A FORGOTTEN POST ABOUT MY BLOCK A DAY QUILT BLOCKS

HEY BLOGGIES,

Since I can't do much for the next few weeks (see previous post), I was looking at my photos and realized I have NOT yet posted my QUILT BLOCK A DAY blocks that I am making with Aunt Marti.  They are 9 patches, monochromatic, and I picked blues to use:

Right off my squares were not measuring out as they were supposed.  I bought some precuts and I am wondering if they are not accurate?  You can see where they are not meeting up perfectly as they should.

 This one seems to have been a little better, but they are still not perfect as we quilters like to see those seams and points meeting.

These are NOT sewn together but I just took a photo of the two blocks side by side to show the problems I am having.  Here the white squares seem to be a bit small.

Marti is helping me with this problem, so once I am well I am hoping to get caught up on my block a day and get this quilt going with correct and accurate measurements and seams.

Check out her blog link above in the first paragraph and see what wonderful sewing and designing she does.  she is a fun gal for sure!!

STARTING A FOUR SQUARE QUILT ON THE LAST DAY OF THE YEAR

HEY BLOGGIES,

Yesterday was overcast and drizzling and it just felt like a sewing kind of day.  I got a chevron charm pack from Southern Fabrics in my mailbox yesterday and I just had to start making a quilt with them.

 I opened them up and decided what colors I wanted to put together in each four square.  The colors are just yummy.

First I sewed two together in assembly line sewing.

 Then I took them over to the ironing board, cut them apart and ironed the seams to the dark.

Next is sewing rows together to make the complete four patch, and then ironing the seams.

I am now working on the solid squares being cut and sewn to the four patches.  More photos tomorrow.

Thanks for stopping by and HAPPY NEW YEAR.

CHARITY QUILTS

HEY BLOGGIES,

It's that time of year again:  where my friends and I get together to sew up charity quilts for our local community.  They are more like throws, blankets, "kivers", etc. than real quilts.  But we like to call them quilts.  Since our goal is to get a lot of them done, we don't do the normal hand quilting on them that takes soooooooo many hours.  Instead, we either quilt them by machine or just do some straight stitching here and there on them to keep them together during washings.

So, here are a few we made in the last two weeks.  There are only 3 of us so far working on these, but others are planning to come in the next few weeks:

 You can't really see the pattern on this soft and snuggly quilt, but it is little blue teddy bears.  The back is a rose red fleece so nice and cuddly.  This is a tied baby blanket.

 A few of the ladies have a long arm quilting machine and they are practicing with it.  They donated the pieces they long arm quilted and all we had to do was sew a binding on them.  This is one of them.  This is for a senior citizen for a lap blanket or wheelchair blanket.

 This is a great male pattern with tools and implements on the soft fleece.  The back is a beige and this one is also yarn tied.

Another one that was a practice piece for the long arm quilter.  I love the deep navy blue and the pretty pattern of blues on white on the other side.  I created a binding for this one for the two sides and for the top and bottom I used a self binding of the navy blue side back against the printed side.  It came out very nice I think.

I entered this at:
RICHARD AND TANYA QUILTS LAFF#194

LET'S MAKE BABY QUILTS

and a few more places I can't remember at the moment.  Sorry.  IF you see this post at a different place than these two above, please leave me a comment to tell me where you saw it!!  Thanks!!

Thanks for stopping by.  IF any of you have any fleece or flannel or soft fabrics we could use to make more baby blankets, we would be happy to receive that gift and will make more charity quilts.

More will be posted as we progress on our projects.  A very pretty embroidery machine applique is in the making and I can't wait to see it finished.

CHARMING CHEVRONS PROGRESSING...

This is a very easy quilt, sewing wise, however, it is seemingly ENDLESS in the trimming and squaring-up department, ya know?!

For my work in progress, I have enough chevron squares created for 2 rows.  I was on a roll sewing yesterday, but then ran out of any trimmed and squared-up blocks so I hit a dead end.

 I decided to make my rows out of colorways, ie. first row reds, second row yellows, third row greens, etc.
They are just set here like this so you can see my SLOW progress.

