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sao Quilty Happenings

drsao — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:29:55 +0000

I am celebrating right now – yeah – because I have now completed the bindings on FOUR QUILTS this past week. I just LOVE crossing things off my list – especially my UFO list.Here you go…..#1 SPLIT-NINE PATCH (my brother told me to tilt the camera to get THE WHOLE THING in – but I am not sure this worked……it makes me feel like I am on that flight simulator ride at the Aerospace Museum in San Diego!) Some of these blocks were from an online swap exchange. I really like this quilt!

Split Nine-Patch

#2 Milky Way…….from the Cutting Bee with Augusta Cole in January! I absolutely find it almost impossible to take a picture of a quilt at my house WITHOUT a cat lounging on it…….they can hear that quilt touching the floor from any place in the house! All of the fabric for this quilt came from the cutting bee – I had so much fun – I am going to do this again next year!

Milky Way

#3 Moda Piece and Plenty Mystery Quilt – 2008 – finally it is complete! Now that I have it made, I am not sure what to do with it. It isn’t exactly the kind of quilt that you would take on a picnic.

Moda Piece and Plenty 2008

#4 Maverick Ant Stars (Maverick Stars is a free Bonnie K. Hunter pattern at Quiltville.com) and I made the sashing from Leaders and Enders using 2″ wide fabrics of varing lengths – I like the look! I think it is absolutely official – I love scrappy quilts.

Maverick Ant Stars

I also made my Country Piecemaker’s Myster BOM block for August….I think we will be finding out how these pieces go together next month!

Country Piecemaker's Mystery BOM for August

And I made my Chain of Fools BOM from Quilter’s Corner for August…..I know, I know, it looks a lot like the block for July – that is BECAUSE I accidentally made the July block again! Can’t believe it but I did…..and I am going to keep it and PRETEND that it is the August block! I like it better than the August block anyway…..there……have I convinced myself.

Chain of Fools - August Wannabe

MY CARRY-ON CHALLENGE

And this is NOT a quilty happening – but I did get my luggage for my New England Tour in October - on sale at Macys! YEAH. At Target today I got lots of little travel sized toiletries. I just might be able to pull this off!

Here is my 21″ bag……..will I be able to meet my CARRY-ON CHALLENGE? I am going to try to pack for 8 days in ONE SMALL BAG! I practiced today going without any hairspray and I must admit I had a bit of a wild look! sigh. :)

sao's Carry - on Challenge

sao’s QUILTY STUFF

drsao — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:27:12 +0000

It is that time again – a personal SHOW AND TELL of sao’s quilty stuff…..

First – my Quilter’s Corner 30’s Club Blocks for June……

30's Club June 09

30's Club Piece N Plenty June Block

I really like the little filler block for the Piece N Plenty Quilt – I added the little bunny!

30's Club Filler Block

I also completed my CHAIN OF FOOLS July Block of the Month at Quilter’s Corner ….

Chain of Fools - July 2009

My PEPTO CHATTANOOGA CHOO CHOO QUILT now has borders and is with my long arm quilter Sara – complete with a little label!!!!! I really like the border fabric that Susan picked out…..hot pink! I got the pattern from Augusta Cole’s CUTTING BEE in January but the fabric was all from my stash – I have been collecting pinks for awhile……and there is barely a dent in my pink fabric.

Borders on Pepto Chattanooga Choo Choo Quilt

THE LABEL!

Creative Labeling

And Finally I did some creative work on my label – two YO YO’s and three buttons GLUED ON WITH FABRI-TAC covered the holes left by the basting stitches. Thanks to my VA SCRAPPER friends for coming up with this solution!!!

and…

I am currently working on my CELTIC KNOTWORK Block one – a picture will no doubt appear soon! If you want the pattern click on lynnes fresh hope quilting on my blog roll (she doesn’t use capital letters and so I didn’t either!)

My Quilty Stuff this week June 20 2009

drsao — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:23:39 +0000

I don’t think I have posted any of my quilty stuff lately….I am slipping. I have been working on Augusta Cole’s CONFETTI QUILT for most of the week – I will post pictures when I get the top together – there must be a “MILLION” 2″ pieces in this quilt – but in the end, I am going to look at it and say WOW – you did it, sao!

I finished binding my nephew Joey’s HS graduation quilt – I named it JOEY’S FOREVER PLAID – and the pattern for it *scrappy stars* is on the website – Kim’s Big Quilting Adventures. I love this quilt – made with Joey’s outgrown plaid boxer shorts – and I thank Sheddy (aka SAR) for directing me to the pattern. TA DA….here it is. It was quilted by A NEEDLE RUNS THROUGH IT – my Sara was on vacation.

JOEY'S FOREVER PLAID QUILT

Cuddles Tinkerbelle – the sweetest cat ever – is resting on the quilt!

Back of Joey's Forever Plaid Quilt

I have also been working on the POWHATAN QUILTER’S MYSTERY QUILT – pictures will be posted later – I am saving it until I get the top finished – but is is halfway there!

Here are other things that I have been amusing myself with….

