Sunday, November 25, 2012

Baby Chevron

Here's another Chevron but it was pieced using strips which made it pretty fast once it was laid out.

I did this quilt from start to finish in one day. My husband remarked to me, "Most people would do this over the course of a couple weeks". Using my very expanded vocabulary and smart wit, I responded "I ain't most people!"

Ok, so NOW I can get going on Christmas gifts and preparations.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Happy Easter!

I am excited to finish this quilt. I started it earlier this year (my unfinished projects aren't quite as old now!) and knew that I wouldn't be finishing it in time for Easter 2012 (but now I am prepared for Easter 2013 - BONUS!). 

I may embellish the quilt later with buttons and other goodies but for now I am excited excited to have the quilting and binding done. Now I can move on to Christmas preparations!

Monday, November 12, 2012

Chevron

My sister found this pattern and got a few of us interested in doing it at the "same" time and sharing pictures. I should have finished this in May but since we were getting ready to move then, it got packed away.

I pulled it out about 3 weeks ago and my little boy remarked how long it was taking me to sew this quilt. He told me that I needed to stop doing fun things and finish the quilt. (Little does he know that quilting is one of the fun things and so many other things that occupy my time are not fun to do.)

So only about 6 months late, here is my colorful chevron quilt. It took me a lot of time looking through my fabric stash to figure out how to make this without buying any fabric. And I pulled it off. It is a bit wild but great (especially now that it is done). 

I pieced many different colors together for the binding, so the craziness goes to the edge. Nice! My husband had the idea for the border. Poor guy gets pulled into the "thinking session" when I'm trying to figure out what color of thread and what pattern to do.

Only one more unfinished project to go! I have so many projects that I need to do that are traditional gifts (baby blankets, 1 year old gifts, etc) that are time sensitive. So I hope that I will be back here soon, blogging about the last unfinished project I have so I can get roaring on others.

Friday, November 2, 2012

Quilting Hiatus

It seems like it has been forever since I've quilted. I have vowed to finish the projects in the queue before starting any new ones. I have two quilt tops ready to go but my "work" life is getting in the way a bit. Hopefully I get things sorted out and will have something to share in the near future.