 These are Kona Brights Solids and kona grey, two charm packs of each.

 I like the way the colors just barely change to the next color.

More as it develops.  I seem to only like to quilt when it rains.  When it is gorgeous outside, which it is most of spring, I can't seem to stay inside long enough to get anything accomplished!!

Thanks for visiting.  Won't you leave me a comment regarding this quilt?

SURGERY SUCCESSFUL AND QUILT ARRIVED

MY SWEET GRANDDAUGHTER,  WENT THROUGH SURGERY YESTERDAY AND IS NOW HOME TODAY SLEEPING OFF THE AFTER-EFFECTS.  IT WILL BE 4 WEEKS FOR HER IN A WHEELCHAIR TO GIVE HER KNEES PLENTY OF TIME TO RECOVER.

THE QUILT ARRIVED TODAY JUST A FEW HOURS AFTER SHE RETURNED HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL.  I AM SO GLAD SHE GOT IT TODAY TO WRAP AROUND HER LIKE A BIG HUG FROM ME.

GET WELL QUICKLY, MY LITTLE SWEETIE.  YOUR NANNIE HAS HER ARMS WRAPPED AROUND YOU AND IS SENDING YOU HER LOVE.

I AM A LATE NIGHT STAMPER

I AM A LATE NIGHT STAMPER AND THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF US!!  WE HAVE A "WEB RING" THAT YOU CAN HOP ALONG WHENEVER YOU WANT.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU COME SEE WHAT EACH OF US ARE CREATING.  AND OF COURSE I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU IN THE COMMENTS IF YOU FEEL SO INCLINED.

Late Night Stamper WEB RING

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• TX JennyWren (me)
• JENN WEBBER
• Jane Dexter
• Kirsteen Gill
• Lisa Cadwell
• Melva Peters
• Elizabeth Harris
• Chris Austin
• Angel Hawks
• Karel Standish
• Kathleen Innes
• Jan Mata
• Sharon Maranich
• Jamie Albanese
• Lori Witt
• Nikki
• Sandi Dailey
• Terry Sudduth Duncan
• Trini Hurtado
• Chris
• Nancy Seed
• Sandy Murphy
• Marcee Rodgers
• Gail Peterson
• Tammy Davis
• Heidi Michel
• Stephanie Gibson
• siara
• Samantha Ovitt
• Ginger Morgan
• Peggy Rosche Outen
• Denise Donald
• Jade Lynn
• Karin Biefeld
• Terry Duncan
• Aimee Cretsinger
• Ellyn
• Lucia Gammon
• Margaret Stares
• Miriam Permut
• Dawn
• Cathy Parlitsis
• Patty Hargrove
• Beth Fesperman
• Leslie Lendon from England
• Bea Redd
• Candy Rattray
• Sue Root
• Lisa Coffey
• Andi Potler
• Glenda Witt
• Dee Yates
• KellyJean Gettelfinger
• Libby Dyson
• Sara
• Georgia Smith
• Mary Ann Reiner
• Heidi Sorg
• Twila Davis
• Terri Antoniw
• Carolyn Dobie
• Lisa Bowell
• Dawn Hoffman
• Cindee Wilkinson
• Marie Shaughnessy
• Cynthia Mundie
• Cindy Elam
• Kylie Clemmence
• Dixie Finn
• Cindy Waldroff
• France Hannon
• Julie Arvin
• Bev Farmer
• Kivonne Tucker
• Bev Gomez
• Elin Kovash
• Judith Oveson
• Kathy Thisted
• Trish Cortez
• Teri Brown
• Deborah Smart
• Phyllis Strickland
• CarrollAnn Davis
• Rhonda Nelson
• Traci Tracy
• Dale Morin
• Penny Hanuszak
• Valerie Sabarese
• Penny Silva
• Michelle Montague
• Sara Bracht
• Shallon Vickers
• Janet Yates
• Susie Reno
• Maria Matonti
• Robin Feicht
• Stacy Royster
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  • mom of twins
  • Shannon
  • lillian
  • mary
  • Deborah Smart
  • Sherrill Graff
  • Tina Davis
  • Brenda Rigby Riehle
  • Yvette Ashe
  • Lydia Jimenez
  • Brittny Smith
  • Brenda Hugar
  • Laura Ann Avera
  • Jacqueline Nimrichter
  • Kathryne Knowles
  • Kris Sobolik
  • Robbie Rubala
  • Penny Silva
  • Maria Vanderform
  • Connie Babbert
  • LeAnne Pugliese
  • Linda Heller
  • Angela Khan
  • Mary Brown
  • Sandi MacIver
  • Shelly Peck
  • Terry Montgomery
  • Vickie Cobler
  • ELAINE WRIGHT
  • Cristy Butzen
  • Carri McMullen
  • Carolyn Bennett
  • Susan Carlson
  • Heidi Weaver
  • DeAnna Passmore
  • Jackie Watson
  • Kimberly Sudol
  • Jennifer Ward
  • Kathy Thisted
  
