Make-A-List Monday #50! There's No Place Like Home...

Hi, all!


Monday again - a little late, but I'm finally getting on the computer!  We were in Richmond, Virginia for a long weekend of family celebrations - my husband's parents both have their 80th birthdays this month and wanted a family get-together - so we got to see some family members we haven't seen for a while.  We also stopped by Williamsburg and Virginia Beach on Sunday before heading home early this morning.  All in all a fun weekend!


But the big question is - how did I do on last week's list?  Let's see....

1.  Finish quilting the first H2H quilt.

Quilted!  I've still got a little bit of the binding to hand stitch, but basically it's done.

2.  Quilt the second H2H quilt.

Done!  I managed to get this quilted this afternoon - woohoo!!

(I'll have to add pics later - blogger issues!!)

3. Machine sew the bindings on both H2H quilts.

The binding is sewn on the first quilt, but not the second - that's first thing tomorrow morning!

4.  Sew some more of the strips for my Marine quilt.

I got all the strips sewn for this quilt, and have actually started putting it up on the design wall!  It's going to be beautiful...

(I'll add pics later - blogger issues!)

So all in all, I didn't do too badly last week.  Here's what's on tap for this week...

1.  Finish the bindings on both H2H quilts.

2.  Put together several flimsies for the quilt ministry.

3.  Work on the Marine quilt some more...

4.  Sewing this Saturday with my sewing sisters, so the house must be cleaned up...

So that's the agenda for this week.  Not a lot, but hopefully I'll be able to get it all done.  

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

Hugs!

Sarah

And here's a heads-up on a great charity event - 100 Quilts For Kids!!  You may have participated last year, but if you didn't, or if you haven't seen this year's details, check out Kate's blogpost here.  Kate's lined up a lot of great prizes this week for promoting the event (not the reason why I'm promoting it, but still a nice incentive!) so check out today's blogpost for details on the giveaway.  So go check it out now!!

Surfin' Sunday - Featuring Shiner's View!

Hi, all!


This Sunday I've got a great blog to introduce to you - one of my personal favorites!  Meet Lisa from Shiner's View...

Lisa hails from Seattle, and says that she is a creative soul with an analytical mind.  All I know is she designs great quilts, and I'm always inspired when I look at her blog!  Plus she loves to share tutorials for her quilts.  You might recognize this design...

I've made two quilts by this pattern myself in the past month - it's easy, but looks so great!  You can find the tutorial here.  Another quilt on my bucket list is this one...

Isn't it beautiful?  Lisa just posted the tutorial for this quilt, and I hope to be able to make this one up pretty soon.  She's also written a tutorial for this beauty....

...which I hadn't seen until I was researching for this post. I love it!!   And here are a couple more of her beautiful quilts...

So I hope you'll pop over and check out Shiner's View - I think you'll really like it!

Here's to an inspiring and productive week!!


Later!


Sarah

Can I get a Whoop-Whoop?? Sunshine on Water....

Hi, all!


It's Friday again!  Time to link up and show us what you've been working on!! I'm really excited to see what everyone's been doing, since my week was shortened and not extremely productive....  But I did manage to finish this....

The front...

...and the back!

I've named this quilt Sunshine on Water.  This is the first of two quilts I'm making for the Hands2Help challenge.  I used Amy Ellis' pattern from her book, Modern Basics, and the beautiful fabrics sent to me by my partner, Cindy.  Isn't it pretty?  Sorry about the dark pics - somehow my camera setting got switched to something obscure - I don't even know what it means, but it gave me really really dark pictures!  Thank heavens for on-line editing!!


So that's my finish for this week - I had hoped to finish the second H2H quilt, too, but having to have my Juki repaired slowed things down a little bit.  I will say, though, that I found a repairman who came out to my house and worked on not only my Juki but also my featherweight - and both run great now!!  The featherweight works better now than I ever remember it running - plus he showed me a few little tricks to keep it running well.  It seems there's a trick to putting the sole plate back on - and if you don't do it right, your bobbin won't work........  Who knew?


OK - so now it's time for you to link up!  Show us what you've been working on this week, and be sure to check in with some (or all) of the linkers and give 'em a whoop whoop!!


Later!


Sarah