Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all. Hope you and your families have a great day.  I pray that all those without power are safe. Also those who had floods and tornadoes.

Charm pack I won!!

These are a few of the charms in a Riley Blake pack I won from Quilt Taffy (blog) Thank you - they are very pretty.
  Cold in SD today and temp. keeps falling snow is on the way again. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year. I am still wrapping and writing so best get busy. Mary

Christmas

  A table topper I made as a gift.

Two mug rugs I rec'd at our Guild party and a table favor. It has embroidery thread, a candy cane and some Hershey Kisses.
  Am still working on some projects thay may be next years gifts.
  Its 1º  above here with more snow and wind forcast. Hope you all are keeping warm. Mary

My pretties

These are from a block exchange on HGTV. I have enough to make 2 kids quilts or throws but not until the new year.
 Happy Thanksgiving.

Back of quilt

Here is the back of my quilt.

Another Quilt

This is a disappearing 9 patch that I just finished. CBQ quilted it for me and I swapped the blocks on HGTV sveral years ago. I put 2 colored binding on and will show the back on another post as it won't let me put both on this post..
 It is a dreary day here and right now it is pouring rain. We have had over an inch and are glad it isn't snow.
Hope you are having a good day. Mary

A gift

A pretty table topper and candy dish I rec'd as a gift. The leaves are felt.

Finally- a finish

  Finally finished my Autumn quilt. It was a BOM from HGTV. I used all stash except 1/2 yd. I bought and some of CBQ's scraps. CBQ  (my daughter) also quilted it for me and did a beautiful job   Garden is finally done so now I can do some serious sewing. Hope you all are finding time to sew and enjoy the beautiful fall colors. Mary

Another Row Robin

Winner Of Row Robin!

 Just a quick note to show the winner of our Guild row robin. Will show more pictures in a few days.We had 18 beautiful quilts- such a talented bunch of quilters.

  2nd place

 

                                                                     1st. place

Back again

 These are some string blocks - not trimmed that I made for a swap on HGTV and hope to get back to sewing soon. We give our Row Robins back to the owners this month ar quild- will try and take pictures. We had 18 members particapate so  we will have some pretties

Hello

Can't believe its been a month since I have been on my blog. My SIL who had cancer passed away . She was in the hospital 2 weeks and I visited her everyday. We were good friends so I miss her very much.
  Have been working on many projects but no pictures. We ar doing a row robin in guild and can't show it until Sept. when I will get mine back. Also did 5 birthday blocks and am still hand quilting.
  Garden and flowers are doing great- just started getting tomatoes and cucumbers and zucchini. Have quite a few beans so am freezing some today. I love being outside so have to squeeze in my sewing. Our guild is making blocks for Heartstrings ( Charity ) so have to do some of those. I have 2 quilts and a row robin at my daughters getting machine quilted which I will show you when she brings them later.I will have lots to show in a few weeks. Take care and have a good summer.

Hello

 A hot evening in SD. Too warm to sit out on the patio. The AC feels good. Just picked a bouquet of peonies to bring in. They are so pretty this year. My garden looks good. Everything is growing nicely. had some spinach yesterday.

  Finally got 2 quilt tops and the backing mailed to CBQ to quilt for me. Am still working on my hand-quilted one and it will probably take all summer as I spend time outside  with the garden and lawn.


   Guess I'd better go watch  the basket ball finals. Mike Miller from the Miami Heat  is from here so he is a hometown boy. Chad Greenway from the Vikings is also from here. Happy sewing.

WOW almost a month

Almost a month since I have posted on my blog. I am hand-quilting a queen size quilt and am determined to finish it. I am also doing a row robin in our guild so have a row to do each month. Since the long arms came out no one hand quilts anymore so I can't get any help. This is going to be my quilt-am not giving it away.
  Also we have been getting lots of rain so our yard and garden keep us busy. Lots of mowing. My tomatoes are blooming so now need sunshine. We have been very lucky and missed all the terrible storms. It is a miracle that more haven't been killed in the tornados. My heart goes out to all who lost so much. Take care, Mary

Denim-flannel quilt

Finished a denim quilt for my great grandson. Also am hand quilting a candlewick quilt I embroidered so don't have a lot to show. Cut some 9 patches I exchanged several years ago in a swap. It will be a disappearing 9 patch. Won't be doing a lot in my sewing room as we rec'd over an inch of rain last night so my garden and yard come first. Our guild is doing a row robin quilt so I have a row to do each month. This month  the one I am doing has a Christmas theme. Can't show pictures until it is finished.

