Quilt in progress!

Okay, quilting is harder than I thought.  Here is my work in progress.  My seam ripper has been a good friend this project.

So, here you see the four corners and the center and my work on the bottom right corner, extending it towards the middle. I am not sure what I am doing but it is an interesting creative endeavor!  That is my way of looking at the glass half full!!


More to come!!

Two weeks? What has Kathy been up to?

I can't believe I have not blogged in two weeks! My oldest daughter has been sick and I guess I just got distracted. She was exhausted almost every day for two weeks, to the point where I had her tested for mono.  Luckily, it came back negative.  I guess she just had a mystery virus. She is now better.  

But, I still found time to do some sewing.   I got very excited about the new Ottobre magazine and made this outfit for my youngest.  It is a tee with attached skirt and shorts.

Then, I made this love top for a customer.  This is almost all Robyn Pandolph Flirt fabric, which I love.  The last of my stash, sadly, but a pretty way to use it.

  

I do not make a lot of remakes of other people's designs, but the same customer asked for this and I was able to get the fabrics, so here it is.

 And with the leftovers, I made her soon-to-born baby this version!  The shorts are an Ottobre pattern that I tossed in for free from fabric snippets.

This weekend, I cut out the pieces for my quilt project! I am doing the Patchwork Prism Quiltalong with Sweet Diesel.  Here are some samples of what I cut today.

Here are some blues:

 And here are some pinks:

And it is all organized in files, waiting to be sewn.   I sew for myself and the family only on weekends, so next weekend I will begin this project!  During the week, I sew for others and have some pretty dresses to work on this week.

What to do with all the scraps?

I woke up this morning to a lovely Mother's Day Card, made by my two girls. If you are a mom, I hope you had a happy day!

Patchwork Prism Quiltalong 2

Did you read my first post about the Patchwork Prism Quiltalong?  I was just thinking about trying to make a quilt for the first time and along comes this great project.  So, here I am!  I have now chosen my fabrics!   After panicking about it for a few days, I pulled out some of the fat quarter sets I  have won in the last year.   Did you know I have won three blog giveaways in the last year! What great luck I have! Anyway, among the three sets, I had won an Anna Maria Horner fat quarter set and a Pat Bravo Art Gallery set. Those two had some great fabrics which moved me deeply.  I decided to add some Kaffe Fassett because his work makes me swoon.  I ordered a few more fat quarters to round it all out, and here you have my choices!

Next step, finding the time to cut the shapes! I got the poster board to make my templates so now I just have to do it!  Stay tuned for more!

Patwork Prism Quiltalong

I have been thinking about trying a quilt and along comes a quilt-a-long to tempt me!  I think might try it!  Sweet Diesel is hosting a quilt-a-long and giveaway at the blog, sassiness. It looks like a fun quilt-a-long, although I have never done one! But I love Anna Maria Horner and I think I will give it a go!  I might try a smaller version, though, for a wall hanging.  A first quilt should be small, right? 

First off, you can go to that link above to see the information, but you can also find the free project on the Janome website, here.  I own two Janome machines, so this is right up my alley.  I also found this great video where Anna Maria Horner, herself, tells you about the project. The rest of the information and directions are in the download and the Sweet Diesel website.

So, here I go, into my stash, looking for ideas.  I have several projects to finish sewing for clients and preparations for my new project, Little Miss Mingle, but then I am going to start the planning and preparations for this quilt-a-long.

Oh, but the new Ottobre just arrived!  Ah, so much sewing, so little time!


Happy sewing to you!

kathy