Christmas is in My Heart Begins Today!

 

 

The fun begins today with the Christmas is in My Heart hop. Marian at Seams to Be Sew (http://www.seamstobesew.com) is our blog mistress. My day is tomorrow but you will want to see all the wonderful things that have been made by today's group.

 

Thursday, November 12
Bejeweled Quilts
Quilt Shop Gal
The Quilting Queen Online In The Boon Docks
BumbleBerry Stitches

Friday, November 13
All Thingz Sewn
Marjorie’s Busy Corner
Jane’s Quilting
Just Sew Quilter (That's me!)
Batts in the Attic

Monday, November 16
A Stitch In Time
Apple Avenue Quilts
From This To That
Just Let Me Quilt
Quilting Affection Blog
Kwilt Krazy

Tuesday, November 17
Just Because Quilts
Words & Stitches
Feather Your Nest
Patchwork Breeze
Quilt In Piece

Wednesday, November 18
Pink Doxies
Miss Loreen’s Schoolhouse
Morning Glory
In Stitches and Seams
Moose Stash Quilting

Thursday, November 19
Meadowbrook
Tea Time Creations
Selina Quilts
Living My Dream
Seams To Be Sew

Sponsored By The Fat Quarter Shop

 

Since Fat Quarter Shop is sponsoring our hop, there is a giveaway--a $25 gift certificate.

Let's see if I can get this Rafflecopter in right so you can participate. (This is my practice run for my blog tomorrow.)

 



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A Few Projects

 

I have the top done for a baby quilt I'm working on--just need to sandwich it and quilt. I plan to stitch in the ditch with my walking foot. You can see the panel I have behind it, showing a darker spot behind the upper right, and the eyes of the nativity figures in that panel (it's a Sandy Gervais design). That will get done one of these days... You can also see the bottom of my "design wall," a flannel sheet hung on the wall. Hey, it works! :)

 

 

I made up one of these Amazing Grace panels for church and this is the 2nd one I did for our church district auction at our district conference last weekend.

 

I FMQed the panel itself with some curliques with hearts in them and with a paisley design around the edges of the panel. The inner border is stitch in the ditch and the outer border is are wavy lines.

Maybe you can see some of the quilting in the photo below. And my camera has this mysterious black mark that comes and goes. Have to find a camera shop...

 

I was pleased that this wall hanging brought $200 at the auction. It helps to have a few people who want it very badly.

 

Coming up is Christmas is In My Heart blog hop, sponsored by Marian at Seams to Be Sew. Don't forgot to follow it. I'm on for November 13! Yikes, I have more to sew before then. Better get busy!!

A Cookie Blog Hop

 

 

I'm excited!! Carol Swift, at Just Let Me Quilt, has just come up with a Virtual Cookie Blog Hop. We'll make cookies, share photos and recipes, and maybe even show off some Christmas things we've made.

 

I'm in!! I might even have to make some cookies today--it's been awhile since I've done so.

 

I think sharing our cookie recipes will be a welcome break in all the sewing flurry.

 

Want to join? Check out Carol's blog

http://www.justletmequilt.com/2015/11/virtual-christmas-cookie-exchange-blog.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+JustLetMeQuilt+%28Just+Let+Me+Quilt%29

 

Then send her an email.

 



New Hop and a little show and tell

I'm going to be participating in a new blog hop coming in November; Marian at Seams to Be Sew is lining up participants for Christmas is in My Heart. When I heard about it, I couldn't resist. Stay tuned for what I make...

Now for some show and tell:

I made this simple dress for my granddaughter Hailey while we were at their house a few weeks ago. She suggested the ruffle. I also made a pink belt to tie around the waist but she likes to wear it without, for the most part.

 

Our quilt club learned to make this Triangle Frenzy Swirl table runners. The pattern is by Bunnie Cleland. I have made a bunch--these are a few of them.

 

Then I found 3 of these Halloween panels in my stash, so I have made up two of them, one for each of our daughters and families. This one has coordinating fabric for the outer border. The other one has some of the extra figures that came with the panel as its border--kind of hard to explain, and I neglected to take a picture of that one. Anyway, I hope to get the 3rd one made up for me before the month is out.

I made some scrubs for my veterinarian brother after our visit to their house last month.

One is from cat fabric and the other from dog.

So glad they fit and he apparently likes them. :)

 

My newest project is making table runners from the Triangle Frenzy Swirl pattern.

They are beautiful, I think!

The one below is not quilted in the photo, but it is done now, along with another in a different border print. So lovely!! AND, I have more in mind!

My finished East Central IL Shop Hop Quilt from 2012. I got half the blocks pieced right away and then put the whole thing away. This year I was determined to get this done. Thank goodness I had bought some extra yardage since I decided to set the blocks this way, but I still didn't have enough of the cream, so I had to look for it. After ordering the wrong color, I started calling area shops and found one that still carried it. Thanks, Stitch and Sew in Arthur, IL! I'm holding the quilt with my brother John who was the recipient of it, along with his wife Kris. It now adorns their lovely home.

I labeled that quilt, explaining some about the Shop Hop. Sorry you have to get a crick in your neck to read it.

 



 

These are some purses I made from neckties for my sister-in-law Chris from her father's neckties. I have started making more since there are a lot of girls in that family! Stay tuned for more photos.

 

Camella, our newest granddaughter (born May 5) is the recipient of this quilt.

I drew the butterflies and flowers myself to applique on the quilt.

 

 

Then I decided to use some of the leftover squares to make a doll quilt for big sister Amelia who is nearly 2 years old.

 



I like to make skirts for my granddaughters, so I made these--2 skirts for biggest sister Harper (age 6), 1 skirt for Amelia, and matching skirts for their dolls.

 



 My newest toy is my Babylock Tiara II. I am excited to have this instrument to help me FMQ my larger quilts!! It was SEW frustrating trying to quilt the over-sized queen-size Delightful Stars on my home machine. I can't wait to use this machine often!

 

I used my Tiara once so far--finishing up the quilting on this piece, made of antique Dresden plate blocks that I set in this blue. I made it as a wall hanging, but it's so long, I have it hanging over our loft railing right now.

 

I have 1 quilt sandwiched, ready to get started quilting, and 1 more will be sandwiched after tomorrow. Yippee! Now to find time to quilt!