Monday morning....

Soooo it's Monday and that means I can link to Judy's Design Wall.  And since I have a bit more done on my friends embroidery I think I'm going to link this.

Crosshatching is 1½" apart.

It is definitely the perfect quilting look for this piece (thanks Crispy & Kitty).  

Yesterday I finished the crosshatching on this and 'erased' all the blue marks and let it dry overnight.  This morning I just checked on it and found a few more little spots that I missed so they are taken care of now.  

Today the binding gets sewn on by machine and I'll finish by hand.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

A Terra Hexie runner ....

It's been awhile since I've posted my hexie project.  I had come to a complete stop on it.  I have the hexie's all stitched together and I'm happy with the top.
But now I'm not sure what to do next.  ???
My first thought was to treat it just like a quilt and sandwich the batting, backing, top.
I've done that ...... but this is not a bed quilt... it's a small runner and I'm not sure I like the 'feel' of it.  It seems so thick to me.
And the batting is a thin batt but for some reason I don't know if I'll be happy with  such a squishy runner.



I do plan to hand quilt it.  (omg what am I saying???)
Let me rephrase that ..... I'm going to try to hand quilt it.
And since I can't decide whether to leave the batting in or take it out  I think I'll probably try to quilt at least one flower to see how it feels then.
I really want to finish this so I can move on and start another hexie project.
And this morning as I was blog hopping I ran across A Quilting Reader's Garden and I know today is not Friday but I'll be linking my hexies there anyway.    
I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

And so it's Monday....

Here's the second set of embroideries that I've gotten finished this week.
It certainly is much more intense than the first one I made.
Those little squares finish at 1" and the whole piece measures 27" x 33".

I have enough fabric left that I can cut some big squares and piece the backing for both of these.  Now I'm pondering how to quilt them.
I could do a simple meander on both of them .... ????  Or maybe just on the first one and then do a crosshatch on this second piece.  So I'll keep them both on my design wall and sit and stare at them for hours until I have a firm decision made.  heehee.
So for now here are a few closeups of the blocks.  Keep in mind that these were made by a very small girl.

And since it's Monday that means that I'm going over to Judy's Patchwork Times and link up to her Design Wall Monday.  

See you there. And I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

A Friends quilt...

A local gal called me one day and asked if I would be interested in making her a quilt to hang above her stairway.  We visited a bit about what she wanted and I told her I would love too.  Soooo after a visit to her home, and several questions later we had a design chosen.   I had pinned several quilts to my 'inspiration board' in Pinterest and after showing her several designs she narrowed it down to one.  I'm going to love putting this together.  (more on this design later)

And then she showed me some dish towels she had embroidered when she was a child.  Her grandmother taught her to embroidery and as she talked and told me about their time together she started pulling out each towel.
Let me just state here that she "loved" these towels almost to death.  One in particular!!  haha  
Over the years some of the towels have disappeared and these are all that she has left so she asked if I would make a wall hanging out of them so she could keep them forever.

So this is the first piece I've put together.   There will be a second piece with different embroidery pieces that she made.  Both will be hung in her laundry room  so she can enjoy them.  

The fabrics I chose to use was 30's prints that I bought from Quilters Delight in Holdrege.  

All towels had to be backed with fusible interfacing.
They were all so thin from so much use over the years.

A few had to be pieced because there were a lot
of wear holes in the cloth.  

The kitten face was a pot holder.  I attached it to a
piece of leftover towel from one of the other pieces.

Size:  34" x 20"

This has now been sewn together and I'm starting on the second set of embroidery pieces.   I'll show them later.  This second piece will be take a bit more time to sew together but the fabrics will be the same.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

My Wall....

I finally finished the pineapple top yesterday.  It measures about 40" square.
  I know it's taken me forever but I just haven't been feeling too good lately so I haven't been sewing much.
I love how it turned out and I'm going to hate to donate it when our guild auction comes around.

But I'm just going to have to suck it up and get over it.  Dang!!  hahaha

Here's a closeup.

I still need to get it quilted but for now I'm setting it aside so I can start on a small wall hanging that a friend wants me to make for her.  This should be fun.  

I'm heading on over to Judy's Design Wall Monday to link to her post.  

Come on along and join me.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

What's on my Design Wall?

