Ok, OK!! I have start-itis!!!

 I am working on the the pieced border of the "Railroad Through the Rockies" quilt.  I plan to applique something in the corners.

 One border left to go!!

 I am thinking of applique circles, standing for the water tower stops, on the railroad, like in the old railroading days!!

 I started the Splendid Sampler, by Pat Sloan and friends.  Here is my start.  Of course, I am making the blocks my way, LOL!!

AUDREY!!  I am starting a circle quilt!!  I cut out a whole ton of circles, and will choose one each day that best reflects my day and mood...

STARTITIS!!!!!




(but such fun!)


Have a great day, everyone!!

Julie

Slow stitching!! (and some fast lane stitching too!)

 I have been working on hand quilting this little quilt.  These are all left over 1/2 square triangles, from other projects. Yep, I saved them...I save them all!  Wish I could have found a brighter pink for the border...NOT!!!  I am surprised at how the photo looks, LOL!

 I made a mistake and did not trim them down...big mistake.  The accuracy is lacking!  But hey...live and learn, and I won't do that again.  It is fun to work on the hand quilting!!

 I have completed the applique part of this free project, starting last fall.  This is from Lisa Bongean's blog, and other designers,  and I tried to stay caught up.  I still need to add a bit of embroidery to some of the blocks, and set them all together.  It will be fun Christmas quilt when completed!!

 Tada!!  I am done with the binding on Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt!! This was done by the Magic Binding method.  Fast!!!

 and complete!  That is a good thing...

And the label.  I am still working on hand appliqueing that down.  But almost there, and then to clip all the threads.  Yahoo!!!



I am linking to Kathy, and her Slow Stitching Sunday!!!

http://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/



Have a great day!!

Julie

Happy Valentine's Day!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Progress!

 Yahoo!  I have all the blocks put together for my Railroad Through the Rockies quilt top!!  I am working on a pieced border, that I just love.  All plaids and plaid scraps in this one!! (and muslin, also left over)

 Some of the blocks have pieced strings in them, bits and pieces of what I have. Sorry, I don't cut threads until the last thing (my mother would frown at me for that!)

 Another view...can't wait until the border is finished!!

 And my Clara Barton Red Cross quilt is morphing into a Civil War/Red Cross quilt.  I had very few grays, so I had to buy a few, and scrounge through everything I had to make do and have enough.  .

 Here is where I am so far!!!  I am loving the scrappiness, and the old time look of this quilt.  A far cry from my bright quilts of late!  I plan a Baptist fans big stitch hand quilting on this one.

All those plaids?  Had tiny slivers cut off...so I made a pressed-sliver-and-quilted-across heart.  Can't throw anything away...and hey, it is February!  So a new heart is in order!!!





Hey, are you interested in baskets?  A few of us have been making baskets over the years, and yearn to finish our quilts!  If you are, maybe we can have a new thing for this year... BASKET BUDDIES!!!  I will give you a simple pattern and we can have fun with this in the coming year!! If you are interested, let me know...if there is enough interest...off we go!!!



Have a super day, all!!

Forever projects

 Do you have some projects that are really long term quilts?  I have been working on a tiny basket quilt for a long time.  This quilt is all cut out, and my goal is make one basket each night.  These are four inch baskets, and the handles are not appliqued down, yet.

These two inch bowties are another long term project.  If I make five bowties every night, along with one basket, in one year?  Two finished long term projects!!!  Fifteen minutes of piecing every night is my goal for this year.

 I have always wanted to make a Red Cross quilt!!  I have been savoring and hoarding these nine patches, from an exchange years ago.  My red crosses will be the corner stones.  Clara Barton founded the Red Cross, so this quilt will be the Clara Barton quilt!

And a little something made out of leftover mystery quilt pieces and parts...I usually make one of these from leftover pieces!!!




Have a great day, everyone!!!


Julie

Allietare Mystery quilt done!!

 Rosie and I finished the Allietare Mystery quilt, by Bonnie Hunter!!  I am delighted that it is one piece, and that I used nothing but stash fabrics, except for some purchased golds, that are all in here.

 It is a big quilt!!!

Can't wait to get it quilted!!!!



Are you making this one, and are you all finished yet???


Have a great day, everyone!!


Julie

Progress on one mystery, and beginning something new!!

 Rosie the poodle is helping me put together Bonnie Hunter's mystery quilt!!  She says we really need to get it all in one piece, so that was her focus today.

 Sewing, and sewing, and sewing those long seams!!

 Here is where I am so far.  I need to make more side triangles, then I can put the rest of the rows together.

Buttermilk Basin is having another free BOM for this year...this is for the wool lovers!!  Since I am not a purist, I have some wool felt and some wool...whatever I have in my wool box.  I find that I really enjoyed the hand blanket stitching of this block, as I listened to the TV in the evenings.




Hope each of you is having a great day, and a wonderful weekend tomorrow.  I am worried about the big storm on the east coast of the USA...my kids are directly in the path of this monster...sure hope the power stays on!!



Julie