I'm a Quilt-ing Fooooool

Remember that Frank Zappa song ? Oh, wait a minute, that was Dancin' Fool, not quilting fool - oh well. Then there's his other classic "Watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow" - very good advice set to music I must say.

So tonight with DH still away, instead of doing CW blocks, or Dear Jane blocks, I decided to quilt a wallhanging that has been hanging around (or should say NOT hanging around) for a couple of years now. Why so long you ask? because I could never decide how to quilt it. So here's my advice for the night (sorry, it is not set to music, Frank Zappa I'm not) -

• don't go grocery shopping when you are hungry
  
• don't get your long hair cut short because of one bad hair day
• don't set out for a night at the clubs without making your friends promise not to let you call your ex at 2 am when you are drunk, and
• don't quilt a quilt with a design your not that sure about simply because you want it out of your "to quilt" pile.
  

The irony is, as soon as it was done, I could see in my mind how I SHOULD have quilted it ~sigh~

So I have decided that this quilt needs to be hung high up, in a room with bad lighting. Maybe then the piecing will show and the quilting won't LOL!

On another note, I thought I'd show you the 7 Dear Jane blocks I had completed before joining Dear Baby Jane. I am doing my baby jane in Autumn colors. I plan to use a dark purple for the sashing but I'm still looking for the perfect one.

Mary and I took a trip to Bennington, Vt. in September 2006 to see the original Dear Jane. I would recommend it to anyone - nice town, lots of great restaurants and shops, the original Dear Jane quilt is incredible to see in person and the rest of the museum is very nice too.




Here is my first Dear Baby Jane block - the wonky look is from my photography, not my quilting! I'm not that happy with the colors and may redo it eventually.


Thanks for stopping by,

Have a Pieceful Day!

One Sick Puppy

I am behind again on my Civil War Diary blocks. I had the free motion foot on the machine to quilt this Take 5 quilt. I set the machine up for quilting one night during the week and then did not get to it. Here is a pic of the Take 5 quilt. I pieced this quilt over a year ago - I fell in love with the fabrics and wanted a quick pattern to put them in. It is for the back of the couch - just in time for Spring - oh well, it will get a lot of use next year - or over the summer when DH freezes me out with the AC! The colors look a lot nicer in real life - don't know why that didn't translate in the picture.

Yesterday morning DH and I had to take our dog, Max to the vet. He is having trouble walking and was visably in pain. He has also been steadily losing weight. He had a negative test for Lymes Disease back in November so now they did more blood work and I have to bring him back next week for an X-ray and more blood work. They did give him an anti-inflammatory to relieve the pain -which seems to be working. Although he is is not back to his old self he is able to walk without pain now.

Last night I also started quilting another quilt so tonight I plan to finish quilting that and then maybe even get a Civil War block done - or maybe a Dear Jane block - did you notice the Dear Baby Jane button on my sidebar? I must be out of my mind. And I wonder why I never seem to get anything finished???? Oh, well, the point is to enjoy it, right?

Little Blessings

This is the baby quilt I made for DH's coworker's new baby. It just needs to be quilted. It is a made from a panel by Andover Fabrics. The name is Little Blessings and there is a download for the free pattern on their website. I am usually a panel snob, but this was so cute and quick and easy - just what I was looking for.
















The large squares have flowers, frogs, etc. with wishes for the baby like "may you grow up to be gentle and strong" and "may you always be true to yourself."
















Have a Pieceful Day!

Winter Still Life

I just recently finished the binding on this quilt. It was my first applique quilt. I've done an applique block here and there but never something of this size. I learned a lot. I did the center panel with the back basting applique method and would definitely use that method again.

Tonight I finished a quilt top for a coworker of DH - they just adopted a baby from Guatemala and DH asked me to make a quilt. I picked up a kit at the quilt store and have been meaning to start it for a month. DH kept harassing me to make the quilt - last week he texted me a picture of the baby with a caption "baby Smith - she looks cold." DH is very understanding about quilting - this Sunday he drove 30 minutes out of our way so I could stop at a favorite quilt store. We stopped at the local Thai place for lunch, but still, we could have eaten in a great restaurant without going out of our way. So the guilt overcame me this weekend and I started the quilt - I mean he tolerates a lot of quilty stuff, and then when he asks me to make a quilt I keep putting it off. Tonight I finished the top - mitered borders and all. It was too dark tonight to post a picture so it will have to wait for tomorrow.

So, I'm curious - what does YOUR DH think of your quilting? Is he supportive of your habit? Is he jealous of it?

Have a pieceful day!