January Accomplishments

With the Waun-A-Quilt challenge, I really got a lot done! I have also been doing what I can to fit quilting in at any given time - at work during lunch, in the mornings before getting ready for work and, even when I get home from work around 8 and am very tired, I usually have binding that I can sit and work on. It would have been interesting to see how much time I accumulated this month while quilting.

1. Finished the binding and attached the label to the red and cream log cabin
2. Made a rice bag to help in healing me of my Cold That Would Not Leave.
3. Finished the binding on the green and orange table topper which I still need to ship off
4. Worked a little more on the purple Not Your Grandmother's Log Cabin
5. Began tracking my net fabric used - to date it is 18.02
6. Quilted and bound 3 Kid Komforts quilt for the Guild
7. Took a machine applique class and loved it! Now, I have to finish a sample for the shop...
8. Made 8 pillowcases entirely from stash!
9. Completed the Cafe au Lait in Every Pot quilt which included finishing the top, quilting, binding and adding the label! Have I mentioned how much I love having Lenny and Squiggy, the machine frame and Mega Quilter? giggle
10. Made 24 criss cross coasters
11. Finished three 6.5" blocks and one 12.5" blocks for the Thimbleberries Club
12. Helped Linda quilt a Nickel quilt on Lenny and Squiggy
13. Made a top for a shop sample
14. Worked on the final pieced border for my Milky Way quilt - more than halfway done! woo hoo!
15. Made 4 coffee placemats
16. Quilted and attached the binding on Lover's Lane. I also have the label ready to be hand sewn down, too.
17. Made 4 blocks for the Teal and Brown $2 a block BOM

Wow! That is a lot!

Wait a minute... I feel like I'm missing something here....

Oh, yeah! I beat Jen in the untweaked version of Waun-A-Quilt! Woo hoo!! But we were even in the tweaked version, so I am still calling it a tie! :)

OK, I am off to try and finish my Milky Way top tonight! I don't have too much farther to go!

Happy Thursday

Have you bloggers ever found that the post Titles are easier on some days and just down right boring on others? Well, this is a boring Title day. :(

I quilted a Kid Komfort quilt tonight. This is a charity quilt for the Guild. I am trying to practice my hearts so that I can quilt my Lover's Lane quilt.



And here are a couple of close ups.





What do you think? Do they look like hearts? Or funky leaves? Would it make a difference if they were on fabric with hearts all over it?

Monday, I was at Linda's house and she showed me this book. There were some yummy looking recipes in the book, but the patterns are awesome so I just HAD to have my own copy!



I can't wait work on some of these quilts!

Lastly, I don't know if I posted about these coasters. I finished them over the weekend, but I bought a few fat quarters of Califon and the I Love Lucy fabric just to make coasters. I got 12 of each. I think that is so cute!

May Accomplishments

I think that I did pretty good this month.

1. Set a goal to quilt for an hour a day. I did pretty well until last week. I didn't have time to catch up for all of the hours missed after Memorial Day weekend. I ended up at 39.5 hours, but ended up missing hours from 2 days at the end. That's pretty good, I think!
2. Made 4 secret blocks.
3. Went to the Miami Vally Quilt guild Quilt Show.
4. Made Bengals pillowcases for a birthday present.
5. Worked at the Flying Pig Marathon to cheer on the runners.
6. Got a new 21" monitor for my work computer.
7. Finished quilting and bound the comfort quilt for my co-worker's son.
8. Made pillowcases for my brother and myself.
9. Made Bengals coasters.
10. Made 2 BOM blocks.
11. Worked on the second set of super secret blocks.
12. Went to The Dip for my first ice cream from them.
13. Finished the binding on the Spools quilt.

Well, that's it. It doesn't seem like too much. I will have to try and get things ready for my July challenge with Jen and Moneik that is coming up. I think that I did a good job!

Some Accomplishments

Well, the migraine finally subsided, but I was left with a killer headache all day and no amount of decongestants and ibuprofen would make much difference today. I did suck it up though and got to sewing. And although I was cutting and stitching and piecing for 8 hours, I didn't get much done. But I did get some things finished that I wanted to.

Here are 2 sets of Bengals coasters that I made for my co-worker's birthday that was earlier this month. Since there was so much fabric left over, I made another set for Mary Beth's son. He loves the local sports teams.



I also finished 2 more BOM's that I am doing through Best Friends. The picture of the first one isn't great, but you get the idea.





And I put together the 2 pillowcase kits that I got at the show last weekend. I figured that it would be better to just stitch them up instead of putting them in my stash somewhere and forgetting about them.



I also worked on a block from my last super secret blocks. I have a few more to go, but I have a few more days for them. Hopefully, I can get the last ones done tomorrow and then get them mailed off as needed.

OK, I am off to bed so that I can get up and sew! :)

At last - PICTURES!

Since I have so many pictures to post, I am going to do several posts now with the pictures and I am going to start with the pictures that I would've posted first - the gifts for co-workers.

I made a rice bag and 2 coasters for several co-workers. They all loved them! (For the coasters, I only used 5-5" squares - 4 for the top and one for the bottom. They still turn out nice and since you don't see the 1 square that is on the inside, you save some fabric.)

Here is one bag - I used Muslin for the inside bags and then a nice fabric for the 'pillowcases.'

All the bags.

Here are the coasters made with Quilt Pink Moda fabric.

And these are my favorites! This is made with Flirtations by Moda fabric.

I signed up for a class through Guild with Judy from my small group. Pat Speth who wrote Nickel Quilts an More Nickel Quilts is teaching about using 5" squares and other size foundation pieces and we are going to make a quilt during the class. I think that we will also be learning some assembly tips. I am really thinking that I want to buy some more of this Flirtations fabrics and use it for this quilt. Our class isn't until March so I have some time to think about it, but I really liked these fabrics and patterns and colors!