Slow Stitching Sunday

It has been a crazy, busy week around here! I am so ready for some slow stitching.

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I finished appliquéing the hexie ring around this one background piece. I am hoping to get the next ring together today. Not a huge goal but I am really slow at this! I read somewhere that milliner’s needles were good for sewing the hexies together. I went to buy some yesterday and was shocked at how long they were! I usually use Betweens for everything. But if I can find a needle that will make this easier, I’m all for it. I came home with these.

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Better than the Betweens but I’m not sold on them yet. Any suggestions?

Linking up with Kathy’s Quilts

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July Finishes and August Goals

Another month has flown by! It goes even faster when you spend a good chunk of it out of town. Totally worth it though!

Here are my goals for July:

1. Top of the list is to quilt and bind the first sister quilt. DONE and delivered!

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2. Since little Lincoln is here, I am going to make a label for his baby quilt. I made this last fall out of shirts worn by my son, my hubby, and my dad. DONE and delivered!

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3. I would also like to get the 16 patch quilt finished for the guest room. DONE!

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4. I would like to decide on a pattern for the second sister quilt. Not done. Not even an idea as of yet.

5. I would like to make a small quilt out of my leader ender HSTs. DONE!

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6. I want to decide on my next leader/ender project. Not done. I am not sure why it is so hard to decide on something this simple! I am guessing it is because I want to come up with a bigger project this time.

Now, what else did I accomplish?

I finished this second quilt for Lincoln.

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And I started two new projects, my EPP  project:

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Time to plan for August.

1. I want to finish my scrappy lattice blocks and perhaps get them into a finished top.

2. Since my little Liam liked brother’s quilt so well, I plan to make him a quick quilt with a soft backing.

3. I am again going to try to come up with a plan  for Sister Quilt #2.

4. Still want to come up with a good leader/ender project.

I feel like I haven’t had enough time in the sewing room lately to even decide what I truly want to work on next so these goals don’t seem like much to me.  I hope to remedy that in the next week. But hubby came home from his business trip last night so it won’t happen today! Have a great weekend!

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Finish It Up Friday!

It’s a big one this week! So prepare for picture overload. I actually finished this just before leaving for AZ. It is my Hapi 16 Patch!

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This one will live in the guest room for now. I may save it for a future wedding gift.

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I used a pantograph called Featherize on this. It is available rom Digi-Tec. I used Glide thread and Hobbs 80/20 batting. It measures 92 by 108 inches before washing. It all started when Daughter #1 bought this jelly roll for me. 

It is Amy Butler’s Hapi line. And it made me very happy.  Linking up with Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Crazy Mom Quilts, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Quilt Shop Gal, Prairie Sewn Studios, Quilt Story

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More Lattice Blocks

After work yesterday, I worked on some more lattice blocks.   

 It was so nice to sit and sew! I tried a couple different layouts. 

  

 I definitely prefer the first. So far, I have 36 of 80 blocks pieced.  

 Daughters #1 and #3 will be ofer after work this afternoon for some crafty fun. Not sure just yet what we will get up to but I am very much looking forward to it!

I have a really big finish to share with you tomorrow if I can get pictures taken today. Maybe I can con the daughters into helping!

Linking up with My Quilt Infatuation.

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Give Away Winner

I would like to thank all of you that left suggestions regarding which books you would like to find in you library. Some I had already ordered and some are on my short list! The give away winner was chosen by a random number generator.

Congrats to Jennifer C who will soon be receiving this mug rug!

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Have a great day!

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WIP Wednesday

 

 

 

Yesterday was a busy day but I got a lot of work done so I could play today. But  I woke up so tired that I haven’t gotten much done and I need to get ready for work soon! The first project I want to work on now that I am back home are these lattice blocks:IMG_3486

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I got enough of the strippy bits done before I left to make 80 blocks. I hope to get the white triangles cut yet this morning before I go in to work at noon. Then tonight, I can start sewing more blocks together.

I also folded my new fabric purchases.

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Linking up with Sew Fresh Quilts and Freshly Pieced.

 

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Art of Cloth

Hubby and I got in late last night and were up and on the way back to the airport by 4:30 this morning. Poor guy has a business trip to Mexico. I’m back home but even after only 3 hours of sleep, I’m wide awake. I’ll need lots of coffee to make it through this work day which ends at 9 tonight!

When we got to our terminal at Sky Harbor Airport, I found they had a small quit exhibition there!

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I was so glad we got there early enough to see it and I thought you would enjoy it too. Each quilt is followed by the artist info.

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There were a few more but these I liked best. Hope you enjoy these as well.

It was awfully hard to leave my kids yesterday but we made some wonderful memories! Thanks for continuing to visit even with my lack of responding to comments. I’m sure hoping tomorrow that I can get back to the sewing room.

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A Little Fabric Shopping

I made it to my favorite Phoenix fabric store the other day, SAS Fabrics on Indian School Road. It’s a fun place but you have to be willing to dig a bit.

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Me. Wonderful and #1 Son were a big help!

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And a quick look at my loot.

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We are flying out this afternoon and will get home late tonight. It has been a wonderful trip. Have a great day!

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Finish It Up Friday

Today I wanted to show you the quilts I made for my sweet little Lincoln. I made this first one long before he was born in anticipation that Liam would have a little brother or sister at some point. This one was made from shirts worn by his daddy, papa, and great grandpa.

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And here is the quilt I made last week to match the king sized quilt I made for his momma and daddy. 

       I used a very soft minky type of fabric on the back. I didn’t have any trouble at all long arming this but my Bernina does not like this fabric at all! I ended up finishing the binding on my vintage Singer 301.

Here is little tiny guy with big brother and Papa. 


Big brother thoroughly inspected the quilt and decided it should belong to him! 

  

  

  

  

  

 Guess I know what I will be working on as soon as I get home! Our time here is flying by all too fast. Loving spending time with my kids and babies. Thank you for all the lovely bcomments this week. Remember that my giveaway is open until next Tuesday. See last Tuesday’s post for details.

Linking up wit Crazy Mom Quilts, Richard and Tanya Quilts, Confessions of a Fabric Addict.

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Throw Back Thursday

Here are a few more red white and blue quilts from the days before blogging. 

        

I love the conversation prints in the one above. They came from Keepsake Quilting  back in 1997. I remember because I ordered these just before moving to France. 

           

All of these small quilts were pieced from vintage fabrics.

Thank you all for the input regarding quilt books to order for the library. I will draw a name from the giveaway when I get back home.

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