Just Because

I made something today, for myself, and just because. With my CSP list still a bit lengthy, I was in the mood for a FAST EASY and FUN project. I was loading my stash into some storage bins, and I came across these middle of the night purchases I made a few years ago. I didn't have any plans, and I only bought 3-1/2 yard cuts.... I had a flash of mini quilts hanging in my next laundry room.( I know you are probably saying, but you don't know what your next laundry room will look like.. I know, but I have a bunch of different ideas on how to use them)

Don't these ladies look so happy to be doing laundry?!!! Each mini quilt is about 9.5 square.

And of course I wear heels while hanging the laundry.(I'm being sarcastic, I'm a flip flop girl 10 months of the year)

I am pleased with the way they turned out. Doing a wonky log cabin again was fun, especially since they weren't planned.

You know, I joke about how much fabric I buy, but I actually don't think my stash is too overwhelming. I pretty much only buy for specific projects, and these bins are mostly leftovers. I was happy to discover this today.

P.S. I finished 3 things from the to do list yesterday, 2 secret gifts, and a set of U of M burp clothes for my bro, who is expecting his first in a couple of weeks. GO ME!!

just barely

November wall hanging....just finished it.

Considering its only the 1st I don't think I was late.

I would have had it done last night if I hadn't been "checking" the monster's Halloween candy.

I love this one.

Next Up

The projects I have been working on recently, all seem to be pretty wrapped up. Full Swing needs to be mailed, the November wall hanging needs the binding closed(tonight), and the Christmas Chain quilt needs binding(need to order the binding fabric today).

So with those three projects off the active list, I pulled out whats next today. A cowboys quilt for my little boy. Won't that be appropriate for our upcoming South Dakota move?!(the state sport of South Dakota is rodeo.) I need to pick a pattern for this one. I'm thinking something simple. REAL simple. Like maybe just and irish chain?? I think the reds, blues and white in the 9 patch, and the one cowboy print in the solid block. I'll think about it some more...

I also want to start on the toddler quilt I need to make as CSP #5 on my list. I need to pick a pattern for this one too, I'm thinking pinwheels??? I'll think about it some more....

And another apron for me.... Is there a law limiting the number of aprons you can own?? I'm probably still under the limit.... probably.

So really I have some fabric to wash(I'm a pre-washer, so sew me!), and some thinking to do. I'll probably end up image searching and procrastinating for a week while I "think about it"...

Blogger's Quilt Festival

Amy is having another awesome quilt festival. I've shared in the last two, I figured I should share again, since its so dang fun! I had a hard time picking a quilt to share, so I just chose one that I love.

This was part of the Old Red Barn Co quilt along. Round eight, the round Pat Sloan taught. It was a fun project, I really enjoyed making it. This was the first round I had someone I know in real life quilting along too. It made it much more exciting.




I like the Fandango by Kate Spain big time!



I free motion quilted the center, and I enjoy it.... A LOT






The rest of the quilt is straight stitched, one way or another. I really love petting those triangles!

Thanks for stopping in. Enjoy the rest of the festival!!

Finished Full Swing

Pulled this baby out of the dryer this afternoon. Its for my baby sister. She bought the kit and it took me 3 months to finish. I've been traveling and distracted. But I'm happy I can mail it out to her.

I fmq this one, I'm happy with how my fmq-ing turns out nowadays.

This is what is in the Juki currently. Straight stitching this one. I cannot wait!

I bet it would keep you up until 2am too.

I mentioned a little while ago that we are moving the first week of January. Last night I was up trying to figure something out.

I was thinking, How am I going to keep my quilt babies safe during this move? I have dozens of quilts, and I bet you the movers will be tempted to use them as moving blankets. This thought sent me into a panic. The thoughts that followed.....

• Okay so to be sure this doesn't happen, I will box them up with tissue paper, and have the movers put a security seal on that box.
• Okay but if it has a seal on it, a would be thief might think its a box of expensive electronics, and it might encourage the theft even more.

Now you may think I'm being paranoid, but we had our storage unit in Michigan broken into when we were overseas. Nothing valuable, just priceless mementos. ya know the stuff that there is no way to replace. So from that experience I am a bit paranoid.

There isn't anything I can do if someone steals the sealed quilt box, right.... But then I decided I would put a nasty note in the box, so if a would be thief opened it they would be greeted with a guilt/fear note.

Then I spent about an hour drafting the note. If you read on the language may be a bit mild..... But think about it what would you say to someone if they stole your quilts? Really? Mine goes something like this...

Dear Douche Bag,

If your opening this box expecting to find a computer or blue ray player, you will be pretty disappointed. But what you took earns you #1 asshole status in my book. I hope you feel terrible about what you did, and if you would like to return this box to me please mail it to this address______________ . If you don't return my quilts to me, then I pray God will bless you with a horrific skin disease, and extreme poverty for the rest of your life. Jerk.

the end.

If you are wondering where I got such a potty mouth I would remind you that I was raised an hour from Detroit. In a perfect world Tim Allen would narrate descriptions of Detroit, and having you rushing to go vacation there. But in the real world, Detroit is still pretty dirty, and dangerous, and it makes the folks in Southeast Michigan pretty colorful. And that extends to where I grew up. (If you have ever been to Detroit, you probably got a little taste of this.(even if you just stopped at the airport for a layover( standing in line to get a sandwich, where the young woman, looks up from her phone at you, rolls her eyes, puts her phone in her pocket, looks up at you with a dirty look, and asks "whatta want?" in a tone that clearly lets you know she will stab you))). Plus my grandma was raised in Detroit, and it made her quite colorful. She is the one that taught me women do fart and burp.

So I have my plan, Security Sealed box, with a note cursing a thief. If you couldn't hand carry your quilts, and you were afraid of theft, what would do?

Aprons Day

I whipped out a couple aprons today. For me!! Lovin the fabric on this short apron. And the ribbon that has a little ruffle to it. eeek

This apron looks like a hooker working the street corner because my husband is a foot taller than me. It is a good length on me. LOL

I love this fabric. Wintery. So it will be good for a couple months after Christmas.

This is the other side of that apron. Gotta love the monster sneaking in to imitate dad eh?