It's finished!!

I sewed the last stitches down last night on the On the Way to Oz one block wonder quilt! I'm very excited! I had to stitch the binding, the hanging sleeve, the permanent label and the label for the quilt show.



*The black on the labels is to protect the innocent! ;)*

I can't wait to see it hanging in the show! Less than 2 weeks away!

Progress so far

While the dogs did this ...



I did this ...



and this ...



The cutting for the shop sample and the final border for my Thangles Milky Way quilt. These are numbers 4 and 7 from my list. Ahhh, progress!

Oh, and I believe that a name has been chosen for the quilt. Cafe au Lait in Every Pot. Thanks, Beth!

Name Ideas?

The pattern for this quilt is called A Chicken in Every Pot. Unless someone can come up with something a little more clever, I think that I am going to have to go with this name on my label. Any suggestions?



I need to make the label and I want to get it sewn on before the end of the weekend, but if anyone has a good name that I like, it will go on the quilt label.

Thanks!

A small accomplishment

Over the weekend, I was working on labels for 2 finished quilts.





I really like how they both turned out and, now that I know how to do the labels, I can plan on putting labels on everything!

Squishie received

Well, I have gone most of today without feeling light headed. I think that this virus is almost past! Woo hoo!!!

Last night, I was able to clean and organize things and I didn't overdo it, but I was in bed relatively early. And it was so nice to be able to sleep in and have the extra hour!

Anyway, I had 2 squishies waiting for me when I got back from Wisconsin. I was waiting to open them until I had all of my posting about Wisconsin finished.

Here is one of the packages.



Rhonda has been posting about making these paper pieced labels for herself and I thought it would be a good incentive for me to actually start labelling my quilts. I got it from eBay and it arrived while I was gone.

The other package that I got arrived from across the pond.



To see what I got, you will have to tune in tomorrow!

And at my small group meeting last Monday, Jeanette brought everyone a small gift/kit.



A small Halloween bag that is also reversible. And here are the pieces that Jeanette cut for us which included binding. Awesome!



And finally, here are the dogs fighting over one of the Holly toys that we brought home. It's one of the favorites!

Very late start

Well, I know that my last post said that I was going to get to work by 8:15, but that didn't happen. I remembered that I had a delivery on Thursday that I still hadn't opened and I figured that I should open the box and fondle the fabric and take some pictures. And while I was at that, I should take pictures of my purchases from Joann's tonight.

So, here is the Joann's 'stuff.' I got fabric paper so that I can make labels for my quilts. I am thinking though, that I will need to make 4 labels at a time since it is full size paper. Since I have 4 quilts pretty much ready to be finished, this shouldn't be much of a problem. I can put that they were finished in 2008 instead of a specific month, I guess. And, yes, I used a coupon!



And I got 3 sets of a pair of fat quarters and a zipper. This is a secret project and I will post as soon as I figure out my dimensions and make the item. Or items. I need to keep you guessing!



At our last Guild Meeting, Cathy kept talking about a sale at the Quilt in a Day online store. I was successful in tuning this out and not making an purchases. Well, last week, she mentioned the sale again on her blog and this time, I couldn't resist. I ran to the site and found some really great things and a few good deals and I clicked 'BUY' and the box got here on Thursday.

These are just some miscellaneous 1 and 2 yard pieces that I got. In the upper left is 3 cuts of the same fabric that I got in Columbus that I loved! They also sent me a free fat quarter. Some of the greens and oranges in the bottom row I like for Halloween prints, but nothing is decided on yet.



They also had a great deal for 10 1 yard cuts for $25 and I got a few of those. This deal is still going on and you pick from colors and retros. Here is the retro.



Pinks



Reds - I really like the red flower on white background to the left!



Oh, I forgot that I took a close up of it.



browns



My blocks are coming along nicely! I got them all ironed. Here is what they looked like before:



And here is a side by side view of what they looked like before ironing and after. Kinda cool!



Tomorrow, I start sewing the blocks together!

I got .25 hours in this morning before work and another 3.25 in tonight after taking pictures. I hope that I am still in the lead!