blog giveaway

Usually I dont do this but I want to make Sami a bag out of the fabrics Piwacket is giving away so i'm posting about them and linking here http://piwacketquilts.blogspot.com/ so I have a better chance of winning!

september goals

I think I need a list to keep me on track. Quilter's ADD has hit again and i'm bouncing from project to project and not getting done what I should be getting done. So, 10 finishes and a set of swap blocks for Sept are the goals.

• Batik swap blocks
• Quilt ladies lap finished
• 30's RWB RR finished
• Leaves lap finished
• B&W lap finished
• Hearts lap finished
• 30's sampler lap finished
• Music twin finished
• Bearpaw twin finished
• M&M rows full/queen finished
• one 30's baby quilt finished

If it says i'm supposed to finish the project, i've got the blocks made and in some cases even sashed together and maybe even basted. I'll quilt all these myself probably mostly random meanders for simplicity's sake. I'll let you know onthe first of october how close i got and i'll post a new list then too!

new tops

Since i was digging in my swap boxes I decided to set these blocks together. I ended up with 5 baby quilt tops that will need to be finished eventually. I found several more sets of blocks to set into tops. At least 3 lap size and 3 that will be at least twin when i get them set together. And thats before the 3 swaps i'm in now come back to me!

finish it in August part 2

I got more stuff done! I got the 2 with checker boards done first.

Then this one.

And 3 like this! All of them are going into the wedding shower stack to wait for new owners. Next up for tomorrow, quilting a king size jewel box on my regular machine. I'm going to do an easy meander which is about all i can handle on a big quilt like that. When the king is done it goes on MY bed! I've gotten 2 quilts for me done already this summer, this will be the 3rd. I feel a little selfish making things for me but I've been quilting for 8 years and did not make any for our bed till about a year ago. I guess it was about time!

Meet Mike the PIG

This is Mike the pig. He started life as a set of split 9patch blocks from a swap a while back. I think he was born about 2 years ago? I love the blocks and had them set together within weeks of recieving them. But then the project stalled-he wanted to be bigger but I did not want to make more scrappy blocks. So he sat on the shelf waiting for me to decide if i was going to work on him or find him a new home. Now he's participating in the Stashbusters piggy exchange and will be finished up for charity.

finish it in August

I finally got around to finishing up something to the point of done! i've got 4 Valentine's runners done now to put away in my stack of bridal shower gifts. There are 2 each of both colorways. I dont know if those swap blocks count or not since the project is not done but its as doen as it can get until october or so. Either way its nice to have them all ready to go to the post office this afternoon! Next up is to quilt and bind 6 Halloween runners.

swap blocks

They are done!! And they will be in the mail by lunch time tomorrow. I can't wait to see what comes back to me in a few weeks. Swaps can be so much fun to play with, you never quite know what the end result will be.