Almost over

The end of the year is in a couple days and that means that the 100 days Hustle is almost at it's end. I am very pleased with my success. I managed to do all but one on my must do list. The only one not done was for my boyfriend and he isn't to worried about when he will get his quilt. Everyone else got theirs for christmas and they were very well received. 

All of these are a must happen:

1. Finish Granny squares quilt:

2. Make Made in Cherry Quilt

3. Finish Tetris Quilt

4. Make Houndstooth Quilt

5. Make Wienie dog quilt

6. Make Triforce Quilt- Didn't happen will have to wait till 2013

7. Make Skull Quilt

8. Make Chevron Quilt- Turned into Motley Quilt

9. Make Modernist homemade Gift

10. Make Modern She made Swap Gift

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes): none of these happened but maybe in 2013

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

Oh boy that was a lot of pictures. How did you do with your lists??

Merry Christmas

Sorry it's been so long. I've been dealing with some medical stuff and trying to finish up my quilts before well today. I did manage to get them finished thank goodness. I will post pictures later but I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and a very blessed Christmas!

Motley

Meet Montley.

 I found this pattern at Carolina Patchworks. There are so many of her patterns that I must make when I have time. However, Motley is a christmas present for my dad. He is a very difficult man to get anything for as his hobbies and interests are extremely expensive. 

I do not currently have a design wall in my sewing room. I am trying to move things around and get rid of what I can so that I can create one. Motley has taught me I truly need one. I am enjoying seeing this come together but boy it can mess with your head if you try to just work of the pattern without laying out the pieces. I am only half done and I don't normally take pictures of my tops half finished but I love this one so I thought I would share. 

Are you working on any interesting patterns??

A day of finishes

Thankfully today has been a day of finishes. I have been working on my 100 day hustle list and trying to finish presents for christmas. Today I managed to cross 2 more off my list. I finished the Plus quilt for my brother and the Tetris quilt for my future SIL. Words can't explain how much I love these quilts. Especially the tetris. It will be hard to part with them but I know they will be loved and used!!

As you can see it is pretty windy here today but I love the look of the leaves next to these 2.

Updated 100 day hustle list:

1. Baste, quilt, and bind Made in cherry quilt. 
2. Baste, quilt, and bind Plus quilt. 
3. Baste, quilt, and bind Tetris quilt. 
4. Finish sewing houndstooth quilt so I can baste, quilt, and bind. 
5. Sew wienie dog quilt.
6. Sew Link triforce quilt. 
7. Sew skull quilt.  Ready to quilt ( hope to finished this one monday)
8. Sew plaid quilt. 
9. Make gift for secret partner in Modernista Homemade swap due 10/22
10. Make gift for secret partner in Modern She made swap due 11/19.

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes):

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

Oh and I did get a squishy in the mail. (I just love squishies). It had these 2 lovely blocks in it from the Liberty and Justice bee. Can't wait to see these all put together but that must wait.

Last finish of the day was this Bee block for Christinia. This has to be the easiest block ever asked for in a bee. 

Till next time. 

Just a little while...

Sorry I seem to have disappeared for awhile. I've been working strange hours with work and staying busy with everything else going on. I did manage to finish the quilting on 2 different quilts today! I'll put the binding on tomorrow so I can mark them off my list. 

On a side note. Does anyone else catch themselves creating for everyone else and forgetting about themselves? Well that's how I feel right now. I mean I love all the beautiful quilts I have made and can't wait to see the looks on faces when they are opened, But I am just dying to make something just for me. Hopefully I will finish soon with christmas presents. If not I may just have to have another WIP. 

Can't leave you without some pics so here are some recent finishes. 

And some recent Bee blocks. 

Wow if you stuck around you can see I've been busy. Till next time!

Done and Done

Today is a day of finishes for me. I have had horrible luck lately with sewing machines. I was blessed that my grandmother used to sew and took really good care of her beloved singer. I picked up her machine which hadn't been used in almost 10 years. With a little prompting and dusting she fired right back up and went to work!! She is old but she is wonderful. Only thing I need is a 1/4" foot that fits. The one on it now makes me sew backwards for what  I'm used to. 

But any who....

While at work I finished the binding on three items. 

First was the houndstooth quilt. Let me just say my fingers are raw from sewing the binding on this one. But it turned out better than I thought it would. 

Next is the kitchenaid mixer cover for my secret partner in the Modernista Homemade swap. I plan on making a couple towels for the kitchen as well then this is off to it's new home. 

Last but not least is my mini swoon quilt for my other secret partner in the MSMS. This one came out even better than I had imagined. 

And of course a binding shot. I don't know why I love these so much but I do. 

Since im doing the 100 day hustle here is my updated list:

All of these are a must happen:

1. Sewing binding onto granny squares quilt.   finished 9/23
2. Baste, quilt, and bind Made in cherry quilt. 
3. Baste, quilt, and bind Plus quilt. 
4. Baste, quilt, and bind Tetris quilt. 
5. Finish sewing houndstooth quilt so I can baste, quilt, and bind.  finished 10/13
6. Sew wienie dog quilt.
7. Sew Link triforce quilt. 
8. Sew skull quilt.  Ready to quilt ( hope to finished this one monday)
9. Sew chevron quilt. (not even sure of fabric on this one)
10. Make gift for secret partner in Modernista Homemade swap due 10/22  finished 10/13
11. Make gift for secret partner in Modern She made swap due 11/19. finished 10/13

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes):

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

After work if I can muster up the energy the plan is to cut the fabric for the wienie dog quilt and sew it together at work. If we manage to have a good day. 

