One block at a time

I never would have thought this would take so much time? But here I am plugging along, one block at a time. This is one of those quilts that is taking so long to finish that I wonder if the customer will like it. It always seems the longer it takes to quilt a quilt, the more I question my inspiration.
Here are a few photos of the quilt i have in process. It is called Checkers and Rails, and it is a ton of work! I sure hope she likes it!








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Sisters quilt show

My favorite summer quilt show!


The weather was the best it has ever been, not too hot with a nice breeze. I had a good time, I went with my sister and a friend from the Parkland Parish Quilt Shop. We spent a lot of time shop hopping and driving around the area. I didn't pickup much fabric, but I did find a bunch of good books and a few patterns, okay....maybe more than a few.
While traveling around I managed to finish two of my Rabbits Prefer Chocolate appliqué blocks. It was the end to a perfect week. I can't wait for next year.


The view of Mt. Jefferson as we were leaving the area and heading down the pass.

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Against all odds

It feels good to finish a quilt.


I have finished another Thimble Berries quilt.
I believe this is one of those quilts that I will always remember, maybe because I will have quilted 7 of them by the time I get through my waiting list. This one was going so smooth, until I discovered a bit of an issue with the new milli!

When I bought the new milli, I had the goal of not having to always be tweaking this and that. Well... so far little luck of that. I do love the machine, but...it is always something? If it isn't me, it is the machine, or it's the quilt. I know I should not be wining about a wonderful new long arm, it just seems so frustrating. With any luck, I can get connected to the new long arm. So far, I am not too sure if we are friends yet. Okay, I will shut up now.

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Sewing a little

I have been sewing a little this weekend. :)
I have not taken the time to sew like this in a while, it felt so good.



Here is a close up of the yoyo.



And here is the flower yoyo.



And here is how the cover works. It is so cute, I may have to leave my feather weight out.

Here are some additional image of the covers.




This is the cover I made for the bernina.



And this is the little singer.
You have to make one, it was pretty creative and fun.

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Back in the saddle

Yay! I am glad to be home and quilting again.



This is the latest quilt on the frame. This is not a really good photo, but I am thinking it is a nice photo to show some of the color. I just love blue quilts! The color is so timeless on them. This is a customers quilt. She made this for her daughter, I am quilting it with a simple pantograph (just the way she wanted it), I hope she likes it. I will try to post the final photos when I get finished, hopefully this evening.

Tonight is also the dinner and auction that will benefit Neal and his family, so I will not have much time to quilt.

Thanks for looking - star

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Finally at market

I am sorry this post is so late, I seem to be having some trouble with my blog.

Here I am at market and I am anxious to get started. Today was the schoolhouse was great. But... I am a little tired. I am now ready to get sewing. I can't wait to get home, sew, sew, sew...



This is a little hard to see but I think you can see the booths are starting.



One more shot and then I have to run off to dinner. I am a little tired, but this day has definitely got me all fired up.

I also want to thank Tim and Kathy for a great dinner, thank you.

Live from Salt Lake City - star

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Where does all the time go!

Well I have managed to get some time to do some piecing :) nothing makes me happier than cutting up little pieces of fabric, sewing them back together, and pressing them making nice crisp flat blocks.
I have started this quilt, I think it will be a pretty quick pattern made from charm squares and some yardage.


The pattern is Thimble Blossoms, Wild Thing. I am pretty excited to get going on this, and I hope I can finish it before we go off to quilt market.


Here is a look at one of the final blocks. Well, if I am going to finish this I had better get going.


Hopefully I will have my customers little rose quilt finished tomorrow.
I will enjoy finishing it and getting the quilt posted.


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