Quilt Top Finishes

In the quilt group I started a few years back, PQA, our project that we worked on as a group was a block swap. This was the block I picked out. I found it on Quilters Cache. The name is Arrowhead Puzzle. I love orange and red so I came up with this layout.

I received 24 blocks. I made another 18 blocks to make it big enough to fit my Queen sized bed.

I added a small border of red, medium border of orange, and a bigger border of black. I have lots of black left so I will make some shams after it is quilted. 

Because I am working on some older projects and I had orange on the brain I brought this bad boy out. I started working on it about 7 years ago or so. I used my serger because it was out ans serged the whole center. 

I did not remember how far I had gotten. Well after I laid it out all I had to add was the borders. WHY did I stop? LOL!

Here it is with the borders!

Another quilt we were working on in PQA was this wall hanging. I decided not to add the outer border with 

embroidered words. I just like this simple brown border. I love this quilt. It is so cute and fun. Now that I am done I wish I had done the background in black. Oh well!! 

I've Been Gone a Long Time...

It has been over a month since I posted last. So many things have happened. My daughter came home from college and will be home until April 22nd. We have been having a lot of fun hanging out. We had a great Christmas and New Years Eve Party. I found out that I am going to be an aunt again. The little boy I watch during the day is going to be a big brother. We are all so excited. It has been fun watching my daughter-in-law grow with my first grandchild. We found out she is going to have a little girl!! I have picked up a small job making Stoma Covers. Here is a link to a website that sells them but these are not the ones I make. Then I decided that I was not going to take on very many more new projects plus I dropped a few things. I want to focus on finishing things this year. For the last two years I have been a part of a lot of fun things but so many of my beginning projects got pushed to the back. So for this post I am just going to hit a few highlights then come back and post all the goodies. I have been busy sewing but I have a lot more I want to do. So let's begin...

In PQA, my little quilt group, we had a 12 days of Christmas swap. My partner and friend did a wonderful thing. Each of the 12 days was a step to a Christmas Tablerunner. I LOVED making it!! Here is step one.

I finished my December hexies but missed the boat for getting on the list for January. 

December was my month for Let's Bee Together. I got my packages out late. I have been receiving my blocks back and they sure are fun.

One of the tops I finished this month was a Quilt Along I was doing with PQA. Here is the finished center block. I can't wait to show you the top.

For 2012 in PQA we swapped blocks. Each member picked a block and each month we swapped partners. Here are my blocks with a few extras. I finished this quilt top also. I love it. It will be going on my bed when it is quilted. 

In 2011 the females in my family got together and watched all the Twilight movies that were out before going to the theater and watching part one of Breaking Dawn. While we here all together we tie dyed shirts, sweatshirts and I did 2 yards of Kona White. My sister-in-law loves all things "Flower Power". So I took that material and made a quilt for her. I love it and best of all she loves it. She uses it ALL the time. I never took a picture so over Christmas I got one. That peace sign in the middle it one piece of fabric. It sure was fun trying to get that cut out and having it look ok. 

Way back in oh I don't know 2007 or so I started to dabble in quilting but never got serious. I had a pattern for a Trip Around the World quilt. I did not know any different and I had my serger out so I used that. When I got this out of the closet I only had to add the borders. Why did I put this away? Ha Ha!! This is another finished top for me. I love this one too. 

So that is just a few of the things I have been up to. I have not stopped reading every body's blogs and can't wait to get back into blogging myself. 

Late Maniac Monday

I am a few days late with Maniac Monday but I  wanted to post anyway. I have had a good week and have gotten a few things done. 

But first I wanted to thank everyone who stopped by my blog for the dots on dots Blog Hop. The turn out for me was so much greater than I could ever have hoped for. I had 80+ comments and a few people even decided they liked what I do and became followers. THANK YOU!! 

This is the block I made for my September partner for Block Swap Adventure. She asked for 30's or 40's fabrics in an older style star. I love the way this block turned out. 

For Parma Quilters Anonymous, a quilt group I started in my home town, we are doing a little quilt along. These are August and September blocks. I made three of the September blocks. I can't wait to put this quilt together. It will finish to look like this one.

