Flags

These are them... the much discussed flags that I worked on in August. These were a bear to make.. the yellow was cut as one piece and the gold lemme and blue was cut to fit then sewn in. All cutting was done using a wood burner, a hot tool that helps to prevent the poly silk from fraying. Our technique is to use fabric glue to 'pin' the flag together then sew. It is really just a large applique project :)

The lovely girl in the front is my daughter and I am so proud of her and the group.

WIP 10/12

Its time to share what has and has not been getting done around here these days...

Completed:

I got the Halloween table runner done! Its a small project, but its done!

New Projects: none

Progress:

No new picture, but I got the AMH D9P quilted and ready for binding.

Sitting:
American Jane blocks: Hour Glass Pot holders : Hope Valley QAL : Stamp QAL :Chubby Stars QAL : Mandy's fence : HST: New Wave : Rainbow : Vintage Spring : County Fair : Pinwheels : 36 patch : Leaves 9 patch

Stats for now: New Projects - 0 : Completed - 1 : WIP - 15

Let the games begin!

Football games and band competitions that is... Football is well under way, almost 1/2 way into the season and we are undefeated! Both my girls are in marching band... (I may have mentioned the flags in a prior post) This is the halftime show... Friday night lights and all that goes along with Texas football.

My oldest is in Color Guard and youngest plays the trombone. This is the first year they have preformed in the marching show together. (we are big on props... and have big props)

This is my oldest and a friend with their least favorite prop, the parasols that were nasty in the wind... the girls were getting pulled by the gusts and several of them flipped inside out. Even so, they swept their first competition winning all categories and 1st place in both prelims and finals!

So, unless I find a pile of dresses that stretched and need to be hemmed, or flags that ripped already, we will be back to sewing quilts next week! And hope to have a picture of the flags next week ... they have not yet gotten to the part of the show they are used.

Halloween Table Runner

Last year I made up a random set of blocks from some Halloween material I had laying around.

I wasn't sure what I wanted to do with them, considered growing them into a quilt, but I already have a Halloween quilt, and how many does a person need, really...

So, I threw on a border, grabbed some backing and used a bright orange binding...

I love this backing fabric... got it in December or so last year at Joanns for about $2/ yard.

9/21 WIP

Its been over a month since I posted anything.... but I have been very busy, sewing flags for Band, sewing more flags, hemming costumes, sewing flags, and of course... holding fundraisers. Did I mention sewing flags?

Completed:

Nothing I can share, as it was all items for the Band show which is super secret until they take the field in the first competition.

New Projects:

I snuck in working on this between flags to stay sane... Its a disappearing 9 patch using various prints from four different Anna Maria Horner fabric lines. I hope to add it to my stack of completed tops today.

Progress:

I dug out my D9P leaves quilt pieces which consisted of a bunch of 5 inch leaf print blocks and have 1/4 done and another 1/4 in the works.


And I found this in the closet, something I made with scraps last year and have been messing around deciding if I want to turn it into a quilt or a table runner.

Sitting:
American Jane blocks: Hour Glass Pot holders : Hope Valley QAL : Stamp QAL :Chubby Stars QAL : Mandy's fence : HST: New Wave : Rainbow : Vintage Spring : County Fair : Pinwheels : 36 patch

Stats for now: New Projects - 1 : Completed - 0 : WIP - 16

8/17 WIP

I have taken advantage of getting back into a schedule groove with the girls at band camp for the last week and my husband out of town. Evenings I normally do not sew, rather we spend family time, but since I am the only one in the house no one much cares what I do.... so I sew!

Completed:

Nothing is completed since it is too hot here to think about sitting with a quilt pile on my lap while I machine quilt, but my pile of completed tops is growing!

New Projects:
Another week that I have not succumbed to the temptation to start something new!

Progress:

County Fair quit top is completed.

I have more strips sewn for 36 patch blocks


And I dug out my Pinwheels and got them put together. It is 60x75 and I am trying to decide if I should put a 5 inch border on it in the Charcoal Kona cotton.

Sitting:
American Jane blocks: Hour Glass Pot holders : Hope Valley QAL : Stamp QAL :Chubby Stars QAL : Leaves D9P : Mandy's fence : HST: New Wave : Rainbow : Vintage Spring

Stats for now: New Projects - 0 : Completed - 0 : WIP - 14

County Fair

I completed my County Fair quilt top.

It is queen sized and made from Denyse Schmidt's County Fair fabric line which is deco weight.

I had used pieces of the fabric in projects but have never done a whole quilt in this weight before. It will have to wait until it cools down a little to get quilted because it is a little hot to work with right now since it is heavier that nice crisp quilting cottons. The other thing I found that differentiated it from standard quilting cottons is that it frayed quite a bit more.

The pattern is 1-2-3 from Amy Ellis Modern Basics book. I wish I could comment on the pattern and directions but it is such a simple quilt I basically only used the pattern for the dimensions to cut the pieces.
The stunning pictures of the quilt in the book inspired me as I really wanted to do something simple with this fabric... I love how the top turned out.