Livvy & Cason's Quilt Photo Shoot

 You cant have good pictures without a little sillyness mixed in😄  they luved their quilts,they were so cute walking me to the car when I left telling me to lock my door & be careful with lots of hugs & kisses

Down To The Binding!

 Why is it when we're sooooo close we've got to pause?I don't like pausing when I'm on the finish line🤣 I had a man coming to cut a tree down so that ment no laxed morning in my pj's 😄 had to go to the store & by the bank ,my niece doesn't get off till 5 ,there's an hour drive to meet up & pick up her grands "Livvy & Cason" depending on wait time,talking, transitioning from car to car,an hour back ,they should get back to her house by 7:00🤷it is 11:40 ,if I cant bind 2 lap quilts 6 hrs just shoot me🤣

I've moved the machine to the cutting table to stabilize the quilts better,bindings are ready,trying out the new clips,got the labels sewn on,lets do this!

A Full Day Makes One Tired LoL

What happens when you try to make a post late at night? You fall asleep🤣 Our state park had grand opening of their new renovations,they added cabins,a general store,playgrounds,picnic areas & so much more,after spending the day with my niece & baby then lunch then no sooner getting home & letting Grace out my neighbor was ringing my doorbell for our evening walk,I walked enough yesterday for 3 days worth 🤣

So far in the garden areas there's lettuce,brussel sprouts, collards,a zinnia bed started with seeds & marigolds,tired so I made cookies for supper🤣

Now to get back to quilting!

Quilt Tops & Kits

 How many quilt tips do you accumulate at one time? this red & white   was inspired by a sew along with "How To Quilt " with Robin on FB,I used all the red& white 5"squares that I had I'd like to find some that will blend & enlarge it to a full size 

with so much fabric leftover from projects like aprons,pillows,quilt blocks ,pillowcases even potholders! nothing better to do than make a strip quilt but I still have to much christmas fabric 😄

This top is part of a 3 quilt  Bramble Blooms series due to health the designer had to discontinue the sew along but did post instructions for #2 # #3 which I've still to do

This top is from Fabric Cafes 3 yd quilts for kids,it is called Simply Blocks 

This top is all from the scrap bins except the solid green from my stash,I had thought it was a full size but when I pulled it out it appears to a lap size 😄

This is a Fall panel purchased from a local fabric shop,they have a FB page  Scattered Threads,I  purchased Fall  leaf printed fabric in the rustic color & the green that's in the panel for borders & backing

Snowman panel ,also from Scattered Threads,not sure about decisions for borders just yet

Also from Scattered Threads are these 2 quilt kits everything's included ,I didn't need them but the sale was too good to pass up😄

The red & white 9 patch I started a little while back & the scrappy blocks the squirrel made me start🤣will join these in the closet soon, there's a pink top in the thinking process,this year for Angelas RSC I decided to do a quilt in monthly color themes & Pink is for April,I may not make all the colors , I'll just take it a month st a time

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New Plans For The Blue Quilt

Maybe the fabrics too soft,maybe I'm just tired 😄but I'm not liking the back coming over to the front,I think I've done maybe 3 this way   

of all the quilt's I've made throughout; the years but this ones not cooperating,I think it needs a little thicker fabric for the binding so I will rethink it

I will get started on my neighbor's quilt in the next few days, photo shoot coming  up with Livvy & Cason  with their quilts this weekend

Sunday Inspiration

 

Rocking Chairs & Stitches

 This old rocker holds lots of memories,it sat in a back bedroom warmed with a pot belly stove as my husbands grandmother stitched from quilts to hems in a dress,anything that required hand stitching,it now sits in  my sewing room ,there's something soothing about stitching  in a rocker filled with memories,I even have some of my own like the time my youngest came running into the house crying because the goat has grabbed her dress tie & bout ate the whole thing before she got lose& if you think that was traumatizing Terrys grandmother cut the hem off her dress " back then we hand stitched 3"hems 🤣poor baby screaming grandma don't cut my dress!,new ties,new hem good as new ,that was over 45 yrs ago & still makes me laugh, I've often thought of staining the rocker but then I think its so full of  luv &memories just the way it is, so today  lots of herbal tea,a good dinner,& lots of stitching down memory lane