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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Monday Morning Design Wall 4/16/2012

 Ah, another week and I am almost done with this applique quilt top.  Only a few left to do and I am already working on the framing for each block.  As you can see below, I have actually included a picture of the actual design wall as I am working on block placement.  I did not get as much done as I hoped because the camping trip for my son and his German exchange student was cancelled due to rain.  Rain?  Really?  I tried to talk them into going...."What is a little rain when you can camp?"  Needless to say, they did not go for it.  The weather did clear up in time for the Group Trip to Muir Woods in Marin, California and then a trip after to Muir Beach for lunch and some fun in the sun.  The German kids really enjoyed the Pacific ocean with a couple of them attempting swimming!

 I tried to explain to the kids that the surfers were wearing wet suites for a reason but they still went in the water.  They did have fun and learned to throw an American football!

 I just realized that the eyes are missing from my bird!

I will need to get those done as soon as possible so I don't forget to finish off the bird.  I really like the block borders, not too scrappy as I am keeping to four colors with the pink inside each block.

Don't forget to check out all the rest of the amazing design walls on Judy's blog.

Monday Morning Design Wall 4/9/2012

 

More applique for me now as I spent the entire day Sunday sewing together the blocks for my double wedding ring quilt.  I only have 5 or 6 blocks left in My Whimsical Quilt Garden quilt by Piece O Cake!  Needless to say, since I have four or five more projects lined up I will manage to keep myself busy when these are done.  I am so hoping to get TONS of stuff done this week as my 14 year old is in Mexico for Spring Break with the church youth group and the 17 year old and his German Exchange Student, Moritz, are going camping in Santa Cruz for a couple of days...so no dinners to cook, no breakfast for the entire week and time for me to quilt and sew. 

Nicolas and Moritz enjoyed Baker's Beach in San Francisco on Saturday and are looking forward to the beach in Santa Cruz.   Remember to check out Judy's blog and see all the other design walls.