Wednesday, November 4, 2015

 This is the project that comes together with Bonnie Sue's November BOM offering at Sunshine Quilt Guild.  Oh my gosh, I love it!  My block is one of the blue ones similar to the center block.  So far I've come up with a pretty good range of blues and whites.  I'll be digging through more stash to see if I can find a few more.  I'd be real happy to have all of the fabrics I add different than each other.  I hope my recent luck extends through next Tuesday!  I'll be assembling my block later tonight.

Tuesday night I selected the fabrics for my Sunshine Quilt Guild Opportunity Quilt project.  The green (on the right) and white were provided.  Members added the rest of the fabrics to complete the two blocks on the right.  This is Bonnie Hunter's Garden Party design that was featured in Quiltmaker Magazine earlier this year.

Have a great day today!

Design Wall Monday, November 2, 2015

Kidd
28" x 28"

Sunday instead of machine sewing...I stitched the binding around each of these projects.  All of them are 2015 UFOs.  I still have the sleeves and labels to put on.

Kristmas Keepsakes
19" x 19"

Krossways
31" x 58"

This weekend I was twice the quilty winner.  My first surprise came on Friday.  I won a quilt!  During my last visit to my parents in Maryland a stop to visit a patient at MedStar St. Mary's Hospital found me in their gift shop.  A quilt was being raffled to support the hospice efforts in the area.  When I can I support fundraisers especially when the prize is a quilt.  

This is the quilt I won and a close-up of the detail.  It is all pieced except perhaps the detail around the oval sections and the binding.  The quilt is in Maryland at my parents waiting for what's next. 

The second win was for participation in the 2015 UFO Parade that is hosted by Aunt Marti of 52Quilts.com.  If you haven't seen October's Parade you should take a look at the sewing that's been done during the month by the talents of Aunt Marti's followers.  I'm not sure what I have coming in the mail from Colorado, but Aunt Marti tells me I'll be pleased!  Oh by the way my last two UFOs are already done...since the beginning of October I've been working on the projects that won't have a chance to make the 2016 UFO list =^.^=.  

I'm planning to get back to my Design Wall to finish up my Mom's UFO this week.  Hope you are working on something fun!  Check out more projects through the links at Patchwork Times.  Enjoy your week.

Sunday Stash Report, November 1, 2015

I have an add for this week.  The October installment of A Prairie Gathering was picked up from Country Loft this week.  I haven't started the sewing yet on this project; it will probably be started next year.

Here is Expect the Unexpected right now.  My Mom's UFO that I brought home to finish for her.  All the blocks are stitched.  Next up is sewing them together and adding the two borders.  I will be working on this today.

I finished Kamikaze's binding and sleeve during the week.  I love this Bonnie Hunter design called Midnight Flight.  Oh...you did see that fabric requirements are out.  Looks like it's going to be a beauty with the colors she's suggested.  Guess there is a trip to Lowes in my future this week!

Did you have many Trick-or-Treaters?  The first kiddos started arriving about 5:30 pm.  There were lots of clever costumes and of course many of the ones everyone sees from year-to-year.  I turned off the lights at 8 pm.  If I hadn't I am not sure my candy would have held out much longer.  Hope that you enjoyed the little ones as much as I did.

Others are using up their fabrics...see who through the links today at Patchwork Times.  Happy November!

Used this week:  0 yards
Used YTD:  227.5 yards
Purchased this week:  2 yards
Purchased YTD:  166.25
Net Fabric Used in 2015:  61.25 yards