last week of Feb progress report

I got 2 customer quilts done this week ready for delivery and another one ready for the quilt machine this one I made the top out of a son's shirts.

I also got the outside border on my applique basket quilt  so it is ready to be quilted would love to get it sneaked into the machine so I can enter it in the Neoga Quilt show in June.

Today  I have been getting hand outs ready for the two classes I have  in March and April.  I have been trying to contact guilds within driving distance to present lectures and classes.  I have gotten 2 requests so far so it is paying off send info out.  this is getting exciting  if you belong to a guild or know of one please let me know their contact info so I can send them information and hopefully come visit.       

Well off to see what I should do next   might work on my Quilter's Garden  I have cut out another block  or could put another quilt in the machine ready to quilt.  let you know what I get done. 

happy sewing 

Sharon J

                                                                                                                  

Quilter's Garden

HI,  
Happy Valentines Day. We did ours a day early with Mom J , daughter, granddaughter, and great grandson. thanks to nice weather we grilled chicken on the grill tasted so good. so fun celebrating the first of everything with Griffyn

I checked my BOM of Edyta Sitar's  quilter's garden project on Sunday and found that I had one of the two blocks for Jan done and other one cut out and partially sewn.  So I finished it   now need to work on Feb blocks.

Ready to put another customer quilt in the long arm today.  So glad to be back in the sewing room

enjoy your day and happy sewing
Sharon J

new year quilting finally

I have finally gotten to sew in the new year. January was almost a no sew month due to a family emergency. I was gone for 3 1/2 weeks of January. So when I got back home I had to take care of the house and laundry so I did a little sewing on my Vintage Farm Girl blocks and started a customer quilt in the long arm.  Then last weekend went back to my daughter's to watch the grandsons so that she could go to a stitcher's retreat that had be planned for months and Dad could work.  Really enjoyed the weekend with the boys.    On Sat morning was a retreat morning for us too.  Dylan who is 14  did videos and Brandon who is 8 played with play-mobile people and watch video of them and I started a lap quilt.    I got the blocks ready to sew.  Had a great morning  here are pictures of my end of the table for cutting and organizing my blocks and second picture is my temporary ironing station. Sewing machine was in the basement so went down there to sew first step of blocks.

This week I got the quilt done in the long arm   and finished Jan, Feb, and Mar  farm girl blocks. I am doing these with the Olney Quilt guild as a monthly project  so I am ahead of schedule which is unusual for me.    I am doing the 6 inch size  a lot of the group are doing the 12 inch size.  they are so fun.

Now I need to work on my Quilter's Garden by Edyta Sitar  a small group of us from my sew group are doing this as a BOM.  started this in Jan  not sure I got both of my blocks done at retreat in Jan before left town.  


Happy sewing.
Sharon J