Quilts – Page 4 – Kelly's Kwilts

Happy New Year!

Well, it’s a new year and I’ve already completed a quilt top! 🙂 I wanted to sew today, but didn’t feel like working on a UFO (Unfinished Object) so I decided to do something new. I found a pattern for a quilter’s sudoku quilt that I had kept from a magazine subscription request that came in the mail and decided it’d be quick and perfect for today! Another plus was that the block size was 4.5″ square and I had that die for my Accuquilt Go! It was so nice and quick to cut the blocks out with the Go – and they are so much more accurate! There was a small pile of waste, but I cut out 81 blocks in less than an hour out of 9 fabrics! It went together pretty quickly, just had to pay close attention to where each block went.

Scraps after using Accuquilt Go to cut out 81 blocks

I can now finally post pictures of all the Xmas presents I made this year. I started working on these in September and was working until a few days before Xmas to get them framed. Luckily my mom helped me get them done (thanks Mom!).

Georgia and Brennan are my niece and nephew in Florida – theirs had to be completed first since they had to be shipped. I couldn’t find a frame the right size, so I had to finish hers differently.

My sister is a teacher at a day care, so hers was an easy choice. The rest are for my cousin’s little girl, my sister’s best friends little girl and my best friends little girl.

I also made some items for my father-in-law and his wife, and when my mom saw the banner, I had to make one for her – along with the hot pad trivet I made her. Oh and I can’t forget the only quilt I made for a present this year for Angela – our friend in Wisconsin that owns a bakery. The white fabric has little cupcakes on it and the backing is all coffee cups.

Happy New Year!

It’s getting closer……

What is getting closer? Christmas! I’m frantically working to finish presents! I have 1 quilt and 1 cross stitch picture left to finish stitching…hopefully they will both be done today because I have a pile of pictures to frame! I haven’t had time to work on my Dear Jane blocks, big surprise there!

Had the ladies from Quilt Club over a few weeks ago, and I gave them all ornaments I made. These weren’t as hard as I thought to make, the machine does 98% of the work! They did turn out beautifully though!

I also can now post the Cross Stitch picture I made for one of my friends for her birthday. We celebrated with her last week even though her birthday isn’t until the 22nd. She loves anything patriotic, can you tell?

Remember when I posted that I entered an online quilt contest? Well it’s time to vote! Please go over to Quilting Gallery and vote for my quilt! It’s under Small Quilts & Projects called Holiday Stitchings. Thanks!!!

Well, I need to get off the computer and get busy on my projects, need to get them done!!! Be back soon, hopefully with some Dear Jane blocks!

I’ve been busy!

I’ve been busy the last few days working on a quilt for Xmas for a friend. I’ve finally gotten the top completed, I’ll pin it Sunday and start quilting it on Monday. If I’m lucky I’ll have it ready for binding by the holiday and can be working on that after we eat! I can’t post any pics until after Xmas, I don’t know if she reads my blog or not!

The last 2 evenings I spent working on taking embroidery out of a jacket for my dad – someone gave him the jacket and the words just didn’t make sense for him to keep it on there. It was hard, but it looks pretty good – you can’t even tell the stitching was there!

I have about 8 DJ blocks I’ve completed in the last week, I’ve just been too busy to post them yet! I’m up to 33 blocks and 1 triangle (649 pieces) completed. The triangle was easier than I thought because it was paper pieced! Since I’m going to work on pinning the quilt Sunday, maybe I’ll work on more blocks tomorrow night after I get home. My mom, sister and I are going to Kidron, which is Amish country in Ohio. We’ve been making it an annual trip the last 3 years, The Amish Door has AWESOME food! You will never leave there hungry! I will be picking up some fabric at Hearthside Quilt Shoppe in Kidron for my DJ quilt that I will be using as the sashing. So I will be able to start putting rows together soon!

Time to go and relax on the couch until bed!

An item is off the todo list!

After a long time, I’ve finally gotten something off of my todo list! I’ve taken some time off of work and in the first week, I was able to get 2 quilts done, 1 from the todo list and 1 that I’ve been wanting to do! I finally bit the bullet and worked on the stained glass hearts. That bias tape is a pain to work with! But I’m glad it’s finally finished, it will hang in our bedroom.

I was also able to start and finish (in 2 days) my Xmas cross stitch wall hanging. I even mitered the corners of the borders – which I’ve NEVER done before. I thought it would look better because of the attic window blocks. To my surprise I only had to unstitch 1 corner and redo because I didn’t have the angle right. I think it looks pretty good though!

I also managed to get a shelf stained and hung up. I have bins for my 1 1/2″ and 2 1/2″ strips and 2″ squares. It’s over my cutting station so it will be easy to throw the strips in it when I’m cutting fabric.

Not much more to update this week, we’ll see what I get accomplished in the coming week!

