Progress

We have so much snow here that we are about buried.  We are supposed to have another snow storm on Wednesday into Thursday and if we are going to get as much as they say we are going to get, then that may be a stay at home day for me.  I might be able to get a quilt loaded if I do stay home.

I am slowly but surely making progress to getting a quilt on the frame.  Today I got a little waysided-I had to hem some pants for my daughter from short to shorter.  :) She starts back to work tomorrow after being on maternity leave for 2 months.  That will be a difficult day for her, but she will get back in the swing of things. 

So, since my last post I started to work on my mystery quilt.  I am in charge of the mystery quilt within my guild and I haven't even made the quilt yet.  I usually like to make the quilt prior to handing out the instructions to make sure that the instructions work, but I just didn't have time to put the quilt together this time.  I am working on getting caught up with that. 

I put the borders on my 12 days of Christmas friendship blocks and got the backing ready.  This is now ready to quilt.  Today I also got 3 other quilts ready, along with their backings.  I put one of the king sized quilts on my bed to see if it needed any additions and sure enough it needs at least 6" added to the sides.  I will try to add rows to it since it is a scrappy quilt or I will add borders.  I'll have to see if I have enough of those scraps hanging around.

I want to load the king sized quilts first so I guess I better get my butt moving on those.  The one king sized quilt that is ready just needs to have the backing adjusted just a little.  I bought a 108" piece of backing and the length is fine but I need to add about 3" of muslin on each side so that I can load the quilt on the frame.  My quilt measures 106" square.  Not quite enough of the backing to be loaded on the frame comfortably.  That will be done at some point this week.

Have a great week.l

Time for new goals...

Since I was able to complete my goal last year (a goal started later in the year, August to be exact), I am going to set myself another goal. I figure if I can complete 12 quilts in 5 months then I should be able to complete the next goal I set.

My goal for 2011 is to quilt the 7 quilt tops I have made. Two of the 7 quilt tops need borders added, but other than that they are ready to be quilted. I have 2 tops not part of the 7 that are in various stages. One is partially done, this was started at MQX in April 2010 (the feathered star) and the other one is my friendship blocks from my guild (under the sea blocks).

Well to start out, my friend Tracy and I purchased a pattern to make a "pooper scooper" last August, but it may have been April, not sure. Anyways, we finally made the scooper. It took several hours to make, but we are very happy with the results. This is not quite a project in progress, but it is a project that we wanted to get done.

This is a picture of our pooper scoopers:



And this is mine again

I did it....

I got all 12 quilts done in time for the wedding tomorrow. I can not believe I did it. My youngest grandson was admitted to the hospital early this morning so my plans to finish the final 3 pillowcases were put on hold but I was able to get them done tonight. Boy, do I feel good that I got these done. Now, hopefully, I will be able to work on a few of my own projects.

Here are the final pics. Enjoy and Happy New Year. WooHoo!!

One more...

One more set of pictures. This will be all the quilts except for the 2 that still need the bindings.

More pictures...

Looks like I'll have to post these pictures in several posts, so bear with me.

Getting down to the wire

Can you believe that it is only 6 days until Christmas? I certainly can't. I can't say that I have reached my personal goal but I'm really pleased with my progress. I got the majority of my goal completed.

I have completely finished 8 quilts. My 9th and 10th quilts are completed quilted but they need their bindings sewn on. I will need to get those put on over the next week because we are going to see the grandchildren on New Year's Day. So, all quilts must be done by then.

For now, here are the pictures of the 8 completed quilts. During my last trip to see my mother in FL, I purchased a cheap sewing machine to keep down there and made pillowcases to match the completed quilts.

He is here

Tyler James has graced us with his presence on November 21st. He and mom both are healthy. He, of course, is a beauty.

I finished 6 quilts, now I am working on quilting quilt #7 and #8. I made top #8 yesterday, and loaded the two on the frame today. I was going to attempt to start to quilt them today but I had a visit from my daughter and her family. Of course, quilting gets put aside when the kids come to visit. I love it when they visit.

If I can get the next 4 tops made over the next couple of weeks, I just may make my goal. If not, it will be shortly thereafter.

I have to make another trip down to Florida. Mom is home and I need to go down there and do a few things for her. Once that trip is over, then I can finish up my quilts for Christmas.

I have a wonderful friend that is doing the blind stitch on all these quilts. I will have to make sure I reward her big time for all the help that she has given me. I will take pictures of my last 2 when I get them back from my friend. I will take pictures of the two on the frame when I am done quilting them.

It is starting to get really cold here. The wood stove has been burning for awhile now. I hate that wood stove. My darling hubby loves to get that stove good and hot and I usually die from the heat. I either end up going downstairs to my room or opening a door, that's how hot he gets it. He works in a garage all day, so that is the reason for the hot air in the winter. Arrrggghhh, can't breathe.

Sandi