white rabbit

I'm feeling a little like the White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland...I can't be late...must rush...long story short...on last minute notice we have some family who will be in town this weekend for the USC/Kentucky football game...and we'll be having dinner with them Friday night...they are recently married and we were unable to attend the wedding.  Soooo...hubby was very concerned that we didn't get them a wedding gift...well it just so happens I had pretty much all the elements of a quilt top, and the getting the quilt top sewn together won't take long...so I said...well...do you want to give them a quilt??  (their wedding invitation specifically stated no gifts...but hubby...is well...he is what he is).  Hubby's response to my suggestion...GET TO SEWING!  LOL!

So remember this quilt?  Meet it's soon to be fraternal (close but not quite identical) twin:

and I even had enough of the border fabric and binding fabric left over:

now I just have to get the top assembled...and buy fabric for backing...so tonight i'll try and finish up the quilt top...and then tomorrow I'll make a run to the LQS and see what they have in the way of matching/similar/anything for the backing...and get that pieced together tomorrow night...and start quilting!

Did I mention...we are meeting them for dinner Friday night?

MHQ and some lessons

Happy Sunday!  I'm LOVING the weather we currently have here in SC...it's in the high 60's/low (LOW) 70's...sunny...bit of a breeze...LOVE IT!  The fall here is my favorite time of year...cool, but not cold (until night, when you want it to be a bit chilly and pile on the blankets!)...it's supposed to warm back up to the low 80s the next week or so...but I guess I can deal with that, because it seems as though fall is finally on its way!

Anywho...got my MHQ top finished!  WOOHOO!  This quilt top has gone together so easy...I love working on more long term projects, but it's a lot of fun to put something together a little more quickly here and there.  Now I'm trying to decide if I want to go ahead and start quilting it...or work on some farmer's blocks...dilemma!  Here is the finished quilt top:

and a big thank you to Girl (back on a chair) for modeling...speaking of Girl...she's decided she wants to learn to sew (she wants to make her own quilt)...so we pulled out the little machine...and started with a few "lessons":

mostly just practicing pedal control and learning about the 1/4" seam:

and to keep our fingers OUT from under the needle!  I really don't know HOW to teach someone to sew...let alone my own kid...who inherited my impatience and stubbornness...but...it appears

she's enjoying herself so far!

a new project and a dilemma

Ok...if I haven't told any of you...I'm obsessed with Sweetwater's line Hometown...I adore all of the prints...and the colors...and everything about it!  So...I totally allowed myself to be distracted from current works in progress to get started on a new project...and because I'm incredibly selfish...this one is all for me (and will now be referred to as MHQ)!

I started with 4 of these:

and because I love the prints and colors...I couldn't imagine cutting them down any smaller...so I started doing this:

and then that turned into this:

and well...a couple of days later...I have this:

and by the end of the weekend...I'll have a completed quilt top (I'd say a completed quilt...but I have to do yard work tomorrow (yuck) so I must put it off a bit!

And now...the dilemma...I was planning on using Pom Pom de Paris for T's quilt...and had a pattern all sketched out...but then...I picked up some of these:

and now...I'm very torn...to go with the original plan...or to try something else with some Ruby...or something very classic with the Butterscotch and Roses...oh who knows!  LOL!  I best make a decision soon...and I'm really leaning towards Ruby right now...but that may change after a good nights sleep...hmmmm....

Tis Done!

Woohooo!  I struggled getting this one finished...but finished it is!  I had issues with the quilting...issues with the binding...but I pretty much just went with it, and here is my finished Synchronized Squares Quilt:
(modeled by Girl not on a chair...seriously...she's getting way too tall!)

I used Kona Eggplant for the backing, and threw in a leftover set of squares I had just to break up all the purple!  Thankfully my SIL likes purples, so I hope she enjoys this!

I have finished my first quilt along!!  Well, completely finished a quilt from a QAL...I finished the quilt top way back here...and now I've finally got the entire quilt completed!

and now...time to crash on the couch!  Hope your Sunday evening is great!

I'm a junkie...

a FABRIC junkie...in particular Fig Tree Quilts, Sweetwater, DS Quilts, and right now...Ruby by Bonnie and Camille.  Just had to share!

FWQAL Week 12

Is it really Friday already???  SO GLAD!  And...bonus for me...it's a late day at work...meaning I don't go in until late...but then I won't be home until late either!  Oh well!  I did enjoy sleeping in!

Here we go for a quick update on the

This week I only have 1 block to share for the FWQAL.  I've been steadily working on this quilt (coming home from work and quilting for at least 30 mins a day has been my goal) and hopefully I'll get it all finished this weekend and then back to Farmer's Wife blocks!

Block 23: Country Farm 

(I ADORE this block!  My favorite, hands down...so far!)

And now...off to stitch a bit before it's time to get ready to head to work!

We interrupt the FWQAL posts...

To let you know that I'm actually making progress on one of my WIPs!  I finished SIL's quilt top quite awhile ago (June 30th to be exact)...and now...9ish weeks later...I'm finally getting around to quilting it!  I struggled picking a backing fabric...and finally picked up some Kona Eggplant to go with the MoMo Just Wing It that makes up the top.  I pretty much went with a solid backing, but added one tiny piece that you'll see when I get the quilting done!  Here is me in action:

Fabulous!  LOL!  But if we take a closer look, at a slightly different angle...we see a few of the other projects that are just hanging around waiting to be worked on!

At this point, I'm just happy to be working towards completion on one, even if it takes me a week or so to get it quilted...still have a few more weeks (in reality I have more than a few...but if I let myself dwell on it...I may allow myself to be distracted by one of those other projects!) to get it sent off to the SIL before winter sets in!