First week accomplishments

Well last week was the first week of DH being on swing shift, it was lovely. I didn't get as much sewing done as I had hoped to, but did get some done. I did 2 kids taxes last week. Going to do mine probably tomorrow and Wednesday. Lets see the Layer Cake quilt along I was doing finished up last week on Thursday which was also my sit n stitch night. So I haven't put them all together yet. But here is the last block.

 and the one before that that I didn't show.

Then all 12 blocks together!

Block a Palooza is also done, here is the applique block from that set. I have one still left on the cutting table that I found today. and I still haven't found my lost lil goose. So I will have to make another one. Then I need to go buy some yardage for the center, and then it will sit there till I get the dies I want to use for the center portion to go with my GO!

Jethro helping me thread my machine. He is sooo helpful sometimes!!

When I was looking at the top of my fabric shelves I was thinking, then got another thought about breaking up those bundled fat quarters that were up there, and putting them on the shelves by color like everything else. So I pulled down some and threw them onto the table to pull apart and sort by color, and when I started to do that, I noticed that 3 bundles that were not stacked together went together very well, and well I had been looking for something to use for my TWEETS quilt. Ta Da, I found it. What do  you think??

 Well I pulled out the black white and red one this week as well, because I finally figured out what I was doing with it. But first I had to fix a small problem of having one block that only measured 11" and the rest that measured 12 1/2" so I made up this block to replace the one smaller one. I made these blocks when I first started to quilt some 9 years ago, and looking at the back of the one that is too small it is because my seams allowances are everywhere and there are a LOT of pieces in it. I didn't feel like picking it all out and resewing that one, so I will just add it to the back of the quilt instead.

 I was kinda limited to what I was going to do and how I was going to do it, because as I was looking at this piece of fabric I thought I had recently bought, the seam allowance told me probably not. The year is 2000 printed on the selvage. During the time I had been doing a lot of piecing of quilts, then everything went on the back burner for the past 5 years. Now I am here to clean it all up!

 So here is where the design wall sits as of an hour ago. Still adding the sashing, I will maybe finish it tomorrow. I want this top done before Friday. That is my goal!!!

 

Then sometime during the week, I took all my tiny little pieces of left over triangles that were in a neat but towering pile and stitched them all together to form lil pinwheels. Haven't a clue what I am going to do with them all, but they are put together and that is all that matters at this point.

 

The little pinwheels here in the front only measure 1 1/2 inches. The big pink one I think measured 4 "

 Another one of Jethro, napping.

And Ely Mae, not letting me touch that pile of fabric!!! Well till next week, happy sewing may your seam ripper have a week of vacation!

My UFO challenge for 2011 with Patchwork Times

I am going to be very busy this year cleaning out my sewing room but this is what I want done, needs to be done. This post is what I am going to challenge myself to do while following Patchwork Times UFO challenge 2011. 
1. This is a black white & red BOM that I started 7 or 8 years ago, 11 blocks are done, need to finish the 12th one, then sash it quilt and bind.

2.  This one the top is done, I just need to have it quilted and then bind it, I made it at a retreat Jan 2010 for my travel trailer bed, out of scraps I had on hand. I had to buy the fabric for the borders only.

3. This red white and blue one, I actually have 3 of these. They were BOM when me and both my daughters were doing that when they were young. This one needs borders then quilt and binding.
One of the others the sashing is done, just needs to be pieced together, and the 3rd one, only 11 blocks are made, so if I get at least one done, I will be happy.

 4. This is Roll Roll Cotton Boll looks like a big mess doesn't it? It is going together pretty quickly, well at least the parts I am caught up on are. I still have LOTS of string blocks to sew, and 600 HST's!

 5. This is my snowman lap quilt, I have to take off that god awful ugly green find new borders then I will get this one finished pretty simply. I think the reason this one never got finished is I hated that green border so I threw it in the corner. So I am going to take it off, otherwise I still won't like it.

 6. This is turtle bay. I remember this fabric, but don't remember making this quilt, but it is ready to be quilted and binding, which is all cut and folded together in a neat little pile I found in the corner when I was cleaning out my room.

 7. This is my twisted lone star quilt, you can see 8 of the 32 pieced diamonds that cover the 36" wide table. This one isn't finished because I haven't decided on what color to put in that space next to the star....yellow, light turquoise, tan or gray?? Any suggestions? Did just buy the backing fabric though yesterday with a 20% off coupon at my local quilt shop, so I will get this one at least pieced together this year, it will be way too big for me to quilt it, so that will depend on if I have the cash to get that done or not.

 8. This is Bright stars in the night. This one came to an abrupt halt when I went to buy more fabric and they had every color but the orange........8 years later they still have most of the colors but not the orange. So I will have to lay this out to see how big it is, the blocks are really big, maybe 18" ones. I do have some of the fabric left, but I might be able to finish it differently than first thought, since I haven't a clue how it was first suppose to go together anyways.

 9. This is Giraffe Park.... I loved making this top. Cutting out all those applique pieces and ironing them on, but that is as far as I went with it. So I am going to get those pieces sewed down before they all start falling off, then I will finish it. I am saving this one for our first grandchild, who isn't even a sparkle in any of our kids eyes yet!

 10. This is a Christmas table runner that I just found today, made it some 6 years or so ago. It is pinned together waiting to be quilted.

11.a & b These 2 quilts are scrappy quilts I am making for another challenge as well, they are pinned and waiting for machine quilting. They may look identical, but they are not. I am now realizing looking at these photos, I forgot to turn the light on on the otherside of the room, so they look dark and washed out. No 2 pinwheels are the same either, forgot how many different fabrics I used.

 12. This is MOONGLOW. I started this in Jan 2010 at a retreat, got 12 of the 25 blocks done. Now I just need to do the other 13. I am hoping to get this top at least all pieced together before the end of 2011. As these 13 blocks are very time consuming, I am keeping my fingers crossed on this one.

13. Yes I know there isn't 13 months.....but this is Christmas pickle, it has been in these boxes for years, It isn't too Christmasey it is done in pink, red, purple and blue, no two blocks are alike, it has like 50 different fabrics in it or soemthing like that. Cant remember. All the curved seams is what made me put this one away, was taking tooooo long I suppose.