January 25, 2012

  • Quilting at the Beach!

    I got a lot of projects finished up in a week of quilting at the beach!  Here is what our condo was looking like as we were unpacking fabric and sewing items, machines, and even a small table!
                                                
                                                

                                                

                                                

                                                

                                               
    Here is some fabric that I washed, dried, and ironed, but I wanted to be sure it was completely dry -

                                                

    The night we arrived, after we unloaded, unpacked, went to the grocery store, made ourselves dinner, and cleaned that up, I decided to do some easy sewing, so I sewed the binding on my pinwheel spin - here it is, ready for the binding to be sewn together and then on it -

                                                

    I also sewed the binding on a table runner, and then pieced together two quilt backs.  The next day, we shopped, at quilt shops, because we both needed fabric.  But after that, we really got to work.  I spent about a day and a half finishing up this quilt that I started years ago as a block of the month and never quite got finished -

                                                

    Here is a close up of that center medallion -

                                                

    Meanwhile, Sheila was working on two things, and I can't remember which she did first - this one is a star pattern, using batiks, and it is called Sparkling Cider or something like that -

                                                

    Then she made a quilt for her husband, using a car and tool theme -

                                                

                                                

    My next big project was my very difficult Thimbleberries, also an old block of the month from years ago.  I had finished up to the many pieced borders, and I really needed help with this one.  I started this back when I was still learning a lot of quilting and piecing techniques, and my quilt center was not measuring correctly at all, and therefore, putting the borders on was quite a nightmare as it got larger and larger.  Sheila, who is much more experienced than I am, spent hours helping me get the borders on this.  Thanks, Sheila!

                                                 

                                                 

                                                 

                                                 

    Wow, was I glad to be finished with that!

    Meanwhile, about a year ago, I purchased material to make Jim a Steelers quilt!  He knew about this one, but didn't know what I was going to do exactly.  Neither did I!  But this is what I ended up making -

                                                  

                                                  

    He seems pleased with the result!  Of course, the Steelers are finished for this year, but next year, he can add the quilt to all the paraphernalia he has when he watches a game, whether it is from home or at his brother's!

    Sheila made a quilt for one of her sons, using snowboarding fabric -

                                                  

                                                  

    That was about it!  I found fabric to make Charlie a quilt with construction vehicles and tools and stuff.  He had told me what to look for.  "You know, Grandma, with a bulldozer and trucks on it!"  Today when he was over, he saw his fabric and told me he had wanted trains too!  Sorry, darling, but they didn't have all of that together!  But he loved his construction fabric and wants a quilt to go over his whole bed!  Fortunately, he has a twin bed!  I am thrilled to make Charlie another quilt, so I will be working on that one very soon!

    That was a wonderful week at the beach!

                                                  







Comments (8)

  • Looks like a very profitable vacation! 

  • I am amazed at all you all got done in a week's time! You must not have had any interruptions!  Loved seeing all your projects.

  • The book in the third picture looks a lot like my several that are called Turning Twenty.  So fast and easy but doubt I cut anything out again even if I get back into it.   I'll buy the precut ones now or have someone else do the cutting.  I have so many wonderful Batiks to make something with.

  • Donna what a sweet retreat!  Sounds like a real energizing time.  I'd love to see the Pinwheel Spin.    You take care and keep on sewing!

  • Amazing what you accomplished!  Love your quilt projects- I'm actively working on two right now with another one I've put on hold... and several more I'm anxious to get started on, the fabric all ready for me to start cutting.

  • What a fun and profitable week of sewing. You have so many nice projects that that got finished. What a sense of accomplishment. Keep on quilting!

  • I wish I knew how to quilt but I know I wouldn't do it anyway because I am way too impatient. These are beautiful, by the way!

  • How wonderful to get all of that accomplished! I love looking at quilts, and I think that quilters are amazing, but like MomaSonia, I'm way too impatient!

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