Country Piecemaker's Mystery BOM

Thimbleberries Filler Blocks

Thimbleberries June Block

Bonnie's Christmas Lights Mystery

Chain of Fools June BOM from QC

Moda Selvages June Block

Moda Selvages June Filler

I have been making bindings too – and have several ready to do the handwork on.

AND last but not least – I have quite a few of Bonnie’s Double Delight Blocks ready to sew together. I am HAPPY to say that I have finished all of the DOUBLE 9-Patch Blocks!

Double 9-Patch Blocks for DOUBLE DELIGHT

And I have all the pieces finished for the alternate block – I just need to sew them together!

Double Delight Block

School is out – more time for sewing – and with me there is never a dull moment!

sao’s NEW QUILTY STUFF

drsao — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:15:46 +0000

What have I been doing, you ask? Here are my latest projects…..and monthly assignments.

30’s Club……

30's Club Piece and Plenty

Filler #1

Filler #2

Moda Selvages 2009…..

Moda May Blocks

Moda May Filler

Main Street Houses…..

Main Street Houses – I finished all four blocks today – and after I had finished I realized that I had put a leaf at the top of the vines – and there should be a straight edge vine showing at the top. OH NO. I AM BUMMED. If it were for me, I wouldn’t care because OBVIOUSLY I liked it with the leaf at the top or I wouldn’t have IMAGINED that that was how it was supposed to me.

BUT….this is a block exchange – so I am at a loss for what to do…..I just cannot cannot cannot start over. Well, I COULD, but it would be distressing. LOL. :) Any ideas?

Main Street Houses - FINIS

Thimbleberries – 2009……..

Thimbleberries May

Thimbleberries May Filler

OLD VIRGINIA ROAD

and…..ta da…..tonight I finished the binding on my Old Virginia Road …..and that is probably my greatest accomplishment…..because binding is not my favorite thing.

Old Virginia Road

Chain of Fools - May Block

What I SEWED on Spring Break April 2009

drsao — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:57:11 +0000

I did a bit of sewing over Spring Break this past week!

WANNA SEE? OK – some of it will be revealed. First here are the things that I did that I have no pictures for. You will just have to believe me on this! Is this mysterious, or what!

I worked on my IF I WERE A FLOWER CHALLENGE QUILT for Country Piecemakers Quilt Guild, but that won’t be revealed until the middle of May! Sara quilted it for me and I am doing the HAPPY LOVE MY QUILT DANCE! Also, because it is a surprise I can’t show the Brown Bag Exchange blocks that I made for Country Piecemakers.

I am also plugging away at the Powhatan Quilter’s Mystery Quilt and Bonnie K. Hunter’s Double Delight Quilt – no NEW PICTURES – I posted some examples earlier on my blog though! Oh yes, and I did some applique work on my Cherries, Chickens and Checks Quilt – pictures to come soon.

NOW…..here is what I did take pictures of! I finished the top and back of my Quilters Corners Quilt – a BOM from Quilter’s Corner from April 2008 to March 2009!

Quilters Corners Top

Quilters Corners Back (and Cuddles)

And I did my monthly assignments for April for the Moda Selvages Quilt….oops another cat jumped into the picture and I didn’t notice until now – oh well, you get the picture!

Moda Selvages - April

Moda Selvages Filler Blocks - April

And of course I did my Thimbleberries April assignment!

April Thimbleberries

April Filler Blocks for Thimbleberries

And I made the first block of the new BOM CHAIN OF FOOLS from Quilter’s Corner ……..In case you don’t recognize it it is because I changed the colors so that I could use 30’s fabrics. The pattern and the suggested fabrics (black, white, red, and turquoise) are available at QC now. In case you are gasping because my flying geese blocks HAVE NO POINTS – let me explain….they are NOT FLYING GEESE BLOCKS AT ALL….they are a new creation – “sao’s flying geese wanna bes”…..haven’t we all created something new once in awhile?

CHAIN OF FOOLS BOM QC Block 1

And I am happy to say that I got caught up with the Country Piecemaker’s BOM Mystery Quilt designed by Catherine and Sandie…..so here are my four blocks…..Block one had to incorporate yo yo’s – and so I did!

January Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

Block 2 incorporated flying geese……and here are mine!

February Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

Block 3 consisted of piano keys……yep, I did that too!

March Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

……and Block 4 was to include a star or stars…..voila!

April Block Country Piecemaker's Mystery

The interesting part of this quilt of mine – is that so far I have used ORPHAN PIECES left over from other projects that didn’t fit in to the final project for one reason or another.

And one other thing that I wanted to include here was a Quilter’s Corner shop sample that I pieced (not on spring break – but earlier) – the pattern is 4OT and the fabric is MODA – collection for a cause. It is one of my FAVORITE QUILTS EVER and the pattern and fabric is now for sale at Quilter’s Corner in Midlothian, VA.

HERE IT IS!

4OT - at Quilter's Corner

The last thing that I did on spring break was to make FOUR house blocks for an exchange with friends – I still have some applique pieces to iron on – but other than that, it is a GO! The pattern is called MAIN STREET HOUSES – I like it a lot.

Main Street Houses