Quilters Accontability

Well, last week's goal was to get the borders on the Bella Rosa quilt & quilt two tops.  End result... finished the baby quilt on the longarm, only lacks binding, but can't add the binding till I finish Bella Rosa.  Status?  Last border is cut and one side attached.  There are 4 borders and only the last one remains.  This is one of my least favorite tasks, especially for a quilt this large, so setting the goals and not allowing myself to proceed with anything else till it's done is what it takes to finish..... Okay, so it is Monday.  The backing for Homestead Hydrangeas (my oldest UFO) is loaded on Maxine... well, nearly, anyway - closest it's ever been to actually being completed. LOL!  

So, for this week: 

 << Bella Rosa one side with 4th border

1.  Finish Bella Rosa AND piece the backing so that it is ready for the longarm.... it can't be quilted right now as Maxine's new home is on hold for a couple of months. 

2.  Quilt Homestead Hydrangeas

3.  Bind Kaleido-Zip baby quilt and gift.  I just love the way it came out... so cute.... here's a close up of the quilitng:

4.  A little play time.... time to make a couple more blocks in my scrappy Pinapple Blossoms quilt (http://quiltville.com/pineappleblossom.shtml) 

. . . and then to create a table topper from my stash.... :) Whoo hoo!  Play time - so close!

Okay, this means I'll have to really stay focused.  I am determined that those borders will be done tonight!  Maybe, just maybe, I'll get the Girl Scout Troop's QOV loaded before the week is done?  

An so continues my Adventures in Quilting,

Happy New Year!

When I look at my blog, I realize how much has happened since my last post.  Of course, I hardly stopped to breathe during the last two months!  My how the time does fly!!!  On the other side of that coin I can look at how much I have accomplished during this time.  So, my "blog-neglect" has been worth it!  Truthfully, housework & PC went out the window - pared down to essentials - like food, which my hubby certainly appreciated... LOL! 

Looking back - I finished 8 table runners, a table topper for Thanksgiving & completed 3 quilts.  One t-shirt memory quilt as a sample, helped a friend make & complete a t-shirt quilt for Christmas and quilted it for her - it's a monster - finished king size!  And the best part of all - I finished my Foolish Goose Tracks "Block-of-the-Month" Queen sized quilt for my son.  It was his Christmas gift and was on his bed the same day.  It is beautiful & he says he really loves sleeping under it!  Oh, I nearly forgot .... I also played with my scraps and made three journal covers.  They were SO much fun!  I definitely plan to make more of those in the future.

 This is the 1st of the 3 journals...

And the Table Runners.... 

And two LSU Tiger table runners for my brothers...

 

If you click on the detail you might be able to see the fleur de lis quilting & echoes in the purple, gold & white calico.... just a perfect fabric for my LSU theme!

 

And this is the last one for 2009.... a gift for a dear friend... guess there are others too, now that I think about ... LOL!  I was a prolific table runner maker for a season!  It was nice to be able to give gifts that I had made for each of my dearest friends & family members... What a blessing for me this year!

 This is the Foolish Goose Tracks quit completely finished.  The quilting work came out just fabulous if I must say so myself!!  I love this quilt and was quite a feeling of accomplishment when the last of the binding was stitched down!

The images below are detail of some of the machine quilting.... took me a couple of day of hard work, but what a great feeling!

And here's my friend Jane's memory quilt....

 

Thrown in was babysitting for these absolutely precious babies 

<<<< Mike

                          >>>>>>Tommy

& a few other little detours, like Christmas shopping & some PTO responsibilities... Okay,  maybe I need a nap now that I've written all that down..... and I wonder why I'm in "sleep-in" mode now that it is all done & delivered! LOL!  

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year!   Looking forward to what God has for me and more "Adventures in Quilting" in 2010!