Half Way...

Good Afternoon Internet Friends!

I shall post earlier than I usually do today.  

Today is the half way point in what I am referring to my double double shifts!  Somehow I have agreed to work 7 days straight, double shifts in this, and of course overtime!  Not sure how I did this but have reached the half way point.  😼

I have also reached the half way point with my Flying Geese Blocks for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

I am in awe of how awesome these blocks are turning out.  This quilt is going to be AMAZING!!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

And The Thunder Rolls...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

I am BACK!!!  I have been absent from my crafting world for the past couple months as I prepared to write a national re-certification examination.

I am now finished that and can focus on ME again.

This evening after walking the dog and the kiddo (both need to get outside regularly) I headed down to my craft room.  Totally mesmerized by ALL the cool stuff in there I decided that I should probably complete something.

With a beautiful thunderstorm outside I set about making more of the flying geese units for my Flower's for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  

Here are my fabulous 9 Flying Geese Flocks/Blocks...🦆

"Sew" excited to show this quilt completed and where it will end up!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Flying Along......

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" yes I am finally flying....figuratively not literally.

Today among other things I made a total of 4 sets of the paper pieced flying geese for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt:

I am SERIOUSLY loving these paper pieced blocks.  The points are perfect!!!!  I don't know if I can go back to making them the regular way after this....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

"Sew" Excited.....

Good Evening Internet Friends....

Okay,  should probably be asleep, but I REALLY wanted to finish this tonight:

The centre rings of the quilt top are all sewed together and I even top stitched 1/8" all the way around so that there is no stretching between now and when I get the flying geese and applique borders on.

Seriously....."Sew" Excited ☺♫

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Half Way...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Class Day at Sew Divine for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  I am so happy with this quilt and pattern at this time.  Although it looks so complicated all of the pattern pieces are perfect and they fit together perfectly!  Even the bias border pieces are not stretched or haphazard!  

Hopefully I can get this part of the quilt top completed tomorrow.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

"Sew" Close....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

"Sew" it is less than 12 hours til I have to be in attendance at my Flowers for My Wedding Ring class at Sew Divine and I have managed to complete 48/49 of the blocks needed:

Not sure if I should push myself to get the last block made this evening or just get up early tomorrow morning.

Hmmm.....who I am kidding????  I better go do it now as getting up in the morning early to sew is not how I roll.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Yay 40!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!!!

I have never been "sew"excited to reach 40 in anything I think ever.

After dinner, homework, and get ready for tomorrow I managed to spend an hour in my craft room and make:

These 8 beauties.  Now I only have 9 more to go and then to sew all the blocks together for Saturday.....might still be burning the midnight oil for another few evenings...

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Almost 40.....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

No.....not my age, that was a few years ago.  

I am happy to report that as of this evening I am almost to 40 of the 49 ring blocks that I need for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt:

Earlier today I got all of the arcs cut and the background pieces ready so that this evening between laundry and getting ready for the school/work week I could make a little progress.  If I keep this pace up tomorrow evening I just might have all 40 completed. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Moving Along....

Good Evening Internet Friends!

So far this weekend kiddo and I have accomplished not a lot of anything other than some marthon tele watching.

I did spend part of yesterday and some of today in my craft room and as of this evening I can proudly say that I have 16/49 blocks made for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.

I am especially proud of myself for this quilt because it is a quilt I have always wanted to make.  The second reason I am super proud of myself is for how well my points match up.  I am not usually a fan of batik fabrics and this is my first time using them.  I was once told by another quilter that the points on her quilt did not match because batiks stretch and are hard to work with.  Welllllllllll...........

This is making me super happy 😼.

Here are the completed eight blocks from this weekend:

Points all matching!!!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

All Day......

Good Evening Internet Friends.

"Sew" I attended the Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt class at Sew Divine today.

Here is what I accomplished after all day (6.5 hours) in class:

Here's hoping that this is just a learning curve and the other 45 blocks go together perhaps a little quicker otherwise I might be finishing this quilt in the new millennium.....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Ready.....Set....Sew!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

In typical Kathy tradition I finished my sewing home work just hours before class tomorrow morning.

Here are my 49 A and B arc sets for my Flowers for my Wedding Ring quilt.  I am taking this class at Sew Divine.  I have always wanted to make one of these quilts and on top of that the class is offered on Saturdays and is close to my home.  Perfect!!

