To do #3 Retreat!!!

Yaahooo! Retreat was a wild success!

I finished nothing but made great progress on partial finishes 

so I am taking the win! 

Here's my check list!

 ~finish ( de thread) the baby quilts X

 

~Pack and ship quilts X

I compress these with my vacuum cleaner !

~more green blocks X

( up to 34)

~join backing blocks 1/2 X

Only got 1 done up 

~assemble string stars X

This one is now a flimsy!

~add crystals to family stockings X

This is real Feel Good one.

Creating traditions!

List for this week

~ Chose  joining blocks for spiderweb~

~Make extra blocks to enlarge spiderweb~

~Trim square dance blocks~

~assemble Many Strips blocks for count~

Good luck everyone, remember to enjoy 

what we are doing and don't make it a chore!

Stay safe and sew on !

Linking up with :

Tuesday To Do!

Plan ahead!

 Another sew day coming up so 

I am pulling out all the goodies to work on !

First up is an old project ( 2010)

Lots of little squares!  I used 

quilter's fuse to make the large blocks 

of squares. They need a little 

sashing and then I can join up to

the alternate blocks. 

Inspired by a Quiltmaker pattern from

 Jo & Kelli Kramer. Mine will look similar but as 

always, I add, subtract and do things differently!

I have some piles of squares ready to make backs so 

with friends!!

There is a pile of string squares for stars ready to assemble waiting

in the corner for lost items !

A wonky star quilt is waiting to be designed too!

Those should get me thru the weekend!

Fun with friends will make the day 

complete!

Update! Update! Update! 

First day of retreat , I got the stretched stars 

flimsy completed !  Woot Woot!

Stay safe and sew on !

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Finished or not Friday

 

 

Friday Nite with Friends

 My first Friday nite with Friends, 

Sew in , Get going, Tame those scraps

got off to a great start!

I need a few baby quilts and 

have some scraps that are perfect 

for little girls. I can see the joy of 

precuts!

I have a whole box of these

 left over from the

heart quilt!

I rediscovered this small yellow coins,

and now I have a direction. 

I sewed up all the bits left that

were about 7" long. 

 I cut  off

the extra with quick scissor snip

and put those back in the box.

Then trimmed up my sets 

to 6 inches.  I tend to trim to the

width of a favorite ruler unless

I am sticking to a strip 

pattern. 

Notice the narrower set? 

I went back to the box and 

sewed up all

the cutoffs too!

So not a bad evening!

I finished with enough strips for

three crib sized pink quilts!

I may embellish with an applique

or some fancy gifted lace  pieces 

to spice them up!

Stay safe and sew on!

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Oh Scrap!

Backing it up!

 Motivation is up today!!

Some great Linky parties 

 have gotten the spirit in gear and

 I am looking toward some more finishes.

 The request came in for a few

 more quilts for friends too!  Yay!

So now I have to get to some backings!

I have a sizable stash so I am diving in

for some supplies. 

We all see the quilt backs so I like to

make them interesting.

I was born frugal so I usually 

 use what's on hand.

 A great place for 

orphans and unique blocks

( practice blocks gone wrong too)!

My very first scrap top 

ended up as backing flavor!

I pulled out a stack of yardage but..

decided to make 2 backs patriotic

since they will end up South of our border.

Sewing with friends coming up so let the 

cutting commence! 

Here is what I am going to do for the 

backs. 

These are 20" x 20" and 

a fairly good stash buster. 

No worries I will run out of 

fabric tho!

Always lots of comments from 

family that the quilts are reversible!

I also use  25" blocks but that 

creates more scrap due to WOF.

 

Here are a few more 

backs with flavor. 

                            

Backs should help

decrease the flimsy pile!!

Stay safe and sew on !

Sew day Inspiration!

 After being so productive

on Saturday and the cold spell

continuing, I got out more projects and just got busy.

I am quilting up my green Big Green Log Cabin

that's off to North Edmonton to

celebrate a new house and a new family.

It matches the green

Log Cabin baby quilt or vice versa.

That one now just needs a

d-stringing and a binding.

Since I'm really into the quilting mode,

I also did approach the batik

Square Cabin in the Woods quilt

that's been living on my couch.

We've been using it to watch movies

with the batting hanging out

for about 2 years now.

The adhesive tape came in handy 

when removing all the pins!

                                     

It was interesting because the quilt

design I chose is straight line quilting

but I wanted to wrap the stitching

around one of the straight lines so

it looks like a knot.

It does involve changing the foot

after I stitched all the diagonal lines.

I couldn't zigzag back and forth across

the quilt like I usually do,

but it still went fairly quickly.

After a quick trim in the morning,

I might be able to get my first pink quilt ever,

ready for a toddler. Just in time for Valentine's Day!

It's hearts and small wonky stars.

I haven't decided how to quilt it 

yet but I'm sure inspiration will hit.

It sure feels great to be incredibly

productive even though,

Baby, It's Cold Outside!

 Stay safe and sew on!

Getting ready for a Sew Day!

 What a productive weekend ahead!

It all started on Thursday when western Canada

went into a deep freeze.

For some reason instead of hibernating,

I went into work mode.

I tidied up my sewing room and just start moving!

Maybe I was inspired by the sew day

we had in January for my local guild.

We were having our second virtual sew day,

and we all had so much fun

at the first one,

we were very excited to do it again.

Since it's virtual, the time leading up

to it was spent organizing

and pulling out projects.

I wanted to start off the sew day

adding blocks to a stretched star

quilt I discovered in a project box on the Shelf.

I think I started a couple years ago because

I really like that look.

I couldn't remember why

I packed it away but soon

discovered why I had.

The original charm squares I used

were small and the blocks are finishing

out at four and a quarter inches.

I prepped for the sew day by cutting

more charms and making up some

2 1/2 inch squares to add to the star points.

I also got the binding

ready for the Mountains quilt.

I used it straight out of my binding library !  Yay!

I had cut a bunch of

extra strips when I finished the lattice.

This quilt will be going on a ski trip to BC

where it will be delivered to the couple

in celebration of their first baby and their wedding.

I'm a year-and-a-half and a baby behind

but at least finishing their quilts now.

The baby Mountains was already

shipped so they received that in the post.

I also want to finish up the small green

Log Cabin quilt for the other couple

expecting a baby in March.

I will square it up and put on a fuzzy  back.

It should turn out just

adorable with minimal quilting

but really cuddly for a baby.

With all those projects ready,

I have big plans for a great sew day.

I may even pin/layer the two flimsies that are

on my mental schedule to finish soon!

It's always fun to socialize and

see people we haven't seen in awhile.

Since we do it by zoom,

I get to meet people in both latitudes

of the province Way North and West.

It should be a wonderful day of

socializing and sewing.

Stay safe and sew on!