Friday night Scrappy Fun

hello hello everyone - it's Friday night - yippee!  I'm going to stay up very very very late and sew, sew, sew.   My goal???? I want to diminish this basket of strings, which is overflowing...  

and turn these strips into these blocks:

So - the question is - how many blocks like that can be made out of that string basket? 
And how long would it take????

And - can I focus on one task long enough to do it?

That answer I know - of course not !!!
But I will do some of them before I move to other projects...

Happy Weekend...

Kate

HEXO - PROGRESSO

Yowee  - this is getting BIG !!!!  I think, when this is completed all the way around, that this is the primary part of this quilt... then I'll need to make the corners square with some designs, and maybe an external border, and then it will be finished... oh heck, that will only take another year or so!!!!

...............stay tuned...

and happy quilting,

Kate

More Ugly

Hi everyone - well, I am finished with the Ugly Fabric Challenge, hosted by my friend and fellow quilter on the Sunshine Yahoo site!  She sent a bunch of us a fat quarter of this lovely:

You know, I remember when I would have thought that was just lovely... 
Well, here at the blocks I made ( and a couple of duplicates of some as well):

So now these lovelies go back in the mail to her, and she will put everyone's blocks together in a lovely charity quilt....

What fun... and thanks, Ann, for a fun challenge!!

Happy Quilting, everyone,

Kate

Is it ugly???

This is my first block from the Ugly Fabric Challenge... 

(cutting the fabric into small pieces helped a lot, of course)...

What do you think - on the Ugly Scale????

1 - Bug Ugly
3 - Get that out of my sight!
5 - just boringly ugly
7 - it's ok, but don't tell anyone you made it
10 - actually, fairly decent looking...

Let's see - I'll give it - oh, an 8  -  (so why am I putting it on the web??? cause I'm nuts)

Happy Quilting,

Kate

An Ugly Fabric Challenge

Hi everyone !!!!  I am participating in an UGLY FABRIC CHALLENGE !! how fun... it is sponsored by a member of the Yahoo Online Sunshine Guild...  she donated us all a fat quarter of her UGLIEST FABRIC.... and here is what came in the mail today.....................................

(I don't actually think it is THAT ugly).

When I was opening the package, DH said "oh, what do you have ", and I responded, 'oh someone sent me some UGLY fabric'...

He said - 'gee honey, that's not very nice'....

The challenge is to make as many 12 inch blocks as possible from the ugly fabric.  Then we will send them back to their "mother", who will make charity quilts from the blocks... 

 So - here is some of the ugly fabric made into lovely flying geese....

What will I do next?  Why, I have no idea...

Meanwhile, I have been binding this quilt below.  It is a guild quilt for donation - a longarmer quilted a bunch of them, and then we all adopted them for binding...

Last night it was my handwork for the Emmys... but I left it in the chair unfinished...

Voila - here's what i found when I came home from work:

"Gee Ma", he said"  I am so glad you quilt for a hobby"!  to which I replied,                              "Yes, dear George, I make all these quilts just for you so you can nap on each one one time before I wash them!!!!  "

Happy Quilting to everyone...

 Kate



IN PRAISE OF THE BOYS

This is my DH - disassembling the last quilt frames from last year's quilt show. Isn't he cute there with his little apron? He isn't really as lonely as this photo seems - there were lots of DH and DS around helping.

I really don't think today is a "day"for the boys, like Father's Day or Grandfather's Day - but I think we Quilters should create a day to say a special thank you to the "boys"... I see them everywhere quilters gather...doing things for us:

Toting stuff from car to meetings

Waiting outside quilt stores.... patiently (or not)

Driving us to quilt festivals - and then going looking for a Bass Pro Shop nearby

Building quilt frames

Putting up flyers

Helping guilds with 'stuff'...

Carrying sewing machines

supplying trucks and vans

testing quilts for 'snuggleness'

oh - and here's a special one - my DH actually likes to vacuum in my sewing room!

and a not-so-happy one - locating missing pins by stepping on them!

What about the 'boys' in your quilting life? Give them a shout out...

Happy Sunday quilting,

Kate

My Marching Orders Came in the Mail Today !

Who was that crazy person who said "if you'll piece 'em, I'll quilt 'em..???" meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee..

Who'd have thunk 20 tops would fit in one box...

These are charity tops for the Sunshine quilt Guild, who is doing a big project of 9-patch children's quilts in honor of Bev of Alaska, one of our group who passed away a few months ago...
I can't wait to quilt them - they are so cheerful and bright.

and speaking of cheerful and bright - these were leftovers - I love the bright yellow with them... this one is quilted and ready to donate... I do love these little charity quilts!



I finally got a photo editing software, so I can remove DH's legs from all my quilts... but I will miss them... so for now, they are still there!!! Nice looking legs for a 62-year old, huh? You should see his cute little behind. Just a little handful. (oops)

Kate