I brought my scrappy hexie project along in our trip. I haven’t worked on this in a while so here is a picture to show you where I am at on it.
It is getting a bit unwieldy for a travel project. I have 54 more hexies cut for this.
I would like to have this done this year so I better get to work!
Linking up with Kathy for Slow Stitching Sunday
First of all, thank you all for the many kind comments on my room re-do! The paint I used was Pittsburg Paint’s Gand Distinction and the color is called Magical.
Now on to m goals. I still can’t believe it is September already so it is time. Actually past time since it is already the 5th! Anyway, here is my list of goals for August:
1. I want to finish my scrappy lattice blocks and perhaps get them into a finished top. Done and loaded onto the frame for quilting!
2. Since my little Liam liked brother’s quilt so well, I plan to make him a quick quilt with a soft backing. Done and delivered!
3. I am again going to try to come up with a plan for Sister Quilt #2.
Sigh….
4. Still want to come up with a good leader/ender project. Done and in progress!
I didn’t have a very long list this month, but I did get a few other things done.
I finished these small quilts.
I quilted four QOVs.
I finished the Little Sister quilt (which is now hanging in my office at work).
I also finished two baby quilts to have on hand for gifts. I will share those finishes in a seaparate post.
I will need to keep my September goals modest as we are traveling again.
1. I want to finish the Lattice Quilt.
2. Finish and Mail my bow tie blocks for the swap.
3. Complete all 7 medallions for Brinton Hall.
4. Start and keep up with the mystery quilt that Lori at Humble Quilts will be hosting.
5. I’m going to go farther than just deciding on a pattern for the second sister quilt and say that I will also cut it out!
6. Quilt any QOVs that come in.
We shall see how closely this list matches up with reality!
So you have put up with my painting stories last week, now it is time to share the results. But just for fun, I dug out some true before pictures.
Pretty darn bright, right?
Well, take off your sunglasses because here is the after:
I am so excited to have a place to use all of my little red, white, and blue quilts!
Most of the small quilts are made with vintage fabrics.
I found the small kitchen cupboards at a yard sale and the small enamel table came from an estate sale that my daughter worked at. 
This room is a good place to display some of my vintage toy sewing machines. 
This is how I hung my little quilts. First, Daughter #3 and I laid them out on the floor to decide on an arrangement.
I took the picture so I could remember! Then I hung them up using rolls of painter’s tape.
This way I could adjust easily. I used a level at this point to get them straight. Then I hammered tiny brass pins in the corners.
After that, I lifted the quilt and removed the tape rolls. This little block is one inch to give you an idea of the size of the pins.
The framed newspaper will get hung up. I also plan to buy new sheets for the bed. I took these pictures before I made the curtains from a vintage sheet with hand made lace on the edge. Overall, I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I found the vintage desk at a yard sale not long ago and loved it. Maybe because I loved playing school as a child. I am so glad I found the perfect place for it.
Here is a picture showing my curtains in place.
Daughter #2 asked me if I will actually let the grandkids play in this room. My answer? Of course!
The only things I spent money on here were paint and a curtain rod. I shopped my house for everything else!
Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts
I’m taking part in the bowtie swap being hosted by Barb over at Fun with Barb. I love bowtie quilts! My very first hand pieced quilt was a bow tie quilt. The blocks for Barb’s swap are machine pieced.
Here is a quilt I finished a number of years ago with hand pieced blocks. I think these finished at 4 inches.
The quilting was done on my 1955 Singer 201.
My blocks for the swap are all finished now but won’t be mailed for a bit. They aren’t due until October but I always like to do them right away so I can forget about them and then it is like Christmas when they come!
By the way, as we are traveling over the next week, I won’t be able to respond to comments easily. I do appreciate each and every one and if there are questions, I will try to reply in the comments rather than through e-mail. We’ll see how that works.
Linking up with Krista Quilts for Throwback Thursday
Hubby and I are leaving tomorrow morning on our trip to Missouri. I did laundry and got mostly packed on Monday so I found myself with a bit of time yesterday morning. I puttered around the sewing room a bit and finally decided to deal with this bin of solid scraps.Â
I’ve been wanting to make another tumbler quilt and I think one in solids would be fun. So I started cutting.Â
These tumblers finish at 4 inches tall. Many of the pieces in this bin were ten inch squares leaving me with scraps like this.Â
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A pile of tumblers is so pretty! There are about 300 here.