Here the arcs are in all their glory before they become ring blocks.  

"Sew" pleased with myself to actually be doing this.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Saturday Fun

Good Evening Internet Friends.

Sometime late last evening the snow finally stopped falling.  I actually had a FUN day in the snow.  First of all it was kind of fun to drive to work fresh snow on the roads.  At one point the Focus felt like it was off roading in the snow. ☺

This afternoon kiddo and I headed out to the River Valley with the dog.  We spent 2.5 hours out in the snow.  Part of that was that it took longer to get any where!  There were drifts in the Valley that were 2+ feet deep and so hard that I could stand on top.

Kiddo and Dog had a great time:

Back at home we made hot chocolate and for dinner we had Turkey chili with all the trimmings; corn chips, avocado, green onions, salsa, sour cream, and sharp cheddar:

So yummy and filling.

After dinner I spent a bit of time in my craft room and assembled another A and B arc set for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  I think I only have two more sets of these to make before next weekend!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

More Rings!!!

Good Evening Internet Friends!

It's Finally Friday!!!!!  After being ill last week and still not feeling 100% this week I am super excited about the weekend.

This evening my son had an extracurricular school event "sew" that meant I was home alone for almost 4 hours.  

Guess what I did???

I made another set of the A and B arcs for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring Quilt.  I am not usually a fan of Batik fabrics but I really love the vibrant colours and look of the fabrics for this quilt:

TAH DAH!!!

I just might be able to get all of the rings sewn for class next week at Sew Divine. 

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Another Set......

Good Evening Internet Friends.  

I'm starting to pick up speed on making these A and B arcs for my Flowers for My Wedding Ring quilt.  This evening after piano lessons, groceries at Costco, and getting prepped for work and school tomorrow I spent a bit of time in my craft room.

Here is what I made:

Both arcs were completed in just over an hour!!!

I know I still have an ominous amount of these to make, but it just might be possible.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy 

Back at It...

Good Evening Internet Friends!

Today was back to work.  I will give myself a solid 6/10 health rating for today but that is all.  I was very tired by the time I arrived home this evening.

After a bit of a rest, dinner and some household chores I finished one set of the quilt blocks I am working on for my Flowers for my Wedding Ring Quilt:

I have always wanted to make one of these and when I saw that Sew Divine (one of my favourite quilt shops) was having a class --- you can likely guess I signed up for the class IMMEDIATELY!!!

Now to finish 7 more of these sets containing 16 of these arches before next class....😕.....maybe I can accomplish this goal.

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Sky Pie....Yummmmm

Last night after pickling, I decided I needed some quilt therapy.

This paper pieced pot holder was sitting on my sewing table waiting for it's binding.  What a quick project, and the reward of completing something.

Now I think I should go make pie.....

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Serious Quilter or What???

As I blogged about yesterday, today I went to the Judy Neimeyer quilting workshop in Camrose.

While there I saw something that made me laugh (doesn't take much for me)......

It's a sewing machine in the bathroom!!  I know some people read or do the crossword puzzle while in there, but until now I had never thought of quilting while in there!!  I don't know the exact reason for it being there, I just thought it was funny.

As for the Cactus Rose quilt I am making..... here is what I managed to accomplish today!  The one big portion took me almost 4 hours to make, the second I was better and got that down to 2 hours.  Both little pieces I was able to complete in under an hour.

To make this quilt into the queen size I chose, I will have to complete 9 in total of these full blocks - what you see is about 1/2 of the block.

Maybe I can finish the other half tomorrow and then only 8......

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Pie in the Sky....Literally

Mmmmmmmm, sky pie!

I bought this kit for paper pieced pot holders at Sew Divine last summer (maybe the summer before?) because the kit amused me as being pie in the sky.  Plus, who does not like pie.

The pie is paper pieced, and then layered over cotton batting, a layer of Insul-Bright, and then quilted.

Since I have several fruit themed fat quarters sitting around and a generous amount of Insul-Bright expect to see more of these, and maybe even get one!

Hope this inspires your own creativity...

Kathy

Paper Piecing

I used paper piecing technique to make these place-mats.  The fabric I used if of a Christmas festive nature so I will be gifting these to my grandmother for Christmas.  Hope she likes them.  Hope this inspires your own creativity...


Kathy