Fun Fun Fun !!!!

I got home today in time to see UPS leaving me a box... fabrics from Jenny Beyer!!!!

 Aren't they yummy???? I chose the border, and asked the staff at Jenny Beyer to pick out the rest - didn't they do fabulous!!!! I'm using them for a very special class in May - soon I'll tell you all about it!!

So, after I petted those lovely fabrics, I put these blocks up on the wall - a friend from the Sunshine Yahoo Group did a scrap challenge - she sent out scraps in one color way and the recipient had to make blocks, and then return them to her to make charity quilts...  it was a small envelope of scraps, but it made a  whole lot of blocks!!!!  I tried not to think about the bins of scraps I already have - it was a lot more fun to sew her scraps!!!

And - oh - oh - next week I get to go on ........................................

More about that later!!

Happy Quilting...

Kate

ONE YEAR !!!!

It's been ONE YEAR.   ONE AMAZING YEAR...  

 Finally, it has a real corner - a 90 degree angle!!!! 

TARGET COMPLETION DATE:  MARCH, 2013. 

............maybe then I will stop dreaming of 3/8 inch hexagons!!!

Happy quilting ,

Kate

FINISHES

ARE OVER-RATED...

This past weekend was going to be a time of FINISHES.  One big quilt and several little quilts are close - but then I got this new book in the morning mail.  So, that necessitated an hour or so with a cup of coffee, and then a trip to the LQS to get supplies for a project that caught my eye....you know how this goes - ..

So -  a few hours (well, more than a few), and now I have this:




Isn't this cool??  As you can see, it's not all cut away yet - that cutting away part takes a LONG long time, it seems...












Here's a close up.     I really like the pattern.  I haven't picked out the fabric it will go on yet... stay tuned...





and George says hi - he continues to be improving a little every day...  he is still very thin, but is eating a lot more, and is getting some of his old  grumpyness personality  back.  We just enjoy every day... sometimes he even eats cat food, but his preference is tilapia, with a sprinkling of olive oil, lightly salted and cooked in the microwave for just a minute.  We're working on convincing him that cat food is good, too! 

Happy Quilting - three days to another weekend!!!

Kate

 

QUILTING vs XANAX

Let's compare:

XANAX:  can be used to control anxiety
XANAX:  is not tolerated by everyone
XANAX:  can be addictive

QUILTING:  can be used to control anxiety
QUILTING:  is not something everyone can do
QUILTING:  can be addictive

hmmmmmmmmm  perhaps the difference is in DOSAGE - so , then...

how MUCH Quilting equals ONE xanax????

Well, yesterday I was off the chart due to some life stress that I'll just leave out of this blog...

So - today I set about quilting down my anxiety.................

First, I machine quilted on this New Year's Eve Mystery Quilt...

 I decided to use little circles from the fabric pattern - and use a contrasting bobbin thread so the quilting showed on the back   (nuts)...

 Five hours later, it is starting to take shape, and my anxiety is much lessened...

 So, I took THIS old friend off the shelf, and began to machine quilt it - mostly just some ditch work...this will take forever...

 Then I made some blocks...

 and some cute little four-patches - all from a Color Challenge scrap bag from the Sunshine Yahoo Guild...

 And made some square in square units for a Christmas gift quilt...

I have decided the soothing thing about sewing is the sound of the machine -

SO - HOW MUCH QUILTING EQUALS ONE XANAX???

FOUR HOURS.... I proclaim it so...

I feel much better now... 

Happy Quilting,

Kate

Wailing and Gnashing of Teeth

Kate

Diane Gaudynski said "make feathers" !!

What a great quilty Sunday I have had - and watched a great disaster movie, too - called "Contagion" - for the life of me I don't know why I like disaster movies so much, but I do... this one was great - lots of people dying, threat to civilization, you know.  Great stuff!

So today I sat down and made my first attempt at feathers, as per the Freemotion quilting challenge.  I had my very real doubts... seemed to me that echoed feathers free-handed were just too difficult for month two of that challenge -  but, Diane Gaudynski seemed to think we could do it - so off I went...

 I made feathers!!!!  They are a long way from perfect - but now I know the basic idea, I can just practice them on some charity quilts until I get better - thank you, Diane Gaudynski!!

I finished up this little charity quilt - for the Sunshine Yahoo Guild - someone else made the top..

And now I'm going to settle down for the evening with the Gigantic Hexagon quilt... 

Give more days and there will be another weekend - hooray!

Kate

A Whale of a Quilt!!

yippee,,, hooray,,,, doin the happy dance...  finished my Orca Bay top today !!!!

I do love it - when I get it quilted I want to hang it up and get a better photo, but this is all I can do for the moment....  I think I'll just leave it on the living room floor for a while - it makes a nice rug, doesn't it??

And I finished up a little charity baby quilt - all made from the basket of scraps that I try not to let overflow...  but it still does!!

What a great day - -  wish I could finish something every Saturday...

Happy Quilting,

Kate