Thursday, October 28, 2010

Jason's Quilt is finished!

1 down and 3 more to go! Planning on getting Cara's in the quilting machine tomorrow & hopefully getting it quilted...then if I'm very lucky, I might get it finished with its binding Saturday & Sunday...It feels really good to at least get one completed--- I'm starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! LOL!

Monday, October 25, 2010

Jason's Quilt Top is Together!

YAY! I think it turned out better than I even thought it would! The Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Transformer icon & the Batmobile are all here and accounted for! I think I know a little guy that may enjoy this on his Batmobile bed his Pa made for him a couple years ago...
The pinkish small quilt is made out of flannel and for ME! About 3 years ago I made 27 quillow quilts for everyone in the family---except me! Finally I have my own to curl up under on the couch or in the recliner---and I'm sure loving it!--Nothing fancy....but soft, warm, cuddly, and MINE! Again I say-YAY!
Jason's Super Hero Quilt Top...

Close up of one of Batman blocks--Colored with crayon and hand embroidered in black.

Superman block closeup in quilt setting...

My own personal sized quilt--Just for Me!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Quilting Group...

Most of you realize I go to quilting group every week now, and I thought you might like to see some of these wonderful ladies at work...I won't pretend to remember all their names, much less how to spell them, but they sure inspire me and are definitely my 'heroes'- some of them are in constant pain- some can't always attend the meetings- some I've known since I was 12, but they all have a very special place in my heart and life. If you are a person that loves to quilt, I would highly recommend joining a local quilt group. You won't regret it!
Friends....

So many stages to make a quilt... marking, ironing, piecing, etc...

We all stay busy...

Some can iron, quilt and cut all within arm's reach!

Some of us work on two things at once!

Some of us really enjoy 'handwork.'

Eating lunch together is one of the highlights of what we do!


These are all a great bunch of ladies... Here's a couple projects that were brought and shown today...

Flannel Rag quilt for a grandbaby!

Christmas time is coming!!! Hand applique no less!!!

Just beautiful! Love the red!

Nice Work!!

Oh Wow---Crazy quilt that she quilted on a long arm quilting machine---The workmanship is awesome!

Close up of one of the block...sooo pretty!

Monday, October 18, 2010

Work your fingers to the bone and what do you get? A really cute quilt!

For the Blair Family Baby Boy...

Close up of a couple of the machine embroidery center squares...

LOL! I have a baby shower to go to Sunday at church for a baby boy, so it was past time to get myself in gear and clean off the old Gammill 12' quilting machine... Believe it or not, I actually remembered most everything, making only a few mistakes here and there. I really needed to try to get back into the swing of using it because I have at least 4 Christmas quilts to get done before Christmas---and I hadn't quilted anything on it for well over a year...maybe two....For a simple Log Cabin quilt with machine embroidered center blocks, it doesn't look too bad! Anyway, thought I'd share my latest project...

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Two Christmas quilt tops are ready to quilt!

YAY! I've finally gotten two of the Christmas quilt projects ready for quilting! Ben & Cara's are ready to go, and I only have one more block to finish embroidering on Jason's before I can start putting it together... So, maybe I can get it going this next week...I also have a baby quilt to do for a baby shower at church next weekend, so my week is already filling up... I also bought another sweatshirt to make me another one of those jackets.. but probably won't get to work on it until week after next...I'm planning to do it in olive greens with a dark brown sweatshirt & welting... I think it will be really pretty. Anyway, here's the latest pictures on the quilt tops...
I love how the colors came together on this...

I ended up adding a side border of the same blue material that I separated the blocks with...The quilt just didn't look complete without it...

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Poor Puppy!

Life IS GOOD--you know! Even with all the bumps...Yesterday, we discovered that our latest addition to the family--Canela, the wienner dog, has a lesion on her nose...uh oh, I think, when Jack, our Min Pin, had a suspicious lesion, it was an inherited rather than contagious form of Mange that could have and would have killed him had we not taken him to the Vet early...sooo, this morning Canela went to the vet.... $100 later we now think it's a fungus...poor baby, poor checkbook... But on the bright side, Canela had a rabies tag on when we got her and the vet. was able to tell us how old she was.... 1yr. 4 months old... and the rabies shot was all she had been given... very good information...
As for what I've been doing, sorry, can't talk about it...it's a secret! If I told ya, I'd have to kill ya... lol!  Actually, Santa Clause is coming to town!---so really, I can't talk about it...sure would like to talk about it...but I can't, really...dern... but I can tell you that I'm planning to work this afternoon on a Christmas present that I can talk about...Cara's quilt.... I'm trying to figure the math to set the squares on point...I think that would be cute...I'll play with it and see how it works out...If I like it, I'll take a picture and share.  Get back with ya soon!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Ben's quilt top is together...

I have finally gotten 1 of the 4 quilt tops put together that I need to have completed for Christmas! Don't expect fancy piecing on any of these, but the embroidery is kinda nice. I also have completed 2 more of the blocks for Jason's quilt and 1 more for the Texas quilt...
I ended up only using 9 blocks for the quilt...but will use the rest for pillows & pillowcase.

It's a bird. It's a plane. It's Superman!

Transformers....More than meets the eye!!!!




Bluebonnets...

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

That boy may be worth something yet!

OK, OK....The boy I'm talking about is our Min Pin, Jack. I heard the awefullest (is that a word even?) commotion early this morning in the back yard, rolled over and went back to sleep. Jack and his sidekick, Canela, (a miniature weenie dog) are known to get a little over zealous at times running around chasing each other for the sheer fun of it, but this time they really had a reason.... Apparently, Jack (the obviously taller of the two- and thereby the ringleader) had caught and killed a 'possum, and boy was he proud of himself! I'm guessing it was his biggest 'kill' yet.... to my knowledge, he has killed several gray grass snakes, a few young rats, a young squirrel or two and a whole flock at least of dove (the bird bath is a dog feeder, don't ya know!)...Anyway, Congrats Jack!!!

Friday, October 1, 2010

Fall is Here!!!


Finally, things are cooling off to a bearable temperature for bike riding! Yay! We rode to Valera for BBQ Turkey last night....wonderful! I also finished Cara's Sweatshirt Jacket. I sure hope she likes it! Here's the pictures...