Design Wall Monday 9-19-11

I'm back and I have some new things to share. The wedding was lovely, the bride and groom were beaming as was the sunshine.  Kevin and Aimee are in Thailand learning to scuba dive and riding elephants. 


Here's what's on the design wall bed: 

These are the blocks I received this year from the FCQEquilters.  They made enough so that I could make a twin size comforter and a baby quilt.  Both will be donations. 

I'm making progress on the center of this applique.  It will be donated to the Komen Foundation and auctioned in Baltimore.  I hope to get my part finished and in the mail this week.  All the triangles are made but I'm still sewing them together as a leader/ender project. 

These blocks are the current FCQEquilters requested block.  Wow, these are really easy.  I'm going to have to find some more pastel fabrics to go with the sweet baby clothes.  And, heaven knows I have lots of the brights.  
I have one more project I started yesterday.  I had gathered the fabrics over several years.  I'll try to remember to post it next week when it actually begins to take shape.  It will be another donation to the local NICU. 
No goals last week and it sure was obvious.  I think I finished 2 books though as I wasn't very motivated to sew or quilt. 

Goals for week of 9/5/11

Make bandanas for Homer and Cassie√

Prep binding for the red and white quilt√

Mani, pedi and hair trim √

Get the wrinkles out of the dress for the wedding Um, didn’t work really well…

Finish cleaning house√

Enjoy Kevin and Aimee’s wedding weekend√

Goals for week of 9/19/11

Mail blocks to New Zealand

Finish up my round of the Komen donation quilt

Cut out quilt to take on retreat

Return some shoes and a dress

Make and mail pinwheels

Finish NICU top

Quilt Quilts for Kids Quilt

Quilt NICU top

And last but not least -- guess who took some steps on her own this past week? 

Not at the wedding but at home.  She was a big hit at the wedding too. 

And, here's Cassie wearing her Wedding 5K t-shirt and her bandana I made along with the bride and groom's legs. 

Go visit Patchwork Times to see design walls across blogland.  I'm off to do a bit of sewing and to get breakfast. 

Happy quilting all. 

Wedding Day 9-10-11

Aimee, Kevin, Homer and Cassie grace the wedding cake... 

Where are we sitting?  

Sophia was a popular photo subject. 

Cassie got to attend the wedding even if she mostly spent time in her crate in the house. 

Aimee and Kevin during the photo shoot. 

Aimee is one smart girl! 

I basically put my camera away during the ceremony and the party afterwards.  So until I can get photos from Jenny and some other friends I'm done with wedding day pictures! 

I hope to share photos of our day in Richmond but I don't know how many photos I took.  Today, I plan to spend in the studio.  I've got bandanas to finish and blocks to do for Fran and the Komen quilt center to get done. Plus I have a retreat in two weeks to get ready for.  I'll be busy over the next few weeks. 

Happy Quilting All! 

Pre Wedding Fun

 All packed and ready to go... yes our clothes are in there too. 

On the way to Williamsburg.

Dropping off a goody bag for Lisa and Kirk. 

Aimee and Kevin before the Wedding 5K.  

Relaxing after the Wedding 5K. 

Even the dogs are all dolled up in their Wedding 5K t shirts and bandanas... 

Sophia, Kevin, Brian, Jenny, Aimee and Cassie ready for the next event. 

Bring on the wedding! 

I'm not quilting but I hope everyone else is having a great time quilting. 

No Design Wall Monday 9/5/11

There is nothing new on my design wall.  So I'm not really doing a design wall Monday.  You can visit Patchwork Times to see what others have been working on. Cause, I haven't been doing much of anything sewing-wise.  

Goals for week of 8/29/11

Buy shoes for new dress √

Finish a few more dog bandanas√

Finish quilting the Red & White baby quilt,√ make and apply binding

Start cleaning house for post wedding guests √

Add borders to Komen donation quilt started

Make and send blocks for FCQ Equilters (really, it is time to get this done and in the mail…) Need to make some more but some are done

Finish Winter Rail Fence binding

Clean up cutting table & organize fat quarters Ok, one or two things were put away but definitely not cleaned up.

Goals for week of 9/5/11

Make bandanas for Homer and Cassie

Prep binding for the red and white quilt

Mani, pedi and hair trim

Get the wrinkles out of the dress for the wedding

Finish cleaning house

Enjoy Kevin and Aimee’s wedding weekend

By the way, the first shoes are being worn to the wedding.  The second shoes are headed for the trash because some little black dog drag one of the shoes off of the dining room table and ate it...or at least tried to eat it.  Can you say "living in the dog house"?  to a little black dog! I was definitely not happy about that whole thing. 

It looks like Katia, the hurricane, is going to make a right hand turn and head out to the Atlantic instead of turning left and visiting Urbanna, Virginia where the wedding is taking place. Let's hope she doesn't change her mind.  

Design Wall Monday 8/15/11 -- Ooops

Not a darn thing new on the design wall...  you can see what was on last week's design wall by clicking here.  And see what's on design walls across the country by visiting Patchwork Times. 

I finished quilting the Disappearing 9 Patch UFO and then got the binding done at my local guild meeting. (It was a longer meeting than normal...) Sorry I didn't get a picture of it finished.  I used Quilter's Dream Blend for the first time.  It is 70% cotton, 30% poly.  It is extremely flat but I like it.  I'll have to see how I like it once I try to use the quilt.  I was really pleased how fast I was able to quilt this one.  It was all free motion swirls. 

I got this pattern from a Robert Kaufman's web site.  Cute purse but not the best instructions.  And, I used what I had on hand so "heavy weight" interfacing became craft interfacing which was used in the bow.  Yikes, way too stiff. I didn't put the points? swags? on.  I'll try them and see if they work or not.  And the handles are too short for my likes.  I love my colors though.  I'm going to do a little bit more work like sew the little knot part instead of pinning with a straight pin and add a little loop and button to keep the thing closed.  Oops -- I strayed from my goal list on this one.  

Goals for week of 8/8/11

Finish Twister top, √ quilt, bind

Make Bow Tote √ needs a little hand work

Quilt & Bind Chunky Churn Dash

Go shopping at outlet stores √

Figure backing for Disappearing 9 Patch √

Get fabric “entries” for retreat weekend made √

Quilt any of the following quilts: red & white baby quilt, Quilts for Kids quilt, Disappearing 9 patch √ and bound just the D9P one. 

Goals for week of 8/15/11

Add borders to Komen donation quilt

Make and send blocks for FCQ Equilters

Quilt and bind Red & White Baby Quilt, make binding and bind

Quilt any of the following quilts: Quilts for Kids quilt, Winter Rail Fence, Chunky Churn Dash

Make a couple of practice dog bandanas

Go to Sew-In at the library

Decide on next UFO to work on

I've got several commitments this week so my sewing time will be more limited. Today I'm heading off to the Apple store to have a little repair talk regarding my laptop. Not sure if I just need some cleaning up or whether there is something lurking that needs to be repaired.  


On a different note, we got our T shirts for the wedding 5K.  I really think they are cute. 

Front

Back 

These are representative of Kevin's and Aimee's dogs.  

For those of you thinking it, nah, I won't be running a 5K the morning of the wedding.  I might be walking a mile or two but nothing too strenuous. 

It's less than a month away.  Pat and I are taking a refresher on dance lessons.  We can do most dances for 30 seconds but we need some sustained dancing to get so we can actually dance through a song.  And, a lot of practice on determining what dance to do to what song.  Sigh.  I'll probably be stumbling about no matter what practice we have.  

Not sure how much quilting time I'll be getting this week but I sure hope I can get at least one quilt quilted.  

Happy Quilting All!