Good job= no quilting time

Well, life definitely got in the way!

 However my last post was about my military quilt. That quilt I am happy to report made 1,800 dollars for the fisher house Palo Alto,ca. I couldn't have been more thrilled to the outcome of my work. It was also a very emotional day for me as in front of my family and friends, my boyfriend proposed to me! Also, the winner of the quilt, a member of the legion post, donated it back to the post. So perhaps it might be raffled again.. Not sure just yet. If not than i am hoping to donate it to a veteran.


 On to bigger and better things! Before i lost my last job... LONG STORY. I started making a quilt for my favorite little student. Well, i didn't get it finished before my job came to an end. Then as i worked madly to try and get it quilted; my sewing machine gave up. It was just far to thick and too much work. I had exceeded my overall expectations of this small machine. So off i went, jobless, looking for a new machine. I came across a traded Janome Memory craft machine. I had never considered janome due to the price but this one was within my budget at the time. Its love. I love this machine!!! It does everything i could possibly want, plus so stupid walking foot to attach and take off. LOVE!

Anyways, here is the quilt i had been working on for my student.

It isn't perfect by any means but i love the colors and the modern twist on a traditional design. The back is also pieced, using up all my scraps from the front.

I love this quilt in every single way. I love the back and its funky randomness and the bright gorgeous colors! Speaking of the colors, they are all different brands. I used yellow moda solid, blue/ green/ orange-red/ orange kona cottons and the grey is art gallery pure elements. All purchased from my local quilt shop the intrepid thread in milpitas. I still need to get a finished picture! The binding is a strip of each color bias joined around.
 


 As much as i love it; i really want to finish my quilt!

My gorgeous civil war reproduction fabric quilt. I want this beauty on my bed so bad! But alas the blocks are just sitting in a corner like a bad puppy. Hopefully with the two weeks off i will have over Christmas break, i can change this. I still need to find an appropriate backing for it though. I want to stay will with full back since it is going to be queen sized. Most reproductions don't come in that width though. oh bother... guess that is life!

 Here is my beautiful American Legion Quilt!

My other half and I are holding it up. It isn't huge but it was still a labor of love. Looking back at these pictures now it turned out really well! Although, i am like most people and i can see all the imperfections. This quilt will be raffled off on memorial day at American Legion post 99. (super nervous!)

The wheel is turning

Saturday afternoon my boyfriend and I met with the individuals who are heading the raffle for my quilt! They wanted to get info about the quilts concept and the design. I even got to sit and answer questions for a press release about the raffle; including pictures of me and my boyfriend holding it! eep.. Its all getting real now!

Photo bombing!

This quilt above is my very first quilt! I bought a cheap packet of fat quarters from tuesday mornings to give quilting a try.. I figured, if i hated it, i only wasted four bucks.. I loved it! Took me a couple of weeks to pick out a border and a backing. Then i took a leap and even quilted the design on the border!

This next quilt is my second. I was wondering the local quilt shop and found this amazing fabric that had pheasants and ducks on it. My boyfriend hunted with his dad. I knew this had to be made into a quilt for him! I did however tweak it. I didn't like those two squares touching in the center; it was flipped so that the right side became the left.

This quilt was my third and completely spontaneous quilt. Found the blue fabric at walmart and knew i had to make something with it. Unfortunately i don't have a finished picture of it at the moment. It is finished though! 

This quilt is a set of fabrics i got from participating in blankie day at john muir hospital in concord,CA. I have to put a purple border on it and then figure out a backing for it. I really need to get it finished but haven't even had the time to make it back out to another blankie day. sigh.

This next quilt is a very special one. I set out with an idea to make a quilt for my boyfriends american legion. I found fabrics i loved and set to work making these amazing "flickering" stars. I loved it but it took forever for me to figure out the fabrics i wanted to use. (i wound up with waaay to many) Then it took time to find the border fabric. I completely lucked out and found this amazing vendor at PIQF. They specialized in patriotic fabrics. They had this stunning navy blue fabric with these gold stars. PERFECT!

This quilt is going to be the prize in a raffle, taking place with all the local American legions in the area. We are planning on selling tickets to raise money for the Fisher house. This organization runs strickly on donations. They are given land on the property of military hospitals, where they build housing for family members of injured military personal. These families are allowed to live here free.

This is the back of the quilt. Its the left over scraps from the front of the quilt. The binding, not shown, is the same star fabric used for the centers of the stars. It is quilted in navy on the border and tied in the center with tan, blue and red cotton.

This lovely is my current quilt. I have quilt a few blocks done (20) however i guess i picked all the bright colors first. I'm hopeful that the pinks will tone down a little once i get the rest of the fabrics blocked out. This is Michael's Victory, the pattern from Carol Hopkins.

Time flies

Ok, So i meant to be all smart and post pictures and all the next day! ahh, how life gets in the way.

So my current project is this gorgeous quilt made with all reproduction fabrics. Most of which are from the Marcus brothers collection! swoon... The pattern is called "Michael's Victory" from the quilt book 'Civil War Legacies' by Carol Hopkins. I fell head over heels for this pattern!

I currently have 20 blocks finished. Given I tweaked the pattern so i wouldn't be making 6,000 squares to get a queen sized quilt. My blocks are now a little under 9" square. So I should only need 48 of them. Thank goodness! So i get home from work and cut some fabric down to size. Then usually sew some of them the next morning before work. That's been the routine as of late. My weekends have been packed with laundry and all the fun errands that never happen after i get off work...LOL

Anyways off to work i go. Will post pictures tonight.. Promise!

Blogger World Hello!

Hi...
I'm a heavily craft addicted late 20's woman who seems to have a bazillion projects going at any one time. I started out crocheting when i was a wee one and then finally was forced to learn to knit when my wrist was taken over by tendonitis. About a year after that i bought my first spindle and dove deep into the world of spinning. Later that year i bought my first spinning wheel and have never looked back. Unfortunately my poor lil wheel is lonely lately as i have found not only employment but quilting. Whaaaa oooo... This crafty world has just turned into a mess! Yarn, fleeces and fabrics, oh my!

So hello blogger world!