Scrap busting Olympics

This week was not much of a sewing week........ it was, however, a Scrap Busting Olympics! For some reason my scrap bag #1 just got the best of me and I spent most of the week watching the olympics and cutting and organizing scraps....... I made 32 more scrap diddly blocks...that gives me a total of 65 scrap blocks now....that's enough for TWO throw size scrap quilts!! That's 2/3rds of my scrap quilt goal for the year!! I may have to increase that but for now... this is GOOD!! My XXXL zip lock bag is now down to about 1/4 full...... my scraps that were not used for the scrap blocks are organized by color in shoebox size plastic containers...... all of the containers at this point are pretty well full.... these will be used for paper piecing projects and small quilt blocks.......the scraps that are left from these scraps will go in a bag and then make their way to the local animal shelter where they will be used in pillows and mats for the animals that reside there... this is a no kill shelter so some of the residents are there for quite awhile before they are adopted. I recently sent 4 big bags of scraps down to them.

I did make 2 burpers and 6 pee pee tee pee's for the box..... I have several babies coming and dont' know if they are boys or girls.....so I'll be making a few sets of tee pees and a number of burpers to bust the flannel stash. One of the UFO baby quilts is 2/3 done with it's binding.... about an hour or so and it will be completed! The boy quilt has it's binding on and is next on the wob list. so bring on the babies!! I'll be ready!

I also embroidered and made a table runner...... this will be a club project for March so this runner is my sample... it will then become part of my personal table runner collection... I love placemats and table runners of all sorts!!

Block 6 ( I think) of Crea8tive Quilters Barn Quilts of Wisconsin has been completed also. That pic will be posted below as well as the burps and teepee's...... the rest can be seen on the flickr site......

I've been knitting a few rows each nite on the scarf while watching the olympics so that's coming along also.... about 8" long at the moment.... so quite a ways to go.

Thats it for this week...... Happy Sewing

Lish

February is 1/2 way gone already!

Can you believe it? Tomorrow is the middle of february already...sheeesh!!
Ok... I have a UFO update.... two baby quilts are now tied and have the binding on... just ready for handstitching now...... I'm excited about that!! Dishcloth and sock status are the same... nuthing new on either of those....... I'm slowly making progress on the scarf I started so that's good .......

I've posted some pics on flickr..... some samples for a paper piecing class..... the swap blocks for my March swap........and my Barn Block...... I'll post the barn block at the end of this post....... I really like these... they go quickly and they are going to make a really fun quilt/wallhanging/something... not sure yet what i'll do with them... or how many I'll do. Guess that depends on what I want to do with them... lol

I have 1 1/2 sides to finish binding on a baby quilt for the end of february... that will get done during the olympics tonite..... in fact... I think a lot of knitting might get done during the olympics over the next two weeks......

So far theres no sign of spring coming anytime soon either..... more snow is expected this week and it's COLD!!!! We didn't get as much as they expected... but enough to be annoying! and did I mention... it's COLD!!!

I've also posted pictures of some origami Jolly bags that I made.... they are from the same place that I got the origami pockets from... RomanianQuiltStudio... these are really fun and can be made easily from any size square.. the itty bitty ones have potential to become christmas magnets or ornaments...

ok... that's it for this week........back to the olympics!!

Lish

Super Bowl Sunday

I got up early today so I could get things finished before game time....... I plan to knit and root for the Colts!

I finished Block 2 of the sentimental journey BOM....... block 5 of the Barn Quilts of Wisconsin BOW....Barn Quilt by Golden Thimble block 1....a bunch of origami pockets which are too cool and so much fun to make.......I sandwiched and tied the notre dame baby quilt... also got the binding ready for it and cut a pillow case to put the quilt in when it's finished! I'll post a few pics here but the rest are on the photo site...

We had about 6 inches of snow friday and saturday and they are calling for another 6-8 possible monday nite and tuesday... this is officially starting to suck! I want spring... I want flowers and most of all I want WARMTH! lol Of course binding quilts is nice cuz it's very warm under there.......

Not much got accomplished in the UFO department except to gather all the UFO's I could find and put them all together in one spot....... I have a lot of work ahead of me this year! The sock stayed at the same level but I did start a scarf for next years xmas... it's a new very simple pattern and if it works out there will be a lot of these in the christmas box......the dishcloth is also at the same level....Once I get the baby quilt done I can move on to more stuff but the shower is the end of february and this has to get done!

ok... here's a few pictures.... check the photo site for more goodies and stay warm...

Lish

Tools Down Hands UP January is DONE!!!

