Friday- March 2016 Report

It was a busy Month again.  

My OMG Goal was done earlier this week HERE

As for the rest of my March Goals

1- 1930's Farmer's Wife -Blocks of the week - I made 3

2-Loyal Union Sampler - the Yahoo group has almost finished the first round. NOPE

3- Pat Sloan "My Secret Garden" block 3 YES

4- Finish Guild & Class samples and Patterns YES 

This is the Flimsy of my last Class Sample @ Walla Walla Sew n Vac & Spas this Spring.

Class Schedule is HERE

It took most of a day to buttonhole stitch around the fused parts.  Changing threads for each color.

 Melissa @ Happy Quilting didn't put a border on hers HERE

I think it needs a small border.

I found some Green that has some dots the color of the Stems & leaves.

The very last day of the Month I got the March Block of the Month Done for 

My Secret Garden

"Japanese Tea House"

The April Block is HERE

 All 3 Month's blocks so far

This block brought my Total for the Month = 74

and because I don't have enough to do....

Our Refrigerator went out Easter weekend

It wasn't in the Plan, but here it is in all it's HUGE-ness.

I'll post April Goals next week.

I'm heading to the Tri-Cities Quilt Show.

Next week is Spring Break.

No Foolin' around, It's another Grandson's Birthday!
My Helper; Jacob is 5 today.
His mom said when she was almost at her Due date that she didn't want him to come on April Fool's.
She thought people wouldn't believe her when she called to announce his birth.  LOL

I Need a Little Spring - Daisy Chain

I had a fun day playing with Fusible to make the blocks for my last Class Sample. 

I had no idea how many sheets of Steam a Seam II it would take.

It's good to know so I can pass that info along.

DH came home and I was just cutting out all the Fusible shapes.

 4 hours later he woke up from a nap and I am laying the blocks, unstitched, on the floor.

 Blue flower in the Center or Lavendar???

Now I can't decide which way I like better.

Did you notice I changed my mind on which fabrics to use?

These fabrics spoke to me when I went into the quilt Zone.

It was fun to play with this pattern. 

My favorite part is the story that goes with her quilt. 

Melissa Blogged her re-make HERE.

It's in her book  "Irish Chain Quilts".  You can Purchase it by clicking to her Blog.

This is my WIP for the last day of #IGQUILTFEST.

 How long will it take for me to do all the stitching down on these Blocks.  

I wonder???

Should I do a Blanket stitch by Hand or machine??

Watch and see what I decide.

Design Wall Monday- March 21, 2016

This Quilt is off to hang in Walla Walla Sew n Vac this week.
It's my Class Sample for June.

It's all done!!! YEA
I finished the binding on a road trip Saturday night.

I love the quilting on it.

Linking up with Judy L HERE

It's The first  full day of SPRING and what better project to get out than a Floral one.

My Last Class Sample to be finished is Daisy Chain for May.

It's found in this book by Melissa of Happy Quilting Blog

 

Click the Daisy Chain link to get to her Blog to buy the Book.

I need to choose fabrics for it.
 Here are two choices from my STASH.


I remembered the 2 pound grab bags from TRENDS that I hadn't looked at yet.
Any of these would make a pretty Daisy Chain Quilt.

Graceful Moments by Maywood &  In Stitches by Robin Kingley
There are a couple Beautiful Basics in there, too.
Yes, I'm a Name dropper, I save the selvages.

These 2 BATIKS were in there too- YUCKY
I don't mix them in with my cotton fabrics!

 More goodies from Trends, some stuff that came with my $100 credit.
This is from another of the Take n Teach classes.
Quilting Treasures did this DEMO.

It was fun even though she used Batiks...

 I wanted to wait until I got the supplies from part of my Credit.

Now I can make one from my more favorite fabrics.

I saw this book  at Trends, I decided to order with my Credit.

I also ordered Thread and Marti Michell stuff.  Some items were back ordered.

I got a big Tote Bag to use for my RETREATS this year.

This spool of Aurifil came in the mail from Pam Buda

I had forgotten about entering a drawing for Aurifil on her Blog.

It's always nice to get a surprise in the mail.