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 Now they go in their own plastic box. I think this might be my next leader/endear project.
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I still have some pastel squares in this box but I didn’t want to mix them in with these mostly brights.  I also had a couple larger bits leftover from fat quarters so this is how the bin looks now.Â
Much emptier! And I am thrilled to have my next leader/ender project sorted.
Linking up with Freshly Pieced and Sew Fresh Quilts.
Last week I posted about a couple baby quilts I had started. I finished the tops and loaded both on the long arm at the same time.Â
I quilted one with a pantograph called Techno.Â
 The other got my random grid treatment. I used Glide thread, which I love, and Warm and White batting which I no longer care for. I find it too flat.
Loading two tops at a time seems to work well. If would have been even better if I used the same panto on both. I hope to have these two bound and finished before we leave town.
Linking up with Free Motion By the River.
I’ve made some progress on my Downton Abbey leaders/enders. I now have nine blocks of thirty finished.Â
It is growing on me!
I also got the borders on my lattice quilt and put it on the frame. Time to figure out how to quilt it, though I likely won’t get to that until I return from our trip.Â
I am participating in the bow tie swap being hosted by Barb over at her blog, Fun with Barb. I chose my fabrics and have my pieces cut. Â
Finally, I appreciate all the input of the background fabric for my Brinton Hall quilt I decided on (feels like there should be a drumroll here!) choice number three. Â
I have lots to do this week to prepare for our trip. I will try to schedule some posts ahead of time as well as blogging about quilty things I find along the way. Â Mr. Wonderful seems quite good at finding quilty things while we travel!
Linking up with Patchwork Times and Cooking Up Quilts.
I’ve been pondering what fabric to use for the “path” between the medallions of my Brinton Hall quilt. I tried a few options out yesterday.
It is time to make a decision. I don’t have all the medallions done but I need to get this kitted up for our trip this week. I plan to get a bit more of the appliqué done today and the path fabric cut.
Hubby comes home today. Yay! After church, I want to get some yard work done. My slow stitching will be my reward!
Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts for Slow Stitching Sunday.
I did more than paint this week while hubby was gone, just not a lot more! I did finish two small quilts. A while back, I shared some of my ladder quilts. It got me in the mood to make another. I used these strips of my hand dyed fabric. Â
And began slicing up a chunk of white fabric. I did matchstick quilting on my long arm.Â
And  here is my finish!
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  My next finish is at the other extreme stylewise…remember how I mentioned that I was inspired by a little quilt I saw over at Humble Quilts?  I found this bit of toile and used it to make my little George quilt.Â
Here is the fished quilt.Â
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And the back.Â
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The pieced squares here finish at one inch. I quilted this one on my Bernina 1030 with my walking foot.
Linking up with Crazy Mom Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Richard and Tanya Quilts, My Quilt Infatuation, Quilt Shop Gal
Yesterday was a very full day. In the morning before work, I put one baby quilt top together.Â
As you can see, the piecing is simple, but I love the bold, graphic nature. It will be so fun to quilt! As I was thinking about a backing, I decided this might be a great time to make another baby quilt top and quilt both of them at the same time on the long arm. So I cut some more pieces.Â
And I got this star pieced. Â
 I need to add to this but it is a good start. Â
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The double star block finishes at 16 inches and the flying geese are each 4 by 8 inches.
After work, Daughter #3 stopped by for a lovely visit. I miss her since she moved out! She helped me make some decorating decisions on the room I have been repainting. After she left, I talked to Daughter #3 on the phone and then got the baseboards painted.
After work today, I have a meeting at church about sewing some drapes for the stage area. Then I am driving to meet a member of Stitching Sisters to hand off some QOVs. I hope tonight that I can get this second baby quilt top finished.
Hubby will be home on Sunday afternoon. I am running out of time to get all my projects done! In just a week, we will be leaving on a trip to Missouri to visit his parents. I am so looking forward to it!
Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation.
