Saturday, December 30, 2017

Mad sewing...

My daughter Kelly came out on December 22nd, late. My son and his family were due to come out on the 28th. So... my daughter needed to make a memorial quilt and other items for her Texas family for their mom that had passed away just recently. We had to finish up shopping, wrapping, cooking AND all the quilting/sewing and all that good stuff BEFORE they got here for the reason is that my long arm machine shares my grandsons bedroom. We were like working our butts off trying to do it all. I put in 2, 8-10 hour days and 2, 1/2 Days of sewing. 
This is what we did.



This blocks of this quilt were made from her shirts that her daughter picked out. There was a bright floral one that I couldn’t figure out how to fit it in, so I did 4 blocks and put 1 in each corner. Her daughter also mentioned she loved leopard prints, so..... that made the border.
Each of the siblings got a table runner...



The backings for these were from her shirts also.
Then each of the grand kids received a square, almost like a pot holder size.



They all have a label and they all have something to remember her by.
Then we had a few extra blocks and made a quick table runner just for the heck of it.






And there we have it! Phew... made it just in time!

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Binding...

4 done....
Many more to do..
Here’s one done and layed out on grass. Free pattern from “from my Carolina home” blog 
Here’s another on the frame.. Crinoline Quilt pattern.
Then this one is freshly quilted... not even unhooked yet. This one is free pattern from Primitive Gatherings.
Having way too much fun! Now off too finish binding them. 






Monday, December 11, 2017

Avante...

Well......
This little baby followed me home this past week.
I had a mid arm machine... well, it wasn’t mine. I was housing it for a friend who didn’t have the room in her house, and well, it kinda stayed here for like around 10 years. It was just a Pfaff sewing machine on an Inspira quilt rack. I had said I wasn’t gonna get one till after we move but things changed. A good friend got one for Christmas and it was SUCH a good deal, I went to look.
They are not making this model anymore and they need to clear out their stock. Parts and warranty are still honored and covered, they just came out with another name of one. 
It has an 18” throat. The other 5 1/2”. 
Here is the first one I’m working on. 


I would rather not do this part, I like to quilt by paycheck, it’s getting rather expensive. Especially when I have 15 waiting. I just got 3 back and it broke me. I felt sorry for a single mom who just moved here from Kansas and needed some extra cash for Christmas. It was rather on the ridiculous expensive side. Oh well, hope she got something real good for her son. I told myself if I want to keep making them, I have to finish them completely. It took me around almost 3 hours from start to finish just to quilt it. On the other machine it would have taken 8+ hours, trust me I had done some that lasted days.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Dear Santa...

I have an assembly line going on here.




This is a pattern I bought off of Annie’s. It’s super cute, but man is it time consuming. Doesn’t seem like it would be, but I spent a good portion of the day on Saturday playing with them. All accessories were suppose to be sewed on, but I couldn’t waste anymore time on them. Hot glue!!!!!

Saturday, December 2, 2017

December...


How in the world can it be December already!