Design Wall Monday- February 27, 2012

My "Just Takes 2" Blocks

I am Loving this combination of fabrics and the Blocks I am making with the Dear Jane and Sentimental Stitches group of Just Takes 2 group.  I see them in many different colors, from Blue, turquoise and of course the RED- in honor of the collection that was shared last year in New York City.  HERE is a Link to read more about the "Infinite Variety Exhibit".

A couple of the blocks shown are not completed, I have a bit of hand work left to do on them.  I put a box around the duplicate block I made.  How did that happen?  I was having too much fun using the Marti Michell templates that night and hadn't put a check mark on the page for this BLOCK and made it again, I guess.

Click HERE to go see more Design Wall postings this Last Monday in February...

Making more 6.5" Blocks

 

Tuesday was the Farmer's Wife Small Group Gathering at Thread and Bolts Quiltshop. We had four of us there working on the February blocks.  Since I had mine all cut out I got to sew the last 5 of my February Blocks.  We had 11 to make in this short month. (The last 3 are duplicate blocks)

Tuesday night I made 2 more of the Just Takes 2 Blocks.  I used the Marti Michell Templates rather than the PP method to make these 2 blocks. 10 of the 18 are made.

 While I had the Templates out I thought I could make a couple of the 30's SBS Blocks to go with the 2nd Sylvia's Bridal Sampler Quilt I am making.  The Sister's Choice is the BOW this week and I didn't have it made in the 30s' fabrics yet. The first block is another one I needed to make 'Duck and Ducklings'. 45 of the 140 are done as of this week.  I don't plan to make ALL of them.  I have about 22 more that are definitely on my list to be made.

I think if there is a Block that is common to the Farmer's Wife Just Takes 2 and my 30's SBS- I can just make extras for each of those quilts and get more done.
My copy of Jennifer's newest Book has arrived-  "Sonoma Rose" was released on Tuesday, Feb 21st. Keep reading the BLOG for a Giveaway -coming soon.

Happy Hearts Day!!!

"Happy Hearts Day"

This morning my "Sweetheart" left this card and box on the kitchen table for me. 

Our 36th Valentine's Day. We will Celebrate -this Friday at the "Ward Valentine's Dance"

Listen to the Song that came to my mind today. I had to find it on U-Tube. Sung by my favorite two siblings who entertain us in the way back machine from the Donny and Marie Show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylqSJ0CGlR4

I had my Monthly Daughters of Utah Pioneer's  meeting at my house on Monday and shared my Sugar Cookies along with yummy  Broccoli and cheese soup with hot rolls. My Sunday School class got some on Sunday also.  Here's the recipe: This dough doesn't have to chill before you roll and bake them even.


Sugar Cookies
1 cup Butter or Margarine
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
Beat together until creamy
add:
1 Teas each Vanilla, Salt and Soda (I use Almond Flavoring instead of Vanilla)
4 1/2 cups Flour
Mix in order, roll out and bake 10-12 minutes at 350 degrees. Cool and frost!


This is my Valentine's Table runner that I designed as a Sample for a Class at Hancock Fabrics. I have a pink version that I made during the class that just needs to be quilted.  That is on the agenda today, so I can show it at Quilt Guild tonight.  I want to try some of the FREE MOTION hearts like they have been doing on the Free Motion Challenge over at SewCal Gal's Blog.  I haven't joined it officially...there are over 300 already linked up.

In honor of the day I finished the Heart block for It Takes 2.  No wonder that song came to mind...

My 8th Block of the set done with English Paper Piecing.  More blocks will be ready to download online tomorrow. 

I had to show a little "LOVE" to my machine today, too.  Took off the throat plate and the bobbin holder to get all the 'dust bunnies' out of there.  Time for a New needle and some oil. 

I've been informed that it is not good to use the canned air anymore.

Today is Paul's Aunt Valeea's Birthday.  When the children were younger, she would send them Valentine's.  I miss those little cards coming every year.  

Sewing for fun!

I've had to work on "Tester Blocks" all week so making these blocks was for FUN.  First up are 3 of the February Blocks for "The Farmer's Wife".  It is so easy to make these blocks when I take the time to cut out a few and they are ready to sew in a few moments of time.  These were cut from Lynn's Scrap Basket using the Marti Michell Templates.

