05 December 2011

Design Wall Monday


This quilt top is going together surprisingly fast.  The upper left four rows are sewn together as is the middle three rows.  The blank area is on the cutting table being pinned together for seaming.  I should have the borders on it by tonight.  It is a variation on a quilt in Sharyn Craig's "Layer 'em Up" book.  By layering the orientals with strips of ombres, I'll have two quilt tops for the effort.  Here is a picture when I first started making the blocks.  The second top from this set will be set horizontally.  The big question is: will I have everything done for Christmas?  If so, what year?  Check out Judy's site to see other design walls.

23 November 2011

Pre-Thanksgiving activities


This is on record as being one of the most stress-free Thanksgivings for me.  My brother volunteered to host the Thanksgiving dinner for the second year.  So the only thing I have to worry about is providing the infamous green bean casserole.

I finished piecing the granddaughter's quilt.  I have to make an appointment at the local quilt shop to use their long-arm quilter.  I'm in the process of piecing a new quilt top.  I'm using the book "Layer Em Up" and my collection of oriental and ombre sateens.  The way this one is working out, I may get two quilts for the work of one.  The theory behind this one is you take squares, make two or more slices on the diagonal then move either the center slice or the center and one side slice to the bottom.  You can't get bored with making the same square over and over because it's always different.

On the kitten front, they are getting to the fun stage of kitten-hood.  Max and Moritz are about 6 weeks old and are into everything.  They are about 1.5 pounds each.  Their legs are too short to negotiate more than one step.





12 November 2011

Well, I finally decided to jump ship from Apple's MobileMe web hosting to Blogger.  With Apple's new iCloud web hosting is being discontinued so I would have to make the transition sooner or later.  Over the next couple of months I'll be transitioning web content and photos to the new blog.


I'm also refocusing the purpose of this blog so hopefully I'll be posting more often.  


On a quilting related note, I finished piecing my oldest granddaughter's quilt.  There is a local quilt shop that rents time on a 30 inch Gammill.  I'm working on accumulating several quilt tops then I'll go for the initial lesson and have enough to quilt so I don't forget how to do it. ;-P  Unfortunately I can't post pictures be the granddaughter or her mother may see it.  I want it to be a Christmas surprise.