Today, I want to sew!

Yesterday, 85 pounds of tomatoes were dealt with...

Today, I want to sew!

So, sifting through pictures from the past month, let's see what I have downstairs that I could work on.....

Ah yes!  I must start working on more Flying Geese units.  I have about 200 finished so far.....

 

I also need a few more 4-patches and 9-patches for Hawaiian Sunset too.

My Framed Rectangles are sitting in organized piles to be sewn into rows...

Ah.....Freeze Frame awaits quilting (but that's not going to happen today).  At least the backing and batting have already been prepared...

Jamestown Landing also awaits quilting, BUT I DO NOT have backing or batting prepped.  I suppose I could consider doing that today....

Hmmm...another top that awaits quilting (and backing and batting).  Orca Bay... 

My Christmas Goose blocks need some sashing.  Hmm....lots of Bonnie quilts down there :)

Ah yes!  BUT, I definitely MUST finish up the quilting on the two Quilts for Kids so I can get them out in the mail.  #1 priority today....

and then..... I think I'll play with some Orange/"Pumpkin" scraps for Angela's 2012 Rainbow Scrap Challenge.

Ohh.....lotsa goodies to choose from.  

Freeze Frame - Quiltathon complete :)

Freeze Frame (69" x 86")

This morning, the final two hour clues (#11 & #12) were completed;  a load of nested borders!  But they didn't get the best of me :)

Angela's Rainbow Scrap Challenge this month is "teal."  I don't have any scrap teals, but I did burn through over a yard-n-a-half of teal yardage with all of these borders.

I would LOVE to load it on the frame right away;  I am absoLUTEly in love with this one!  I haven't sewed with fun, bright, jewel-toned fabrics in such a long time;  I loved every time I had to press the borders because I was able to look at the border blocks.  Really "happy" fabrics!

Anyway---yes, I would love to load it on the frame, but I still have Star Harbor loaded, and I don't think it will see much (any?) action today.  The tomatoes and chickens are screaming my name for the afternoon.  I'm in charge of making chicken stock---for the first time.

I hope your Saturday is amazing!  The weather here is GORGEOUS!!!!  Sunny and LOW LOW LOW humidity.

If you missed my 1000th post, consider taking a moment to read it?  I don't think you'll be too disappointed.

QAT - hours 9 & 10

Hour #9 (FINALLY!)

The girls had fun laying out the 34 blocks around the quilt center for hour #10.

Hour #10 completed

Hours 11 and 12 are the last two and involve borders.  After almost 11 straight hours of quilting....I don't think I have it in me to push a couple of more...with BORDERS!  Nu-uh :)

And look who has decided to take over the corner of the sewing room completely now :)  She designed  a quilt on paper and I have given her permission to use some of my stash (**jaw dropping!**)  Who does she think I am???  The stash-fairy??? 

:[

We'll see how long this spurt lasts :)

Hmmm.....what to do now?  I haven't turned Olympics on yet; I suppose that's always an option.

QAT: Hours 5, 6, 7, 8

Hour #5: center unit with 1st border

Hour #6:  Yeah, yeah, I know!  It doesn't look like much, BUT we ALL know how long borders can take (regardless of their sizes!)  (Although, this clue didn't quite take me a whole hour) :)

Moving into Hour #7, blocks for the outside, I started cutting up some of the fabric I had set aside.  ...

HMPF!  I don't like signs!!!!! and I REFUSE to take this as a sign!

:p

HOW MANY BLOCKS do we need for that outside anyway?!?!?!  34!  That's how many!  Was Judy distracted by Vince when she wrote this clue? 8-)  There is NO WAY to make 34 blocks (WITH CUTTING) in one hour!  

I have been cutting for WELL over an hour; close to 3(?) (with a few interruptions). Therefore....I went back to read Hour #7...

HA!  Only 10 required for this hour. LOL.  That makes more sense :)

So, Hours #7 (10 blocks) and #8 (12 blocks) have been cutting, cutting, cutting for me with no sewing of the 34 blocks.  By the end of her Hour #9 step, all 34 blocks are to be completed.  I'll be there soon :0)

Paul just left (4:00PM) for another side-job, taking Cassie with him, so I should have a couple more hours for my sewing.  Candace and Caitlyn have finished their chores, so they are relaxing with a movie.

Happy Friday.

Stay tuned!

Oh, have you checked out my 1000th Post?  I'm sure you won't regret it if you do :D

Quiltathon Friday [with updates]

With Judy's announcement that she was a new Grandmother the other day, I figured she was going to reschedule her August Quiltathon that was meant for this weekend.  Therefore, yesterday, once I hit the quilt room, I didn't check back in with her at all.

Well.....that lady!  She still has full intentions of hosting her quiltathon.    Her first post about the QAT is here, listing the fabric requirements: Judy's August Quiltathon; and her second post is here, listing the unit sizes for the blocks.   When I read about it last night, I was ALL SET to spend today quilting away with her QAT!

But first, I wanted to take a few minutes to tidy up the scrap collection pile, and cut some of these down to 2" at the same time :) {{See the copy of the directions on the left?  I'm running out of printer ink :\ }}

And, OF COURSE, as I was tidying......something ELSE jumped out at me!........

And my August 2012 QAT took a detour-----all the way back to 2009/2010!

These fabrics have been sitting since 6/28/10 with all the intensions of being made into Judy's Freeze Frame pattern that she offered out to us in 2009 as a Quilt for an Hour pattern.

 See!  6/28/10!  LOL;  All tidy together, all printed out....

SO, I was off!

Hour #1.  

I pulled the 3.5" squares from the scrap drawer.  Some of the 2.5" borders were from the 2.5" strip drawer, but four of them needed to be cut from the fabrics I set aside.

Hour #2

ALL of these 1.5" units were pulled from the 1.5" strip drawer!  No repeats in this quilt YET!  And I've barely cut into the fabrics I originally set aside for the quilt.  My goal---BRIGHT and FUN colors!

I'm using white as the light background;  and black for the dark background (different from my original plan.)  I WANTED to make a black quilt, and had full intentions of using black with Judy's August 2012 QAT......so I'm sticking with the black plan :)

Stay tuned for more Hourly steps.  Lunch is over.  Cassie chose Pizza Bagels----YUM!  Great choice Cass!

Happy Friday!

{{1:00 PM update}}

Hour #3

Hour #4