Thats all for now. How is your list going??

Feeling lost

As you all know I have been dealing with a sewing machine on the fritz. It has about done me in. I have given up on it and pulled out my mothers old machine that I put away when I bought the one I have now. It is a decent machine but seemed to give me trouble occasionally too. But I am happy to report that for the time being it is working well enough to get some projects started so I can get them sent off. 

I am making a mini quilt for my partner in MSMS. 

It isn't perfect by any means but I am proud at the way it came out. I had never put together a swoon block before but it was fun. Only confusing part was figuring out what size blocks to cut of each color since I made a rainbow. I really hope my parter enjoys this when it's finished. Thinking about making a small pincushion to go with it. 

Goals of the week:

Finish mini swoon ( hopefully tomorrow)

Pick up grandma's sewing machine for back up 

Get one more quilt to the binding stage ( Just not sure which one I'll pick...maybe the skull quilt.)

What are you working on this week??

Pressing on

Well I told you Friday that my sewing machine was on the fritz. Since I work all weekend I managed to go have it checked out today. The lady at the singer shop told me that there was a problem with the threading of my machine and that I would need to pay extra attention to this so everything would work right. Then I got home. I thought seems easy enough maybe this will fix it. Started sewing the rows together for the skull quilt I pieced this weekend and everything was going great. Then I got almost done and it all started again.... Luckily I managed to get it to work long enough to get the quilt top put together so I can move on to my next one. This one went together super quick thanks to chain piecing. 

 Guess this means I really will have to shop for a new machine. Apparently it is getting worn out. They just don't make things like they used to. I think I have it narrowed down to what I want just have to go into the dealer and play to make sure its a good fit. 

I also got a couple pacifier clips finished for my handsome nephew I get to see Wednesday. 

One of those days

Started the day off wonderful. The goal of the day was to finish the quilting on my houndstooth quilt so the binding could be sewn on at work tomorrow. That goal seemed very reasonable. However, my machine has gotten an attitude and keeps screwing up, breaking thread, bobbin casing turning when it's supposed to be locked in place. OMG! Really I just wanted to be done with this already. I have tried everything I can think of and nothing is working. So as you can tell its time to step away and cut fabric and hope that it gets worked out soon enough. 

I might be threatening to get a new one just have to decide what to get. I want a nice one that I can grow into but that won't cost me a fortune and isn't a piece of crap. 

Any suggestions??

1 down lots more to go

So yesterday I decided to  join the 100 day Hustle. I am so happy to announce that I am already able to mark one off of my list. I just finished my Granny squares quilt and I love the way it came out. The colors are just so bright and cheery. I can't wait to get home and get it in the washer so I can see all the pretty crinkles it is sure to have. 

And now some pictures...( They aren't the greatest because I'm stuck inside at work)

And the back...

Finally the binding. I love binding pictures not quite sure why. 

::Sigh:: 

Onto the next one. I finally got all my striped squares all squared up. haha. Now to get them all sewn together. 

Look at all the scraps.

I can't wait to see how this one turns out. Goal is to finish it this week so I can sew on the binding next weekend at work. 

Hustlin

So today marks 100 days left in the year. Can you believe time has gone by so quickly?? Well I decided to join Kelsey for the 100 day Hustle. The goal is to finish up projects by December 31, 2012. As many as possible! I feel like I have a laundry list of things that must be finished and some I would just like to do so here you go.  

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All of these are a must happen:

1. Sewing binding onto granny squares quilt.   finished 9/23
2. Baste, quilt, and bind Made in cherry quilt. 
3. Baste, quilt, and bind Plus quilt. 
4. Baste, quilt, and bind Tetris quilt. 
5. Finish sewing houndstooth quilt so I can baste, quilt, and bind. 
6. Sew wienie dog quilt.
7. Sew Link triforce quilt. 
8. Sew skull quilt. 
9. Sew chevron quilt. (not even sure of fabric on this one)
10. Make gift for secret partner in Modernista Homemade swap due 10/22
11. Make gift for secret partner in Modern She made swap due 11/19.

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes):

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

My oh my that is a lot of stuff to try* and accomplish before the end of the year. I don't think I will get all of it finished but I will do my best! One finish a week is the goal!

A little like christmas

I love getting mail. Who doesn't right?? The rush you get from wondering what is in that package. Well this morning I woke up to 2 big boxes on the front porch.

I actually knew what was in these but still so much fun to open. Last weekend hancock fabrics was having 50% off batting. Well since I am crazy enough to try and finish quilts for christmas for everyone I needed lots of batting. 

And here is all is. I can't wait to get started finishing all these quilts. I hope I can pull this off in time. 

Bunch o' blocks

Today has been spent tackling some bee blocks. Here are some pictures for you to enjoy.

Running with scissors bee block for spicedpear.

She also happens to be in the Liberty and Justice bee with me as well and it just happened to be her month in both bees. Here are the blocks for that bee that I will be mailing to her hopefully today.

Last but not least I completed 2 blocks for mollyjolly in the Star Bee.  Here are the blocks for her. She sent some super cute fabric and I couldn't wait to play with it.

Well there you have it. My bee blocks for september. Now to do some stalking for my modernist homemade kitchen swap.