On to the next project

I started this one the day before yesterday and its going quicker than I thought it would. Too late for the 4th of July but we still have five months left of the 250th year so I'm saying there's still time to enjoy it. First row of untrimmed blocks and without sashing...

There's another block where the pieces are fused and cut out but they havent been fused to the background square yet - that will come tomorrow. and here's the pattern.

Thats it for now. TTYL

Let's catch up

After a period of time where I didnt seem to be getting much of anything done let alone any quilting, I finally got some mojo back. In the past couple of weeks, I have completed a medium sized lap quilt, a wall hanging and the tote bag I promised my oldest great granddaughter...and started another wall hanging.

. I haven't finished my first block of the next project. The pieces are cut and fused onto the background square but I haven't stitched them down yet. It's a patriotic wall hanging that I had hoped to have done in time for the 4th of July but I couldn't start it until I had finished the other projects so I'd have more elbow room to work on it. That's OK, I'm sure we'll be celebrating all year long. Well, it wasn't much to report/share but it proof that I'm still in the quilting world. Now, I have to go empty and reload the dishwasher...sigh. I'll try and have some more pics to share next week. Until then, take care, stay safe and quilt away with abandon. TTYL

Quick update

 I finished this quilt yesterday. That makes three quilts for the month of May. May!

I have a new backing loaded onto Mo'e but that's as far as I've gotten with it.  I need to get back to working on another UFO quilt top (Twitter) that I started back to working on last week. Lots of piecing along with a row of applique - it's going to be a little while.

OK, off to clean the inside of my fridge...Happy Quilting!

What to work on next

 I finished the two gift quilts - and both have been delivered to a parent of the little girl recipient. I have the requested photo from one but not from the other. Oops! It looks like the photo didn't get transferred from my phone to my tablet - I'll have to go look for it. Found it but it won't show here for some reason. ..and neither will the photo of the placemats and bowl cozies.

It's done!

I finished the quilt that I plan on delivering on Friday night.

 Every fabric is pink - even the background that looks white and every fabric was from my stash. 

The backing is something I've never tried but I wanted to do something simple that would use up more of the pink and it worked - I used up several pieces. 

I also attached the label before quilting by stitching it down on one of the middle blocks. My thinking was that I wanted to break up the two identical blocks that ended up one over the other. If you zoom in on the second photo you should be able to see it.

  It's a little more wrinkled than I like but I didn't want to over-quilt it and it needed to be washed and dried before I presented it. If it bothers me too much on Friday, I'll give it a quick press before I package it up.

That's it for right now...Two quilts finished in the last week...something I haven't been able to say in awhile.

Next up is making four placemats and possibly mug rugs to match for a wedding at the end of the month.

Update coming

 I'll  leave you with this little teaser

Hip hip hooray

The ballerina quilt top is done along with the label and the binding..all I have left to do on the backing is stich 90 some 5 1 /2" blocks into rows, load it all onto Moe and quilt it...I have until the 14 th to finish it do that I can present it to the little girl's dad.

This block was my 'test' block to see how it would look if I added chenille. On my first attempt, I only used one layer of the bias tape - nope, needed another layer. The tape has been sewn to the other 11 blocks but I wont brush them until after I'm done with the quilting.

 Here's the completed top. 

I'm using any pink fabric I can get 5 1/2" squares out of. I had to be a little careful because I'm pretty sure there are a couple of pieces that aren't 100% cotton and some are all cotton but thin enough to make it scarey to try especially on a quilt for a three year old little girl. As per usual, as much fabric as I used, you can't tell it by the bin -it still looks extremely full.

And....before I can quilt this one, I still need to finish the baby quilt with the ducks along the bottom....almost done but I've been putting it off because of a stiff neck and lower back pain. I just have to bite the bullet and get it done.

 I'm going to do something much simpler when I get the ballerina quilt on the frame.

That's all my news for now...I'll have to come back later and tell you about the bags I made ...and a third one that I have the fabrics for but haven't started yet. I have placemats to make before bag #3. I was hoping to make a quilt for a charity auction but I'll have to see how I feel after I make the placemats (wedding gift for a cousin).

OK, bedtime for the B's.

TTFN