Photo experiment

I love looking at other people's blogs. Gives me ideas for mine. I saw that someone was taking pictures with their block on a skirt hanger. Someone else had their block on a tile floor. Lovely. But the hanger gave me an idea. Maybe it would be easier to take a picture if the block was hanging instead of laying down on a table. So this is my experiment with hanging the block up. I think it looks better this way. Please, leave your comments. This blogging stuff is very new to me and I really haven't gotten the hang of it yet. I still would like to figure out how to move the photos around so they aren't always on top. BTW, that's week three of the first quilt along with Amandajean. That's it for now. Keep the piece.

Week 2 of Quilt Along

Week Two of the Quilt Along and I finished my star block. These are the week two blocks for both quilts. I think I might do a reversable quilt, seeing these are my colors. We'll see how the star quilt comes along. That's it for now. Keep the piece.

New Projects

Week One of the Quilt Along with Amandajean. Of course, I am doing it backwards. Amandajean is doing her stars in pink and I am doing them in purple and I did my first quilt along in pink and white. I have all my first quilt along blocks finished, but I will post them along with the star blocks. I had some blocks in pink and white already finished, so I'm going to use those blocks instead of the ones that Amandajean picked out to do.

The Everglades are burning again. What a horrible smell outside. Seems there was a thunder storm last night and there must have been lightening and that sparked a fire. They are saying that if you have breathing problems, you should not go out, that's how bad it is. I was out for less than a minute and my eyes are still stinging.

Going to do the second star block now. Have a wonderful day and keep the piece.

Stuff I found in the boxes

So, I spent part of the weekend looking through the stuff in the boxes from the POD. Found some needlepoint canvas' that I thought I would do, but now I can't. Offered them to some friends and waiting to hear back on what they want. I also found this sign. Don't remember where I got it, but there it was in one of the boxes in amongst a pile of some stuff. Since you really can't see what it says I'll tell ya. "SYMPTOMS - Continual complaint as to need for snuggling under a handmade quilt. Patient has bland expression, sometimes deaf to spouse and kids. Has no taste for bedspreads or electric blankets. Hangs out at Quilting Bees. Mumbles to self "Log Cabin", "Double Wedding Ring", "Ohio Rose". NO KNOWN CURE. TREATMENT - Medication is useless, Disease is Not Fatal. Victim should attend as many Quilt Shows and Quilt Shops as possible." Now that I've read the bottom of the sign, it is from Calico Square, Inc. in Sea Cliff, NY. Not too sure if that store is still there or not.

I also have two full legal sized boxes of fabric. Lots and lots of florals. And there was one box that still had fabric medleys (fat quarters)in the plastic bags from Keepsake Quilting. Here is a list of those:

Dogwood Blossom; Happy Hanukkah; Tone on Tone; The Jinny Beyer Anniversary Collection; Cozy Cottons; Vintage and Vogue; April Showers; The Calico Collection; Radiant Red (ugh); Victorian Charm; Circus Clowns; Country Store Colors; Country Estate Elegance; Floral Scrap Bag; Novelty Nostalgia; Verandah Medley; Summer Refresher and Fall Reflections.

I was able to put some into my QOV stash; my ugly swap stash; and the rest are still in two boxes for me to go thru and separate into where I want to put them. I've used some of the more pink florals to make the 2.5" squares that I need for the border on Amandajean's first quilt along quilt. I've cut them all out and now I've been sewing them together. If I had looked at this part of the quilt first, I could have been doing leaders/enders all the while, oh well.

Guess I'll just mosey on over to those boxes now and do some sorting. But I'll tell you, the fabric now is so much better. In terms of the fabric itself and the patterns and the colors. This should be quite a chore. I'm going in. Keep the piece.

Quilt Along

Spent all day yesterday and all day today doing the first quilt along quilt on Amandjean's site. What fun. After going to get boxes of fabric out of the POD yesterday, I came home and it was like a really special birthday. I have eight boxes of fabric stored, but I could only get to two, so I'm not that inundated with fabric. I'm not going to be able to get to those other boxes until I move the POD to the other storage facility and empty the POD. The boxes are in the back and I can't get to them. I'm feeling it today, my shoulders and arms are killing me. Anyway, I've completed the 12 blocks and now I am getting ready to do the borders. I'm using some of the "new" fabric and there sure are lots of florals. And some really fuglies. I've cut up lots of 2.5" squares and now I'm sorting them into light and dark so I can put them in a bag and then pull. I love doing it that way. Maybe I'll leave that for tomorrow and go take a pain pill and go to bed. Yeah, that sounds good. So, good night and keep the piece.

Quilt Along

Okay, call me crazy. I have started two, yes, two new quilts. I found a new blog and Amandajean has a quilt along. I guess it goes on for 12 weeks. She already did one and I have started that one, using pink and white and the new one is a star quilt and I am going to use purple and parchment. I ordered the fabric from Joann's. Yes, I know. But it was recommended and I read the description and it doesn't seem to be thin, so it will work. I will post some photos as soon as I finish some of the blocks. Keep the piece.

QOV Mystery #13 - Radiant

This is what I have been doing in between clues from the Pink Grapefruit Crush quilt. Lots of fun making the letters. Doing it in black and white. Haven't decided yet what other colors to add to this. Maybe the star points will be in all different colors, haven't decided yet.

So, I finally finished Radiant. What a really beautiful quilt design. Now I need to find out how to get this to one of our hero's. I will go back to the group and look at the files and find out what I need to do to get this to a Long Arm Quilter. Maybe I'll just keep it and do it myself with my new Bernina with BSR. OOOOO, that feels so wonderful. MY NEW BERNINA w/BSR. Mine, mine, mine. LOL.

Going back to making the rest of the letters and then deciding what else to do with the rest of the alphabet quilt. Keep the piece.