This Was Fun!

This is what I was working on this afternoon. This is my first time doing raw edge applique. What fun! But intense for me cause my neck is hurting! I think that I was a little intense while stitching. Hopefully, the more I do the less tense I will hold my body. LOL This pillow is going with the whirlygig quilt that I made for my niece who is having her first baby in November. Little ahead of myself aren't I? Now to go to the quilt store (ah shucks, hate to do that) and get more thread because I see a new addiction coming on. ;-)

Happy weekend,

Cathy

Another Whirlygig Quilt Top

Just can't stop making Whirlygig quilts! This is my third. I used a template with this one so the squares were a little smaller, but more accurate to piece. The fabric is Bubblegum Basics......which is a darling line.

Have a good Thursday,

Cathy

Free Quilt Top

I made this quilt top about 2 years ago and just set aside without quilting it. It doesn't go with anything and I doubt that I will ever use it. If anyone would like to have it please send me an email with your address and I will get it in the mail to you. I know that the fabric is Moda but don't remember the name of it. Close up.....I may have a little extra yardage for a border , but need to do a search.

Take care,

Cathy

New Quilt Top

I just finished piecing this log cabin quilt top that I am making for my FIL because of his surgery. It is appropriate that I finished it on Memorial Day because he is a WW ll Veteran. I will quilt it tomorrow and get my DH to take it to him when he goes back for his shift(week) for helping him.

Tomorrow I have a free quilt top that I will post about that needs a home where someone will quilt it and enjoy it.

Take care,

Cathy

Last Year's Purse Kick!

Last year at this time I was on a major purse making kick! I must have made about 20 and probably gave 12 of those to my sister. I have gotten so that I would rather carry one of my purses that I made rather than any other. This is one I made this year for my summer purse.
This was last summer's purse. I used this one this past fall and winter.

This one isn't used as much because it doesn't go with too many of my clothes.

I was able to develop my own pattern after a while which was fun because I could customize how many pockets I wanted, etc.

Have a good rest of the weekend,

Cathy

New Projects and One Almost Finished Project

Here are some things that I have been working on. I am making a pillow from a pattern/tutorial from the wonderful blog "Don't look now". It is raw edge applique which I have never tried before. You sew the edges as you quilt. That will be my project for tomorrow. Then I can't get enough whirlygigs, so I am making another baby quilt using "Bubblegum Basics" fabric. I love this line of fabric. I have 2 new babies to come to sew for. One I know will be a boy so I am going to use the green, blue and yellow fabrics.

I finished quilting my Figtree fabric quilt.....now need to sew the binding on.

I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the holiday weekend.

Take care,

Cathy

New Quilt for my etsy shop

I ended up buying a new longarm......the Hinterberg Voyager. It is probably the most resonably priced longarm on the market (all I could swing at this time and am very lucky to be able to buy it at that) and I love it! It is so much quieter than my Nolting and has the needle up/down that I didn't have before. I think that my Nolting was one of the first Hobby Quilters that they made. They even call it the noisy one. LOL

I ended quilting this quilt with my new machine and just put it on etsy. I know that I showed it before it was quilted, but wanted to show it quilted.

Thank you so much for all the messages about my giveaway.....they make my day. I will pick a winner tomorrow and mail the fatquarters and patterns out on Tuesday.

I hope that everyone had a great weekend. My FIL is out of the ICU and doing really well. He is really a tough guy. He wanted to read a magazine 8 hours after open heart surgery.

Take care,

Cathy