Completed Tops for February!!

Here are my completed tops for February. These were all made using up swap blocks, except for the Blue and Yellow Small Table Quilt.

This is my Super Scrappy Blue and Yellow Quilt. I wanted to do something different then just a plain fabric border so I pieced together this one. Which is why I made the matching table quilt because I made tons of extras and I need have more left to make something with. These blocks were all received from swaps last year, so they count towards my swap busting total. I went really scrappy with the double sashing and put yellow around the blue blocks and blue around the yellow blocks.

Here is the matching table quilt or I guess you could put it on the back of the sofa. No swap blocks used in this one though.I really love the look of the pieced border. It was a little more work but gives so much more character to the quilt.

This is my 30's sampler quilt top from a block swap that I was in last year. I love sashing and cornerstones, as you can tell. Espeically when you are using all different blocks. I alreaedy have it planned out how I am going to quilt this one but that will be for next month's goals. Piece a bunch of tops one month and then quilt as many as I can the next. 12 blocks towards my 2010 block busting.

Then here is my bright Tetris Block Table runner. This one has a lot of blocks in it since they are 3 inch blocks so this is going to make the swap block busting total soar. The best part about this quilt is that I had the bright border fabric in my stash and was worried that I would never have a use for it. Ta Da!! Here it is!! Here are 56 to add to my swap block busting total! I love this little quilt!!

On my frame I have the quilt below on it. It is the largest quilt so far that I have quilted on my new frame but so far all is going to well. I was really hoping to have it done this month but it looks like I will be working on it into March some. You can't see it in this picture but there is a border of the turqouise blue and the a border of the brown print.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. Have a great day!

Busy busy busy!!

I have been busy assembling quilt tops. I have a super scrappy blue and yellow quilt pieced into a top along with a matching table runner, I had left overs from the quilt top. I also pieced together a little table runner using some 3 1/2" tetris blocks and I am currently working on a 30's sampler quilt. I have 2 rows all pieced together with just 3 more to go and then the border.Then sad to say it, but I am going to be making some more swap blocks. I am trying to use up my swap blocks and here I am making more! Oh well, keeps me busy! If time allows it I will be taking pictures of my finished tops this weekend to share. Next month I plan on quilting all month and having some finished quilts. The runners will go really quick.

Swap Block Busting Time 2010

I figured that I should keep track of how many swap blocks I use up this year. I am not brave enough to count how many blocks I currently have but I will count them as I use them. I have so many of them and it is such as waste to not be using them. I started working on a top early this morning. My 6 week old daughter ate at 3am and I couldn't go back to sleep, I tried, so what better thing to do then sit down at the sewing machine. I have some blue and yellow blocks that I am adding sashing to and then I am I going to add a 2 1/2 inch white border. For the second border I was thinking of using 2 1/2 squares of blue and yellow and alternate them around. Then find a blue and yellow print fabric for the outer border and backing. Going to be lots of little pieces but I think that it will be well worth it in the end. I will take pictures as I go along. My goal for the weekend is to have the first border on and working on the pieced border.

Getting closer........................

Tonight I finished removing the last little bit of hand quilting on the turquoise and tan quilt. Getting really excited about putting it on the frame and starting the quilting. I have been talking with a friend of mine and she has been helping me with different quilting designs for it and I think that we have it all figured out now. I have a practice quilt sandwich loaded on my frame now and will practice the quilting designs before attacking my quilt. If I am not sure of the quilting designs I want to know now rather than later.

As for the family, Andrew is slowing working on potty training. It has been a long and drawn out process and is still going. Can't wait for the end of it. As for little Katelynn she is still eating wonderfully and growing so fast. She will be 6 weeks old tomorrow! Where has the time gone? Since I had Andrew it has seemed that time goes much faster than when we were kid free. Wouldn't change it for anything though. I couldn't imagine not having kids. Life would be boring then.

Take care and I hope to have some pictures of the quilting in a few days.

Scrappy Mountains for the Cabin......

These quilts I made for a set of bunkbeds up at my parents cabin in Wisconsin. I loved piecing this block together, they were super easy and made into a top very quickly. And as you can see there are many different layout options. I used all 3 of machines to make these. I pieced them together with my basic Singer, used my new Juki to quilt them and then you my Singer Futura embroidery machine for the label. Which I am going to do more often because it makes for a wonderful and professional looking label. Great for the quilts that I am going to sell.

Batiks and Black quilt!

I love this quilt! I had wanted for at least a year to make a quilt using batiks and solid black so I decided to do a swap in my online quilting group and this is what I got. Turned out wonderfully. This was the first quilt that I quilted on my new machine and frame. So much faster to do then trying to stuff it all under my 6" arm singer.

My hubby loves me!!

Here is my 2009 Christmas gift from my hubby! It was a huge surprise! I had no idea that he had bought it for me and I love it! I have already quilted 3 quilts on it and I am working on getting the turqousie and tan quilt ready to be loaded. It is going to be the largest quilt so far.

The details -- Grace Sturdy Lite Frame with Juki 98.

The quilt that is on it is the first one that I did using my new toy. It was batiks and kona black. I will share a picture of that in another post. The quilt on the wall was made with Moda Marbles and I hand quilted it.

2010 UFO's

This year I am going to be busy working on some UFO's that have been laying around my sewing room for longer that I am willing to admit to. My husband bought me a Grace Sturdy Lite quilting frame with a Juki 98 sewing machine so I have no excuse to not have quilts complete. Out of my 3 machines that I have I should be producing something.

Here is my list of must complete UFO's for 2010.

• Turqouise and Tan Quilt - First I have to remove the little bit of hand quilting that I did then I need to press it and load it onto my frame for quilting. This will be the first one that I complete.
• Cathedral Stars Quilt - This was from a swap last year. I need to piece the blocks into a top and then quilting and binding.
• 25 Patch Star - This quilt I did a poor job of quilting it so I need to rip out all of the quilting before I can start on it. Not going to be fun but needs to be done.
• Scrappy Houses - I have no idea what I am going to do with this one. Starting quilting it on my regular machine and not happy with it at all.
• Moda Challenge Quilt - Need to purchase the backing and batting for it then I can work on quilting it and the binding.
• Then I have a huge collection of blocks from swap that I would love to burn through. If they don't get into completed quilts, tops are fine by me.

There are 5 definite UFO's that have to be completed. I hope to get many more done this year. I am going to try to post once a week with my updated progress.