What have I been up to? What are you up to?

This is what I've been working on:

This is a table mat. I did hour glass blocks of all fruit and veggies prints. It is for a craft giveaway for commenters on our RS blog.

These are a set of coasters. Really simple to make.

This is a tote bag I made. I found the patterns for 2 -9" blocks that I likes. I put them together and used them for the front and back of the bag. The bottom and handles are a heavy flannel like canvas. So it will be heavy duty. I made it to use to take books and things to church. I had a blue and yellow one I made a while back but it was to big. This one is perfect, about 11 x 13.

The other side. Which one do you like?

I even made a pocket in the lining.

This is a block I finished this morning. It is 12 1/2 x 12 1/2. It is a Mystery Block of the Month by Riley Blake fabrics. Christine is featuring it on her shops website, so I thought I'd play along.

That's what I've been up to. What are you up to?

More random stuff

Ethan had some friends over for a nerf war today. I usually try to stay out of the way and this is what I found when I finally heard the cease fire.

Bullets everywhere. I bet we'll be finding them for weeks.

This is the start of the family wall of pictures. I need a picture of Izzy and MJ, an up to date picture of Megan's kids, a recent picture of Ethan and one of Dave and I, too. I will get a new pic of Melanie with Jared on the wedding day. I have others that haven't gotten up yet. It is going to grow from here. This is in the dining room to the left as you come in the front door. Rachelle helped me put these up while she was here. I need more help, so come visit.

We celebrated Jacob's birthday before they left.

One last jump on Grandpop's lap.

Today I am rearranging and going through lots of stuff in my sewing room. Maybe I'll show you pics when I get done. I started a new project, too. I'll be back soon to explain.

Have a wonderful day.

Random stuff

Hi everyone. I wanted to show you the quilt I made for Matt. He didn't get it on Christmas, but I finally got it to him a couple of weeks late.

 It is a block that is named snail's tail. I started these blocks along time ago. I cut out all the black and gray patterned fabric and some of the gray solid. I didn't have enough solid gray so I stopped making them, because I couldn't match the solid. So it sat. Then I was trying to decide what to make for Matt and found these blocks again.  I decided not to worry about matching and finished as many blocks as I could. I used up every bit of patterned fabric that I could to make this many blocks. I didn't think it was long enough, so I made the checkerboard borders to lengthen it. It is still only a lap quilt for Matt!! Ha Ha.

 This is the back. And then a close up of my straight line quilting. I am already getting tired of only straight line quilting. I think I will experiment next time with some gentle curves.

And here is a picture of my dad with his quilt.

 These are some pictures of when Rachelle, Jackson and Jacob were here. They got to open a present.

 Dave and I opening our wonderful picture of all our grandkids together even though they weren't ever together.

And Rachelle reading the first book with Curious George in it to Jax and Jake. (you know what a fan Dave is of Curious George.)  I'm glad they got to visit. I wish more of you could come visit.

And here is Ethan's haircut. He took a picture of Brandon Flowers of the Killers as an example. So that is all the randomness for today. My new projects coming soon.

Have a wonderful day!

Happy New Year

I wanted to show you the quilt that I made for my dad for his birthday/ Christmas present.

 It is a Soduko quilt. 9 fabrics, no repeats in a horizontal row, vertical row or the box.

 This is the back.

I quilted it with my machine in straight horizontal lines about 1 1/2 inches apart. It took along time. It is the perfect size for a throw on the recliner.

Enjoy your year!

Lynne funny

I was halfway to the car for church today when I noticed that I was still wearing the incredibly toasty fur lined comfy slippers that Ethan gave me for Christmas!

Enjoy your day. We had several big organizational changes in our Ward today. And the Bishop gave a great 5th Sunday lesson on the difference between the gospel and the church. Good lesson for the beginning of the new year. A lot to think about and then do.

Blue and White Splendor and a few other things

I have been out of commision for almost 2 weeks. Somehow I threw my back out and I'm still not feeling 100%. Dave did get me to the Chiropractor for the first time. Kind of scary.

Well this is long over due. I still don't have a label on it but it is bound and I am still in love with it.
Jane (my friend that quilted it) named it the Blue and White Splendor. Perfect name.

 I cannot get high enough to take a shot of the whole quilt

 Now on the other things. At the beginning of Nov. I got the chance to go to Jonas's baptism. I am so proud of him. I flew into Las Vegas and stayed over night with Kaylee and family. Derek made some fantastic venison stew for us. My Dad drove up and then we drove up to Idaho Falls together, picking up Matt on the way.

 This is Jonas with Grandpa Blethen who baptized him and Great grandpa Doty who confirmed him.

I am so glad I was there.

I am having problems putting pictures on the post today so here is another shot of my favorite quilt of the moment.

 This is an experiment. I was testing out a pattern that I found. I have never sewn a bag like this before and I wanted to see how it would turn out. I just picked out a couple of coordinating fabrics from my stash and knocked it out one day a few weeks ago.

 Not to hard to put together. It has two pockets on the outside where the diagonal line is.

Would anyone like it?

Have a nice day!

Dad's visit and misc.

Dad came to visit for a week. We had a good time and I'm so glad he got to visit. I can tell he is missing mom and so am I.

We visited the Marine Corp museum which is really close to us and learned a lot. And we took a trip out to the Manassas Civil War battlefield. That was really interesting.

A few weeks ago I ordered my new walking foot so that I can straight line quilt on my home machine. This is what it looks like:

I finished my red and white table quilt or wall hanging right away!

It is approx. 22" square. I got this kit when I was in San Marcos. You use Thangles to make the HST. Thangles are strips of paper that you sew strips of fabric to and then just cut them apart. It is a bit easier then cutting squares, sewing then trimming.

I have also finished my tetris quilt, but haven't taken any pictures yet.

Ethan has his first choir concert next week. This is the picture I got of him on the first day of 9th grade. Not to excited!

That's all folks.