of the loft. Will quilt and photo soon, promise. Kristin's birthday is FAST approaching!
Critters
Pepper Cat and Evey Dog are fast friends. I think Pepper thinks Evey is Mama. She follows her everywhere. And Evey follows me everywhere, so we make quite the parade walking around the house together.
In the last few days I've been reminded of the children's book, "Are You My Mother?" It has been surprising how the dog and kitten have gotten along. I was a bit concerned about how the dog would react to the kitten, she barks continuously at PJ one of our other cats. But Evey lets Pepper attack her, drink and eat out of her bowls, and most recently clean the inside of her ears. Whatever is happening around here is pretty cute.....
As far as the other cats, PJ has taken to living in the basement with her arch nemesis, Snickers. They crack me up down there.
Munchkins
As I was transferring photos for this post I found dozens of photos I had not taken on my camera. Perhaps this is another lesson of why not to leave your camera unattended.
Do you remember last summer what I came home to one afternoon? Well apparently, the oldest Munchkin got super industrious recently and decided to create her own pictorial. How I love when I find little treasures like this. She's my artist.
Weight Loss and Exercise
I'm up to 45 lbs lost since January 1, 2009. I'm on the treadmill at least an hour 6 days a week, most weeks 7 days. I gotta say watching my first season of the Biggest Loser this spring has kept me motivated.
Twilight-New Moon
I cannot believe I haven't seen this on other people's blogs. You know who you are.
So y'all take care....I'm off to the pool with the Munchkins....and hopefully will be sewing soon!
Sewing
I've joined a couple of quilt alongs, Crazy Mom Quilts and Old Red Barn.
This is as far as I've gotten on the 9 patch a day one. I'm so far behind. But by God, I will catch up and finish. All of this comes from my stash,which is really good news. I'm very excited about how this will turn out.
This is as far as I've gotten on the Old Red Barn one, I've purchased fabric. These are so far out of my normal fabric cravings, but when I joined the quilt along and went through my stash and saw that it would be beyond my current mental concentration to find 12 1/2 yards that went together, I naturally went shopping at fabric.com. This whole collection was on super duper clearance, and I've always liked red and light blue together. I bought extra of the gingham....it will make perfect binding for lots of things....hee hee.The Oh My Dog wallhangings....still hanging over the railing of the loft. Will quilt and photo soon, promise. Kristin's birthday is FAST approaching!
Critters
Pepper Cat and Evey Dog are fast friends. I think Pepper thinks Evey is Mama. She follows her everywhere. And Evey follows me everywhere, so we make quite the parade walking around the house together.
In the last few days I've been reminded of the children's book, "Are You My Mother?" It has been surprising how the dog and kitten have gotten along. I was a bit concerned about how the dog would react to the kitten, she barks continuously at PJ one of our other cats. But Evey lets Pepper attack her, drink and eat out of her bowls, and most recently clean the inside of her ears. Whatever is happening around here is pretty cute.....
As far as the other cats, PJ has taken to living in the basement with her arch nemesis, Snickers. They crack me up down there.Munchkins
As I was transferring photos for this post I found dozens of photos I had not taken on my camera. Perhaps this is another lesson of why not to leave your camera unattended.
Do you remember last summer what I came home to one afternoon? Well apparently, the oldest Munchkin got super industrious recently and decided to create her own pictorial. How I love when I find little treasures like this. She's my artist.Weight Loss and Exercise
I'm up to 45 lbs lost since January 1, 2009. I'm on the treadmill at least an hour 6 days a week, most weeks 7 days. I gotta say watching my first season of the Biggest Loser this spring has kept me motivated.
Twilight-New Moon
I cannot believe I haven't seen this on other people's blogs. You know who you are.So y'all take care....I'm off to the pool with the Munchkins....and hopefully will be sewing soon!
Monday, May 18, 2009
What in the world have I gotten myself into?!
Lord help me, I've joined Dana in her Old Red Barn Co Quilt Along. And I have a million nine patches to do to catch up with AmandaJean, but shhhh, please don't tell on me.
I'd better get to sewing. Who said dirty clothes don't keep? It's almost summer, we don't need all that many clothes anyway!
I'd better get to sewing. Who said dirty clothes don't keep? It's almost summer, we don't need all that many clothes anyway!
Friday, May 15, 2009
I took a break, so sue me
Hello everyone....sorry it's been so long. Since we had to put poor Sunny down things have been barreling along. What with sick kitty, end of school activities, a cold, a wedding, two birthdays, Mother's day, my part-time jobs of work, Mommy, Wife, exercise, and weight loss, and just regular day to day stuff I've been slammed.
So first up, what I promised a couple of week's ago. Quilting update.....honestly, I haven't sewn in weeks. I didn't miss it at first. I guess I just had too much going on, but I'm starting to get that itch. Before I got overwhelmed I started this quilt:
This had started off as a Square in a Square quilt, with three concentric squares per block. An old adage is coming to mind,"Measure twice, cut once." Yes, in all my genius, I thought to myself, "9 inch square, 3 squares, 9 divided by 3, 3" strips". Um, yes, above is what I ended up with. So then after the first cut, realizing my error, and muttering a selection of choice swear words....I decided that I would set the squares on-point. This started out as hand-dyed turquoises purchased for a whole other project that I bought and an Amy Butler that I thought was perfect with them. Then over time I collected other prints to incorporate. In the end, the Amy Butler didn't make the cut. Oh well......
I have another two matching wall hangings ready to be quilted. One for me and one for a dear friend's birthday. These are made with the Oh My Dog charm pack. I just had to have this fabric cause of Evey the dog. When I show you the finished product (hopefully soon) you'll see that the dog on it looks nothing like Evey. It actually looks like my friend's dog, Penny. So stay tuned.
