Design Wall Monday- September 27, 2010

I took a class on Saturday by Paula Toups called Cajun Crossing, her original pattern.  These are the blocks.  They are set on point in the pattern.    I just love black and white 4 patches in a quilt.  They have a pop effect.  The focus fabric is a blue with a black, blue and grey border fabric.  Hope to have this one finished this week.

Stash Report- September 26, 2010

 Nothing like watching the New Orleans Saints play on Sunday while I snuggle under my new Saints lap quilt!  Just got it back from the longarmer and put the binding on. 

Cindy of CeCe Quilts did the longarm quilting.  She uses a custom pattern with "New Orleans Saints", fleur de lis, "NFL", a map of Louisiana and the ever controversial "Who Dat?"  Although the color is distorted in the pictures, she used a gold thread for the quilting which really stands out.

 I just love the backing.  It is a black and gold 108" wide batik.  I make a paper pieced heart as my signature label and sign & date  it with an extra fine black Sharpee.

And with the leftover fabric......I made a wall hanging for my front door.

This week's stash report had some additions.  Once I brought my Saints quilt to work for my co-workers to see several of them want one!  I told them it would be months before I could get to it and it would be expensive, but I rushed right out to my local quilt shop, Mes Amis, and bought the Saints, Fleur de lis and other black and gold fabric.

Used this Week: 12 yards
Used year to Date: 205.5 yards
Added this Week: 22 yards
Added Year to Date: 199.5 yards
Net Used for 2010:  6 yards

Design Wall Monday- September 20, 2010

I'm finished the blocks for my Breath of Avignon quilt, but, I probably won't get it together this week.  My daughter is visiting from NYC this week and I want to spend as much time with her as possible.  She leaves on Thursday and I have to machine quilt a baby blanket for a baby shower next weekend.  And I have a class with one of my guilds next Saturday- Cajun Crossing by Paula Toups.  So, this will probably still be on the design wall next Monday.  C'est la vie!

Stash Report- September 19, 2010

My Christmas quilt is finished- binding and all!  It's only 4 different fabrics.  The pattern is that of a mystery quilt one of my guilds did.  I noticed that when you set the blocks a certain way, they resembled a pointsetta.  The longarm quilting is gold thread quilted in the shape of poinsettas.  Here's how it looks on my bed.

I ran out of fabric for 2 quilts I am working on and had to take a trip to my LQS- hence the additions.  I am also  collecting fabrics for another quilt that will go on my to be made list- probably for 2011. 

Used this Week: 14.5 yards
Used year to Date: 193.5 yards
Added this Week: 12.25 yards
Added Year to Date: 177.5 yards
Net Used for 2010: 16 yards

Design Wall Monday- September 13, 2010

Bought these Moda Avignon fabrics earlier this year.  Just love them.  They remind me of the fabrics of Provence, France that I bought at an outdoor market there.  Designed the quilt for these fabrics in EQ.  I'm new to EQ, so it may be hard to figure out which of these fabrics go where according to this image.  The fabric that looks like polka dots is actually small fleur de lis.  Those are the fabrics for the blocks.  The center fabric is the outer border, the white is the inner border and cornerstones and the red leaves on the end is the sashing.  This is one of my can't wait to make it quilts- so off to sew!

Moda Avignon

Stash Report- September 12, 2010

This is the quilt I made for my daughter who lives in NYC.  It features focus fabrics that are all about NYC.  Purchased them at The City Quilter in NYC.  Several of these fabrics are exclusively theirs.  The pattern is Just Can't Cut It! which is a great one for focus fabrics.

Used this Week: 8 yards
Used year to Date: 179 yards
Added this Week: 3 yards
Added Year to Date: 165.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 13.75yards

Design Wall Monday

Making pinwheels- 64 of them for 3 baby quilts for grandbabies of friends.  I just love using pastel polka dot pinwheels around a large piece of pastel focus fabric.  Making the pinwheels can be time consuming, but well worth it when you see the finished product. 

Stash Report- September 5, 2010

At the rate I am buying fabric, you'd wonder if I am trying to cover my car with it as this person did!  I added fabric for quilt backs, Kona black and white on sale (couldn't pass that up at $2.49/yd!) and polka dot fabrics for baby quilts.  I don't tend to be a big buy fabric because it's pretty or on sale person.  I generally buy fabric when I know what I'm going to do with it.  My stash is less than 1 small shelf in my closet.  But I do have fabric set aside for about 10 quilts to be made.  That's my stash!

Used this Week: 26 yards
Used year to Date: 171 yards
Added this Week: 32 yards
Added Year to Date: 162.25 yards
Net Used for 2010: 8.75yards

Long Weekend Sewing Plans

Have 3 baby quilts to make- so I thought I'd knock those out this weekend (minus the machine quilting).  The fabric is as above.  I sew a few hours each day and rarely miss a day.  This morning I had an hour of sewing before work.  Got a service reminder on my machine.  When I looked it up in the manual it said I had 2 million stitches since the last service!  That was a year ago!  Thankfully I have a back-up machine, but I still feel like I have lost my left arm.