Personal Quiltathon 8am July 25, 2009

So my IWBLR quilt piecing is finally at a stage where I will see some progress now. The first stages where you are prepping, cutting and making small units like QST, HST and strip piecing seems to go on forever....then all of a sudden it is done. LOL

In my last post my friend Linda asked a few questions and here is the answer.

IWBLR= I wanna be like Ronda (K. Beyer)

She is the one who made this same quilt first and after I drooled all over it, she sent me everything to make one for myself, the pattern, the fabrics (same ones she used) and even the papers to make the QST. I am so lucky! It is not a rag quilt. It is a star pieced quilt and the white is just one of the fabrics in the design. You'll see!

Sunday Again

Well, I didn't accomplish as much as I'd hoped this weekend but then I never do. I always seem to underestimate how long things take or how much I can accomplish in a day. I still make lists and goals however or I would just flounder and wander aimlessly and get nothing done. So I made progress. We are expecting a lot of snow tonight. Between 8-10". Mark seems to think it may not be all that much....we will see.

Personal Quiltathon- April 4 &5

I have a lot I want to accomplish. I think I am going to call a personal quiltathon for this weekend.
Let's see...on my to do list is:

1. Quilt a friend's quilt (a freebie) DONE
   
2. Quilt a baptist fan on a customer quilt PROGRESS MADE
   
3. Finish my Bears in the Farmhouse top and make the binding PROGRESS MADE
   
4. Finish log cabin top for my daughter
5. Cut two battings for up coming quilts (this is a pain to do because of lack of space here)
6. Cut 5" squares for a my Tuesday swap meeting
   
7. Possibly start quilting Jessica's quilt

I may update this list later....it's a goal anyway.

Personal Quiltathon day 2

Ok, so it took me longer than I thought to get everything I wanted to DONE, but DONE it is!
First, the wedding dress quilt. Here it is:


I used the Meandering Magic technique by Suzanne Earley. I am totally giving her credit because I was trying this technique on my own and it just looked "off" and too thready. (I was practicing on a practice piece of course). I finally broke down and read the book and it just totally made sense. I tried it out using her instructions and it looked so much better.

I also got the center of the Carpenter Star put together. I will do the borders later. Mark is on his way home and I need to put it away.

Personal Quiltathon

I have three main goals for today. #1 is to finish this customer quilt. I have been sitting on it for a long time because quite frankly, I was scared of it. It is made from a wedding gown. Yes, a satin and heavily beaded wedding gown.
I finally swallowed hard and loaded it last night. This shows how heavily the beading is on the outsides. It was a pain to pin on and not damage the beading.

This is what it looks like now. I will finish this first today and then move on to other tasks.

This is a Christmas gift for my husband. He is gone and won't be home until early afternoon tomorrow so I want to at least have the center of this all pieced. I can add the borders at a later date:

I need to finish the center of this quilt; This is a pattern by Judy L.
I'll check back with an update in a few hours.

Quiltathon-Feb 22, 2009

I participated in Judy's quiltathon yesterday but didn't post because mostly what I did was cut material and organize. I still need to finish cutting some but I will be sewing today. My goals for today are:

• Make 8 strip blocks for a farewell quilt (sewing friend)
• Make 192 HST, press and trim for Judy's Quilt along quilt.
• Make heart memory block for Carol
• Make border strips for Jess' quilt
• Cut pieces for new Carpenter's Star quilt (sewing Wed)
• Backing and binding for Mystery quilt
• Put all fabric away NEATLY

It is 8:45 am. Time to get started!