Another Bag

I hadn't done much in my sewing room this week because I had to take advantage of the beautiful weather and get some yard work done. Yesterday and the day before I worked at weeding the strawberries as they are blooming and the berries are starting to form. I got both rows weeded but about halfway down the first side of the second row there was a rustle in the berries and suddenly a little bird was dragging its wing down the path. It was the first time I have seen this in person but the bird (an Oregon Junco) was trying to draw me away from its nest.It isn't easy to see in the picture but the nest is a little to the left of the middle with one little egg in it. Mom and Dad Junco scolded me until I finally finished the weeding. I haven't been back down there since yesterday but I hope they are settled back into their nest.

The past two days I got 3 tote bags cut out and interfaced and ready to sew so today I got busy (after a fashion) and got the first one put together.
This one is for my sister-in-law in Colorado. We picked out the fabric when I was down there last month. I guess Monday I will need to make a trip down to the post office and get it in the mail.

The other two bags are out of the same fabric (and actually are the same as this one). One of them is spoken for but the other will be available for sale. A friend was here today and saw my bag so I will be making one for her also - she likes purple and pink.

Now it is time for a shower and a neck rub - my shoulders have been killing me today from all the weeding so I told hubby when he got home that he was going to have to take care of them for me! I should have had him do it last night and I might have gotten more sewing done today!

I Made It!

through the quilt show that is! Here is a teaser photo to give you an idea of how things were set up.
For more pictures you can go over to flickr to see all the pictures taken by my daughter.

We had about 50 larger quilts on display and quite a few mini and doll quilts. There were also a number of quilts for sale. Unfortunately the weather was beautiful for the first time in a while so we didn't have very good attendance. It was disappointing but we left up some of the quilts so members of the congregation could see a bit of what they may have missed the day before and also had the sale quilts available. This was a good thing since we sold most of them following worship! It ended up being a pretty good fund-raiser but next year we will again do the show in March when nice weather isn't as likely so we might get better attendance.

For me the stars of the show were these two (my grandchildren)...


but for others this probably won the prize!
This is my niece, Katie's, Dear Jane quilt. She started it several years ago and we finished doing the hand-sewing on the binding the night before the show. It is truly spectacular!

I am now trying to get things put away again around the house after having grandkids here and taking quilts to the show. I also need to get out in the yard whenever the weather allows and I have several projects to get finished soon including two more tote bags and a t-shirt quilt for a high school graduate!

Getting closer...

I finished the quilting on the Disappearing 9-Patch quilt yesterday and then got going on the binding. I got that finished in the early evening and even got it washed and dried! This one is 70" X 85"


Then I got the binding done on this crazy quilt. It is 71" X 78"



I am so glad to have these two done. Now I just have a simple baby quilt to get the binding finished and a larger one and I might get some of the hand quilting done on the larger one so it can get hung in the show. I just did a recount and realize that I have quilted 8 quilts since last Saturday morning! Pretty amazing! So why can't I get them finished when there isn't a deadline?!?!?!?

This afternoon my daughter and grandkids will arrive and I will need to head over to the church to start working on setting things up. My next post will probably be on Sunday sometime with pictures from the show.

Three more finished!

Since my last post I have three more quilts finished. This one is a child's play quilt. Nothing special but will be available for sale at the show. I have had the top done for ages and just never got it quilted. It is about 32" square.
This next one is a denim quilt that has a print for the strips in between the blocks. The back and binding are from the same print as the strips. It is about 52" X 56" and will also be available for sale.
This last one is the Girl Quilt that I put together before we left on our trip. It will be hanging at the show. It is about 53" X 66" and was made from blocks I have received in the Quilt Block Exchange over on flickr.
I have the binding on the quilt I showed in my last post and I am working on the quilting on another quilt. I hope to finish the quilting on that and get the rest of the bindings done before tomorrow night. I also need to get the quilt labels done for all the quilts in the show, and some signs, and...

Confused?

I am having trouble keeping track of the quilts I have gotten quilted since Saturday morning. I think I finished up number 7 a little while ago. Most of them are smaller quilts but today's was around 70" X 80". Here it is on the machine waiting for me to get back to it!
Here is the first totally finished quilt. It is about 48" X 56".

All the rest are waiting for the hand-sewing on the binding.

I do have two more that I would like to get quilted but I am not sure if I can realistically get them all done. We shall see how it all goes.

Off like a herd of turtles...

The weather here in Western Washington is working to my advantage. It has been a bit rainy and cloudy so I am not feeling too guilty for spending time in the sewing room getting ready for the quilt show.

Yesterday I finished the second back and got both quilts to the hand-sewing stage on the binding and still felt like I could do more so I put together the back for a denim quilt and got it quilted and the binding on it too! In the evening I got one of the bindings finished while we watched "The Lovely Bones" and got started on the next.

Today got a child's play quilt basted and quilted and got the binding on ready for the hand sewing and then got four more backs ready for basting. One was for another play quilt so I got that one basted and ready to quilt in the morning. I also cleaned off the sewing table so I can baste the next three which are a bit bigger and will need close to the full 80" length of the table. Maybe I will get one basted tomorrow after I quilt the little quilt.

A friend gave me four of her quilts to hang in the quilt show and I should be getting at least another 10-15 from others so it won't just be a lucysquilts show.

I will post pictures as I get some of the quilts finished and keep you updated on my progress.

April Projects Finished

Another month has passed so it is time to tally up my finished products. I did pretty well considering I was gone for about 2 weeks this month and had company for another!

April Finishes

Quilt Block Exchange Blocks - 6
Quilt Block Round Robin Blocks - 1
Tops - 2 (Double 9-patch, QBE blocks)
Quilts - 1 (Lady of the Lake)
Totes - 2 (sold both)

Yesterday afternoon, once the laundry from the trip was folded and ironed, I put together a back for this quilt and got it pin basted and ready to quilt. Then I wasn't really up to doing the quilting so I started on the back for this quilt which I will finish this morning before I do the quilting on the other.