Ellen's Visit!

Here's a sneak peak!

Next Project!

I bought this Buggy Barn kit about a year ago, in an ambitious moment, not realizing exactly how complicated it was. Started cutting the 16 FQ on Friday, and assembled four of the 16 blocks today. That makes me 1/4 of the way FINISHED! We'll see about that...

I'm Back!

Hi blog, long time, no see!  Here's what I have accomplished lately:

I started this back in January, and it's been sitting in my sewing room as a sandwich, waiting to be
quilted. I finally tackled it earlier this month, binding and all.

I machine quilted along the major seams, mostly in the ditch, and machine finished the binding. Avoiding
hand work at all costs, :-)

This was from the "Kindergarten Quilting" class I took in the spring with Ellen and Jeannie.
It too, has been hanging on a hanger as a sandwich for 3-4 months. Used a repeating diamond
pattern, machine quilted and bound.

Ellen's visit!

My BFF Ellen came p for a visit last weekend, and brought her Bernina and her birding binoculars. We had a blast!  We made a wall hanging using the "Going in Circles" pattern on Gyleen Fitzgerald's website, colourfulstitchhes.com, and I taught Ellen to paper piece and she taught me how to make a zippered bag! Then we went birding along my street, yard, the lake at the state park across the street, and Taushers Pond - a marshy beaver pond area behind the park. And we polished off a few bottles of wine. And some ice cream.  Great weekend.  Here are a few photos:

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Long Arm Quilting Experience

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Kindergarten Quilting Class

I am taking this class with my two "new quilter" buddies, Ellen and Jeannie, at Hayes. I needed tohavemy quilt top assembled before our Thursday class, but I had a hard time deciding on the arrangement. One thing I do know - I don't like 4-patch blocks.

Done is Better Than Perfect

Well I finally finished the borders on my log cabin project, quilted it, and stitched the binding tonight. And I sewed the binding to my prairie star project, too. However...there is now a needle on the loose somewhere in my living room.