Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Wonderful Wednesday - Quilting Up a Storm

Welcome to Wonderful Wednesday!  ON the actual day, this time.  Well, that was the plan, at least!  Only time will tell...

I'm here to share with you about my weekend's quilting adventures... a few weekends ago, at this point!!  In the midst of Hurricane Florence, my Quilt Bee had scheduled a B9P Sew Day.

Set up and ready to SEW:



Needleb's B9P is coming together:


We had an over-achiever in our midst:


Margaret pointed out the fabrics from her stash:


She also completed a Holiday Runner:


And it's reversible:


Margaret brought along the quilt I quilted for her:


A new scrap project, too:


Margaret brought a baggy of scrap for ME:


Dee Dee got busy on her art quilt:


Candy's B9P is organized into an old office sorter:


Candy brought me a bag of fabric scraps:


Dee Dee's been cleaning her studio and had a bag of batting scraps, which I have since put to work in my ITW18 Roommate Gifts:


Britt helped Candy with her B9P layout...


... And devised a method for keeping Candy's fabrics straight:


Margaret worked on mindless scrap sewing:


Soon, Candy's quilt filled the table:


Dee Dee opted for diamond shaped pupils for her cat quilt and is wondering about background spacing:


Ruth B. wondered if she should use this pale yellow:


Ultimately, she was happier without it:


Once Margaret was done with a batch of blocks...


... She worked on layout options:


On-point was the clear winner:


But, that left more questions than answers:


Britt worked on assembling these blocks...


... Which made a great border for this Quilt of Valor top:


More choices for Margaret's "filler blocks" made it onto the floor:


Britt's borders are complete:


Ruth familiarized herself with her travel machine:


I finished my next round of 9-Patches...


... And laid out all of my blocks:


Viola!!  Brit has a finished quilt top:


She seems fairly pleased with it and I don't blame her one bit:


Her next donation quilt will be made from these fabrics:


Travel machine now working, Ruth stitched her first B9P blocks:


Britt talked me into sewing my corner rows together:


Here's hoping that I picked everything up in an orderly fashion:


These stacks represent rows for the rest of the quilt:


It was a productive (and mildly stormy) day:


Until next time...
BEE quilting!!!

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Summer 2018 (Ravelry) UFO Club - The Results

The Summer 2018 session of the UFO Club is now CLOSED. Returning members and new friends were welcome to join The Club! ALL Club Members should have posted their 5 (or more) Quilting UFOs here or linked to their blog. Please share progress in this thread. All qualifying projects must have been completed by Midnight (EDT) on Sept. 30, 2018.
MEMBERSHIP (28):
SEND (3):
doris7264: 3 completed projects 
katyknitsnyc: 3 completed projects 
sfgwife: 4 completed projects
NO SEND (25):
siberspinner 
amalberti: 3 completed projects 
Kat872: 1 completed project 
Innerpeace1081: 6 completed projects 
monicarose51: 2 completed projects 
stitchnknitter 
sockjeannieous: 3 completed projects 
threadbndr: 1 completed project 
gathersnomoss: 3 completed projects 
purplejen 
jrnylst 
marycatharine 
WVrambler 
needleb 
kris7: 4 completed projects 
stitchley: 2 completed projects 
emaleena: 5 completed projects 
basketcase9702: 1 completed project 
peregrineknit 
grazinak 
dzirin 
bowie 
GBKDalton: 3 completed projects 
graylagran 
laceyspinner
Session Totals: 15 quilters completed 44 projects (verified by Kris7.) Wow!! Way to go, quilters!!! Thank you to Kris7 for standing in for me while I was away for Knit Retreat and Quilt Retreat.
Recorded by Kris while Joy was away 
Doris7264 - 1 item (Sep 22) 
emaleena - 1 item (Sep 23) 
gathersnomoss-1 item (Sep 26) 
monicarose51-1 item (Sep 30)
GBKDalton - 3 items (Sep 30)
Katyknitsnyc - 1 item (Sep 30)

I am pleased that I was able to finish Dad's Ties for Molly and get it mailed off during the quarter.  I'm super excited that she loved it!!