I'm Back

We have been getting snow every few days. Its the heavy wet stuff- but enough already. DH was sick with the crud so our son came and blew out our drive 2 times and a neighbor did it today. I caught the crud also so haven't been doing much either. Today I hand quilted for a while and then made some denim flannel blocks for a quilt for our GGS. I also drew up a block to use for a row robin we are doing in our guild but can't show anything until they are finished.
 DH likes to work on vintage machines and we found a 301A Singer and we have been working on that and have it sewing good.. It is quieter than my FW but a nice machine. We will sell it when I finish playing. I had the light on when I took the picture and it glares.  Hope you are all having good sewing days. mary

Good morning

My computer goofed up yesterday and all I could say was hello. Have been busy hand-quilting a -candle-wicking quilt that I embroidered and I think it is going to take forever. Also working on Row robins in our guild but can't show them until we are finished. Am caught up on birthday blocks and BOMs. I also am making a denim-flannel quilt for GGS.
 Finished therapy on my knee and am doing good- it takes a lot of time to go to therapy 3 times a week.
 We are getting back to normal after our big snowstorm last week. We has over a foot of heavy wet stuff but it had lots of moisture in it. Hope its the last. Many people are still without electricity.
  Hope you are all doing great.  Mary

Hello

Back to sewing

Finally gettin g back in the groove.Am making some blocks for a charity quilt and working on a row robin but can't show it until its finished. We are doing it in our guild.

  Will show you some birthday blocks I rec'd. I joined a group and we exchange blocks for birthdays. Colors don't show up very good but they are really pretty. Have a great day.

Long time since I posted

 Can't believe that I missed all of Feb. and didn't get any sewing done either. Now I really have to play catch- up.
 I had my knee replaced on Feb. 5 and hit a few bumps along the way so it is taking me longer to get over it. Tried hemming a pair of slacks and that went pretty good so maybe can get sewing this week ( I hope) Am taking therapy 3 times a week so that slows me down.
 The quilters on the HGTV forum cheered me up by sending spring FQ's and I rec'd lots of beautiful fabrics. Am looking for a pattern so I can use them all in a quilt.
  I really missed checking all the blogs. Hope you all are having a good week. Keep warm.

My project

This is what I am working on. It is queen size and I have it on my small plastic frame and am hand quilting it. Too cold to be outside but today is coffee day with friends.

Laundry Soap

 .Have you seen all the recipes for laundry soap on the internet?? It is supposed to be very good and cheap so I tried a batch. I got 2 quarts and it is supposed to do 128 loads using 1 Tbls. per load. Looks like mayo only whiter. Will start using some tomorrow. Now I am off to sew. 31.5º here today- almost a heat wave. Lots of sunshine and no wind. Mary

UFO- 11 down , 1 to go

I have been embroidering these blocks a few at a time so decided its time to finish them and I will have another quilt to put together. Don't think I will make any more large quilts- just smaller ones except I started a Sylvia's Bridal sampler and want to finish that.

BOM 2012 Finished

Hope this works- my computer is giving me fits. This BOM was made of scraps but I bought 1/2 yd of rust color and the beige for the border. CBQ gave me some of her scraps also. She will quilt it for me later.

Happy New Year

  Hope you all have a Happy & healthy New Year and find lots of time to sew. Can't wait until my schedule gets back to normal and I can get in the sewing room. I have my 2012 HGTV  BOM sewed together and am piecing a border now. When its finished I have to clean my sewing room and get some order there. I have our card club party here on Friday night and then our Quilt Guild meeting on Sat. My turn to bring treats and I am going to start a row robin if there is enough interest.
  Today the temp is up to 32º already so it should melt some of our snow. Take care.