Sarah's Circle Quilt

Just finished the top of Sarah's flannel circle quilt. I am thinking about having it quilted for me. Sarah and I still need to pick out the backing and binding. Any ideas??

Maureen's Portable Sewing Organizer

Next two organizers, for Alyssa and Sarah. They can use them for jewelry or other things.

First attempt, closed

First attempt, open

Prepared zipper strips and binding

Working on copying Maureen's organizer. This is my first attempt. Next one should be easier and maybe a little neater and straighter. This is one of the Monday Quilting Projects we will be working on this Fall.

Finished top of the National Quilters Circle Challenge auilt

This is the Sampler Quilt the Monday Quilters will be working on this Fall!!

Lexington Challenge Sampler

My first block in the Lexington Sampler Challenge!!

Bev's moda Love

Bev, Moda Love Quilt

Click on picture to see the beautiful quilting up close! 

Athena's Moda Love Quilt

My Moda Love Quilt

Here is a picture of my Moda Love Quilt. Our group made this quilt as a Spring project. Hopefully I will be posting pictures of all their quilts in the near future.

the quilt finished 72" x 72". I think it is beautiful and will use it on my summer bed with the yellow and white sailboat quilt.

Monday Regrouping

Hi all, I am getting back in the groove since last weekend when Sarah was here for a long weekend. We had fun, resting, puzzling and some shopping. It was cold and rainy, even colder one day than it was in L'Ville. Here some pictures of what's up!!

 I've been reading a lot, finished Enemy Women( good) by the same author of News of the World (very good) and now have started Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead. It is very good but hard to read about some of the horrors of slave conditions in the South before the Civil War.  This book is an award winner or runner up.

Lutheran World Relief quilts 3/6 for this winter

My sewing room here in AZ 

Thursday Paper Pieced Sampler

Cold and rainy. Tom canceled his golf game, so it must be pretty bad. What am I doing, what's new-sewing, reading watching the news!!


I made this quilt years ago, not sure I ever posted a picture of it . Alex Anderson's Paper Pieced Sampler made with hand dyed Cherrywood fabrics. It hangs here in the back hall.

Wednesday

Here are some pictures of the bright square scrap quilts and my beautiful dog who just got a bath and very short haircut (you can blame me!!)

That's the laying out and stacking


 2/6 Lutheran World Relief quilts finished!!

Sylvia having a bath at Alyssa's!!!

Daisy post bath, shave and trim!!

First bright block scrap top DONE!!

Monday

Sarah's finished knitted throw-

Before we left IL I cut all the bright leftover material I had, and I had a lot, into some kits, a yellow brick road, etc and the rest I cut into 5" squares. I had just under 500 squares. I have sewn them into random 4-patch blocks and will sew them into 3 child sized quilts. Who knows what I will do with them. Someone will need them someday!! Here are the blocks. Tomorrow I'll lay them out maybe with pictures.

Watching Victoria, Taboo, Homeland, and Blacklist.

Saturday

Finished reading The Dry. Started it yesterday. Very good mystery set in Australia. Working on my squares quilts made from 5" squares from all of my bright stash fabrics.  Started by sewing pairs together. Really bothered my back. Very stiff. Not sure why. Maybe the rainy day we are having. Will post pictures tomorrow. Finished Sarah's knitted  throw. Whew!,

Love That Print

I put together a lap size "Love That Print" today, I had the pieces cut before we came. Pretty cute!!

Ready to tie #s 2 of 6 and #3 of 6 LWR quilts

And tying the fringe on Sarah's knitted throw (very tedious) while watching LEVEL (British cop series) and the confirmation hearings!!

Outside

Sat outside today with Daisy while the cleaners were here, about 60 degrees, it is sunnier than it looks.

What's up??

I've been busy with a lot of sewing, but also reading, listening to books on my iphone and watching some tv/videos while tying Lutheran World Relief quilts and knitting.

Read:
Commonwealth by Ann Patchett -pretty good
The Strangler Vine by MJ Carter- Ok

Reading now
The The Distant Echo by Val Mcdermid
Secrets of Midwifes

Ordered or on hand to read next:
Enemy Womem by Paulette Jiles
The Dry by J. Harper
Underground Railroad by C. Whitehead

Listening to
A Darker Domain by V. Mcdermid
Everyone Brave is Forgiven by C. Cleave-finished very good
Truly, Madly, Guilty by Liane Moiarty Next Listen

Watching or already watched
The Crown-Excellent-finished
Call the Midwife 2016 Holiday Special V. Good (this is one of my favorite series)
Vikings Seasons 1-3 (Tom and I watched together) pretty good by violent, we are watching season 2 now
The Deep (Austrailian)
Occupied (Norwegian, with subtitles) pretty good

Sarah's blanket and the rag quilt

Sarah's knitted blanket, knitting is done. Now I have to add the fringe. 230 rows of 200 stitches. Ugh, that's a lot of knitting!!

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The rag quilt-I still need to wash and dry it. May take it to a laundrymat here or wait until I get home.

Went to church this AM.  Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Carefree. Beautiful music. Very nice service.

LWR Quilt work plus so much more

1 of 6 for the winter. Also working on a flannel rag quilt. In December I went through all the scraps and stash fabrics i've had sitting around for ages and put together about 10 kits (UGH), one of which is the flannel rag quilt.  I also made 2 Yellow Brick Road quilts out of the tons of black and white fabric I had been accumulating for at least 10 yrs and gave them to Chloe and Paige Bleck (see their pictures below) Brennan Bleck received the Northwoods Line by Line sampler that part of our group
worked on last fall.

Keeping busy

i am trying to keep busy here in AZ. Here's pics of what I've been working on last week and today.

Marilyn's Fall Project

Here are two pictures of Marilyn Winter with her granddaughter Anna. They are holding up the quilt Marilyn made for Anna for Christmas 2016. Aren't they all so beautiful!!