Tuesday, August 28, 2018

quilting marathon

well back home from retreat it was great and got a lot done.  we did charity
 sewing/quilting on Monday afternoon and evening this is what we got done.
donating to various organizations.

the rest of the week we worked on our own projects. we played some games and everyone received daily surprises.  great food and snacks.

I have been quilting several quilts this week so far have done 4 small quilts for customers and 1 T-shirt quilt  just need to finish the binding on it and it can be done.
I have been making star blocks from the cupcake papers by Moda  have them all sewn and cut and each block clipped together ready to sew.  I have been sewing them as I watch TV in the evening.  I have 24 blocks done out of 42.  great easy sewing project. I have stepped out of my box and doing a dark background which I rarely do  I usually do light backgrounds 

Tomorrow I am off to visit and stay with a dear friend that has just had her knee replaced last Thursday and help her finish the round table mats you see in the above picture  they need their centers  they need to be done by next week and she is not up to sewing yet so will see how far we get tomorrow. 

I will be back at quilting on Thursday see how far I get with couple more quilts.  one quilt need to wait until I get some more white batting  ordered it on should be here Friday we will see if that happens.  I will get the binding finished on the T-shirt quilt and notify customer that it is done.

Happy quilting and have a great holiday weekend.
Sharon J

Tuesday, August 14, 2018

AWOL from sewing.

HI I have been missing in action from quilting the last month.  We had grand-kids for almost 2 weeks and enjoyed every minutes of it.  Did a little piecing while they were doing things like fishing and kayaking with Papa. 
I have gotten a couple of customer quilts done in the last week and a half.  Which made them happy. Now to get a few more done.  I am now making a T-shirt quilt ready to put sashing between the shirts.  I have a couple more to make.  So need to get busy.

But there will be a delay since I am hosting a retreat in Springfield, IL  next week Monday thru Thursday.  It is always so much fun the sew with fellow quilters. 

Haven't gotten any thing to the top stage so that I can take any pictures.  I did get all the parts ready to finish Bonnie Hunter's 2018 mystery quilt but need to put it on the design wall to sew it together. It will have to wait for couple weeks at least..

Well will post again after the retreat with some pictures of projects we got done. 

Happy quilting,
Sharon J