Little finishes

Last Saturday I had a wonderful day finishing little projects. I didn't leave the house all day. I wanted to make two 9 patch baby blankets for co-workers. Check those off the to-do list. I needed to finish the crocheted head band for church yarn group. Obsessively I had to use all the key rings I had bought, so I made a few more lanyards.

Here is one giant baby 9 patch. It has yellow flannel on the back. Instead of binding it, I rolled the flannel edge around to the front.

Can you see the quilting? I alternated straight and wavy lines. New for me.

Here is the other one.  I loooove this fabric. I hope my co-worker likes it, too.

Not sure if you can see the quilting. I used the triple zigzag stitch on my sewing machine. I like the way this looks.

I have a conference to plan and may not get another sewing week end for a while. But fabric keeps calling me. 

(Come sew some more...)

Anne's Quilt is finished

M's beach trip is coming up and his sister Anne's birthday is around the same time that they will be at the beach. I'm not going because I can't take a week off during 9 weeks tests. We don't usually exchange birthday gifts but I just had to make something with these fabrics. M thought Anne would appreciate a quilt and I love the hot pink, bright blue, and lime green combo. I wanted to try the cross block, too. It was quite easy. I plan to make a tessellating cross quilt with these and some more of my favorite fabrics.

Front with sashing

Back with left over strips

After a quick rinse and dry-no colors were caught by the color catchers.
The binding is from my fabshophop stash-

All folded and ready to go-
After I put a label on it and share at quilt guild on Monday

That's it for me this week. I have cousins visiting this weekend, so the label may be the only sewing I will get done.
Have you had a finish?

Quilt Show & Scrappy Lanyard

We only have a quilt show every other year, so I had to take some photos of some of the great quilts. 

The white on white one below was really fantastic but it doesn't show up here.

There were not many miniatures this year. Mine didn't win but did share the space with some amazing mini quilts.

Two of the big winners. (I kind of hate competing with quilts this fabulous.)

These were the silent auction minis. A friend bid on mine. I was afraid it wouldn't get any bids. Thanks, Susan.

Liam's Slow Poke quilt is the green one on the left.

I was pleased with On Point and thought Pam should have gotten a ribbon for the wonderful quilting she did on it. (It's the blue & yellow one.)

The quilt show was fun but I'm not much of a competitor. I just enjoy sewing quilts and giving them away.

So, my latest project idea was 'borrowed' from posts I've seen online. Here is my scrappy lanyard. I think I will make some more and give them to my 'X' team members. We are the teachers who teach all the eXtra subjects and some of us are eXiled to trailors and have to take our keys with us each time we leave our rooms. So a lanyard will be helpful for keeping up with keys and copier cards.

Hope you had a good week. Thanks for the comments about my stash in an earlier post. Had any finishes?

Finish & Fabric

Okay. here is the finish. The miniature is finally finished. I hand quilted it. Not my best skill. It is 16" x 16". Done just in time for the quilt show. It was fun but now I wish I had done it all by machine. It would have been much more accurate.

Now the real surprise. The box came with my free fabric that I won on the fabshophop. At first I wondered how 50 yards of fabric would fit in this box.

Then, I opened the box and saw this.

And I unpacked it and found all this! I finally have a fabric stash. I see fabric for binding my sister-in-law's lap quilt. I see fabric in colors I would never have chosen. That's great. A challenge to use color in different combinations than my usual brights and blues. Can't wait to have time to sew.

But this week end is the quilt show, so I will be helping with that. Maybe next weekend.

Hope you had a finish this week.

Anne's Quilt

Anne is my husband's older sister. They remember their mom and aunts quilting by hand in their dining room. Hubs suggested that I make a quilt for Anne. I bought some of these fabrics on my shop hop around Atlanta and wanted to make something cheery. This top was quick and easy.  

Before I can finish this top I have to get three quilts ready for the quilt show next week. I have to finish hand quilting the mini quilt, put a label on the big quilt, and put hanging sleeves on the big one and the middle size quilt. Good thing it is a long weekend.

I am ready to sit and sew after moving all my stuff at school. 

Magnificent Monday

Today when I checked my email I found out that I was one of the grand prize winners in the July FabShopHop. Not sure which grand prize I won-either the Art Gallery Fabric or the Mystery Box. Either way I will have lots of fabric coming to my house soon. I had to call Doreen and tell her the news first. I knew she would understand how fabulous a prize 50 yards of fabric is to a quilter.

Wow! I am so thrilled. I told everyone at the quilt guild meeting today, everyone at school, and everyone I could think of calling. I posted about it on FB.

Can't wait to see all that fabric. I will just sit and look at it and enjoy the possibilities.

Don't have a photo to share but as soon as the box comes I will post a photo.

Hope you had a magnificent Monday, too.

Mini Finish

Finished the binding on this mini migrating geese quilt. The quilt will be part of the silent auction to benefit my quilt group at the show in September. This isn't the way I thought the quilt would look. I thought the individual blocks would be rectangular, not square. 

The triangles in the corners are for hanging the quilt. Maybe someone will want a little 9" x 9"  quilt for a wall or doll. 

Teachers went back to work last Monday and kids showed up Thursday, so my sewing time has been drastically reduced. It is so hot, I don't feel like doing anything. The heat index is over 100 and who knows how hot it is in the buses. 

Thank goodness for air conditioning. Hope you have a good week!