  

HERE'S TO CREATIVITY OF ALL KINDS - STAMPING, SCRAPBOOKING, SEWING, GARDENING - IT'S ALL GOOD!!

CHUBBY LITTLE TUBBY ALL STUFFED WITH FLUFF....

WINNIE THE POOH, WINNIE THE POOH, (HUM ALONG TO THE TUNE...)
ANOTHER QUILT FOR KIDS IS THIS ADORABLE WINNIE THE POOH AND TIGGER QUILT.  THE FABRIC FOR THE BACKING THE THE SQUARES IS SO ADORABLE AND LOOKS LIKE QUILTED FABRIC, BUT IT IS ONE PIECE.  THE FOUR PATCHES ARE MADE WITH SOLIDS.

HERE IS THE FRONT OF THE QUILT WITH THE FOUR PATCHES IN BLUE AND GREEN.  THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER HAS BEEN FLIPPED UP SO YOU CAN SEE THE SAME FABRIC ON THE BACK AS IN THE SOLID BLOCKS. A NARROW MUSTARD YELLOW BORDER DEFINES THE EDGE OF THE QUILT BEFORE THE  FABRIC BORDER WAS ADDED.

THE FABRIC IS SO ADORABLE.  LOTS OF SLEEPING POOHS, TIGERS, AND EORES.  THIS IS SOLID FABRIC THAT LOOKS LIKE PATCHWORK. (BACK OF QUILT)

SLEEPY POOH BEAR

GOOD NIGHT EORE. SLEEP WELL.

YAWN, THANKS FOR STOPPING BY...

A FUN CARS QUILT FEATURING "TOW MATER"?

PIXAR AND DISNEY - PERFECT FOR ANY KID, DON'T YOU THINK?  THIS CUTE QUILT WE MADE FOR QUILTS FOR KIDS CHARITY IS A RAIL FENCE DESIGN.  ALL OUR OTHERS WERE 4 PATCH, BUT THIS ONE WAS FUN IN THAT IT IS A RAIL FENCE PATTERN.

THE FRONT OF THIS QUILT IS MADE FROM 4 STRIPS OF FABRIC, TWO OF THEM BEING "CARS" THEMED, AND ONE OF THEM BEING THE RED FABRIC WITH A SHADOW OF MICKY MOUSE EARS THAT WE USED FOR THE BACKING. YOU CAN SEE THE BACKING FOLDED UP ON THE BOTTOM CORNER TO GET AN IDEA OF HOW THE TWO SIDES COORDINATE.

HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF HOW THE RAILS PATTERN SHOW UP SO WELL WITH THE DARK FABRIC.  I LOVE THAT PATTERN.  A RAIL FENCE QUILT WAS MY VERY FIRST QUILT I EVER MADE WAY BACK IN THE EARLY 70S WHEN MY KIDS WERE JUST LITTLE BABIES.  SO THIS PATTERN IS VERY DEAR TO ME.

HERE IS THAT CUTE FACE OF THE TOW TRUCK CALLED "MATER".  GOOFY FACE THAT WINS YOUR HEART IN THE MOVIE.