Not too bad a month really.... as far as goals go I have 3 UFO baby quilts sandwiched and ready for the quilting..... 1/2 of one sock is done...... I'm starting the instep part....... still just 1/2 of one dishcloth......all of my BOM's for January are complete....all of my swaps for January are complete..... my BOW Barn Quilt Blocks of Wisconsin is almost up to date... I need to do block 4... that was on todays list but I ran out of time...... several gifts have been added to the Christmas 2010 box and my stash has been reduced.....

19 yards of fabric/fat quarters
3 5/8 yards of scraps
5 1/2 yards of batting used up
8 zippers... hand full of buttons...couple of D rings.. 1/2 yard of insulbright...2 kitchen towels and 2 adult bibs..... all used up in January.... not bad at all~

Pictures have been posted on the Flickr site and I'll post Block 3 of Jen's Barn Quilts of Wisconsin Block here..... yep.... January was a good month! We'll see how February goes~

The end of January?

How can that be? Where did January go? I spent this week working on my sock.... I have the cuff done...the heel flap done....and the heel turned.... now to start picking up stitches and working on the instep........ I just might get a whole pair done by summer! lol

I also quilted my round robin quilt. I'm in a round robin with 3 of the most talented ladies I know! Their work is impeccable and there creativity knows no bounds... I'm hoping it will rub off on me! I'll post a picture of my quilt that I received back later this week when I get the rest of the pictures off the camera.

I also finished up block 3 of Jen's block of the week barn quilts.... I'm ready for block 4!!

One thing about the end of January... it means that the february blocks of the month will be here soon!!! yippee........

I hope to have a scrap/stash usage total for the month soon also........ I'm still working on this and that so it will probably be the weekend before I tally it up...

This weeks goal is to do the binding on the Round Robin quilt and make a label........start the instep on my sock..........and do the BOW........ anything else accomplished this week will be gravy!

I guess that's it for now............pictures coming later this week

Lish

January update

I've been busy!! I've added 4 pillowcases to the Christmas2010 box.... did some customer work.... completed blocks one and two of the Cre8tive Quilters BOW... made a set of sock sacks... for ME!... one to hold my socks and one to hold my dishcloth... the magic loop socks seems to be working ok for me.... I need about 3 more inches on the ribbed cuff and then I'll start the heel....... I've been working on swap blocks this week as well as getting some baby quilts ready to be quilted.... one.. maybe two will be tied and one will be quilted on the machine.......

I've also been working here and there trying to finish cleaning up the sewing pit.....I got about 1/4 of one of the scrap bags sorted by color... man o man there's a lot of scraps here... but I've been using them on some of the swap blocks.... so far for January I've used 13 yards of fabric and fat quarters... 2 1/2 yards of scraps..4 yards of batting plus some kitchen towels, zippers, and buttons from the stash...... this is a good start!

I'll post some of the pics of blocks below....and you can see everything for january so far on the flickr site... have a great week!!

January 2010

Well the first full week of January is now over..... I worked on the Clean the Sewing Room goal...seems the more I try to organize the worse it gets... lol... I do have one spot now that is nice and organized so that's a start!!

I found 2 3 drawer cabinet things on wheels at Menards yesterday... they were on sale for 8.99 each! These will be used for sorting the scraps... by color probably with one drawer for novelty/holiday/etc. so that goal is started!

I managed to knit 2 whole rows on double pointed needles... hmmmmmmm this will take some getting used to... but in the mean time I started a sock using the magic loop method.... I think I can handle this method better than the dpns's but I still plan on learning to use those lil things!!

I used up some stash and some scraps over the last nine days.... I cut 4 pillowcases... made 4 sock sacks...3 pincushions....12 tissue packet covers...January BOM from block central...this is made from stash... completed a second BOM for January for a 1930's repro quilt from the local quilt shop and there will be a third BOM... called Barns...that will use stash. I completed all of my January swaps and used 2 large kitchen towels from the stash to make a childs apron and potholder for a nephews birthday present. It will get a small wooden spoon and a package of chocolate chip muffin mix added to it.

I did make a purchase at Joann's yesterday... I bought two rolls of batting for the UFO baby quilts that will get sandwiched today and quilted up during this week...... hopefully I'll be at the binding stage by next weekend on all three. that total purchase was 26.00.

I;ve posted pictures of the goodies for this year on flickr www.flickr.com/sewwunderful .

I have bread rising right now and I plan on getting those baby quilts sandwiched up before evening.........

Tonites project will be to work on that ML sock and maybe put a few rows on the first dishcloth of 2010 too!

For right now... I think that's it!!! I'm ready for the snow to melt and the warm to come so I can sew on the deck!

Take care

Lish