 I'm still behind on the "Just Takes 2" Blocks...but tonight I got 4 more made.  Here are 7 of the 13 that have been posted.  The Button is at the Bottom of the BLOG!

I'm still getting used to my New Camera...Not liking the fuzzy photos so much.  I guess the adage is true- "You get what you pay for". One good thing about this camera is it requires no Batteries.  It came with a charger to plug into the wall.

NewFo Link Up time

It's the last day of the Month and I've done really good with starting new projects...LOL  Today is the day to LINK up over at Cat Patches Blog.
Only one of them is on my NEWFO list in the "pages" above. That is the Farmer's Wife.  I have enjoyed reading the stories in the front of the Book. So far I have the 10 blocks made for January and 3 February Blocks cut out.  I'm ahead, but not enough to be ready for the next Small groups session out at Thread and Bolts Quilt Shop- in three more weeks. We will hopefully finish this quilt before the end of the year.

My Design Wall Monday Posts have shown most of these already, but I'll re-post the pictures here to show how far they are right now. These are the 3 projects I started because I saw them on my Blog-hopping and couldn't resist the cuteness.

 My 12 Days of Christmas that I saw over at Temecula Quilt Company Blog. I never thought 3.5" blocks could be so fun.  Notice that each block has the NUMBER of Pieces in it to go with the 12 days. I put them in order like the sample.  I added the sashing all around the small blocks.  I love the Civil War and Thimbleberries fabrics I have collected.  I still have my Civil War anniversary quilt marinating on the Design wall too. It has 20 of the 56 blocks completed. There's a Button at the Bottom of my Blog to go to the CW Blog and see all the different settings for this quilt.  I'm still dreaming of how I will finish mine.

These are the Pink Lemonade Blocks.  They don't have the 'Lemonade" added just yet.  And the Half Blocks and Quarter Blocks are waiting to be sewn. Some left those extra blocks off their quilts and I might just have to be a follower and do that too, see some of them HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE. you can clearly see I get inspired by all of the Quilty Blogs on my Sidebar. My stash of Civil War fabrics is mostly fat quarters and I don't have the color of 'double pink' I want to use yet... You can see more people who were inspired to do Lori's Quilt-a-Long when she has her LINKUP on Wednesday over at HUMBLE QUILTS. Click HERE.

My Just Takes 2 Blocks are done in my favorite Color!- Purple, and using my favorite fabric from my Hancock Fabrics days here in Walla Walla.  I may have to add in some other fabrics when the blocks have more than two tones or need more contrast. I have printed out the second set of blocks but still need to make them. Some are 6.5" and some are 12.5" blocks.  This will be a quilt that goes all year.
So it's time to get moving and stitching around here, no more napping all day and being in a FUNK!  There are too many fun quilts to make...
So click over HERE and see all the Linked up quilters this month.

Design Wall Monday- January 16, 2012

I finished 3 of the 6 Blocks for "JUST Takes 2".  Half way there for January.  5 New Blocks were posted on Sunday, HERE. The Sentimental Stitches blog will send you on to the Dear Jane Blog HERE for the patterns. With the snow falling and a NO mail day today, I have time to work on these this week. BIG Surprise that I'm using "PURPLE", right? This will be a fun quilt using the Bolt of the background WOW (White on White) and my favorite fabric line (Quilter's Shades Plus) that is discontinued now from Hancock Fabrics. More 6.5" blocks.  So much bigger than the 3.5" ones and 5" ones I made last week.
The final step of "Pink Lemonade" was posted on Sunday.  I get to choose my setting squares, while I catch up on the Half and Quarter Blocks. Thanks, Lori for a fun Civil War Mini quilt.
The Farmer's Wife Starts this week and my 10 Blocks are made for the Month. See them at the bottom of the post HERE.  It helps to know the Quilt shop Owner in charge of the class. I hope the snow doesn't stop us from meeting on Tuesday.
I only need to cut out and make my Tester blocks and the BOM blocks for Morning Glory Designs Applique quilt. Yes, I'm busy, but that is how I like it!

Check out more links over at JUDY L's Blog HERE.