For Saturday Sampler at my LQS this is my August stitchery. I love the ants. Someone's husband said they look like tiny cows. HA HA

I finished my September Schnibbles before the end of the month. I used a left over Halloween charm pack. This pattern is a new pattern by the creator of Schnibbles. It only uses the new "Candy" 2 1/2 inch squares Moda is coming out with. So fun!!

This is one of the two Plus Sign quilts I am making for a charity my church is giving to for Christmas. It is huge, my husband had a hard time holding the quilt and he is 6' 3"! 

I also recovered my mini ironing board. This was getting bad and the insulation was showing through. 

Before

After

I also made a pillow to go with my daughter's Senior quilt. 

Then this morning I redid my wreathe that is hanging on my front door. I love Fall so this needed to be all orange and yellow and red. I have discovered an cool cheap trick. I used orange and red Loofah's to cover the wreathe and as a bow. Very cheep and easy to work with. I hope this helps get everybody in a festive Fall mood.

So for my list I got a few more things knocked off!

Ongoing Projects

Swaps

Block Swap Adventure~Done

The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap~

Let's Bee Together~Done

Parma Quilter's Anonymous

PQA Block Swap~Done

Count Your Blessings~Done

Double Delight Mystery Quilt~

Saturday Sampler

Paper Pieced (All)~

Stitching Month by Month~May~Done, July~Done, and August~Done, September

BOM's

Designer Mystery BOM 2012~July, August, and September

Monthly 

Schnibbles~April, August, and September~Done

Count On It~

Hello Sun QA~

New Projects

Designing

Piecing

Quilts for Kids x2

Hope House Quilts X 3

Flimsy

Tetris Quilt
Hope House Quilt X 1

Quilting

Two Quilts for my Sister-in-law

Bound

Manic Monday

Today I have a bunch of pictures. I have been trying to finish up a bunch of stuff. 

Here is my May Schnibbles~Doc. I love it. I used one print and three coordinating fabrics. I had most of it done in May but just could not finish it. So I finally did!

In my PQA (Parma Quilters Anonymous) group we have been working on a quilt along. This is what our finished quilt will look like. Below are the blocks I have made and then the quilt with my finished blocks "x"ed out. Just a fun way of seeing what is left.

 

Also in PQA all of the members are making (9) 9 patch blocks, a mixture of boy & girl blocks to make 2 twin size quilts for a local shelter for kids. Here are pictures of my boy and then girl blocks. I will show pictures of the finished quilt tops when they are completed. 

 I have also volunteered to make 2 of my own twin size quilts. These are the 2 variations I have so far. They are 9 patches with 4 HST mixed in. 

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These flowers are from my July partner for The Inchy Hexagon Flower Swap. So cool!

 These flowers are from a gal that I think messed up. I will be sending her a note to let her know.  

At my LQS's Saturday Sampler we are doing these cute little stitcheries. They are to be finished into little pillows. I have not made it that far but here are the ones I have stitched so far. 

January

 February

 March

 April

 June

A while back I was part of a mug rug swap. Here is mine from my swap partner. I LOVE IT!! It is so cute. 

 These are scraps she sent me as a fun extra. They are so fun!!

 This is a great little card she sent me!!

This is my July Count On It. Fun flip-flops!!

OK here is my list so far:

July

Ongoing Projects

Swaps

Block Swap Adventure X 1

Parma Quilter's Anonymous

PQA Block Swap x 1

Count Your Blessings

Double Delight Mystery Quilt

Hope House Blocks X 9~Done

Saturday Sampler

Paper Pieced (All)

Stitching Month by Month - May, June~Done, and July

BOM's

Designer Mystery BOM 2012~July

Monthly 

Schnibbles - April, May~Done, and July

Count On It - July~Done and August

Hello Sun QA - April~Done, May~Done, June~Done, and July~Done

New Projects

Designing

Hope House Quilts X 2~Done

Designer Mystery BOM 2011

Piecing

Quilts for Kids x2

Flimsy

Quilting

Two Quilts for my Sister-in-law

Bound

TTFN

One last thing, DD#1 just took a picture of me and my baby, Chomper, and I thought I would share it.

This was us in June 2011...

This is us today.