Four blocks sewn together and a whole lot of little stringy threads.  That's what's on my wall!  haha

It's been a slow sewing week for me but I have managed to get three more blocks made since I took this picture.  They're still in the pile waiting for more to be finished.  

This week has been filled with other things than sewing it seems.  A couple of days spent picking out new flooring for my sewing room and the other bedroom.  Then changing my mind and choosing something else.   We're finally getting rid of that godawful 40 year old carpet that we put in there when we built the house.  

Go ahead and snicker..... you all know the kind of carpet I'm talking about.  

Yes that's right!!  Shag!!!  OMGosh what were we thinking??!!

Well anyway.... the last of May we'll be busy clearing out the two rooms so the guy can have a clear shot at laying the new floor.  I'm looking forward to not having carpet in there so it will be easier to clean.  

And a couple more days were spent getting the camper advertised and showing it to a couple of different people and gladly one couple bought it.  Soooo glad that is done!  

This week I plan to spend more time sewing for sure.  For now I'm linking to Judy's Design Wall Monday post so head on over to see what others have been doing.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter.  We shared the day with our son's family (even though the girls were not able to get home from college -- sadly) with delicious grilled hamburgers and mouthwatering salads.   A warm sun and blue sky allowed us to enjoy a relaxing afternoon outside.

Today I'm planning on working on my latest project for our Guild Auction.  A pineapple table topper.....  

Blocks finish at 7" and there will be a total of 16 to complete the center.   

I'll add a couple of borders to finish it off and I'll then have two out of the three projects for the Auction completed.  

I love these fabric colors!!    

So now I'm going to link over on Judy's Design Wall and check out what other quilters have been working on.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Backing finished...

 After taking this quilt to the quilters where I usually pick out some backing fabric and then let them do their thing …. this time I really didn't like any of the backings (for this quilt) so I decided to bring it back home and piece one.

Now …. keep in mind that I had a limited amount of fabric with which I could put together a backing. 

Too bad I didn't keep that in mind!!! 

I knew I had 6 snowmen blocks left over and it sure looked like I would have plenty of both of the blues.  So I planned a quick layout and started cutting strips.   And sewing those blocks and strips together.  As I cut one strip after another I began to realize the fabric was dwindling fast.  
UH OH!!  Maybe I had better start measuring. 
I measured and remeasured and called my gals to find out exactly how many inches they needed all around the quilt.  And then I remeasured again and kept in mind that if I needed to I could always add an extender strip just to give them the extra inches they need (she suggested this for me.  Told me not to worry)  So I didn't and just kept merrily cutting and sewing away.


This is the backing all sewn and ready to take back to the girls.  Looks plenty big enough wouldn't you say.  Would you like to know how much fabric I had left?


2 x 7 inches of dark blue & 2 x 10 inches of light blue!

Whew!!

Off to the quilters.....

Tea Pot Pad & Mug Rugs....

After getting all the quilting finished I needed to audition some fabrics for the binding.  I knew I didn't want a red or white plain binding so I started pulling some colors that I thought might work.

No No No

Ummm No....

?? Ummm Maybe ...

I kinda like this one..... But....

Nope.

Sooooo since I wasn't liking any of these I started digging around in the black/white pile and found this one.  

Yep!  This is the one.  

The Tea Pot Pad is 9" and the Mug Rugs are 6" each.  

One Auction item done and two more to go.  

I hope you're having a great day. Glad you stopped by.....Linda

Half square triangles....

A couple of days ago I was in between projects and really wasn't ready to start another snuggle quilt just yet.
So I started cleaning a small area of my sewing room and as I moved a little plastic drawer.... that was all it took to inspire me.

Enough cleaning..... it was time to play.  These little half squares are over two years old so it's about time I did something with them.
But what???

Well ...... what else except Pinwheels!!

Once I had made several blocks I trimmed them down to 3".
I still hadn't decided exactly what I was going to make with these cute little pinwheels so I just kept sewing and sewing.

Then I pulled some white fabric and cut a 1" strip to use as sashing.

Yep!  That works..... 

Stay tuned ...... Today I plan on getting this little project finished and hopefully get started on the quilting.

 
I hope you're having a great day.
 Glad you stopped by.....Linda