the Blues...

One more 10 square, one more quilt top (hopefully soon)...still using this tutorial, this time with the Sky Gazer Palette of Kona cottons:

and quick work of cutting and getting to stitching:

and now here is where I start this morning:

today's goal...get this quilt top done, and start basting all of the tops and get to quilting on at least one of them.  I may check in again later today...all depends on how much progress I actually make.  The clock is ticking!

Speed sewing...

Wow!  Did a bit of stitching yesterday and then again this morning...and bing bang boom...I've got a finished quilt top!

Started with another Kona Ten-Square and this tutorial and got to cutting:

and then stitching, and then pressing:

and then getting the rows assembled:

and then a top:

Woohoo!  Now I have 3 finished quilt tops...on getting pretty close...one in progress...and one I need to start...and 19 days until Christmas!!!

Time to kick it in to high gear...

After telling myself several times last weekend that I really needed to get two quilts basted and ready for quilting...I finally actually got the second one to the flimsy stage this morning

and NOW...I really need to get that one and this one

basted and start quilting!  I also still have two more quilts to get started...and a third that's a bit of a secret (and so I can't work on it during normal times).  Thankfully the secret quilt already has two of the four big blocks done.  Really need to get my tail moving...I still can't believe it's December and we are now less than three weeks from Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving...and a few updates

Happy Thanksgiving all!  We celebrated our family Thanksgiving yesterday, and later today we will head over to a very dear friends house to continue the celebration.  Until then...I guess i could do some sewing...

so a few updates since my last post, I've made quite a bit more progress on some things than I expected.  I've also made zero progress on others...so I guess it all works out in the end.  I now have this flimsy ready to go:

and so close to reaching flimsy stage here:

and then pulled out the holiday quilt I'm making for the back of my own couch:

So...like I said, more progress than expected on some, not enough on others.  I've also got a little bit of secret sewing going on, but can't share any of that here.  That will have to wait until Christmas.

For the quilts above I already have backing picked out (had to purchase for the blue and pink, using the rest of a fat quarter bundle for the Christmas one), just need to get to work and get them ready for quilting.

plenty of color...and a dash of sparkle

making fairly decent progress on a few things...took my blue HSTs and made them QSTs...and have them all trimmed and ready to be pieced into a top...the pile of trimmings was quite pretty...

so then I took the next set:

and took about 5 minutes to turn them into this:

and now working on this:

the pink blocks are quite fun to put together, coming together pretty quickly too.  Had to take a break from the blues and pinks to add in a bit of purple and some sparkle and work on this:

a table runner for a friend of mine.  Last year I made her 12 stockings (seen here) and had fabric leftover, so this year, she gets a matching table runner.  Now just to get it basted, quilted and bound.

love the smell of new fabric in the morning...

It's been a long while since I ordered or purchased new fabric...and then last weekend I picked up a few pieces at my LQS (just a few 1/4 yard cuts of Gooseberry, of course I have zero plan for them, just liked them).  And then the other day I placed an order with Fat Quarter Shop and these goodies (all Kona cotton 10" squares) arrived:

and then yesterday I placed ANOTHER order (this one is a bit larger, adds up to 14 yards of fabric)...and hopefully it won't be long before that package arrives...


but I took one of the sets from above (the Julie Herman coordinates set) and got started turning it into HSTs:

and by the end of the week, hopefully this becomes a quilt top.  This is one of 5-6 quilts (and all solids...which is exciting as I've never done an all solids quilt before, and now I'm trying to do several in a short period of time) I'm trying to get done before December 25th. 

I don't know what it is about this time of year...but I must sew all of the things!  So that I can gift all of the things!

I love the madness of Christmas sewing!!!

well darn...

I had posted in September that I wanted to post more, and then just like that I disappeared again for over a month.  What can I say...October was a busy month.  Oh well.

I have been sewing...a lot actually...I finally finished up all the blocks for my Red Letter Day quilt, and pieced together a quilt top from the leftover blocks of a previous quilt:

and then promptly found more HSTs that need to be turned into blocks...so the quilt top isn't quite done yet.

I've also got a few other projects that have been started (and in one case finished) or work continued on:

The top two images are for Christmas sewing projects...and both need to be done by Thanksgiving.  And then there is the Trail Tote that I made my daughter (and I'm secretly jealous of and want one for me).  And last there are my postage stamp blocks that will be a work in progress for a good long while.

I don't know what it is about this time of year, but as soon as November rolls around...all I can think of is all of the gifts I would like to make and give for Christmas.  So I've ordered some fabric and have about 4 other quilts on my to do list this year.  Here's hoping I actually get it all done.