Working for the weekends

I have been busy for a few weeks now and silent to my blog but that doesn't mean I haven't been trying to get my sewing in when I can. Here is a few pictures that I have been working on.

Binding is not finished on this one when the pic was taken but its done now :) Loved this fabric And wanted to play with basic strip quilt but dramatic quilting . 

Hand pieced Hexies... trying it for the first time and loving it. This is the project I pull out when I am on the go or am watching a guy flick with my hubby lol. 

This was me taking a look at some of my new fabrics from StashModernFabrics. Ohh how I love what I got :)

Summer Dresses

 So I call this quilt Summer Dresses, but I first saw this design on the cover of the book Quilting with my Sisters by Barbara Brandeburg and Teri Christopherson. When I saw that book I said... "I am making this quilt for sure and it's going to be for me to pass down to a granddaughter or niece some day." Funny thing is my husband really likes it so I have to keep him away from it so he doesn't start growing to attached to it. Ha ha ha.

I used a layer cake some border fabric and the background fabric and called it done. It made it simple to shop for and simple to mix and match each block.

And there are my Hawaiian feet lol. I need to train my husband on his photo techniques but hey... at least he helped me. 

I really like the aged look of not washing your fabric and batting ahead of time to get this bubbled and aged. look Makes your quilts look warmer and more cozy. 

Charming Sonata

Charming Sonata by Nicole Vieira

A Quilt of firsts!  I started this quilt about 5 years ago. I found these great charm squares by moda and decided I wanted to use 2 of them in a quilt and design my own quilt. I kind of started from the center and moved out. The fabric I used for the panel and the border was a favorite of mine. So to make the center pop... I decided to stabilize and thread paint. Hey why not I always wanted to try. So without taking any classes and the thrill of a having new Bernina 440QE I went to town and started to paint. 

Trapunto! I used this technique in this center panel under the red flowers. Loved it! And then the stippling in the cream areas was what made it pop! 

Then I went crazy with the quilting. I did a shell design in the charm squares and then did a rope design that was alot of fun in the middle borders. Then in the final border and now I realize that my husband didn't get a great shot of that (thank you baby) I did a large echoed feather design. Keep in mind from a distance this looks good... but it's not that great there are no perfect lines.

The last thing to do in a quilt of firsts, is to try a binding I have never done before. I wanted to echo the triangles in the middle of the quilt with triangles on the end of it. Prairie Points! Well that was a learning experience lol. I possibly screamed loud enough that my neighbors could hear me... this was not fun.. but I now feel like I might actually do these again, now that I know how to do them correctly that is. I should really take more classes or watch a you tube video first or something. In all and all this quilt was an adventure. I spent time on this quilt, off and on for years and I am so happy the way it turned out. And this is my quilt... I use it in the evenings to wrap me up and cuddle with. My husband is jealous. heh heh maybe not. 

Playing with Blocks

Its been awhile since I have posted... but that's not because I haven't been quilting or sewing. I have been moving and shaking. I finished 3 quilts and have started on a couple more. :) Shame on me for not showing pictures. I need to get m hubby to help mee take the pictures. Posting them soon. In the mean time here are some of my new projects :)

Cute hand towels

Had some fun making these reversible hand towels on a beautiful sunny day.

Someone got caught sleeping in Tutu's quilt.

I have been blessed with the opportunity to finish hand quilting a Hawaiian quilt that my grandmother was working on. I call her Tutu it is Hawaiian for grandma and its crazy to think it's almost been 2 years ago that she had passed away. I miss you Tutu!

Today I took my dog Marco on a walk as I do often. Most the day was a little overcast and 70° which was nice and warm for a winter day. On our way back from the walk the sun was pouring through and at one point the rays of the sun were red and yellow bright streaming through the trees and just then i saw my Tutu's quilt and then I remembered it sitting nicely tucked away in my closet. I said that I would finish it and so today I came home pulled it out and I started to work on it. This picture is of my cat Jack who likes to sit on anything that mommy pays attention to while I went to work on dinner.

Stars in Print variation

My current project! I am really loving the bright colors and loving using my new 60° ruler and hoping that these four large blocks with a couple borders will create a really nice size spring & summer lap quilt.