On the move again!

Wow! It is amazing that it is December already! We have had our hands full, we started babysitting a this little guy who's tootsers' are on display below and I tell ya, even though he is only 2.5 months old and sleeps most of the day away I am afraid to say that he does most of it on my chest!

I mean, how can you not just wrap yourself in the scent of a newborn?

I did finally have to get him on a solid routine, and that meant I could get back to the backed up work that had accumulated for way too long!

This is a sweet victory! Boxy Blues is complete and now residing on it's owners bed! I do believe it will be loved for many years!

Before being quilted and washed it measured out to 120x108 and once washed it shrunk to 113X101, it is huge!!

I did fail to get pictures of the other quilt that was to be for the Mom's bed, it was a charm cotton top tumbler with denim for the backing, she is into the Americana style of colors so that is what it was done in with a nice coffee/tea bath to give it a softer mellower look!

Then came the nasty flu/cold/sinus bug, that little sucker didn't want to leave! Albeit there were plenty to bounce around to!

Finishes

Once returning home I needed to finish up this quilt before I could move on to the Orange Crushes.

This has to be my favorite quilt so far, the colors are just awesome and I love how the wonky borders came out, I put the same design on top, it just doesn't show in the photo.

And the panto is the small version of Frisky Feathers, I wanted a little dense in the big open squares and I think it came out perfect!

Then here is my attempt at scalloped edges, I learned a whole lot from this one and am anxious to try out some different techniques that were shared with me. I tried to follow the directions that came with the ruler but somehow I managed to make it way more difficult than it should have been! For me the simpler the better!

Quilt from Hades

This quilt has been on the list to get completed for far too long, it has just been easier to work on something else than to just deal with it!









Here is why I put it aside, when I stitched the rows there was a hole because the lines I was following didn't cover it all! No big deal right? At the time is was because I let it stump me and defeat me. Well not anymore, I got tired of moving the basket it was in last night so grabbed it up and decided it was time to conquer the beast!

I simply ran another seam to take care of the problem and felt the victory slowly starting to rise, so grabbed the glue stick and slathered it on to hold the flannel in place. What I don't show is the denim I used when trying to decide which stitch to use, it looks pretty cool and is currently holding my coffee cup.

So here we are working on the first row and I think it is going to be ok! I think it will need a little doodling in the center to help stabilize but so far I am liking how it is turning out. Only been moving that basket for 2 years~

When Chad was first starting school he would get so frustrated if he couldn't do something just right the very first time, we went through reams of paper because he would mess up and crumble it. I knew that trait must have come from his father! After realizing that is exactly what I have done I can safely say that Chad and his Dad must have rubbed off on me after all these years! Hehehehe!

Completed!

The quilting anyway, the binding is on but I haven't been able to start stitching it down yet. I am very pleased with having gotten it done though so will be content with that accomplishment!

I also smashed my finger yesterday with the hammer, felt pretty stupid as I was admiring the fact that my nails have finally grown out some and instead of keeping my eye on the tack which is where they should have been my hammer hand just went where my eye was!! Ouch!

Thankfully I had already finished cutting all the strips for the Quiltathon this weekend. I need to go refresh on how we are to post our accomplishments throughout the day but it seem like there is going to be a good group! I actually have two things that I would like to get accomplished so we will see how it goes!

The cleaning has been done, Church clothes are already together for Sunday, and the meals are planned out! Sew it is going to be a fun day!