I KNOW MATER WILL FIND JUST THE RIGHT PERSON TO BELONG TO AT THE HOSPITAL!!

THANKS FOR STOPPING BY.

ANOTHER QUILT FOR KIDS - JUNGLE THEME

HEY ALL!!  HOPE YOU ARE NOT TIRED OF SEEING THESE ADORABLE QUILTS WE HAVE BEEN BUSY MAKING, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT TIRED OF MAKING THEM!!  EACH ONE HAS BEEN SO ADORABLE WE DON'T THINK WE COULD LOVE ANOTHER ONE ANY MORE, AND THEN WE MAKE A NEW ONE AND IT BECOMES OUR NEW FAVORITE!!  DOES THAT HAPPEN TO YOU TOO?

THIS QUILT STARTED OUT AS A LARGE FABRIC PANEL THAT MY FRIEND NORA GAVE TO ME WHEN SHE MOVED. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITH IT, BUT I KNEW SOMETHING WOULD COME UP ONE DAY.  TWO YEARS LATER, HERE WE ARE MAKING QUILTS FOR KIDS AND IT SEEMED LIKE IT NEEDED TO BELONG TO A KID!!

HERE YOU CAN SEE THE FULL JUNGLE PANEL WITH THE LARGE ELEPHANTS ON THE FRONT.  WE ADDED SOME OF THE FABRIC TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM TO MAKE IT A RECTANGULAR SIZE INSTEAD OF SQUARE.  ALSO YOU CAN SEE JUST A PEAK OF WHAT KRISTI CAME UP WITH FOR THE BACK.

FOR THE BACK KRISTI DESIGNED USING THE LEFT OVER JUNGLE FABRIC TO MAKE SQUARES AND THEN MADE FOUR PATCH BLOCKS OUT OF JEAN AND CHAMBRAY COLORED COTTONS.  SHE BORDERED THESE PATCHES WITH A VERY LIGHT BLUE COTTON CLOTH AND MADE A NICE WIDE BORDER WITH THE SAME LIGHT BLUE.  SO CUTE!!

 HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE BLOCKS ON THE BACK.  I LOVE HER DESIGN WITH THE FOUR PATCHES AND THE JUNGLE PRINT.  IT IS JUST PERFECT FOR THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE.

ONE MORE CLOSEUP OF THE MAIN BULL ELEPHANT ON THE JUNGLE SIDE, WITH A CORNER OF THE QUILT FOLDED OVER SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THE LIGHT BLUE GOES SO WELL WITH THE WHOLE OVERALL FEEL OF THE QUILT.  LOVE IT!!

I HAVE SEEN THESE FABRIC PANELS ON DEEPLY DISCOUNTED SALE TABLES AT SEVERAL STORES.  THIS HAS GIVEN ME A WHOLE NEW IDEA FOR SOME MORE QUILTS WE CAN MAKE FOR THE KIDS!!

THANKS FOR VISITING MY BLOG AND SEEING WHAT MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE CREATED FOR OUR CHARITY QUILTS.  IF YOU HAVE ANY SCRAPS, PANELS, LEFTOVER FABRIC OR BATTING YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE PUT TO GOOD USE, WON'T YOU CONSIDER DONATING IT TO US SO WE CAN MAKE IT INTO SOME COMFORTING QUILTS FOR KIDS WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED?

OR GET SOME FRIENDS TOGETHER AND MAKE YOUR OWN QUILTS TO TAKE TO YOUR LOCAL HOSPITAL FOR THOSE SPECIAL KIDS IN YOUR AREA.  IT IS FUN TO BE WITH FRIENDS AND QUILT a n d IT FEELS GOOD KNOWING WE ARE HELPING KIDS AS WELL!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME!!

SEW, WE MAKE MORE CARDS...

AS YOU SAW THIS PAST WEEK, I WAS GOING TO TOWN ON MY SEWING MACHINE WITH SOME QUILTS FOR SICK KIDS IN THE HOSPITAL.  I LOVE TO QUILT AND SEW, AND THE ADDED BONUS OF DOING IT FOR CHARITY SURE MAKES IT EVEN MORE FUN TO DO.

