Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Non-stop sewing

I sewed for 2 and a half days. Such fun! And no that wasn't sarcastic. I found out my sewing eyes are bigger than my ....... I took to many projects and did not even finish one. But I did get a lot done. Christine and Lelia went up first. And Vivian and Deor went up on Monday morning. I got there on Tues. morning. I started sewing right away. This is the project I was working on.

That is a box filled with tiny squares of fabric all cut and ready to sew. A sample of the finished block is above the pattern. I have to make 102 of those blocks. I got about 60 done at quilt camp and I put 4 rows together. My camera ran out of batteries while I was up there so you'll have to wait on a picture. I am so excited to get some progress done on this quilt. It is for our queen size bed. Huge.

It is a tradition of theirs to give pillow presents at quilt camp. These are just little fun things. Deor made cute canvas bags with spa socks inside. Lelia made a pin cushion with a scrap bag attached. She also bought us these cute button braclets. Chris did a little something everyday. She had us decorate a little plastic box and then she would add things to it at different times throughout the day. And this is what I gave them:





They are little quilt block magnets that are 1 1/2 inches big. Just made out of scraps. I like making little things. And I also made these fabric fortune cookies.


Inside were some sewing fortunes that Dave helped me make up. Like "May your feed dog never bite or press 'yer' foot."  Ha Ha.

Here is a picture of the 5 machines set up in the living room.


That is Chris in the first picture and Vivian in the second.
Well I had lots of fun and will add some more when I get some pictures from them. Enjoy your day.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Quilt Camp

I am off to quilt camp for 2 1/2 days. I wanted to post some pictures of what I will be working on and my little pillow presents, but the camera wasn't cooperating yesterday. You will have to wait until I get back.  Sew, Sew, Sew..........

Saturday, March 12, 2011

Matt funnies

Ethan, Matt and I were laughing at the funny things that Cara had on her blog that Jackson had said, and then Matt said he can't wait till he had kids. He paused a second then said, "I need to find me a wife!"  Send your suggestion directly to him.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Vote

Well I'm wondering if you care to vote on my next layout? I found this video on youtube about tube quilting and had to try it. It is by Missouri Quilt Co. I made all these blocks and I'm wondering how I should lay them out.
 
#1 the most traditional.

#2 scrappy stripes

#3 Zippy Zigzags

What do you think? Vote now.