Skipping a Beat...

What happens when you skip a beat? You eventually become aware of missed time. Well it is ok for time to pass and to take time off every now and then.

What is Happening...

I have been trying to catch up on a few things. Finishing up a few projects. I have been buying Christmas and trying to get into the festive mood. It is hard this year. I am trying.

We finished up in our PQA for 2011 at the first of the month. We started at the first of the year with a 12 1/2" X 14 1/2" block. We passed it around and took turns adding a border. After 12 months I ended up with a HUGE quilt top.  Here is my finished quilt.

I received two sets of flowers this month. I think there might have been a mess up in the list. I feel bad that I got twice as many flowers as I was supposed to get. I am going to make one flower for each of the ladies then sent flowers to me this month.

From Doris

From Irene

Look how she added pictures of the hexies to the card she sent. How cool!

Wendy made a block for me back in September for Let's Bee Together but forgot to send me back my extra fabric. I emailed her and she sent it to me with a little extra goodie!! Thank you Wendy!

What I Accomplished...

I am making cute little wallets for a few of my nieces and nephews this year for Christmas. I am using the Zippy Wallet Tutorial and the Basic Boys Wallet Tutorial from Noodlehead. I love her tutorials. So fun. Here is my first girls wallet. Trying to get the feel for them before I start making them as gifts. The flap is a little off center but I love it.

I made my flowers for December for my partner. I hope she likes them. I love the look of them, so soft.

As far as my list for this week...

1. Make thank you hexies for Doris and Irene.

2. Make 6 girl wallets and 5 boy wallets.

3. Start on PJ bottoms for my daughters.

That is all I am listing for now. I will see how far I get.

TTFN

Maniac Monday #5 on Wednesday

Well lets just say that I completely bombed this list. I only finished two things on it and only have one picture. I am going to keep the list the same for this next week.

1. Make blocks 9,10,11, and 12 for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

I finished blocks 9 and 10. I have a picture of 9 but not of 10, LOL!

2. Let's Bee Together block for October.

I have not even looked at the fabric yet. But I have started seeing picture popping up and I like what I see. It looks like a fun block to make.

3. Finish Le Petite Mon Ami.

I finished figuring out what I am going to do with the pieces I have cut out. I have half of the blocks made.

4. Designer Mystery BOM for October.

I have not even taken the fabric out of the bag. I looked the pattern over it it has something like over 80 pieces. Holy cow!

I have been busy just not with all the things that on my list. I will show you pictures soon. Now for my next weeks list. Most of it will be the same as last week!

  

1. Make blocks 11,12, and 13 for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

2. Let's Bee Together block for October.

3. Finish Le Petite Mon Ami.

4. Finish Le Petite Ric-Rac.

5. Pick out and cut fabric for Le Petite George.

How about a picture of my two babies!

Maniac Monday #4

1. Finish my December Le Petite pattern Prairie Point Christmas from Moda Bake Shop.

Finished~I love this one. It was a little hard to work with the strips and prairie points. Then I put the bottom three rows on up side down. I fixed it and it is much better now.

2. Cut out January's Le Petite-Mon Ami.

Luckily it is already cut out. Wow, it has LOTS of little pieces. I have some of it sewn together. It is going to be slow going, I think that I am going to make a smaller wall hanging. I can't even think about doing this one in such short notice with so many other things I want to do. We will see. LOL!

3. Make blocks 5,6,and 7 for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

Block 5~Done

 Block 6~Done

 and block 7~done. These are so fun!

Plus a bonus block 8~done.

4. Make my Block Swap Adventure for October.

Finished~now I just need to get it mailed off.

Next weeks list...

1. Make blocks 9,10,11, and 12 for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

2. Let's Bee Together block for October.

3. Finish Le Petite Mon Ami.

4. Designer Mystery BOM for October.

 

TTFN

Blocks, Blocks, and More Blocks

What is Happening...

I had a good weekend. I hope you all did. I went out with my husband Saturday night to bale some hay. It is fun going out with him in a tractor. It makes him feel good to be able to share that part of his life with me. I picked up Subway on the way out and we ate while driving in a field. Oh the life of a farmer. He is really the mechanic but sometimes he gets to drive the equipment he works on, LOL!

I received my Block Swap Adventure block for September. I love it. So fun to look at!! Thank you Linda B.

I am starting to receive my blocks back from the ladies I sent my fabric to for Let's Bee Together.

This block is from Linda. I just love '30s fabric. Thank you Linda!

This one is from Colleen.

This one is from Bailey.

This one is from Stacy.

 Then this one is from Tiffany.

I am finally getting around to posting my bag and first two gifts from Andee for Santa Sack Swap2. She made me a bag out of cool '30s fabric. I could not help but squeeze the bags a little. I will not open them until Christmas Day!!

What I Accomplished...

I have finished my Birdie Stitches for July. I love this one. I like the fireworks!

I even finished my Birdie Stitches BOM for August over the week end. I love sunflowers. How sweet.

Here is block #4 for Celebrating Christmas Quilt Along. Lots of hand stitching. What do you think, does it look like a Christmas block? I think I have backed myself into a corner by deciding that I only want to use '30s fabric. Well I can just tell myself that it is a "country Christmas" LOL!!

