Monday Morning Design Wall 6/11/2012

 Yea!!  I was able to get most of the leaves sewn down on my Miss Kyra quilt by Erin Russek but I still have a few left.  I am trying to think about the borders now as I am determined to make them shine!!    I just wonder what I can do with the fabric I have left!

I was also able to finish up P3 Design BOM #3, which was quite a challenge in itself.   I am going to start block #4 shortly and it is just as challenging but I am really enjoying it.   

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Monday Morning Design Wall 6/4/2012

 First, I want to wish my beautiful daughter, Stephanie Elizabeth, HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY!  The picture to the left was taken just a few minutes after she was born, 3:45 a.m., June 4, 1991.  Below is a picture of my wonderful husband and myself, a day or two later when we ventured out to a park.  (Yes, the glasses were great, were they not!)   If you scroll down, there is a more recent picture of Stephanie!    She is finishing up her junior year at Cal Poly!!  I could not be prouder of her!

Just to celebrate her birthday I finished my quilt top for the Hawaiian Quilt with a Twist.   This top took hours and hours of work but dang, it turned out great.  I am hoping to get it pinned/based and will start hand quilting it soon!  And to think I started this on a whim when I had an hour free on a Thursday night several months ago and it grew into this finished top. I think hand quilt it will just make it better!

Monday Morning Design Wall 5/28/2012

Finally finished block 2 of P3 Designs block of the month, took a lot of courage just to start the block as it looks so difficult, so when I finally did, I was surprised how well it turned out.  Check out her web page for the BOM.       I am working on block 3 and have block 4 pending so I need to catch up on this project.   God bless our service men and women this Memorial Day!!

I was also able to finish up two blocks on my latest applique quilt. They are lacking some embroidery but I will wait until I have a few more done before I add the embroidery, just to make sure I use colors that go well with all of the blocks.    Don't forget to check out Judy's blog for the rest of the design walls!!

Monday Morning Design Wall 5/21/2012

 Yeah!  I had time to sew down my Dresden plate blocks for Ms. Kyra and I am getting ready to place all the applique leaves and flowers.  I have already made all the leaves, 64 dark leaves, 64 medium leaves and 32 light leaves.......I worked on leaves for a couple of weeks before I even made the Dresden plates!!  I am working on my other applique project, well a few other applique projects but have not had too much time this week to get much done.  I took a day off work and attended Sit and Sew at my local quilt shop, then a went to my quilt meeting with the Spring Chicks and we stayed far to long talking about everything and not showing our Art Quilt project Serendipity or trading our row exchange!

Above is my version of Serendipity!  The fabric happened to be where it had to be for me to do the project!!  Don't forget to check out Judy's blog and see everyone's design wall.

Monday Morning Design Wall 5/14/2012

YES, two Best of Division winners at Dixon MayFair this weekend!  The pink flower quilt won Best of Division for hand quilting and the Cal Quilt won Best of Division for applique and came in second place for Best in Show!   I am also working on my corner blocks for my Hawaiian Quilt with a twist!  These are quite a challenge and I am on number 2 of 4!  Going to be a LONG MONTH!!  Remember to check out Judy's blog to see the rest of the design walls.

Monday Morning Design Wall 5/7/2012

 So many projects and so little time although I have made great progress.  I finally finished block #20 of My Whimsical Quilt Garden and I put all the blocks together.  I am still working on the border idea, I would love to do some more applique on it but I need some design time to figure it out. 

I also started my next project, by making all the "frames" for the applique blocks.  I also was able to start the first two blocks and they should go pretty fast as they consist of some rather large pieces!!  

I am just itching to get everything done and I think I might take some time off work to do it!  Yippee, a guilt free day or two would be very nice.  Remember to check out Judy's blog for the other design walls!!

Monday Morning Design Wall 4/23/2012

What a nice quiet weekend! My son Nicolas and his German exchange student spent the entire day at Picnic Day at UC Davis and my husband and younger son headed off on a Boy Scout camping trip. The house was mine all day! I worked on framing the finished blocks for My Whimsical Quilt Garden and I spent some serious time working on my Hawaiian Quilt With a Twist.  I was even able to get some cleaning done, not too much as that would have taken me away from my sewing time.

I only have one more block to finish up for My Whimsical Quilt Garden and am already working on putting the blocks together.  I also began looking at finishing up past projects I as had some time to dig a few of them out during my quiet Sunday morning after church.  Again, I am faced with the dilemma of too many projects but not enough time.   Our exchange student heads back to Germany on Thursday and then I really need to arrange a visit with my daughter at college, begin checking out colleges for my son, who will be applying next fall, finish cleaning up my sewing area and finish the multiple projects I have started but not finished over the past year.  I am so hooked on Applique now, I seem not to do anything else!!  Remember to check out other design walls on Judy's blog!

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