Where has the time gone?

I can't believe that it's been 3 weeks since my last post. Shame on me. Well, life goes on....Our offices moved a couple of weeks ago so it's taken me some time to get things settled and by the time I get home, I'm wiped out! At least we've started to have some cooler temps here! YEAH!! I LOVE waking up to temps in the 50's!! At least I finally finished the Mary Engelbreit quilt for my former co-worker that is now going thru radiation for her brain tumor. I hope to drop it off this week. I hope she likes it!! Here are a few pics. Sorry for the blackouts on the label - got to protect the innocent. hehe

I just did some simple horizontal quilting between each row and then in the middle of the red border. Just enough to hold it all together and then added some buttons throughout to further the ME feel of it all.

Finishes!

Here's Mom's finished Quilts for Kids Dinosaur quilt. It turned out so cute. Can't wait for it to reach someone in need of a good hug to brighten their day.

Here is also my take on a cool Steering Wheel cover. Living in Texas, the wheel can be oh so hot on those 100+ days even WITH a sunshade. This one is for my dad - the ultimate Beatles fan. I was really trying to go with the random string block gig, but my strips started to match up a little too good in some places and then totally off in others. Oh well - must work on more randomness! I'm seeing alot more of these added to my Christmas list too! I might be persuaded to put together a tutorial on these too. Let me know what you think. I just threw this one together, but it was super simple and the possibilities are endless for the top design!

Here's hoping we get another good rain like last night!

Blink...blink....it's 12:13am

Holy cow! I can't believe I stayed up soooo late!! Sewing on my Christmas presents. Here's a sneaky peak of what I worked on last night. Can't show the full project because my buddy to receive this sometimes frequents my blog (Hi Susie!!) So....this will have to do for now.

And how about some leg warmer action?? Actually, these are just my socks, but he felt the need to pull them up OVER his knees for some kitchen floor dancin' fun!

Have a great weekend!! I hope to cross off complete and cross off my FIRST of 26(and counting) Christmas presents!!

Mom's Progress

Back a couple of weeks ago, I had my mother over one Saturday and we had ourselves a sew-in. Well, mother finally got the top sewn together for her Quilts for Kids quilt. The dinosaur fabric is just adorable. Last night I got it quilted and tonight I'm going to be sewing on the binding so she can finish it off while Malek naps when she comes to watch him on Wednesday. Such a simple pattern and so cute. I really should cut up some of my stash and make a couple more myself.


She's also working on a string block quilt for my aunt (her sister) for her birthday at the end of September. She's going to use light pink as a filler sashing and a first border and then add another darker/brighter pink similar to the block centers for the main overall border.
And what blog entry wouldn't be complete with a random pick of my son clad only in a beach towel? His expression is priceless. Like someone just startled him out of the bath! hehe

Another day, another quilt top.....

I DID IT!!

I'm so proud of myself! I sewed and sewed my little heart out but I finished the Snoopy quilt in time for the birthday party for my friend's little boy. Of course, I rearranged the squares AGAIN before sewing them together, but I'm happy with the result. Plus I found the most fabulous fabric for the back - (oh crap! forgot to take a pic of it!). I still have a piece of it. Will have to photograph it and post it later. It was meant to be!!

They even played pin the ear on Snoopy! Here's Malek taking his turn.And here is my big 4th grade girl! All 5 foot 2 1/2 inches of her (and just only turned 9) !!! I see WNBA in her future at this rate.

Hope everyone else has a great first day of school wherever you are!

Snoopy Blocks

I don't know if I'm completely happy with the layout or not. What do you all think? I'm a little OCD about having the same fabrics touching or repeating too closely together. Does this layout look ok? I'm not happy with the 3 white center blocks playing tic tac toe diagonally. Any suggestions? Might just have to live with it. Either that or just go buy more fabric!!

It was late (as usual) when I did this last night, so I may take another stab at it tonight. Still need to trim them all up to the exact same size. Should have done that before I started arranging them. Oh well.....

Hurry up and wait...

Over the weekend, I finished zig-zagging around all of the letters on the ME "Friends" quilt and got the backing pieced. Now it's set aside til I get the batting and can get it sandwiched and quilted.


So in the mean time.....I just can't sit still! I've got to start another project! Yeah that's me - the one with the most UFO's! Except this one I HAVE to get done asap because it's for a birthday present this Saturday. It's a baby quilt so it should go together quickly.

I've got all the squares done. I followed Allison's (cluck cluck sew) pattern (BTW love her!) where you lay two blocks of fabric on top of each other and then cut all pieces at once then change out the center block to make two blocks, somewhat mirror image of each other. I couldn't remember her dimensions so I just went with the flow and made up my own. I started with 8 inch blocks and cut off 2 inches on each vertical side. Then cut off 2 inches from the top and bottom. This left a 4 inch center block. Switched out the centers and sewed them all back together.

Here is what I ended up with! Pretty darn proud of myself. Tonight I get to lay them all out. I'm sure with the help of a certain someone too!! Might have to wait til that one is down for the night.



These are about the worst photos I've ever taken, but given the time of day (11:15pm) last night, they will have to do. You get the point - right? Tomorrow I will have better pics of them all laid out. I have 30. Main fabric is that cute little Snoopy fabric. This is going to be one luckly little dude! It's for a former co-worker's son's 1st birthday!


On to the layout of the blocks!