Almost over

The end of the year is in a couple days and that means that the 100 days Hustle is almost at it's end. I am very pleased with my success. I managed to do all but one on my must do list. The only one not done was for my boyfriend and he isn't to worried about when he will get his quilt. Everyone else got theirs for christmas and they were very well received. 

All of these are a must happen:

1. Finish Granny squares quilt:

2. Make Made in Cherry Quilt

3. Finish Tetris Quilt

4. Make Houndstooth Quilt

5. Make Wienie dog quilt

6. Make Triforce Quilt- Didn't happen will have to wait till 2013

7. Make Skull Quilt

8. Make Chevron Quilt- Turned into Motley Quilt

9. Make Modernist homemade Gift

10. Make Modern She made Swap Gift

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes): none of these happened but maybe in 2013

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

Oh boy that was a lot of pictures. How did you do with your lists??

Merry Christmas

Sorry it's been so long. I've been dealing with some medical stuff and trying to finish up my quilts before well today. I did manage to get them finished thank goodness. I will post pictures later but I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and a very blessed Christmas!

Motley

Meet Montley.

 I found this pattern at Carolina Patchworks. There are so many of her patterns that I must make when I have time. However, Motley is a christmas present for my dad. He is a very difficult man to get anything for as his hobbies and interests are extremely expensive. 

I do not currently have a design wall in my sewing room. I am trying to move things around and get rid of what I can so that I can create one. Motley has taught me I truly need one. I am enjoying seeing this come together but boy it can mess with your head if you try to just work of the pattern without laying out the pieces. I am only half done and I don't normally take pictures of my tops half finished but I love this one so I thought I would share. 

Are you working on any interesting patterns??

A day of finishes

Thankfully today has been a day of finishes. I have been working on my 100 day hustle list and trying to finish presents for christmas. Today I managed to cross 2 more off my list. I finished the Plus quilt for my brother and the Tetris quilt for my future SIL. Words can't explain how much I love these quilts. Especially the tetris. It will be hard to part with them but I know they will be loved and used!!

As you can see it is pretty windy here today but I love the look of the leaves next to these 2.

Updated 100 day hustle list:

1. Baste, quilt, and bind Made in cherry quilt. 
2. Baste, quilt, and bind Plus quilt. 
3. Baste, quilt, and bind Tetris quilt. 
4. Finish sewing houndstooth quilt so I can baste, quilt, and bind. 
5. Sew wienie dog quilt.
6. Sew Link triforce quilt. 
7. Sew skull quilt.  Ready to quilt ( hope to finished this one monday)
8. Sew plaid quilt. 
9. Make gift for secret partner in Modernista Homemade swap due 10/22
10. Make gift for secret partner in Modern She made swap due 11/19.

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes):

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

Oh and I did get a squishy in the mail. (I just love squishies). It had these 2 lovely blocks in it from the Liberty and Justice bee. Can't wait to see these all put together but that must wait.

Last finish of the day was this Bee block for Christinia. This has to be the easiest block ever asked for in a bee. 

Till next time. 

Just a little while...

Sorry I seem to have disappeared for awhile. I've been working strange hours with work and staying busy with everything else going on. I did manage to finish the quilting on 2 different quilts today! I'll put the binding on tomorrow so I can mark them off my list. 

On a side note. Does anyone else catch themselves creating for everyone else and forgetting about themselves? Well that's how I feel right now. I mean I love all the beautiful quilts I have made and can't wait to see the looks on faces when they are opened, But I am just dying to make something just for me. Hopefully I will finish soon with christmas presents. If not I may just have to have another WIP. 

Can't leave you without some pics so here are some recent finishes. 

And some recent Bee blocks. 

Wow if you stuck around you can see I've been busy. Till next time!

Done and Done

Today is a day of finishes for me. I have had horrible luck lately with sewing machines. I was blessed that my grandmother used to sew and took really good care of her beloved singer. I picked up her machine which hadn't been used in almost 10 years. With a little prompting and dusting she fired right back up and went to work!! She is old but she is wonderful. Only thing I need is a 1/4" foot that fits. The one on it now makes me sew backwards for what  I'm used to. 

But any who....

While at work I finished the binding on three items. 

First was the houndstooth quilt. Let me just say my fingers are raw from sewing the binding on this one. But it turned out better than I thought it would. 

Next is the kitchenaid mixer cover for my secret partner in the Modernista Homemade swap. I plan on making a couple towels for the kitchen as well then this is off to it's new home. 

Last but not least is my mini swoon quilt for my other secret partner in the MSMS. This one came out even better than I had imagined. 

And of course a binding shot. I don't know why I love these so much but I do. 

Since im doing the 100 day hustle here is my updated list:

All of these are a must happen:

1. Sewing binding onto granny squares quilt.   finished 9/23
2. Baste, quilt, and bind Made in cherry quilt. 
3. Baste, quilt, and bind Plus quilt. 
4. Baste, quilt, and bind Tetris quilt. 
5. Finish sewing houndstooth quilt so I can baste, quilt, and bind.  finished 10/13
6. Sew wienie dog quilt.
7. Sew Link triforce quilt. 
8. Sew skull quilt.  Ready to quilt ( hope to finished this one monday)
9. Sew chevron quilt. (not even sure of fabric on this one)
10. Make gift for secret partner in Modernista Homemade swap due 10/22  finished 10/13
11. Make gift for secret partner in Modern She made swap due 11/19. finished 10/13

These are a would like to happen (We shall see how that goes):

1. Sew macbook cover for me!
2. Sew fabric baskets for my growing stash pile (must be color coordinated of course)
3. Make keychains for small gifts. 
4. Use some scraps making potholders and other small things for gifts. 

After work if I can muster up the energy the plan is to cut the fabric for the wienie dog quilt and sew it together at work. If we manage to have a good day. 

Thats all for now. How is your list going??

Feeling lost

As you all know I have been dealing with a sewing machine on the fritz. It has about done me in. I have given up on it and pulled out my mothers old machine that I put away when I bought the one I have now. It is a decent machine but seemed to give me trouble occasionally too. But I am happy to report that for the time being it is working well enough to get some projects started so I can get them sent off. 

I am making a mini quilt for my partner in MSMS. 

It isn't perfect by any means but I am proud at the way it came out. I had never put together a swoon block before but it was fun. Only confusing part was figuring out what size blocks to cut of each color since I made a rainbow. I really hope my parter enjoys this when it's finished. Thinking about making a small pincushion to go with it. 

Goals of the week:

Finish mini swoon ( hopefully tomorrow)

Pick up grandma's sewing machine for back up 

Get one more quilt to the binding stage ( Just not sure which one I'll pick...maybe the skull quilt.)

What are you working on this week??