{Post #96} Loving This

Can hardly wait to make myself one of these out of shirts!  I have to put the thin border on the last two sides.  The HSTs are just sitting there.  I happen to have enough to fit on one side finished.

{Post #95} Buckeye Queen 15 Blocks Strong

My parents will be here in about 18 days.  I have this crazy goal of finishing this before they get here so they can take it to my sister on their way home.  This is 3 rows with the vertical seams sewn together.  I really like this, and just took the plunge.  I decided to make the HST border instead of wimping out and doing a solid piece of fabric.  I cut down the triangles cut off to piece in the pinwheels and only had to add a handful of other scraps to make enough.  

We are having company tonight, so I have to get some cleaning done in our guest room.  Will be working on this as I have time.  Flying along so far.

{Post #94} Buckeye Queen

This pattern is called Buckeye Queen.  I saw one on Pinterest.  My sister did, too.  She said "I'll take one of these" when she saw it.  So I cut one out yesterday AM and am plugging away at it now.  This is just pieces and parts laying on my design wall.

I randomly cut out the large squares, then the smaller ones for the pinwheels on point.  I pinned the color for the pinwheels onto the intersections so I could spread them out.  The left 2 vertical rows are completely sewn, but not sewn to each other.

I bought multiple packages of ground chicken and chicken breasts yesterday.  Now they're all cooked up and ready for the freezer.  I need to go package them.

I like this quilt pattern a lot.  I am eager to sew the center together.  The next border is thin, one fabric, then a HST border, then a wider one to finish it off.  I'd like to make one for myself out of men's shirts.

TTFN

{Post #93} Emily Again

I am making another secret project for Emily.  She is my only married child (out of 8).  My son has his own place, but he doesn't like quilts (maybe he's not really mine?).

I am going to print "It's the most wonderful time of the year" on this and add a little Christmas tree and a stocking.  The pattern says to embroider it, but I think printing with a textile marker will suffice.  

There is a movie by the same name, and it's one of Emily's favorites.  I am giving her the movie with the quilt. 

This measures 16-1/2" x 19".  Will be bound in the candy cane fabric.  This is supposed to be a pillow, but her husband hates throw pillows.  <sigh>

{Post #92} Progress on Replacing Boo Boo Blocks

Making wonderful progress on the wedding quilt!  I sewed in 3 pictures and removed the scribbled blocks and moved one of the pink blocks.  I am really liking this.  I debated whether to use black and white pictures or color.  I opted to go with color, and I think it adds to the quilt overall.

One of our church members is a pastor in Japan.  He wrote a Japanese greeting on his square.  I wonder what it says?

The top left picture on this next block is the bride and her daddy at rehearsal.  I love both of their expressions.  The bottom right picture is their best man and maid of honor, who are siblings.

A relocated pink block and another picture...from their engagement photos.  I have my resources!

{Post #91} Wedding Quilt

Here is the wedding quilt with signatures and well wishes.  I think most of the people at the wedding got to sign it.  Some got a little too exuberant:

The whole top laid on my bed:

I will separate these two pink sentiments:

Here are two pages of pictures I printed on "Printed Treasures" (by Milliken) which was one of the original fabric sheets for inkjet printers.  I have probably had them for 10 years.  Here they are printed on the fabric.

There are about 40 blank squares right now.  I am going to cut these apart and place them randomly around the quilt top.  I am also going to remove the scribbled ones and separate the pink ones.  It will involve quite a bit of ripping out and resewing, but that's what I do.

{Post #90} Ribbon Machine Quilting

I am on the last row of stars on the machine quilting for my Charming Stars quilt.  Here is what inspired the design in the sashing and around the stars.  It's from the quilt show on 6.13.13.  I don't like the quilt or the colors, but the quilting was an inspiration!

Makes a very soft and supple quilt.  :)