My bad

I noticed earlier today that I haven't posted in a week... OOPS!  It's not like I haven't been busy quilting because I have been.  Not working on my little red & white BODs, but working on plenty of other things; I'll get back to the BODs sometime SOON.

Since it has been a week, I guess I should have checked out my last post to see where I left off so that I can catch up with what's been going on in the meantime.

Here's the two placemats I made with charity fabrics; I'll donate them to the church that lets us use a room for our meetings for their annual Bazaar in the fall.

 I also made another doll quilts, but apparently I didn't take pics - will take care of that in a minute.  I'll have to take a pic of the doll quilt gone wrong, too - made lemonade out of lemons with it :)...

 

 I wanted to make a quick and easy doll quilt with the wide borders that are brought around from the back.  Everything was going fine until, apparently, I stitched the mitered corners wrong.  This is what I ended up with, 

which is fine - it will go to the local animal rescue center and they can either let a small dog use it or pass it along to someone who fosters cats.

This is my Paint Chip Challenge from last year.  The top was done, but I hadn't gotten around to the quilting part until last week.  I had purchased a flying geese acrylic template specifically for this quilt, and, although you can't see it in these pics, I did use it.  Figuring out what I wanted in the squares was easier than I thought it would be... the center and the stars were another story -  I could not figure out what to put in them.  If they were 'talking' to me, I certainly wasn't hearing them.

 This is what I finally ended up doing for the center of the quilt.  I like all of it except maybe the swirly filler.

 Here's the completed top hanging over Mo'e.

 and here's the back... I used the palest pink that was left from the top because that's what I had the most of... stitched it to the dark blue 'yardage' that was left.  I should have used a lighter thread in the bobbin, but I'm almost out of pre wounds ( more ordered) and since I was using dark blue for 96% of the top, I needed something that would 'match' the top thread... we won't tell that the bobbin was actually a very dark green lol.  Oh yeah, and I had to finish quilting part of this by flashlight!  The gooseneck lamp that's attached to Mo'e decided to short out on me.  Friday, I called the dealer for help... he had a used one in the shop that he'd sell me for $20 and he'd ship it to me for $10 - I told him he had a deal.... it arrived today... YAY!!

 This next one is Sisters Choice...a scrappy quilt designed by Bonnie Hunter.  I can't remember when I finished the top; it's probably been at least four years.  Right now, it's just laying on Mo'e's frame because I need 7 1/2 YARDS of backing fabrics, which means I'll probably be stitching at least three different fabrics together for it.  This is the largest quilt I've done on Mo'e... measures something like 88" x 98" ( can't remember exact measurements but I have them written down - in the other room).  I'm still working on deciding what I want to quilt on it... I'm thinking a curled feather for the 'football' shaped blocks and continuous curves for the four patch blocks - it's the nine patch blocks that have me stumped... I think I even have a good idea of what I'll put on the narrow border.  THINK, Carol, THINK.

Then last night, I spent a couple of hours working on this block... I'm in a BOM with Alamo Quilt Company where they send you fat eighths (five, I think) each month for $5 a month and then you have to make two blocks out of only those fabrics ( you don't have to use all you are sent but you can't add any of your own fabrics).  Each block has to measure 12 1/2" unfinished.  I had gone to quilterscache.com to see what I could find in the block size required.  I found three that I liked, and decided to try one since it (all three actually) says they are 12" - doesn't say finished or unfinished so I had to do a practice block.... it came out 12" unfinished, which means it's too small and I'll have to start looking again.  I have a couple of weeks to complete the blocks and get them sent back to AQC to enter a drawing where I have a chance of winning 12 blocks made from this month's fabrics.

Carol's Star ( that's the real name of it)

Ok, I think I'm caught up.  Not feeling real hot today - needing LOTS of sleep, so no sewing today.  I guess I can go check my stash for the backing fabrics for Sisters Choice, then it will be ready when I'm feeling up to sewing again - hopefully, tomorrow or at least by the weekend.

TTYL