Can I Get a Whoop Whoop? #ufonomore

Hi, all!

Friday has rolled around again - the tenth, I think, since we started staying home.  The days all roll together, but it's always good to remember when Friday rolls around and we get our whoop whoop on, isn't it?  So let's get started!

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On April 13th, I took this picture, of nine quilt tops I had pieced since moving to our new house.  Oh the shame of it!  But I put Jolene back to work, and this week I finished the last of those quilts!

First to be finished were four baby quilts that are now headed to Little Lambs Foundation of Utah!

The next five quilts will go to my church's quilt ministry, to replenish our sadly depleted stock of quilts.  

A brightly colored baby quilt...

...a graphic quilt with some really cute economy blocks...

A quilt which used up a lovely stash of orphan basket blocks...

Another orphan block quilt, this time using up extra 16-patch blocks from a quilt I made long ago...

... and last, but certainly not least, my favorite - a mashup of lots of random brightly colored orphan blocks that I have been hoarding for years!

And now I can truly say I have no more quilt tops waiting to be quilted - #ufonomore!

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you then?

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I Get A Whoop Whoop? A No-Longer-UFO!

Hi, all!

Welcome to Friday - it's finally here!  And you know what that means, I'm sure... It's time for us to get our whoop whoop on!  Are you ready?  Let's get started!

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I have been on a mission lately, to get some of the tops I made over the spring and early summer finished.  I'm very happy to say that this week I finished TWO of them!  I can't show you one - it's a gift and would be immediately recognizable to the eventual recipient - but I do have one I can share...

I made this quilt originally to use up the hourglass blocks I had made for a project that fizzled.  Rather than throw them into the orphan block tub, I decided to see if I could pull together a quilt top with them.  

I found this beautiful koi panel that worked well with the colors in the hourglass blocks, and some deep Espresso brown Kona for sashing.

I put the top on the frame, and tried to decide how to quilt it.  That's always a sticking point for me!  I didn't want to just do a random meander, so I opted for wave-like organic lines horizontally across the quilt.

Here you can see the "waves" across the back of the quilt.  It's a shame the color isn't better - this back is a beautiful peachy-pink with gold arrows on it.

And how about one more picture, just because it's pretty?

So - - - can I get a whoop whoop?

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And now it's your turn!

What's got you whooping it up this week?

What's making you do a little happy dance?

Share!  We want to dance right along with you,

And it's always more fun to dance with friends!

The party will stay open until Sunday midnight.

Hope to see you there!

Hugs!

Sarah

Make-A-List Monday #83! Quilts and Progress!

Hi, all!


Well, it's been a very productive week here - about time!!  This will be a long post, so let's get right to last week's list....

1.  Quilt the skateboarding quilt.

Done!  And I'm working on the binding right now...

2.  Quilt a man's quilt for the ministry.

Done!  Pam pieced this lovely top, I quilted and bound it... (More pics to come on Wednesday's ministry update!)

3.  Piece a stars quilt for the ministry.

In progress - up on the design wall, and hopefully I'll get it sewn together tomorrow...

Looking at this, I'm seeing some changes I want to make...

4.  Piece a charm squares mini quilt for a special project.

Pieced - now I just need to get it quilted! (More on this special project below...)

5.  Put together more kits for the ministry.

Done!  And snatched up by ministry members before I could take a picture!  But I did some by Amy Smart's Easy Strawberry Fields Bricks Quilt design, some others by Amanda Jean Nyberg's Stacked Coins Baby Quilt design, and a few that will make a quilt similar to these great quilts by Rita over at Red  Pepper Quilts!

And if you saw my blog last week, you know that I have been on a re-organizing kick - so here's what I managed to get done on that front...

The storage shelves in their final position
 (I had to move the quilt frame a little to make that back shelf work there...)

New shelves in that closet make it a lot more useful!

And maybe you remember this pic of my batting storage system  futon?

Well, here's what it looks like now!

And that missing chair?

Not missing any more!

And I added in a small hanging section to keep my personal UFOs organized and in sight - so hopefully I'll get to them someday!!

Still a work in progress, but getting there!

So that's what I did last week!  And on tap for this week....

