FINSHED QUILT!!!!

Here is my round robin Quilt from 2016 it is finished!!!

And my finished back!

I am so excited to have this quilt done.  Just because I think it's so cool being the round robin and all.

Pink & Purples Quilt 3

Here is an updated version of my pinks & purples quilt.  I am not sure how I am going to lay it out, I am not sure how I feel about this lay out.

This is also my make shift design wall since I am at my friends house :)

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Sewing birthday!!

I am visiting a friend for my birthday.  And we are sewing our time away!!!

Nothing much better than ice cream cake and sewing ;)

Finished Weighted blanket

Here is the finished weighted blanket!

I did mine a little differently than some of the patterns I have seen online.  I used my long arm to make the long channels.  Then my sewing machine to do the cross lines to close each square.  I did 5" spaces, I think if I were to make another one, I would use 6" spaces.

I also triple stitched around the outside, and added binding.  My mother in law definitely has a one of a kind weighted blanket!

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Pink & Purple squares 2

Here is the quilt laid out with the pink & purple squares.  I think I am going to add another color to it.  But it will be a pink or purple shade.

I now need to decide how I will lay them out.  I might end up having to add a fourth color just to make sure they are spaced out enough!

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National Quilting day

I definitely did not have time to post on National Quilting day (March 16th) but I made sure I did some sewing :)

I rearranged a little since I last shared my sewing space

I cleared off some things from where I cut/iron to make more room for big things.

I moved the drawers over here, it will take some getting used to, having them in a different spot, but it's definitely been easier to iron with more space.

Pink & Purple squares

I have been trying to use up my 2.5" squares again.  I found this pattern online.  So I thought I would try it out.  I plan on adding pink to it (hence the name).

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weighted blanket

My mother in law wanted a weighted blanket, but they are expensive, I told her I would make her one!  So here is about half the rows done.

the kitties of course had to help!

Earl was NOT helping, this is heavy to move through my machine!  I am getting a workout sewing it!

Spools

There are 11 x 13, so 143 blocks. It's getting bigger.  I did the math for my bow ties quilt (which are the same size) I had almost 700 blocks.  So definitely a ways to go!

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Quilting blue quilt

I have started quilting the baby blue quilt.  I tried to get a picture of it, but I am not sure if it's the lighting or the color of the thread, but it's kind of hard to see.  In the white I was doing lines going left and right, and in the blue up and down.

Here you can see the lines a little more.  I am sure enjoying having the long arm.  It just needs to warm up a little bit.  I can't finish something because my fingers get too cold.

I am excited that Gutermann thread works on my long arm.  I don't have money to spend on brand new thread, but I have quite the collection of Gutermann thread.

Baby blue Quilt

One of my husband's friends recently had a baby.  He asked if I could make a quilt.  I said sure, if you pick out the pattern, the fabric and help. Scott & his friend actually picked out the fabric together.

Scott picked the design.  And also put it up on the design wall.

Scott had to help me take them down (it's at the top of the design wall, which is 8' tall! there is no way for me to get it down without a step stool!)

Here is a close up of some of the fabrics.

Dino mini

Here is the finished Dino mini for the birthday swap I was in.  I really wanted to do the T-rex in dino fabric, but I like how these colors turned out.

This was a paper pieced pattern.  But I got it on craftsy, and since they have had all their issues, I cannot link to it.

Dog Quilt finished

Here is the quilt, quilted and bound!

Here is one of my friends puppys' on it!

And here is the back.  I LOVED the back fabric, but didn't have enough to finish the whole thing, so I added some red :) And you can see the label I added at the bottom.

Kitties quilting

I have been having a lot of help quilting lately! Here is Minnie keeping the chair warm.

Earl usually lays in the box near the window (which I have a towel in for the kitties).  the other day he was going crazy trying to get all the leaves blowing around.

Mochi isn't not much help, sitting right where I need to work!

And here are all three! Not doing much to help ;)

Dog Quilt quilting

Here is the final quilt all laid out! Minnie is inspecting it to make sure I have it all smoothed out, so there weren't any wrinkles!

(I made this one before my long arm, which is why I laid it out to pin it)

Birthday swap February

I made this quick tote bag with no pattern.

 

I found a pixelated groot online and thought it would make a cute mini, although it's quite a bit bigger than a mini ;)

Dog Quilt - design wall

I am sure I sound like a broken record when I talk about my design wall.  But I just love it so much!  We have lived in our house almost 3 years now, and I still love my design wall (and don't know how I lived without it!

This quilt is all dog fabric.  It's for my birthday swap I did (three years ago! I know!) I was having a hard time trying to decide what I was going to make, and then I thought, she has dogs, why not use some of this dog fabric I have, and make her a quilt!

I used a variety of fabrics, so it was hard to make a set design, but I tried to space out the lights and the darks.

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Round Robin 2016 cont

I had joined a round robin in 2016 & 2017.

Here is my finished quilt top! I added the purple and neutral 2.5" squares to make it a little bigger.

I realized I have a new problem now with having a long arm and wanting to finish quilts, I don't generally buy yardage!  So I went digging through my flannel stash, but didn't see anything that I thought would work.  Then I found this Eiffel tower fabric (which happens to be the same fabric I used in the first block.

I decided to add the purple and neutral blocks to the back to make sure it was big enough.  This will be the first thing I quilt on my long arm!!

Long arm video

I couldn't wait to play with my new machine! I put some random pieces of flannel on it, and went to town.

I will need some practice with it since I don't have a stitch regulator.

Rail fence update

I am about half way done with the top! I am glad I have my design wall to put it up! I made a few mistakes that I was able to see by having it up here!

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