I feel bad. I decided to follow along with Mug Rug Madness. But I have not. Well after this month is over I will go back and make some mug rugs for Christmas. It will be fun. 

TTFN

Maniac Monday #3

1. Make the next three blocks for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along

I did not get them done. I did finish #4 and that took up a lot of my time. I did a lot of hand stitching on it. If it was not for the Christmas cookies on the plate I would not think that it was a block for Christmas, LOL!!

2. Birdie Stitches~August

I did finish this. Worked on it Saturday and finished it on Sunday. I even started on September's block.

3. Do the first block for Canton Village Blogger's BOM

Did not even think about it, LOL! That is ok. I still have a few weeks.

4. Get my gifts for Santa Sack Swap2 wrapped and in the mail.

And again did not even think about it. Sorry Andee but I will get it done soon.

My new list...

1. Finish my December Le Petite pattern Prairie Point Christmas from Moda Bake Shop.

I am almost done with it. Sinta and Sherri have decided to wait until January to start up the next round. We are all getting a good few months break. I am glad for the break but also can't wait to start. Next month we are having a parade of all of our projects. I have 4 in various states of completion that I want to finish. We will see if I can do that.

2. Cut out January's Le Petite-Mon Ami.

3. Make blocks 5,6,and 7 for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

4. Make my Block Swap Adventure for October.

TTFN

Maniac Monday #2 and Fun Blocks

I know that I am a little late with Maniac Monday but that is ok. It is for me, LOL! Well lets see how I did.

1. Make September's Designer Mystery BOM

Completed! Hey me. I love this fabric. It is so soft in color. It reminds me of my Grandmother's kitchen.

2. Cut out September's Le Petite

Completed! With a bonus. I even finished it. I made a table runner out of it.

I had one extra block so I will be adding it to the back.

3. Make first three block for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

Completed! Even if I only finished #3 today, LOL! I try to keep close to the designers idea but with my own little changes that makes me happy. Do you do that? With this first one I messed up with the corners. The red it supposed to be pointing into the middle. But I like it so I will leave it.

With this one in the pattern the bottom set of QST were set so the red was pointing up and down not side to side. I turned them. I like them better this way.

On this one I decided that I did not want to do the stitchery in the middle. Plus I added white in other spots.

4. Make at least one Mug Rug for Mug Rug Madness Holiday Edition.

I did not get to this. I was to busy sewing my Le Petite. Thant is ok.

Now for my next list:
1. Make the next three blocks for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along

2. Birdie Stitches~August 

3. Do the first block for Canton Village Blogger's BOM

4. Get my gifts for Santa Sack Swap2 wrapped and in the mail

I will be back with more later. I have more to show. I hope your evening goes well.

TTFN

Quilt Along, Mug Rugs, and Maniac Monday

What is Happening...

I have been thinking, scary I know. Over at Confessions of a Fabric Addict Sarah does a fun thing every Monday. She has, Make-A-List Monday. She lists off 4 to 6 things every Monday and then the next Monday she comes back with an update on how she did on her list. She will explain if she did a good job or if she failed. I love that, simple honesty for herself. Then she will add a new list. I have asked her if I can borrow her idea and she said yes. I need to try a few different things out to help me find my groove. LOL! So starting today I will have MANIAC MONDAY! Catchy right? I will make my list at the bottom today but starting next Monday it will be at the top.

There are a few more things I am going to try and follow along with. Over at Quilting Gallery they are doing Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along and Super Deals for Quilters. 12 Weeks, 36 designers, 3 blocks a week. I figure this will help out greatly with my Christmas list this year.

Then over at Two More Seconds she is having Mug Rug Madness Holiday Edition. 10 days of Mug Rug tips, tutorials and, prizes. They are about half way through but that is ok. It is never too late to start up.

Oh and for a bit I have been a part of BOMs Away at What a Hoot! It is a cool linky party to show off your BOM work. Go check it out!

What I Accomplished...    I did not work on much of anything all weekend. Just had a nice relaxing few day. I did get my DD#1 dress fixed. Just a few alterations. She had Homecoming dance Saturday night. She had a great time. A group of friends, three couples, went bowling, had a fancy dinner at her dates house, went to the dance, then board games back at his house. I will post pictures as soon as I get them.

Sewing Thought...

This is the last sewing thought. My post are just too long. I like getting ideas from everybody and maybe I will just leave you with a "parting question" from now on at the end of my post, we will see. So my thought is...Do you like quick and easy to read posts or do you mind a long post? For me I spend too much time on the computer reading everybody blog that I feel like I am not sewing enough. That is part of the reason for these changes. What do you think?

Sewing Goals...

No need for a "sewing goals" section anymore if I am doing a Maniac Monday.

What do you think, I like it. I made it in a picture program that I have and love. Well here is my list:

1. Make September's Designer Mystery BOM

2. Cut out September's Le Petite

3. Make first three block for Celebrate Christmas Quilt Along.

4. Make at least one Mug Rug for Mug Rug Madness Holiday Edition. 

 

TTFN