1.  Finish binding on the skateboarding quilt.

2.  Piece the stars top.

3.  Quilt the charms squares mini quilt.

4. Quilt the stars top.

5.  Start working on Hands2Help 2012!

OK, that's enough for one week - because I've also been asked to do one day of a blog hop for a new book, Back to Charm School! 

 I'm really excited to be doing this, and I hope you'll come back on Friday to see what I've found in this neat book!  I've got a signed copy of the book to give away, and also a couple of other surprises, so come back Friday, link up your achievements for the week for a whoop whoop, and join in the giveaway fun!!  And to get extra chances to win a copy of this great book, check out the other stops on the blog hop this week...

     2-20        Maureen Baly                

                    moequiltz.blogspot.com

     2-20        Paulette Doyle               

                    sweetp-paulette.blogspot.com

      2-21        Lori DeJarnatt                

                    humblequilts.blogspot.com

      2-21        Jo Kramer                      

                    joscountryjunction.com

     2-22        Sherri McConell             

                    aquiltinglife.blogspot.com

     2-22        Karen Griska                  

                    selvageblog.blogspot.com

     2-23        Julie Winkler                  

                    juliekquilts.blogspot.com

     2-24        Sarah Craig                    

                    confessionsofafabricaddict.blogspot.com

     2-24        Suzanne Melkoski          

                    coloradolady.blogspot.com

     2-25        Michelle Marr                 

                    mychellem.blogspot.com

     2-25        Pat Wys                         

                    silverthimbletalk.blogspot.com 

So all in all, another busy week!  Wish me luck!  What are you working on this week?

Hugs!

Sarah

Can I get a Whoop-Whoop?? It's Beginning to Look a Lot LIke....

Hi, all!


I know it's only July, but for me this week it's been looking a lot like Christmas.  For one thing, Lilli has re-discovered "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" - we've watched it three times this week!  I'm starting to quote some of the lines before Jim Carrey gets them out......


But I also finally finished my oldest UFO!  I looked back, and this is what I wrote in my very first blogpost, on January 9, 2010....


Today I cut out strips with my new electric rotary cutting machine for a Trip Around The World quilt. I saw the inspiration for this quilt on our trip to Seattle at a quilt shop called Under Cover Quilts at the Pike Place Farmers Market. Hanging in the window was a beautiful quilt made up of 2" squares of Christmas fabric. My husband remarked on how beautiful it was - and I immediately flashed on the stash of Christmas fabrics I have tucked away! Once we got back home, I pulled out the fabrics and found that I had eighteen different prints (yep, told you I had a serious fabric jones!), easily enough for the top of at least one large quilt and probably several lap size quilts too! I'll post pictures as the quilt comes along........

The next day I posted this picture, and then the quilt went quietly into oblivion as the quilt ministry started up.  


In December 2010, lovely Myra started the PhD Challenge to finish our Projects Half Done - great idea!  I signed up for six PhDs, thinking I could get one done each month before the June 30th deadline.  Well, in January I did manage to finish the flimsies for two of my PhDs - and my Christmas quilt was one of them.  


Then the quilt ministry went ballistic!  We've distributed 50 quilts so far this year, and made a few more than that - almost as many as we made in all of 2010.  So much for finishing those other PhDs!  


But last week I decided that I was going to finish at least one of mine - so I completed the back for my Christmas quilt and loaded it on the quilting frame!  Here she is in all her finished glory - Visions of Sugarplums!!

The front....

The back....

And some detail on the back!

So now I'll have a lovely quilt to cuddle up under for Christmas - at least I hope so! Lilli took one look at it and told me she needed to take it home to her house.  I told her it was mine, and she said, "OK, Nana, you can have it during the summer!"  What a stinker!!

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OK, now it's your turn!  What have you been working on this week?  You know you want to show us!!  So link up and share!  Remember - it doesn't have to be finished to join in!!

Later!

Sarah


PS - Guess who's having a birthday?  Angela at Cut to Pieces - and she's having a giveaway to celebrate!  Go check it out!!

Make-A-List Monday #45! What a Week.....

Hi, all!


Monday again!! I hope you had a safe and uneventful week last week - so many bad storms and so much devastation!  We were fortunate here, but the pictures coming out of Alabama are just mind-boggling....


In between hiding in the closet during storms, I did manage to get some stuff done this week.  Here's last week's list....

