Projects

  

 Just a couple of little projects this week. A sun hat and baby shoes to match this outfit (scroll down) that my daughter's best friend's baby will receive for her 1st birthday next weekend.

Below is the 6th block of Anne Sutton's Bunny Hill Designs Block to the Month--Henreitta Whiskers.
I've been having such a fun time making these delightful blocks and I've been keeping up every month! That feels so good.













Go take a look at all the fun projects
everyone else has been working on
at Judy Laquadara's Design Wall
Monday blog!

Can You Say "Retreat"?!

I spent 2 1/2 days at a quilting retreat in McCloud Calif this weekend--near the unbelievably beautiful, snow-covered Mt. Shasta. Twenty-six women (18 in our group) worked on this mystery quilt. Do you like it? Actually, the mystery quilt design was quite a bit different than this but I always have to put my spin on things and this is what I came up with. I really like it!

This retreat was in an historic hotel/mercantile so our charming rooms (all of them entirely different and wonderful), restaurant and huge meeting room were under one roof with no restrictions on how late or early we could sew. If you haven't quilted at a retreat in your jammies, it's high time you did!!

Because I'm a fast quilter, I always bring a few extra projects.

I'm attending a 1st birthday party at the end of the month for my daughter's best friend's baby. Her cousin, who's more like a sister to her, is celebrating her 5th birthday. I made the baby's dress (on the left) and a coordinating top for the 5-year old on the right. I also made coordinating shoes and a hat for the baby but don't have a photo.

See who else posted Design Wall projects on Judy's Blog!

"Ferris Wheel Frills"

I finished the top I posted a couple of weeks ago here, and I sure do love it! Doesn't it look like a hankie edge? I collect hankies (only ones with a state name or ones with a calendar year on them) and with the 30s fabrics, it seems a perfect nostalgic coupling. I made most of the blocks a few years ago and remembered they were a little tedious to make (they're 6") but when I found the stack of them, I decided it was worth making more.

Where will this quilt end up? Well, our daughter's been married almost 3 years and will graduate this fall and she wants kids more than just about any-

thing so. . . I'm pretty sure this will end up being my first grandchild's first quilt. I'm guessing 2 years at the most. . . I'm also guessing a girl, as you can tell--tee-hee! It's a bit big for a baby quilt, 59" x 65" but that's just how it turned out!

Take a look at all the wonderful projects Jody's followers have up on their design walls at Patchwork Times!

One Step Backward

I'm so bummed I didn't get my May UFO finished! Actually, I didn't even start it--but I have an excuse. . sort of.

This beautiful silk brocade, satin lining and squishy-wrinkly lapel fabric is going to be a jacket. I made a 'muslin' of the pattern just so it would fit perfectly--wouldn't want to waste the $85 I spent on this fabric!--and when I went to start the project, I COULDN'T FIND THE PATTERN!!  I found the package, the cover photo and the parts of the pattern I didn't use but can't find the pieces I need in my size! I looked ALL over my sewing room but, evidently, only the places where it wasn't--LOL!

I will keep looking and I WILL make this jacket even if I have to buy the pattern again. Good thing the fabrics are suited for fall so I have time.


My #8 UFO for June is a pretty easy one: A wall hanging I started probably 2 years ago that says "September". If I recall, I started it in plenty of time-- like JUNE--and finished the top the end of August. Of course, That's where I stopped. All I have to do is pin it and quilt it which will only take a small amount of time. YAY!

Check out all the successful UFO finishers (who WERE able to find their patterns) on Judy's blog.

This Week's Project

I can't seem to stop making these fun 'Lil Twister projects! I saw it done as a mini quilt in a quilt shop in Sacramento last week made with 3" squares and a 2 3/8" 'ruler' (which I made with a cardboard

template). They had it framed in a beautiful, glass-front frame and I thought it would make such a lovely gift, country store or silent auction item!

Here's what it looked like with the squares sewn together, measuring 16" x 20"
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. . . . and here's the finished product. It measures 12" x 16". (That is a regular, 45mm, rotary cutter there.)




Thanks to my email friend LuAnn for the
Charm Pack for this project!!

You can see my other 'Lil Twister projects  here and here.

Take a look at all the other creative projects on Judy's blog!

Another quilt completed!

There is no better feeling than finishing a quilt! Do you agree? This quilt started as a mystery class in January. The 6 blocks in this quilt use an identical pattern but because I scrapped it out, they all look different.

Besides Judy's UFO Challenge, I'm also in a UFO Challenge with my quilt guild. This is my UFO #7 which was the number drawn 2 months ago (we have 2 months to finish in our guild's rules).  YAY, another UFO bites the dust!

I used Maywood Studios Wild Rose line and just love it. This photo doesn't do it justice though. There's butter yellow and 2 different pinks among the greens and floral black and white. I felt it would look adorable with a wavy edge and am so glad I took the time to measure (with Eleanor Burns' easy scallop tool) and cut it that way.

I plan to work on the UFO from Judy's blog this week--my brocade jacket. Hope I can make it by the 31st!

And speaking of Judy's blog, take a look at all the other Design Walls she has posted there!

Ferris Wheel for DWM

Isn't this a cute block? It's called Ferris Wheel and I fell in love with it several years ago. I made 24 blocks then, probably, some other project beckoned and I put them and all their parts and pieces in a box on a shelf. You've done that before, right? Well, I found it the other say and decided to work on it again--I'm obviously in a 30s frame of mind lately.

Decided I needed to make 15 more blocks for a 7 x 9 layout. It's a tricky little block to put together and since I made the 6" version rather than the 12" version, it was pretty tedious but worth it!

I plan to put white sashing with 30s cornerstones in all different colors then do some applique treatment on the borders and probably have a wavy or scalloped border. It would make a darling baby quilt that way, wouldn't it? Perhaps for a future grandchild? (I understand from my 25 y/o daughter that I won't have to wait more than a couple of years. . !)

Don't forget to check out all the other beautiful projects on Judy's blog!