What’s on my needles?

My pink socks are coming along slower than I would like but at least there is progress. Yes, this is still the first sock of the pair! At least it is going faster than the last pair! I would like to knit 6 pair of socks this year.

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And I also started working on this again:

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You are quite forgiven if you cannot tell what this is. It doesn’t look like anything right now!  It is made from yarn that looks like this:

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I bought this yarn a few months ago because I loved the colors. I did not know how to use it but the label said I could make a scarf from one skein. Hmmm….not the way I knit it the first time! I liked the way it looked but, of course, when I went back a second skein was not to be had. So it languished in the yarn bin for a while. Yesterday, I decided to look for a Youtube video to show me the right way to knit this.You can see the vidoe here. Not so hard when you can see what you are supposed to do! It will be a ruffle scarf. The yarn ended up a bit kerfluffled when I raveled the first attempt but at this point, I haven’t anything to lose.

You can see what others are knitting by checking out Judy’s Linky Party at her blog, Patchwork Times here.

Until next time…

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Is it February 9th already?

Recently someone on the QOV Facebook page suggested making a block a day for the month of February. Great idea, I thought! Well….. Once I cut pieces for blocks it is really hard to wait so:

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Um, yeah. Oh well, at least I am ahead and not behind!
Once a month, I meet with 3 other ladies from my local guild that are interested in making art quilts. We are working through this book:

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This week the assignment was collage. Here is mine:

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The crumpled brown is from a paper bag, the ladder bits were cut from a damaged Bible, and the letters were from an old educational letter set for schools. Our next assignment is Innovative piecing. I am going to try to get that done this week as we have a wedding shower coming up the end of the month for Daughter #1.

Until next time….

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Another finish

I finished the “Type” quilt for my daughter Friday night. I free motion quilts it using a design from the book Doodle Quilting. It hardly shows up at all but that made it good practice. Not happy with the binding and may redo that. My daughter loves it so I guess that is all that matters!

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Until next time…

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Collaboration

Collaboration can be a beautiful thing! Not long ago, I was trying out dies for my new studio cutter and made these blocks:

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I didn’t plan ahead and ran out of the white I was using. Do you know how hard it is to match white fabrics? Geesh! Anyway, I sent them to my QOV friend, Sherra, down in WV. Sherra is a regional coordinator for QOV in her area. She has been sewing her heart out  but the need is great. I sent these blocks to her to help her out. What she did with them is nothing short of amazing! Look at this:

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Did she do a great job? Thank you Sherra for taking my blocks and making them beautiful :).

If you are interested in making a QOV, check out the official Quilt of Valor Foundation website here. You can also check out the Facebook page here. If you don’t want to make a whole quilt, Sherra is still collecting 12″ blocks. Shoot me a message and I can get you in touch with her.

Until next time….

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What’s on my needles….

On the way home from a short road trip not long ago, my wonderful hubby pulled into the parking lot of a yarn store I had never visited. He is pretty wonderful like that! Anyway, I found some lovely pink cotton/nylon blend yarn. I love knitting with wool but I just cannot wear my wook socks for more than a few hours. They make my feet itch! So I search for cotton yarn that will work for socks. I am hoping these will fit and wear well:

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I am linking up to Judy’s post at Patchwork Times here. Check out what others have on their needles! While you are there, take a look around. Judy is a VERY productive quilter, knitter, and blogger!

Until next time…

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A new project!

I found this adorable line of fabric about a month ago. It seemed perfect for my youngest daughter.

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Isn’t it cute? It is called, appropriately, Type.
It took me a while to decide what to do with it. I didn’t want to chop it up too small. So I went with the Take 5 block. This went together in a snap! I cut pieces Wednesday, sewed blocks on Thursday, and today it is in the frame.
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The bundle I purchased had 7 half yards of the prints and one half yard is Kona Snow that I used for a narrow border. I had one block left over and some small scraps.
Time to quilt! Until next time…

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And so it ends…

January that is. And I am not sorry to see it go because it means we are that much closer to winter’s end. It is cold and blustery out there today.

No post yesterday. I had training for the job and then worked in the afternoon. I called it an early night and went to bed with a book.

I am pleased to say that I finished one quilt per week in January! That includes 3 Quilts of Valor, a 4 patch wall quilt made from the Chateau Rouge mini charm packs, and  the Abundance doll quilt from the QAL at Humble Quilts. Oh, and I also finished a table runner for my dear MIL’s birthday. Not bad!

So as not to have a post without pictures, I thought I would bring out some miniature’s that I made quite some time ago. These are all made with vintage fabric scraps, except for the second one dow, those are Liberty of London scraps. Enjoy!

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Put a fork in it…

…it’s done! Well, I do have to sew the label on and box it up.

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Now I am off to work!
Until next time…

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The finish line is in sight!

I am so close to finishing the challenge quilt for the HMQS show. I really don’t care about the challenge, I just saw it as an opportunity to make a quilt for the vet’s home which is where these quilts will end up. This is what I did yesterday:

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This morning I did the hand sewing on the sleeve that is required for hanging at the show.

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I still need to wash it and add the label. I will post a pic of the finished product later today.
Until next time….

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A little of this and a little of that…

I enjoyed a very relaxing weekend with the family. It was Daughter #3’s birthday and we went shopping to celebrate. The place she wanted to go was an hour away so I dug out my sock knitting. I started this pair last September when I traveled to Arizona and finally finished this weekend!

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The yarn is a very soft bamboo blend. I am no great sock knitter but I enjoy it!
I also started on my next pair. I hope to finish these in under a month. That is my goal anyway.

And I made a decision regarding these blocks:

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I am moving these off the design wall and sending them on to a Quilt of Valor coordinator in another state who is having a QOV block drive.
Until next time…

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