Quilting like a Maniac- Relaxing through Quilting.

Last quarter I put a picture of all my goals on the blog entry.  This time I prefer to do it a little different and give myself a little variety.  I still have a number of quilts to finish but I do want to give myself to choose among them.  So here's the list and it will be a question of what the finishes will look like.   I'll do all the before pictures and at the end of the quarter I'll post the before and the after pictures of each and every one.  Quite the Challenge!!!  But I have so many to complete and get off my list... Quilting to complete Deco by Siobhan Roger Garden Tea Party by the Quilting Company Aurifil 2014 BOM - I call it the Secret Garden. My Sunflower Pattern that I made while learning Pixelation from a Craftsy class last year. Craftsy Class BOM 2013.  Now doing Leah's Quilting Class to finish it off. I have two more blocks to finish - the corner stones and one more, but I would like to finish this and get it

Well it's official.  I'm on summer holidays.  And although you would think that would give me more time to quilt, it's not so.  I had something to do or someone to visit every day this week, and next week is filled up as well.  Don't get me wrong, it's nice to catch up with everyone but seriously, there is so much to do, and quilting just gives me a moment to myself as well as relaxes me.  So I promised myself, no matter what I will take the time to sew and quilt. So what is my goal for this month?  I'll make it very simple.  I want to finish up a number of jobs for quilting.  They're piling up. Here are three on my list but I'll be happy with just one completed. Deco by Siobhan Rogers Sunflower by myself  It's all sewn together and sandwiched, now the quilting.  A crafty class by Leah Day. I've already done two of the blocks, and now the rest.  I love the look of this quilt.  That's enough.  Linking up with OMG

Well, it's the end of the quarter and below was all I said I would do.....  Lets sum it up what I've completed as I'm hooking up to Red Letter Quilts for OMG and She Can Quilt 2016 Finish Along  (see at the end of this blog for the links).  All goals that are completed are in bold. Here's what I started with....  0 - My row by row.  Well, out of the 58 that I have (and I started collecting for this year's theme Home Sweet Home), I've done two from last year.  I did collect 10 more rows for this year....  I think I'm doing that wrong   :)  Here are the two but that was my goal. 1.   A quilt for a very good friend of mine - tea time.  It's done, now it needs quilting.  My goal for the next quarter?!!  For sure. 2 - Tulips paper piecing.  Small project and I love the look of it. I traced the pattern but never got to it.  Darn.... 3 - My modern quilt - red of green.  Worked on it for 6 month.  The quilting is crazy.  Below is a sample o

A quick note.  I promised myself that I would complete two blocks of the Midnight Garden BOM by Sara Tuttle and Sandy Brawner and I have.  Here's what the completed quilt is suppose to look like:  And here is what I've completed so far.  Keeping many of my promised for the 2nd Quarter of the 2016 Finish Along.   Listed 14 different goals...   Three goals met so far....  This was not one of them, but it's a part of "All People's Quilt Challenge" of UFO finishes per month so that's doing well, I wanted to do two a month to be finished by the end of the year, and I'm on track. Doing well so far.

It's been a day of report cards and the last day with kids.... Very busy.  Then the doctor then picking up groceries, dry cleaning, getting vegetables, picking up my sewing machine after being repaired, then home to change the bed, do laundry, vacuum, make supper and finally sitting down.   So to treat myself I did a bit of playing (15 minutes of play) trying out color markers and iron on ribbon from a sample quilt I picked up from the Washington Sewing Show this year.  The Dutch Quilter made the Flower Block by the Month, and I bought one to try it out.  Got to say I did enjoy the play.  Used the markers on the fabric as well as the ribbon.  Then used crystals to add pizzazz. Next was finishing one of the BOM from McKenna Ryan - Home Tweet Home.  This block is called Honey I'm Home.  The pieces are so tiny, it hurts....  But in the end it will look spectacular.  What do you think? Finally for the night I finished ironing on the last of my Canadian Mystery Quilt.  They're b

So yesterday wasn't exactly the perfect day... One of my students left the school camera in a classroom and it was only by luck that on Wednesday the teacher in that room found it and returned it to the yearbook teacher.  Possible loss of $1200 for the student to replace the camera....  Had to go I. Thursday to talk to the student.  Now usually I take Thursday to get sleep and calm down, its been a trying school year of two family members dieing within 6 months of each other and not only am I physically tired from teaching, but emotionally, I need a break as well.   There was that, and student problems, and computer repairs, and district meeting, etc....  And to top it all off, I got hit with an allergy attach, the Home Economics department cooked chocolate cupcakes and guess what happens to me when I smell the strong sent of chocolate?  My throat closes up.  I know all the women out there are going " Oh my goodness!  Not chocolate!"  But yes ladies.  I can't eat it,

Well another UFO Challenge has come up and so far I've only finished one on my list of 10 quilts.  The  random number called this month is #6 - Project Status Before Status Afterward 1)  Pixilated Sunflower I created All cut out and sewn, needs to be quilted. April - still haven't started... Next on my list... 2)  Birds on a wire from Quilt Mania Have a birds cut out, and some of the small quilts.  Need to continue to put them on and quilt entire thing. January - Completed at the  start of March - and it's fantastic.  See 2016 quilts for a picture. 3)  Midnight Garden All material there but haven’t cut anything March - started, lost the pattern and some of the block.  Had to buy a new book and now some black wool. Need to look into this. 4)  Garden that’s applique and wool – block of the month All material is there but nothings been sewn or quilted. 5)  Blue stars Two stars made, need to come up with idea to bind February - Ha

I have one that I have to do this month because it hits two different areas at once:  The 2016 UFO Challenge from All People's Quilt and my 2nd quarter lineup that I blogged about here.  Two more quilts from the Precut Primer Quilting Book.  I've already decided which ones because I have all the material for them.  Here's a picture from the book for them.... The one on the right is the Precut Primer for Grade 1 made of those very very small precut pieces.  It takes two small packs that usually cost you about $2.50 and about 1.5 meters of fabric.  It's going to look adorable, but you know me, I might change it a bit.  I already have someone to give it to, a house warming gift.  I haven't even started it but I do have the material and it was on all my lists to get it going, soooooo...... The second one below.  Also from the book but I believe it's for Grade 6, and it's been one that I have been wanting to do for so long.  I love the look of this o