Design Wall Monday - August 31, 2015

Last day to finish up my August Goals

 The Quiltville 2014 Mystery is on "Betsy" ready to quilt in my spare time this week, LOL

Grand Illusion

I have a couple of last minute projects to get ready for my Demos at the FAIR.

Fabric for Samples are ready.

Can you guess what I'll be making?

 Hint: April Issue of American Patchwork and Quilting.

Remember these letters???

They are on my Narrow Portable Design Wall today.

I want to sew them together for a Banner to display at Needlework Dept 54.

Just a few more letters to make. N L W R K

I decided that the banner not include the Year's Theme so it can be used each year.

Taking in the Entries, Judging and Setting up is Almost DONE.  

I just need to take my Machine and projects down to the Pavilion sometime before Wednesday.

See you back here then with LOTS of pictures of FUN Quilts and Needlework displays at the Fair.

Meanwhile you can go HERE and see what others are doing  this week.

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 - July 22, 2013

I did it! Be-Ribboned #2 is QUILTED and off the Table. It's not as good as I wanted but the Baby will not care, right?  Don't look too close at the un-regulated stitches.  I'm still practicing on that.  I do like the "Pebbles" I did around the Go Flowers. This was the sneak peek I showed my friend Saturday night at the Baseball game. She wants to make my Quilt too.  Yea, now to finish the pattern writing.

 Swirly Quilting on the corners

 Close-up of the Feather Border

Janet O asked to see an example of my Feathers.  

 I  quilted up to the stroke of Midnight Saturday night so I had the final Feathers in the border to do this Morning.  I took the quilt out and turned it so I could quilt it in one pass. 

The stitches are pretty big but they blend in pretty good with the faux stitches in the border fabric.

 My favorite part is Cutting it off the leaders!!! 

Sorry, Tina I didn't have enough of the Border fabric for the back.

The final result- before Binding.

I must have had the backing too tight on that bottom border, opps. Lessons learned.

The Baby Girl "Katie's Choice" quilt needs to be finished next. I just have to decide on the quilting.

The letters are all made for the Fair Banner.  I'll work on this more this coming week-end. 

I found more of the background fabric I needed while Shop Hopping in Pendleton. 

I didn't end up going to the rest of the shops this past week-end, I was too busy Quilting. 

Only 5 more weeks until the FAIR!

I'm linking up to Patchworktimes as usual this Monday...HERE