Machine Quilting

Just wanted to slip a picture of the machine quilting in here.  Of course one would have to click on the picture to get a close enough look at it.  Now I am going to box it up and get ready to ship it.  End of this chapter.

Finished

Getting Closer!

This is a teaser.  I am ALMOST finished with the last of the large quilts for the year.  Carol's should be completed by the end of this weekend for sure.  Just have to attach the binding.  I bungled my way through the machine quilting and I think it turned out pretty good.  Hopefully with more practice my future quilts that are done entirely on the machine will turn out even better.

From Rags to Riches

I accomplished my goal of piecing this top over the weekend.  Now I just have to tackle the quilting part.  No time to waste!

A Little Progress

To be more precise, very little progress.  Have only managed to cut the pieces I need for Carol's quilt and it seems to be taking forever.  I have to keep running to my desk and doing something called "work" all day.  It's so annoying.  I will start the actual sewing tomorrow and my goal is to have it all pieced by the end of this weekend.  I think that's a realistic goal.

Our Trip to Dallas

We went to Dallas to visit Crystal and family and help them to get a little settled into their new apartment. Dave passed the Bar Exam---yippeeeee!!!--we're all celebrating that one. We knew he would pass the first time!
We had fun with Audrey and Jane and just enjoyed our visit very much. I am so happy that they live less than 10 hours away now, so it makes for an easy 1 day drive. We may fly down for our next trip in the spring though because Terry doesn't much care for driving in the city.
We went to a cool IKEA store and I was able to purchase several of those awesome 100% cotton flat sheets to use in my quilts. I am washing them up right now and will start on a new project today. Updates later this week. I should be able to get a lot done because Terry is heading back to Idaho again on Wednesday and will be gone a week. At least I am not home alone with Jacob and Kassie close by.

Another Project

Here are the brown polka-dot fabric ABC's I got to make another cute little baby quilt.

Baby Quilts

Here is the beginning of baby Allison's (Alli's) new quilt! Jessica and I are going to start on this one in December. This could actually make two baby quilts, so if Crystal has a girl, we'll make another one just like the first. If she has a boy, it's back to the fabric store (as you know, that would really hurt my feelings--not!). Fun, fun!

Looking Good

Don't these look great just sitting there ready to be boxed and shipped? I'm so excited to have gotten this far. Such a big deal for me, maybe not to those Grandma's out there that make about 10-20 quilts a year!

My Weekend

Spent the weekend trying to find my sewing space amid the huge mess I had made after working on the last 3-4 projects. Lo and behold, I found it! I wasn't brave enough to show a 'before' picture. I neatly separated all the different little scraps of fabric I had piled everywhere and put them in little buckets, by color. I don't like throwing them away. They come in real handy for paper-piecing projects. Now I am all ready to put together that new Flynn machine-quilting frame (with dh's help) and get going on my next project. Yeahhhh!