IN KEEPING WITH THE THEME OF SEWING, I THOUGHT I WOULD CASE A CARD I SAW WHEN I WAS BLURFING (BLOG-SURFING).  THIS SEW SUITE STAMP SET WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SETS AND I WILL NEVER GET RID OF IT.  I FEEL CERTAIN SOME MORE IN THIS SEWING THEME WILL BE COMING BACK AND PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR TO THIS SET.

THE CARD BASE IS CRUMB CAKE THAT HAS BEEN HAND CUT TO LOOK LIKE A SPOOL.  IT IS THE REGULAR 4 1/4 BY 5 1/2 SIZE, BUT FOLDING FROM THE TOP AND CUTTING THE LONGWAYS FROM THE FULL PIECE OF CARD STOCK.  I USED AN EMBOSSING FOLDER ON THE ENDS TO TRY TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WOOD, AND SPONGED SOME SOFT SUEDE OVER THE EMBOSSING AND ALONG THE EDGES.

THE SCISSORS ARE MADE WITH GUMBALL GREEN AND BASIC GRAY CARD STOCK.  I USED AN ANTIQUE BRAD TO HOLD THE TWO SIDES OF THE SCISSORS TOGETHER.

AREN'T THESE LITTLE "BUTTONS" SO CUTE ON THIS CARD?  HERE THE BUTTONS CARD IS STAMPED ON VERY VANILLA WITH EARLY ESPRESSO INK. I USED THE IN-COLOR DESIGNER BRADS TO LOOK LIKE THE BUTTONS, IN ISLAND INDIGO, POOL PARTY, CALYPSO CORAL AND LUCKY LIMEADE.

THE LITTLE LABELS STAMP SAYS "FOR YOU" AND I DIE CUT IT WITH THE BIGGER LABEL FRAMELITS DIE AND MY BIG SHOT.  I HAVE IT RIPPLE-WAVE UP A BIT AND USED MINI GLUE DOTS ON EACH END.  OH YES, I PUT SOME BAKERS TWINE AROUND THE SPOOL AND TIED IT WITH A KNOT.

THANKS TO HEATHER CSERNI FOR THIS CLEVER IDEA ON HER BLOG.  YOU ROCK HEATHER!!

ANOTHER VIEW OF THIS FUN SEWING THEMED CARD I MADE.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR CARDS IN THE SEWING THEME.  CAN YOU SHARE THEM WITH ME PLEASE?

HERE'S TO INKY FINGERS Y'ALL.  GET CRAFTY AND HAVE FUN!!

FABRIC OR PAPER?

Do I REALLY need to choose between fabric or paper when I am feeling creative?  I DON"T THINK SO!!  Recently fabric has been whispering to me to come touch it and create with it - so I AM!!

Besides the folded fabric heart I posted a few days ago (scroll down to see older postings), I am now in the first stages of a quilting bee online!!  We are given 5 quilt block patterns to create every two weeks.  So far I have 4 blocks done so I am only 6 blocks behind because Feb 1st comes 5 more blocks to create.

Want to see what I have done so far?  Ok, here goes.  (For those of you Strict Paper creators, you can do the same thing with designer paper.)

 Right out of the chute is HAND APPLIQUE.  OUCH...I am not good at that at all.  But I was a brave gal and did it.

 I really like this one a lot.  As you can see, I am going scrappy with the colors and my background color is black.  WHAT YOU SCREAM - - BLACK??

Yes I chose black as my background color because I am making this for my grandson Collin.  He is the one who does not have a quilt by Nannie yet so I am making this for a gift for next year for him. (SHHH - it is a surprize!!)

Third block:

 This half square triangle block was a fun one to make

 I am really liking these colors together so far.  Lots more fun colors and patterns coming up in more blocks.

The blocks will be different sizes.  It is a mystery quilt because we don't know how it will go together until they tell us by units.  It is a fun idea and I am really enjoying it.

If YOU are interested in doing this Just Take Two Quilting Bee, hurry and get on the website and download the first 5 blocks because they will be going away by Feb 1st.
www.justtakes2.com