Oh and I joined a quilt-along....I haven't done anything yet....I'm 17 days behind....don't ask.
Next up, last weekend one of my very bestest friends got married! Yay! And she married a very cool guy, scroll down for his pic. It was a lovely lovely day. And she allowed me to play a part by doing her hair, her daughters' hair, and most important swig champagne in the car moments before she walked down the aisle. I never got to make any napkins for her wedding. I didn't make it to Quilt Camp, one of those previously mentioned birthdays conflicted, and they finished them up there. But when we got home, Hubbie said,"Oh look. I guess I accidently stuffed these in my pocket at some point." Now evil laugh, "Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!"
I've thought about holding them hostage and asking for a ransom.....but I really should be a "good" friend, right?. :)
Next up, this week we got some fantastic news....after almost three years of hard work the oldest Munchkin did really well on some standardized tests at school. When we moved almost 3 years ago from county to another, the academic standard difference took us by complete surprise. My oldest Munchkin started her 2nd grade year, behind and has fought and fought to finally get caught up. It's been heartbreaking as a Mother to hear her talk about how she's really not that smart. How she doesn't know if she's smart enough to be a vet (her life long, and I mean life long, dream). But as of 3:01 pm yesterday, we got the news that she passed her tests with BRIGHT FLYING COLORS! Whoo, hoo, oh yeah! So riding this high, I gave in to the oldest Munchkin's latest request, to go look at kittens. This week she came to me and Hubbie and told us that she missed her cat Sunny, but she thought she was ready to be Mommy to a new kitten.
Please meet Pepper!
And here she is with her new Mommy.
Pepper is 6 weeks old and too cute for words. Oldest Munchkin is so happy and in love. Quote: "This is the best day of my life." My Munchkins have had to endure alot in the last 12 months....they deserve alittle happiness.
So what do the other furry babies have to say about it all.....
"WTF! Hiss, Hiss, is she gone? I can't believe you've done this to me. Just when I had been promoted to Number 2! Hiss, hiss."
"Ok, I need to give the new kid some pointers.....like don't sit on my person's lap! That's all mine little kitty. But if you come over I'll lick your nose..."
Well that's about it. Hopefully, you feel fulfilled and caught up on my life.....blog at you soon, y'all!
So first up, what I promised a couple of week's ago. Quilting update.....honestly, I haven't sewn in weeks. I didn't miss it at first. I guess I just had too much going on, but I'm starting to get that itch. Before I got overwhelmed I started this quilt:
This had started off as a Square in a Square quilt, with three concentric squares per block. An old adage is coming to mind,"Measure twice, cut once." Yes, in all my genius, I thought to myself, "9 inch square, 3 squares, 9 divided by 3, 3" strips". Um, yes, above is what I ended up with. So then after the first cut, realizing my error, and muttering a selection of choice swear words....I decided that I would set the squares on-point. This started out as hand-dyed turquoises purchased for a whole other project that I bought and an Amy Butler that I thought was perfect with them. Then over time I collected other prints to incorporate. In the end, the Amy Butler didn't make the cut. Oh well......I have another two matching wall hangings ready to be quilted. One for me and one for a dear friend's birthday. These are made with the Oh My Dog charm pack. I just had to have this fabric cause of Evey the dog. When I show you the finished product (hopefully soon) you'll see that the dog on it looks nothing like Evey. It actually looks like my friend's dog, Penny. So stay tuned.
Oh and I joined a quilt-along....I haven't done anything yet....I'm 17 days behind....don't ask.
Next up, last weekend one of my very bestest friends got married! Yay! And she married a very cool guy, scroll down for his pic. It was a lovely lovely day. And she allowed me to play a part by doing her hair, her daughters' hair, and most important swig champagne in the car moments before she walked down the aisle. I never got to make any napkins for her wedding. I didn't make it to Quilt Camp, one of those previously mentioned birthdays conflicted, and they finished them up there. But when we got home, Hubbie said,"Oh look. I guess I accidently stuffed these in my pocket at some point." Now evil laugh, "Mwa ha ha ha ha ha!"
I've thought about holding them hostage and asking for a ransom.....but I really should be a "good" friend, right?. :)Next up, this week we got some fantastic news....after almost three years of hard work the oldest Munchkin did really well on some standardized tests at school. When we moved almost 3 years ago from county to another, the academic standard difference took us by complete surprise. My oldest Munchkin started her 2nd grade year, behind and has fought and fought to finally get caught up. It's been heartbreaking as a Mother to hear her talk about how she's really not that smart. How she doesn't know if she's smart enough to be a vet (her life long, and I mean life long, dream). But as of 3:01 pm yesterday, we got the news that she passed her tests with BRIGHT FLYING COLORS! Whoo, hoo, oh yeah! So riding this high, I gave in to the oldest Munchkin's latest request, to go look at kittens. This week she came to me and Hubbie and told us that she missed her cat Sunny, but she thought she was ready to be Mommy to a new kitten.
Please meet Pepper!
And here she is with her new Mommy.
Pepper is 6 weeks old and too cute for words. Oldest Munchkin is so happy and in love. Quote: "This is the best day of my life." My Munchkins have had to endure alot in the last 12 months....they deserve alittle happiness.So what do the other furry babies have to say about it all.....
"WTF! Hiss, Hiss, is she gone? I can't believe you've done this to me. Just when I had been promoted to Number 2! Hiss, hiss."
"Ok, I need to give the new kid some pointers.....like don't sit on my person's lap! That's all mine little kitty. But if you come over I'll lick your nose..."Well that's about it. Hopefully, you feel fulfilled and caught up on my life.....blog at you soon, y'all!
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