Long time no post!

Sooo busy..... here are a few quilty and not so quilty things I've been up to since my last post.


Made a quilt for Willow.


Really love how the quilting came out on this one!







Bubble bath on vacation. Nice!



Family reunion. Three of 4 sisters.

Had my fortune told in New Orleans! How goofy is this guy? Like my hat? Searched high and low for a hat to fit my big fat head. This one was 'perfect'!

Did some sewing with the girls.

Summer chalk art.


Got a booth at the antique mall! Check out The Flying Phoenix. www.theflyingphoenixartisans.com


Went to the lake.



Got a swingset! Lovely Assistant is breaking it in.


Customer quilt.

More later!

A finish!

This is a BIG quilt! I think it turned out nice. Here it is on my bed. Can you tell underneath it is all the stuff that lives on my bed?


When there isn't a ton of stuff underneath it, that inner border lays along the edge of the mattress and the applique falls over the edge.


A close up of the applique and quilting.




The 'label', which is actually on the front in the corner.




The artist's signature :)!!!

And now for my mistakes.


In order to quilt the applique the way I wanted to I had to turn the quilt on the frame. My machine only has 10 " of throat space. Apparently, I need more practice turning quilts. I ended up with some puckers on the back. Here's one that I stitched down. Can you find it? It runs horizontal in the middle of this pic.


Here's a small one I left alone.


Here's another large one. This one runs up and down and I stitched it down also.


Another small one that I left alone.

Other than these puckers, I think this quilt turned out really nice. I have decided I need a new quilting machine. 10" of quilting space is just not enough. Also, I need a better track, a lighter machine and maybe a stitch regulator. I think if I had a more cooperative machine I could have done a much better job with this quilt.



And here is my lovely assistant entertaining the parakeet. Notice the backwards clothes. It's a fashion statement.

Baby quilt coming along

Working on this baby quilt some more. Have finished all the blocks, now on to sashing! These pics were taken with the 'old' camera cuz my husband skipped town with the new one. I use the old one now more than I did before we got the new one! Someone is always running off with the new one and leaving me stuck with the old one. Sheesh....

The border blocks.


The main blocks.

Just a little update

Just a quick update.


This is a polyester quilt my grandmother made. It's only a top and it's coming apart all over the place. I think what I'd like to do with this is back it with some flannel and put it on the quilting machine and quilt it. I think that would stabilize it. It really doesn't need to have all the seams repaired, necessarily. They're not gonna ravel!

Here's my lovely assistant being really helpful again. She loves to lay down with a blanket and pillow. Can't nap without them! Even a hardwood floor is a good napping place as long as you have a blanket and pillow. Doesn't have to be a special blanket or pillow, whatever is handiest will do.

Happy 4th!