Here's a(nother) photo of the completed quilt top:

And one of the finished quilt:

SEW amazing what can be done with men's neck ties!

Until next time...
Happy Finishing!!!

Monday, October 1, 2018

Tidy Up Tuesday - Meet and Greet Winners

Welcome to another edition of Tidy Up Tuesday!!  I'm here to announce the winners of the Quilters Meet and Greet drawings (a little early.)  Are YOU ready???


WINNER!!!!

The winner of Benita's Great Grand Prize is...

Iris Penwarden.  Congratulations!



The winner of my drawing for a Custom Mug Rug is...

Drum roll, please!!

Nancy J.

Congratulations and I will be contacting you to find out your color and/or theme preferences.

Thanks to everyone who left such kind comments on my Meet and Greet post and thank you to Benita for hosting the event.

Until next time...
Get SEW lucky!!!

Saturday, September 29, 2018

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC18 - Week 39

Welcome to Week 39 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  Minimal dark BLUE sewing was accomplished this week.

SUNDAY - Travel Day (with a side of visiting) followed by unpacking, tackling Mt. Washmore, and repacking.  The visiting??  Hello, Hillside Quilter:



MONDAY - Travel Day.  My travel companion and I put in 9 hours of driving today.  Ugh!!

TUESDAY - Travel Day.  The good news is that our destination is only about 3 hours away.  Whew!!  Retreat Repeat, Day One is of to a good start.  Hello, Lake Bluff:





WEDNESDAY - Retreat Repeat, Day Two.  Libby's Magical Mystery is in full swing.  Good morning, lake Ontario:



THURSDAY - Retreat Repeat, Day Three saw MANY completed blocks!  The LAST to start was the first to finish a block:



In September's RSC Color of the Month, no less.  Yay, Candy!!

FRIDAY - Retreat Repeat, Bonus Day.  I finished my quilt top in time for sunset:



SATURDAY - Travel Day.  Homeward bound.  :o((

Goodbye, Lake Ontario:



Here's hoping YOU had time to join Angela's LINK PARTY... http://superscrappy.blogspot.com/2018/09/scraphappy-saturday-winding-down-blue.html?m=0

Note: I'll fix the link when I get home. Until then, copy and paste it into your browser.

Until next time...
Get SCRAPPY!!!

Saturday, September 22, 2018

ScrapHappy Saturday - RSC18 - Week 38

Welcome to Week 38 of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge!!  I'm sorry to say that I won't be checking in with the RSC Quilters this weekend.  I am out of town.  Here's how my week looked...

SUNDAY - Scrap sewing with a side of dark BLUE:


MONDAY - Another evening of scrap sewing.  There was more dark BLUE in the mix:


TUESDAY - Packing.  Before the night before a trip?  ROFL!!  Probably not, but I did do one last load of laundry.  :P

WEDNESDAY - Panic!!!  Nope. I actually took care of almost EVERYTHING last night!  Including additional dark BLUE scrap sewing:


THURSDAY - Up at the crack of dawn and on the road.  Assuming we arrived safely, I'm busy figuring out what a Knitting Retreat is all about.  I'll fill you in later.

Update...

Here we all are at the opening ceremonies:


FRIDAY - The first full day of Into the Wool.  You'll hear more about that later.  Right now, I'm busy with classes.

Random roommate sighting!!  Here's my roommate, Tammy, enjoying her Quilted Yarn Bowl:


SATURDAY - It's the second full day of Into the Wool.  Again, you'll have to wait for additional information.  Today, I'm knitting (with a side of shopping.  It's not my fault there's a Vendor Mall!!)

Linking up (and posting REALLY late) since there was spotty connectivity at Into the Wool (and no time to post when I got home.)

I want to thank Libby at Hillside Quilter for coming out to visit me:



Into The Wool was AWESOME!!  Good food, good company, good fun.  I would DEFINITELY go again, if my schedule meshes with the retreat dates!  More about that in a future post.  Right now, I've got to get some sleep, as I've driven/ridden 500 miles today.  Thanks for understanding (if there are typos or missing links.) I'm exhausted!!

Until next time...
Get SCRAPPY!!!