Quilty Things and Yard Update

I really do quilt if anyone is curious. It is taking me a while to get back in the groove, but I am accomplishing some things. I have changed the quilt on the bed for the month. Have you changed yours lately?
This is Hemming House. I love this fabric collection and it looks perfect in this pattern.

This is my challenge quilt I did with Cindy, Lisa, and Nicole. I really do like the way it turned out.

This is the BOM that Kimberly has decided to tease us with for this year. I think it is made from the fabric I can see behind the picture of the quilt, and it is gorgeous! I have signed up and am looking forward to September when it starts!

As if I didn't have enough to do, I started another BOM that has been going on a couple of months . This is a Bits n Pieces pattern, but the picture I took of the pattern is not any good, so this is a picture of the BOM that I took at the quilt store. This quilt store is not online yet, but is in the general area of OKC.

Along the way I managed to take a class in making a rope bowl. I had the wrong day down for the class, and the store owner called me, so I didn't get there until the class was half over, but I did manage to make a small bowl and I got the idea of how it is made. This was kind of fun and I want to make some more.

Ok, these last 3 pictures are yard updates. In spite of getting brown spots when I put down weed and feed because I didn't do it right, the yard is finally green and most of the flowers in the front are blooming except for the Azaleas. They will bloom again in the fall.

New pink lilies that have bloomed in the back, the red ones were mismarked I think, lol, and that is why they ended up in this bed.

And these are the lily plants that I planted 3 weeks ago. If you look closely you can see how much they have grown.

Hope your week is going well!

Challenge Week # 7

I did get to do a little work this week on my challenge quilt, but not much. I had taken it down from the design wall and am having a terrible time figuring out how I had it laid out, lol. I did mark the rows, but I screwed up some and had to take most of it out.

This is the pitiual progress I have made this week. Oh, well, I have until next Monday. Looks like it is going to take it to get it finished.

Update: I forgot to mention my partners in crime. I am sure they are through, and just waiting on me. Be sure to visit Lisa , Nicole and Cindy to see their progress.

Challenge #6, Tag and Other Stuff

I promise I will never NOT eat black eyed peas on New Year's Day! I thought I would try it to see if there is anything to the "luck" you get from eating them. HAH! BIG Mistake!!! I think the answer is yes!

Ok, on to other things. Nicole wanted pictures of sewing tables. Here it is. I know there are at least 15 things on here, because I think I have that many rulers on the end, lol.

I keep my projects in plastic containers. Open ones for current stuff that I intend to finish when I start them. (That's a laugh!) The ones with lids are usually the ones that I find myself working on a little at a time, and they go back into my closet periodically. There are some tools, pencils, paper, a fabric bowl full of some scraps that I will give to a friend of mine for applique when I get a few, some batiks I am working with, my poor challenge quilt, marked for row sewing and ready to go, and some more of the stuff I got at the quilt show. Several mats, some acrylic sheets I use to organize my piecing, a jar of peanuts in this nifty little twirling container I have, and my new rotary cutter that I adore. I probably missed something, but that is the general look of it at the moment.

I haven't found "the place" for some of the smaller stuff I picked up at the quilt show. That is why it is still on my work table. However, Lisa , I thought of you when I bought this pattern. This pattern came from Patchwork Place and the sample they made up of it was darling.

This is a book called EveryMonth and it is available here . I bought the pumpkin kit. These are really cute patterns.

This is Stir Crazy from Buggy Barn. I bought this book because of the rabbits and santas patterns. I am sure one of these years I will make them, :>)

I figure I will make the santa one with the scraps from the tree and present quilt I intend to make "soon".

And who couldn't resist these bunnies, lol.

These are some odds and ends of patterns and a couple of kits. The tree and snowman are also from the Jeri Kelly site.

My challenge quilt has had to take a backseat again this past week, but I am determined to have the top finished by the 28th. Hope I make it. All I need is 2 good days of sewing, surely I can find them somewhere before my clock runs out. Check out Nicole , Lisa , and Cindy for their progress. I am pretty sure they are all just about finished. It is me holding up the parade. Sorry, my friends, lack of black eyed peas! lol

And that is all I am up to for now. I had a very interesting day, but it is now 2 am. Tuesday has all the earmarks of another day like today, so I need some sleep. I hope this day is a wonderful one for everyone!

Quilt Challenge Week 5 and Grandchildren

Since I got nothing else done on my quilt for the challenge that I am doing with Lisa, Nicole, and Cindy I decided to show you Arabella. She was my Quilt of the Month for December and she is made from a pattern in Blended Quilts by In The Beginning. I have this one hanging in my sewing room so I can enjoy it. Mother wants it for the table, lol, but so far I have said no.

The families have all come and gone for the holidays, the living area is straight one more time, the towels and sheets are washed and put away, and Aud and I are tired, lol.

Below are pictures of my grandchildren.

This is Keith, he is 14 and is playing Halo 3 with someone online.

This is Jackson, he is 17, and will graduate from high school in June

The younger ones, Kyra, Kyle, and Katy. The girls always flock to Kyle when they are together. He has a devilish grin, lol, and is going to be a true lady's man when he grows up. Kyle and Jackson are brothers, and Kyra and Katy are sisters. Keith is an only child.

This is Kyle. See what I mean about the devilish grin? :>)

And last, but not least by any means, are Kyra and Katy opening their Annie dolls I got them for Christmas. I think they like them.

AND, I won my bet with myself. My printer driver CD did NOT come in Saturday. However, when I was looking for something else, I found the one I had searched for for 2 days, lol. I just haven't had time to load them yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Challenge Quilt Week 4 - Finished Quilt - Christmas

This past week was just not very productive for me. Not only did my computer network go down, and it is still not up, I had some problems when I started sewing the rows together on my challenge quilt. So, I don't have much to show in the way of progress. I hope this week will be better. But there are bowl games on and I have company coming in Thursday, so I bet I don't get a lot more done on it.

EDIT: This is what happens when I am half asleep. I forgot to remind you to check out Nicole, Lisa, Cindy and see where they are on our challenge. I am sure they are further along than I am.



I did get my Vintage Holiday quilt bound finally and it will be on my bed come January 1st. I enlarged the pattern so it will even hang down on the sides .

I have one more Christmas decoration to share with you. This was a Christmas present. Is this not the cutest thing you have ever seen? Reindeer ornaments and a Santa hanging from a sleigh. I just love, love, love it. I am afraid I have found something else I am going to have to collect, lol.

Challenge Quilt Week 3 & Merry Christmas!

I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and I hope it is the best one yet for each and everyone of you.

I am very pleased with the way my challenge quilt is turning out. Sometimes when I see a quilt in my mind and buy fabric accordingly, I am not real sure I am going to like the outcome. But this one is looking like I thought it would and that is wonderful.

I think I am going to add another small border between the black one and the large red one, but I have to sew all of the blocks together first and determine if I have enough scraps to do that. I would like it to be a little larger and I think a small pieced border between the two might look good. Anyone have an opinion?

I am in this challenge with Nicole, Lisa, and Cindy so you might want to check their blogs to see their progress. I think we are about where we should be for now, but who knows, lol.