Spring Quilts Update

Well I got Spring Quilts back from the framer. It looks great! I wasn’t happy with the price for framing, but it was worth it for how good it looks. I finished Summer Quilts yesterday, mom has it to wash and then I’ll see about getting that one framed. I was originally going to put each one on the wall in the appropriate season, but now I’m wondering if I should just hang them all together. We’ll see when I get Summer back from the framer. I hope to start Autumn in the next week or so.

I just ordered some fabric for the Xmas wallhanging I’m doing. I have 8 Xmas cross stitch pictures done – 9th will be started today. They are all fairly small less than 5 inches square and I’m putting them together into a wallhanging. I ordered some of the Peppermint Cottage line from Moda from Fat Quarter Shop so that I can start working on it. I know, it’s early to start something Christmasy, but if I don’t do it now, it won’t be done for Christmas decorating!

What’s new?

I know, I know, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted. I was busy from the end of March until the beginning of May working on a quilt for the boss at work. She celebrated 25 years at the company, and in planning the party we decided that I’d make a quilt with areas for everyone to sign. I think I planned a little too well, as the quilt was huge!!! Took me a week to quilt it on my Janome and then took 2 days to hand stitch the binding on. She loved it though!

I’ve also been spending a lot of time working on cross stitch projects. With working on this quilt for the last couple of months I didn’t want to work on any other quilting projects, so instead I’ve been working on cross stitch quilts 🙂 I found a series of 5 quilts – one for each season plus a holiday one – and ordered the magazines that had the patterns in them. I have Spring finished, it’s just not framed yet but will be soon. I’m currently working on Summer and I’m probably 50% done with that one. It’s nice to be able to sit on the couch and watch tv or movies with the hubby but still be working on a project. And I have so many cross stitch projects to do!

Hmmmm….I guess that’s about it….I need to get some things made today for the cookout we are having for Memorial Day…..Until next time!

What’s New?

I know, I know, it’s been a long time. I did finish the quilt for Michael in a record 3 days. However it’s technically not really finished since the buttons and pins aren’t attached yet. He wants to take Peepaw “flying” with him. So after he goes flying again I’ll be able to sew all those buttons and pins to the quilt top. I’ll take a picture when that’s completed.

I just finished making 2 bags that the quilt club ladies taught us to make. A few issues with the lining, but who’s going to see it? 🙂

I went to my first quilt guild meeting this week, and became a member of the Lorain County Piecemakers Quilt Guild. I’m trying to get mom to go with me next month, but the meetings don’t start until 7 pm, so it’s a little late by the time the meeting is over and she has a 30 minute drive home from my house. We’ll see if I can talk her into it!

The best news is I got to re-arrange my office! Michael put cabinets up in his office and I decided I really could use some too. So the first weekend, when he got the majority of his cabinets, mom and I re-arranged my office the way I wanted it. Moved the sewing table, cutting table and the embroidery machine (now it can be hooked up directly to the computer!). Mom took some of my equinox fabric and made valances for the windows. I now have all my fabric in one cabinet and all my embroidery supplies in another – it’s so nice having it all organized and not in the messy closet!

Sewing table with my Janome 6500. Custom made table by my dad, opens up to 6′ x 6′.

Desk and Embroidery Machine (Brother Pr600)

Cutting Station and storage on wheels – plastic containers are in the white cubes – nice for all fabric, patterns, etc of a project. Everything in one place!

Cabinets are above cutting station and storage

FABRIC!

Embroidery supplies

Peepaw’s Quilt

Ok, I finally decided what to work on next! My mother-in-law gave my husband some pins and buttons from her father’s Marine Corp uniform at Xmas. We were thinking shadow box for them, but then I thought “I can make a wallhanging quilt with pictures and then we can attach all the pins and buttons.” Well, the quilt top is now done and I’m getting ready to start pinning and quilting it. If I’m lucky I’ll get it quilted today since it’s not that big and be able to do the binding later tonight! Pics will come when it’s finished!

Winding Ways

It’s done! I was actually able to work on some of it yesterday while my mom worked on finishing her placemats (Xmas present in 2007 that never got finished). I just had to finish attaching the rows this morning. Some spots don’t look too good, but ya know what? It doesn’t matter to me. It’s not going to be entered in a show and it’s meant to be used – so who cares if some of the seams don’t match? Now to decide what to work on next!

Placemats and Winding Ways

Ok, the placemats are finally finished. Took about 3 weeks of cutting and sewing and then a couple of days of hand work to get the binding sewn on. I know, I could sew the binding on by machine and be done that much faster, but there’s just something I love about sitting on the couch and watching a movie or TV show and doing hand work. Especially if I’m watching shows with my husband! There’s only 4 in the picture because I don’t have the leaf on the table – we had to take it in when we ordered the additional one.

The last few days I’ve been working to get my winding ways kit completed (I talked about it here). I had started it by hand and decided that with all the bulk I wanted to finish it by machine. I’ve finished piecing all the blocks and just need to stitch the rows together. Hopefully that will be done tomorrow – my mom is coming over today and I need to get her to finish at least one of her projects!