Katie's Choice!

                                                       Here she is!  NO, Not the Baby...

                                       I got the quilt done before the baby got here. YEA! 
                                 I love this quilt,  It has been so fun to watch it take shape.

 The wind and rain was starting when I put it up outside for the pictures.

 

 Some of the first Blocks. Sister's Choice is a FREE Pattern HERE. 

Bonnie Hunter says 'Neutral is anything from White to Paper bag Brown'.

It wasn't not easy for me to use all these neutrals but I am glad I did.

 The full center.  At this point I didn't think it was big enough. I knew what border I wanted, but had to figure out how to make it work.  The fabrics I got from Kori's Grandma's Garage are used in the Ribbon Border. I made all the parts first thing when I got to the Retreat last Thursday. I had a little inspiration from Lori Holt HERE.

 

I am happy with the last border. Here it is on the floor at the Retreat.

 I think it looks like a "ruffle" around the center.

 



 
Here it is --Loaded on the Bernina Table ready for the quilting...I had to look through a few magazines for 'inspiration'.  Then I heard the quilt tell me to quilt "hearts" in there. Don't you love when the Quilt talks to You??

This one has been talking a lot! I had to put in the Girl's Basketball players fabric. I wonder what color her hair will be??? The challenge has already been issued for a Basketball game when the girls are old enough to dribble the Ball.

 

I had to 'meander' in the center since I only have that small space to quilt. I left the short sides to quilt after I turned it around and re-loaded it.  I had to turn it and reload it a 3rd time when I saw I'd forgotten a stitching line right by the first border. I NEED another hand to hold a ruler while I stitch straight lines.  There is 13" between the rails...I'm still waiting for the Bernina company to build a 'No bells and whistles'  machine that will fit and have the throat space so I can quilt my quilts and have a more "professional" finish.  In the meantime, this is all I can do.

 

I like to  see the quilting from the back. My hanging system works great outside.

Stained glass??

 I'm sure it will keep a little girl warm this coming Winter. I delivered it at the Baby Shower last night. I waited to write on the Label for the spelling of her name.
She will have a 'Big Girl' name after she is here, but she's just Katie for now.

 She can come anytime, her mother says... 

End of July! New-FO & Get it Done...

I did OK on my July Goals- 2 out of 3 isn't bad considering I had to quilt Rebekah's Baby quilt 

all by myself and went on a Retreat.

JULY Goals:

1-Get 2 Baby Girl Quilts Quilted and Bound, 1 DONE, 1 Needs Binding

2-Cushions and Pillows for the Porch - Nope

3-Re-Make Stitchin' Heaven Quilt -BLUE -Center is done, needs last borders

Sneak peek at quilting on Baby "Katie's Choice" quilt for Grand-daughter #6, Grandchild #19. Because of limited throat space I had to just meander in the center blocks.  The full "reveal" comes on Friday after the Baby Shower.

                                                       "Somewhere in Time"- Blue version 

 Center all sewn together after I "frogged" one 4-patch and put it the right way.  

I'm so glad there was only one and that I found it while sewing it together.

 27 "Midnight Flight" Blocks

 I found 1- 4-patch turned in one of the blocks I finished at Retreat.

Taking pictures has saved my quilt boo-boos this week.

****For my NewFO, I started the Fair Banner****

 HERE on July 15th so it counts as my NewFO.

This one will be one of  the August Goals for sure!  Only 24 days until I set up at the FAIR

AUGUST 2013 Goals:

1- WW Fair Banner

2- Borders on Somewhere in Time- Blue

3-Make 3 more Blocks and sew together - Midnight Flight, add Border.

4- NON Quilt Related- Make Blessing dress

While I was at the Retreat, DH got my front door and porch painted the 'right' color.

I'll Link up with Judy L HERE and with Cat Patches HERE

Design Wall Monday- June 17, 2013

The Big REVEAL happened at our Family gathering so now I can show my Blogging Friends.

I sewed all day Friday while my Family was out of the house and achieved my goal to have the 

2 Baby Girl Quilt tops to the flimsy stage.

First is "Katie's Choice"- the quilt made with scraps just like the one Bonnie Hunter just finished re-making for a class.  You can see her 2nd Sister's Choice by clicking on her name. I used Bonnie's FREE pattern and made 12 blocks.  The Neutrals are not my idea of scrappy usually. I'm getting better at random...

I made these last two blocks as leader/enders.

 I found this cute girl's Basketball fabric just like the boys Basketball fabric that was in Katie's Brother's quilt a few years ago.  I knew that it would be a good one to put in this quilt for the very Sports-minded dad.

With the whole quilt and border on.

I need to add one more border to bring it up in size so they can use it longer for the baby.

 Most of the re-make of my McCalls Challenge quilt was completed in a week's time.

I even had to do some unsewing, :/  I had to wait and get some Fusible to finish the flowers and wanted to get an opinion of which Go- Cutter DIE to use for them. 

 The picture above is how it was when the Wyoming family arrived EARLY Wednesday.  It isn't how I made the original. I realized once I had it all sewn and wondered why it was so small.

All the flowers are fused on and the first border is attached here.  The last border is also the sashing fabric.

 I pulled the colors for the Pinwheels from the border fabric.

I looked at this photo closer on Tuesday and saw a mistake I had to FIX.  SO glad I didn't leave it to be quilted at Thread and Bolts while I'm at Retreat.

Sunday was Father's Day, My Oldest Daughter's Birthday and Wedding Anniversary.  She asked me to make her an Apron and Skirt for the Pioneer Trek coming up this week.   I've been stalling on making them.  I told her she needed to fill out the forms for joining the DUP (Daughters of Utah Pioneers).  She thinks she is too busy already.  I know she is but I still want her to join.  Doesn't she make a great Pioneer?  This isn't the shirt she is wearing with it but it worked for her to MODEL for me. Her Aunt, my Sister in Law, bought her the New Bonnet for her when she visited Nauvoo.

  NaDell also called and asked for a pair of Pantaloons to go under all of this. I found a pair of PINK Seersucker pants I'd made for myself but not worn in a very long time.  I cut them off and stitched some elastic around the leg of them.  She didn't Model them for me. LOL.  The picture shows the Patch pockets I used on the apron better.  These two blocks were extra ones from my Sylvia's Bridal Sampler. I added Yellow on the back of the Bear Paw and Broken Dishes blocks before sewing them onto the apron.  She requested that it not be 'white'.  The Pioneers may have encountered both Bears and Broken Dishes on their Trek across the plains.

That's 2 of the "Get it Done" projects checked off my list for June. They will count for NewFo's as well. I'm just waiting my turn for them to get quilted before the Baby Girls arrive. 

I heard this morning she is only 7 weeks away...

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