Friday Night Fun

I have not had the opportunity to quilt with a group since moving to Maine - and miss the friends and fun when working together... so I have joined Heidi's for this Friday.  Sounds like a fun way to quilt with a group without venturing into the cold!

Have a great day!

Lynda

Peeping snowman

Two posts this morning led to this 'not the pioneer woman' snowman.. Barb's snowman block and and Susan at Blackberry Creek's Silly Saturday .... my farmhouse has a metal roof that deposits snow around the front of the house... so rather than trying to find my snow stuff, I worked from inside the front door... as a result

Greatest challenge - chasing a Jack Russell who kept stealing the carrot.

Have a great day!

Lynda

Fabric Friday

I'm not sure if I am not committed enough or just have been mulling through the past week, but I decided to join Rosebud's Fabric Friday to force myself to at least post once a week!  When I browse my blog list through Google Reader, it reminds me that I decided to blog to create a record of my work... 

Of course, today is quite gloomy in Maine.  While we haven't been hit with the cold wave that has bothered the rest of the country, we have had many gray days which does not help my attempts at pictures. 

My Friday shares... first, a finish of my zigzag quilt for the ORB quilt along from the summer.. quite a contrast to the snow.

The quilting is a series of lines following the zigs and zags - about 1/2 inch apart.  I had a very hard time deciding on the binding -- deciding factor -- didn't have enough of any print to maintain the blue color scheme - and in the end, I love the red.  I think I washed it with color catchers three times as I had a problem with bleeding in another project.

Second finish - my series of little reproduction quilts...

Now, back to work on the story quilts - deadline is next weekend!

Have a great day!

Lynda

Catch up...

Wishing all the joy of the season.  I missed a Christmas post trying to complete gifts and the cooking marathon.  We had a lovely day with family - three horses and two dogs dictate day trips but the long drive to Vermont was well worth the joy in my great nephews' faces as they browsed their story quilts that are yet to be completed.  I took white squares for signatures of grandparents, parents, and aunts and uncles for the back, so they can sleep under the love of family.  C wanted to know if I could have his done the next day.  I asked him for a week.  One note - when adapting to a new GPS, check the route on the directions from BIL... since we started and ended on an unpaved road, we checked that unpaved roads were OK -- somehow we never envisioned the single lane dirt track that was Goat Farm Road.  Thank goodness for four wheel drive.

I fell behind on my Schnibbles -- here is November's in Portobello Market - I seem to have a never ending bin of this fabric but I do love it still.  This is just the top but is in line for backing and quilting this week.

I can't remember the blog post about viewing a quilt through pictures and realizing mis-placed squares, but it is so true.  I love the Picnic quilt too much to leave the two sections with points not pointing, so will sit with seam ripper tonight and finish tomorrow.


My December Schnibbles - Tuffets.  A while ago , Carrie of Miss Rosie fame had a post about darling pin toppers.  I have since learned that I am quite vulnerable in the morning when I read my blogs, and ordered quite a few...so I used the opportunity to make pincushions for several of them.

And I used fabrics from stash for all. 

I do enjoy using the Miss Rosie patterns .. they sometimes test my patience but I love the results.

My immediate goals include finishing the many projects started over the past few years - I have a zigzag quilt in the quilting process with two other quilts in the wings.  Of course, I have to finish the boys' story quilts - then four waiting for piecing.  And I have to visit Knight's in Cape Neddick to use my gift certificate from my sister -

Hope you are all well -

Have a great day!

Lynda

Interlude

My sister was invited to a cookie exchange in Boston... with a note on the invitation that says that the packaging of the cookies is as important as the contents (Martha Stewart-ish).  Playing out the role of older sister, I volunteered to make 12 of these..

Our original plan was to get together tomorrow to complete the packages... but the forecast for Maine is iffy for the storm that is creeping up the East coast... so will get together today -- almost finished.

Under the watchful eye...

Meet Bagel -- Parson's Russell with attitude.  She does not like the camera!

Have a great day!

Lynda

On the table Thursday

What to do with 120 'I spy' squares as a result of Karen's (sewmanyways.blogspot.com) swap when you have the annual rush toward Christmas since it is hard to plan farther head than today (daughter's birthday)...

First, you separate all the foodie squares and make a bag for future niece who is in culinary school...

Next, quilts for nephews ...

I have some work to do...

Have a great day!

Lynda

Tuesday treats

I discovered quilt blogs about 6 months ago and one of the first that I started following daily was Pat's Little bits..of Pat.  I so enjoyed her unpacking of her Amish bag, and was visiting my mother in Lancaster just before Thanksgiving -- with a commitment ahead of time that I was not going to any of the quilt shops this time.  Silly me - I should have known that I couldn't resist the temptation when I drove by (and turned around) the one shop that I have not browsed.  So here are the results of my stop at the PA Fabric outlet on the New Holland Pike.  I can't be as creative as Pat with her tour of the Amish bag - I can't find mine anywhere...Lots of home dec fabric and...

Five yards of white quilter's cotton - two of the cream - and a handle for a ruler.

Black and red webbing for bag straps...

Eight zippers ($1) and 2 wads of elastic (35 cents)..

A bag of buttons and horse bit clasps ($3)

2 yards each of these fabrics - all cotton - at $3.50 a yard

And 3 yards of this fabric - joins my collection of horse fabric for the 2 acre horse quilt that I will make for my daughter some day.

Total purchase - $70...  inspired by Pat?  No, I will assume full responsibility.  There were numerous bins of bits and pieces... my mother wanted to purchase one piece of lace as an insert in her 'low cut' shirts but had to select 6 for a $1 despite trying to tell the clerk that she would just pay the same for the one she selected.

Have a great day!

Lynda