OMG Success and What's Up Next

Again, I'm sneaking in just in time with my April OMG Finish.  My goal was to make two pillow shams to go with my Sea Glass quilt.  And, yes I finished both shams in time. The last one was finished about 10am on the final day. 

The room really needed some color and these have succeeded.  Below is a close up of the quilting Ruthie and I put on the fronts. 

The square design is Spring Sunrise Block 4 from My Creative Designs. Above and below the designs are Fulton Feather Border also by My Creative Designs.  The thread is So Fine #   

Now it's time to figure out what will be my May OMG.  This time I'm going to list a couple of goals as I'm pretty sure I can get several of these projects done. First up, finish this granny squares top. (This is the second one.) I took this picture to audition the inner border -- I had two different greens I could use but I decided I would use the same brown as the sashing.  Then, I'll use this leftover fabric for the border.  If I can get it quilted that would be a bonus but not part of my OMG. 

Next I want to quilt and bind two friendship stars quilts.  You can see both on the design wall here.  Here are the two quilts along with the backing I'll be using.  Well you can only see one of the quilts and the backing.  The backing is a wide back so I plan to load the quilts one after another.  It should save some time. 

And, last I'm planning on getting at least one quilt top made while I'm at retreat.  I've decided I should use this fabric I bought a couple of years ago.  Time to make it up and get it to some charity.  I may also make a pillow case but that won't be part of the goal. I'm not sure which of these fabrics I'll use with the parrots but they all would go really well.  Must consult my Quilts for Baby Easy as ABC by Ursula Reikes and the other two books in the series.  I use them all the time, must make a decision and start cutting! These fabrics are so fun so I'm sure I'll really enjoy making the quilt too! 

So three projects: granny squares becomes a top, 2 friendship stars quilts will be quilted and bound, and my parrot fabric will become a quilt top.  That's a lot of goals but I'm pretty motivated to get these things done.  

That's it from me today.  I'm linking up with Elm Street Quilts' OMG April Finish Link Up, and Quilt Fabrication's Midweek Makers.  I'm also hoping to link up with Needle and Thread Thursday when it becomes available. I've just spent way to much time blog hopping instead of finishing quilt my royal blue snowflake quilt.  On to the studio! 

Happy Quilting All!  Bonnie 

Monday Meanderings 5 - 29 - 2019

Oh NO!  The month is almost done and I'm not done with my OMG -- One Monthly Goal.  But I have 2 days to finish.... will I succeed?  OF COURSE I will.  Probably on Tuesday! Here's the first one done: 

Ruthie did a wonderful job quilting out these designs. The second one is quilted, it just needs the backing made and sewn together. I should be able to do it tomorrow morning or Tuesday.  So, I expect I'll have a successful OMG this month. 

Here's what distracted me from OMG.  Our chorus, The Spotsylvanians, is having an open sing called Sing for a Night to get people who might be interested in joining in the fall to have a chance to hear us up close and personal.  We'll have snacks, door prizes and a chance for guests to sing along if they want.  So, for two of door prizes I embroidered a kitchen towel and an apron.  Here's the apron. 

It was an uphill battle as I hadn't tried any embroidery except in the owner class.  Ugh.  I couldn't even figure out how to open a design from the USB stick.  Many videos* later I figured it out.  I'm tickled how well it turned out although I probably should have made the design slightly bigger.  It will be a nice door prize. *Have you heard of Sewing Mastery? They have short videos on using sewing machines.  It appears they have the most for Vikings but also cover some Berninas, Brothers, Pfaffs and Singers.  Not all models are included such as my Bernina 635 (or any 600 machines.) If you need some info on your machine it is worth taking a look at the videos. 

So, how did this last minute activity impact my goals this week?  Not too badly.

April 22, 2019

Bind Mystery of Powhatan quilt√

Hand quilt on old Christmas quilt√

Finish sashing granny blocks√

Quilt snowflake quilt nope, didn’t happen

Make pillow shams for our bed One done, one to do

And what's up for this coming week? 

April 29, 2019

Finish last pillow sham

Quilt snowflake quilt

Hand quilt on old Christmas quilt

Border granny top 

Prep another project for retreat

That's it for me now.  I'm linking to my regular Monday linky parties: Oh Scrap, Monday Making, and Moving It Forward. (Oops, Moving It Forward doesn't have a link today.) I've just found What I Made Monday at Pretty Piney Quilts. I'm going to give it a try for a while.  Take some time to browse some of the bloggers who link up at these parties.  I'll be back sometime this week for my OMG link up.  

Happy Quilting All! Bonnie 

Pillow Shams

Just a quick post to show off some pillow shams.  

Made by Jenny from the book Shams with Style: Customize and Coordinate the Perfect Pillow Sham or Accent Pillow by Heather Mulder Peterson and Deb Mulder. They look really good with her oriental quilt.  


Baby Alert!  Cute baby in front of pillow shams....

And here is one of the pair I made many years ago.  There is a matching wall hanging.  And, once again, these started as part of a Mysteries for Relay quilt. 

I'm making progress on the magenta and green quilt top.  One of the sides has the second border on it.  Last night I trimmed up half square triangles and cut the rest of the double bow tie blocks.  Hopefully I'll get the rest of the border on the magenta/green quilt and get all of the double bow ties done this week.  Progress! 


Happy Quilting All!