1.  Quilt the two ministry quilts that were pieced last week.

Done!  These were delivered to the church today to be available for our pastor to use at the Monday night prayer service.

2.  Finish piecing the Christmas quilt back.

I didn't get to this one - I thought about it yesterday, but decided to work on my H2H quilt instead.  Tough choice, but I need to take care of obligations before "me-stuff"!

3.  Cut out the Ocean Blues quilt.

Done!  A friend came over early in the week for some help with quilting, so while I was watching her machine quilt, I cut out this quilt!! Woohoo!!  I am s-o-o-o-o-o ready for vacation now!!

4.  Make a Hawaii-themed ministry quilt (but the fabrics have to get here first!)

Well, the fabrics are here - but I also ordered a die for my Go Cutter for this one, and it should be here this morning - then I start cutting!  Here are the fabrics I ordered...

5.  Work on H2H quilt.

You saw this cut out last week - now it's partially pieced!  This was part of yesterday afternoon's projects....

6.  Go to Paducah on Saturday for the AQS Quilt Show!!

Done!  We had a great time - I'll be posting some pics from the show later this week, but here's a teaser - this beautiful quilt featured quilts on the clothesline - and each of those quilts was individually pieced - little miniature quilts!  The yoyo quilt under the tree was actually 3-D - only attached at the top of the line.  Amazing workmanship!!

I also made this bee block yesterday (a little late, but Susan, it's going in the mail today!)...

and I pieced this quilt for the quilt ministry...

...so the week went well!!

Now, let's see what kind of trouble I can get into this week...

1.  Finish piecing the H2H quilt top.

2.  Cut out the Hawaii ministry quilt.

3. Cut out the second H2H quilt top.

4.  Quilt a ministry flimsy pieced by Debora.

5.  Take care of all those little things that need to be done before vacation! 

(Mail, newspaper, boarding the dogs, etc.)

6.  Write a blogpost showing the pretty quilts we saw in Paducah!!

If I get all that done, I'll be tickled pink!  So - - - what are you working on this week?

Later!

Sarah

Make-A-List Monday #32!

Hi, all!

We had a wonderful gift this weekend - it was 66, sunny and gorgeous on Saturday, and 65, mostly sunny and gorgeous on Sunday!  After the winter we've had so far, it was so nice to be able to step outside without a coat and just enjoy the weather!!

I did get a lot done this week, too - so let's get to the recap!  Here's last week's list....

1.  Finish up the second ministry quilt.

This one is done - quilted, bound, and delivered.  I named it "Tropical Breezes".  

(That sounds funny, with its picture taken in the snow!)

2.  Finish up the third ministry quilt.

Done!  This quilt is also quilted, bound and delivered.  

I named it "The Shirt Off My Back" because it was made from 

shirt fabric samples from the 1960's.

Here's some detail on the blocks - pieced together by the ladies in our quilt ministry 
at our January meeting.

And here's how I covered up an "oops" moment - when I found a 
raw edge while quilting on the quilting frame!  (It's the recipient's initials!)

3.  Piece the top for the fourth ministry quilt.

Done!  The top and back are finished and ready to be quilted.

It needs a name - any ideas?

4.  Finish piecing the flimsy for my Christmas Trip Around The World quilt.

Done!  And I've named this quilt "Noel".  I am so happy with the way this came out, 

and can't wait to quilt it!  But ministry quilts come first....

So now, what's up for this week?

1.  Finish piecing another ministry quilt.

2.  Quilt last week's unnamed ministry quilt.

3.  Piece backs for two donated quilt flimsies.

4.  Assemble a set of donated Double Irish Chain blocks into a flimsy.

5.  Put binding on a donated quilt.

I think that's enough for the week - probably more than I can get done, but it's a good goal!  A friend from church brought me some goodies last Saturday - one quilt finished except for binding, two flimsies ready to be quilted, a set of Irish chain pieced blocks, a completed baby quilt, and an enormous box of cut 5" squares!  Woohoo!!  But now I need to get on the ball and put it all to good use!  I'm getting quite a stack of flimsies that need to be quilted - so as soon as I finish piecing the top I'm working on right now, I'll be moving the Juki back to the quilting frame to get to work on them!!

So - - - - what are you working on this week???

Later!

Sarah