I'm In Love

I bought the newest edition of Quilt Sampler, and have fallen on love with this quilt.

It is so my style and it just so appeals to me. It must have 3,000 pieces, but I have to make it!

I am going to substitute the orange with red, and make it from my stash. I have lots of reds, browns, and blue/greens that I want to use.

What I am working on is this.

This is Dana's pink and black quilt with some progress made....I have a black containment border to put on first, and then a wider pink border to add after. I think I may have just enough fabric to made a pretty pillow or two as well.

I am also working on Whirligig, another Miss Rosie/Carrie Nelson pattern. I have made this from Thimbleberries scraps, and can't wait to see how it turns out.

For now I have just squared up 180 hourglass blocks to become a part of a larger block. Boy, my wrists and back find it harder and harder to tolerate long hours of cutting and trimming.

Really today should be spent reading documents, but I am finding creative ways to avoid that...I am president of our condo association (136 villa style condos) and we are rewriting the by-laws. I have the first draft from the lawyer to read...as well as a new insurance policy, and a contract renewal for our property management company. We have a board meeting on Thursday so I need to be able to talk about all this "stuff" by then. Wish me luck!!

Tomorrow afternoon is going to be my designated quilting time...

Have a wonderful weekend.

Pink and Black

So in the last week, Dana's pink and black quilt has gone this:

to this:

to this:

The orange looking pieces are not that orange in "real life", but made out of a batik that seems to photograph orange. I am doing a narrow black containment border, and a wider (probably 5 inches) pink border with pink binding. I have enough fabric to make a couple of pillow cases, too. 

Now they are lined up in rows, and ready to be sewn together.

That won't happen for a few weeks as the social calendar is very busy the next 2 weeks. Tony will be gone for 2 weeks straight on a business trip, so I will have lots of evening time later in the month...and lots of time to think of the next projects...

Have a wonderful weekend.

Quilting Again

Well, I am back in the sewing room and it feels good! I am off today, and will be again on Friday. This will be a long weekend in Canada, so I will have a four day weekend.

I have many things on the go, so the multitasking is in full gear. New quilts to start, blocks and quilt tops to be made.

Bindings to be attached by hand.

 New quilts to cut out, and blocks to be squared up.

And on my design fridge, the first block for Dana's pink and black quilt.

Have a great Wednesday everyone!

Lazy Summer Days and Goofy Gopher Watch

We have been having some lovely weather lately, quite warm and sunny. Chloe finds the heat quite difficult, and likes to lay on the hardwood floor in a cool spot after she's had a long walk.

When she's not trying to cool off, she's on Goofy Gopher Watch. We have large sandstone rocks behind our condo that seem to house gophers, and she can stand on the deck and watch, hoping to catch a glimpse of movement. She doesn't move a muscle and can stand there for hours, just watching, and waiting. She is just so goofy as I am sure if she actually got a chance to catch one, she'd run away.

I am almost done all the pieces for Dana's quilt, and am now pressing them in preparation to sew them into blocks.

This was to be my year of "not joining"anything- quilt alongs, swaps, etc...well I have caved, and in order to jumpstart that mojo that seems to be slowly returning, I have decided to make blocks from the Farmers Wife Sampler Quilt book. I am not officially joining the group, and won't post on flicker, but these blocks appeal to me. In the past I was a big fan of Thimbleberries and Kansas Troubles, and have lots of scraps, so this is an ideal way to use those scraps.

I am not sure where this will lead, but I am a big fan of these traditional blocks. If it helps get that mojo back, then I am happy. I am loving all the blocks I am seeing on the blogs and also love seeing the fabric choices. The more "modern" fabrics look just so great in traditional blocks.

Have a wonderful summer weekend!

And Yet Again...

No, this is not the picture I posted earlier this week. THAT snow melted, but here we are on Sunday morning with more...unbelievable!!

Friday morning I sat here basking in the sun, and now more snow!!

So, this is the weekend for piecing and ironing.

These are all ready to be ironed, and then squared up. Sounds like I need some mindless TV, and a few pieces of licorice.