Sunday, March 13, 2016

Linking up today with Slow Sunday Stitching at Kathy's Quilts.  Please stop by and see all the wonderful projects being worked on.

My first quilt retreat was fantastic.  I got so much accomplished and enjoyed getting to know some of the women better.  The first project I worked on was a quilt top called "Spiral Strips" from the book "Jelly Roll Quilts" by Pam and Nicky Lintott.  I still need to add borders so will need to do some shopping, maybe today as my LQS is only open on Mondays and the second weekend of each month.


We also made a "make and take" which was a holder for our rotary cutters.  Here is a picture of the one I made.  It was a fun and quick project as they had it cut out and all quilted for us so we only needed to add the binding and the buttons.  The cutter fits down inside, but thought I'd have it poking out so you could see how it fits.


I got a child's quilt top made and all the corner monster and spaceships appliqued on except for one which I finished up when I got home.  I have ordered some of the black/stars fabric that is in the corners for the backing and will probably bind it with lime green.





I took Stella to sew with and we had a lot of fun together except that she is skipping a stitch now and then so will see what needs to be done to fix that problem.


When we got home from my quilt retreat, I made Blocks 6, 7, and 8 for the Splendid Sampler.  Today Block 9 came out which is a cute little house.  I'll be tackling that today.  The blocks are all 6" when finished so some of the blocks have really small pieces. 




Yesterday I started working on my EPP project again and hope to finish the last round of this Rosette 4.  I will need to make 9 of them, but with different material choices for each one.

 
My husband left Thursday morning to visit his daughter and her family in Alaska so I'm batching it until the 29th when I'll pick him up in Las Vegas.  So far Lola and I are having fun going for walks around our park and me stitching while she naps.

Once again I'm going to try and finish up the baby quilt this week.  I really dislike ironing and trimming threads which is where I'm at on it.  I'll piece some batting for it as I have a lot of large batting pieces, and get it basted and quilted.  I really want to get it finished and keep putting it off.  Bad me.  It will get donated.

I was trying not to buy and fabric, but I caved and ordered some Kona solids and a FQ bundle that were on sale on Craftsy.com.  Then I caved and ordered another FQ bundle from Massdrop that should be arriving this week. 

My husband hung my wall hanging for me before he left for Alaska.  Living in a 5th wheel RV you don't have wall space for hanging things.  And 5th wheels are notorious for holding in the heat in the summer and the cold in the winter.  I had made this Kimberly Einmo mystery quilt from Craftsy classes a couple years ago and wanted to hang it up over the back window to help keep the sun out in the summer and the cold out in the winter.  Now, I want to make a couple matching panels for the two windows beside the large one.  I had to do a lot of online searching to find the same material and have ordered it yesterday and it should arrive in the next week or so.  Here is a picture of the one hanging up now.


That is about all my news for this week.  Happy stitching.

10 comments:

  1. I'm doing the Splendid Sampler also, so it's nice to see the fabric choices others are making. I'm really happy I discovered this project before it was too late to catch up!

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    1. It is fun to see all the different ideas and fabrics that people are coming up with in the Splendid Sampler. I worked on block 9 today but didn't finish it yet.

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  2. I love your kitty pentagons, Jennifer! It is nice to see that project done with a whimsical touch. Have a great day!

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    1. Thanks Monica. It's fun to come up with the different fabrics to use in the Rosettes. I'm going to be starting Rosette 6 next and will be picking out fabrics tomorrow.

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  3. That jelly roll top is amazing--love it! All your blocks are great and the fussy cut cats are so cute--lots of fun stuff! I'm trying so hard to resist the Splendid SAL.....

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    1. Hi Karen. I've been having lots of fun working on all my different projects. I must say I don't get bored with so much in the works. You can always save the Splendid Sampler blocks and do them later. They are a lot of fun.

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  4. Glad to hear your retreat went so well, you got a lot done! I love the kitty fabric in your EPP also! And there's nothing wrong with buying new fabric as long as there's a plan for it! :)

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    1. Thanks Jennifer. I have to keep my fabric buying down as we don't have much space living in a 5th wheel. I worked on the bunny quilt today and have it all basted and ready to quilt, but I have no idea how I should quilt it. Hopefully, it will come to me soon as I would like to get it finished up this week.

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  5. You sure got a lot done at your retreat! Your little quilt looks great hung up; I hope it does the job too.

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    1. Thank you Kaja. It was my very first quilt retreat and I can't wait to attend another one.

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