Kona Solids Challenge Quilt...

I can finally post a pic of my finished Kona quilt.  We all got a charm square pack from Kona about 3 months ago and had to make something with it for our July MQG meeting.  Me and another member each switched half our charms with each other....so I actually had two of each color...but only from half the pack.  ???  Make sense....???

It is pretty small, measuring about 32" x 40".  ;-)  I am working on my Warm/Cool quilt along and will have a post on that progress tomorrow...Happy Quilting!!

Wednesday's WIP....

Gosh, there is so much in progress...where to start?

My Warm/Cool QAL squares are cut and I've got about 1/3 of them sewn, cut, pressed and trimmed...There are 310 of them....I cut at 4.5" and then trim to 4" so they will finish at 3.5".  What was I thinking?

Oh, I also got back my Dad's quilt for his cabin.  And I got it bound in two days...lots of Sons of Anarchy and Oz....The quilting was done by Kalynda Klemmer...

It is a large Queen comforter sized quilt...all from vintage men's shirts!!  ;-)

Today I'm off to paint Rebecca's new office at the high school.  The school is one of the best, but at 20 years old, it could use some TLC.  We've been cleaning over there for several days and today is the painting day....Happy Quilting!

Projects....

I did finish my Kona Solids Challenge for the LVMQG...but I can't show it until after the meeting at the end of the month...but it is done, quilted and bound!!

Next, I decided to make a warm/cool quilt....I've pulled my fabrics and determined that I have too much fabric (that I don't like anymore).  So I'll bag up more for the local high school Home Ec teacher.  But here is what I'm working from for my quilt....I need over 300 squares of fabric for this little project!  Looks like there is a lot of TV time in my future.  By the way, we did watch over 60 episodes of Dexter in two weeks...now we are on to Oz (yes, it was the late 1990's when it originally ran on HBO)...

I've been working on a quilt for my Mom for Christmas.  The directions were from Moda Bake Shop and they are difficult to follow...wrong yardage, wrong directions, pictures that don't match the directions, etc.  Due to my own mis-cutting (massive confusion in this project), I had to order a second layer cake of a "now out of print" line of fabric so I could continue...But now I'm on the right track, I hope!!

The quilter finished quilting my Dad's plaid quilt so I made the binding last night and am awaiting it's return....

Also, Happy Mochi Yum Yum arrived last week.  I love 25 out of 29 of the prints...there are four that I'm just not into...but they will eventually be used for something!  I'm thinking of making a king-sized hexagon pinwheel quilt for my bed but I need to test out my idea on some junk fabric to see how it turns out...

Anyhow, the list of unfinished projects is so long.  There are many more in various stages of completion on the table but I just don't know when I'll get it all done!  And I'm giving up caffeine again so I'm quite certain that my eyes are going to fall out of my head....so no quilting until this passes.  ;-)  Happy Quilting!!!

Kona Solids Challenge Quilt...

I made a bold move and cut up my charm squares for my Kona Solids quilt...this is all you get to see of the quilt until I show it at the MQG meeting in July. It needs to be fully completed...quilted and bound, by the end of July!  Ack....

I'm happy to report that Happy Mochi Yum Yum is now available at the Fat Quarter Shop....  I'm definitely going to make a new quilt for my bed, which is a California King, so I bought 1/2 yard of each fabric.  I think that will cover it!!  I've really been careful about not adding to the ridiculous stash of fabrics I have accumulated, but I couldn't pass this line up....

I also made my blocks for the Block Party swap....Andrea requested snowball blocks from her Tula Pink Prince Charming fabrics....

There is more sewing on tap for today!  And it is hot and muggy-ish here in LV.  Stay cool!

Finished Lucky Star quilt top...

I worked on piecing these blocks together while I was in Tahoe.  I finally go the top put together during one of our marathon Dexter-watching afternoons.  We are trying to watch all 5 seasons as fast as possible....go fingure???!

The colors are very muted....it measures 60" x 75" and I'll quilt it with some parallel lines.  I also had some leftover scraps so be watching for a table runner in the future....The auction is in November so I have some time to set it aside before quilting it.  I desperately need to work on my Kona Solids challenge quilt which is due next month at the LVMQG meeting....what to do, what to do???

Happy Quilting!!

Block Party Kit...

I've got my stuff ready for the Block Party...

Assorted Kona solids, some basic directions from Lazy Gal Quilting, the Word Play book, a few inspiration blocks, and some graph paper.  The graph paper might be helpful if a person hasn't done much free piecing and needs to sketch a block. 

I used light gray thread...should I include some in the kit?  The individual letter blocks are cut down to 5" and finish at 4.5" each.  So each block should square up to 9.5" and finish at 9".  Sort of interesting, I hope.

Anyhow, now I have to work on something else....probably backing for my Dad's quilt so I can ship it off to the quilter.  I also have another charity quilt that is almost done....maybe I should finish that one up as well and send it out at the same time?  Hmmm...

FYI...it was already over 80 degrees at 5am today.  And is well over 100 by 9am.  Probably hit about 112 degrees today, again!  This stinks after the cool air of Tahoe....Happy Quilting!

Tahoe Retreat...

We decided to rent a cabin at Lake Tahoe this year for vacation.  My Mom is coming along, and Buddy, so it should be all sorts of entertaining!  I'm excited to bring along a few sewing projects...

1.  My Block Party stuff...I need to make my new inspiration block

2.  Charity Quilt....Lucky Stars pattern

3.  Charity Quilt...string quilt for a twin-sized bed

4.  Kona Solids Challenge for the LVMQG
Hopefully I have everything packed so that I'm not missing something while I'm away.  I'm also bringing my sewing machine, iron...cutting supplies, etc.  I'm sure I will forget something but maybe there is a quilt shop at Lake Tahoe???  Enjoy your week of sewing!