Design Wall Monday

Does everyone have one of these little Clover Threaders?
It is called a "Clover Desk Needle Threader" and yes it does thread a size 12 quilt needle.  Before I hand stitched the binding down on this QOV, I happened to find this little help-mate among all my papers, fabrics, tools and other items that need to find their permanent homes instead of sitting out on my worktables.  Too much clutter to be able to find things and sew and finish my UFO's.

Clover Desk Needle Threader

This afternoon, my husband took a couple of pictures of the QOV that I just finished, except for sewing on the label.  However, the pictures he took are in "his camera".  Then the sun set, so the lighting is poor at the moment, so here is one shot that shows some detail of the stitching that Marie from Summerville, SC stitched.

Close-up of machine stitching by Marie

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Design Wall Monday

Is it Monday already?  It's amazing how fast the days fly by once the calendar hits Thanksgiving.  I'm still working on my 365 Quilty Circle project.  This past week-end, I got caught up to Dec. 1st and then made 9 more HST blocks to get a little ahead.  Now it's Dec. 5th and I haven't done anything since Dec. 1st.

I decided it would be fun to have all the little blocks for December created with Christmas fabrics.  Tomorrow is my "Tuesday Sewing Group", so preparing for what projects to take.  Friday, the 2nd, I received the Quilt of Valor back from Marie, who did the long arm quilting.  Her quilting is beautiful with lots of stars, quilted with a multicolored thread on top and a dark blue on the back.

It took a little searching to find the fabric in my stash, for the binding, but I was thrilled when I found it. I had used this fabric in the quilt but was not sure if I still had some or if I had enough for the binding. It is 100% cotton, called Rustic Weave Pattern #32955, color is red, made in Japan by Moda Fabrics.
I do have the binding made but still must trim the quilt, sew on the binding and then hand stitch it down.
Since I took my time on making the quilt, I don't want to rush to complete it.  Also, when the quilt is complete, I will take a picture and I wash it "with a Dye Catcher" before presenting it to a Veteran.

So, I decided to show something that I did complete.  The (2) stockings were cut from a fabric panel and then I sewed fleece on the back of each stocking.  I remember making (2) other stockings quite some time ago, but I think I already turned them in at Sewing.

2 stockings ready for Christmas

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365 Quilty Project

Many thanks to Audrey from Quilty Folk for challenging me to continue the 365 Quilty Circle Project.  In my entire life, I have never kept a journal or diary for more than a few weeks.  The thrill of the fabric and all the choices available kept me going, along with Audrey posting each month as to her progress and encouraging each one of us, to keep going.  Early on, I realized that it didn't really matter if all my blocks were the same, in fact, it added to the challenge of making many of the little 4" blocks different and it was exciting to see how many different styles that others had created.

Only 30 more days to go.....

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Today, I tried to get a little ahead by making 9 HST blocks, which should get me through until the 10th of December.  I also thought it would be fun to use
all Christmas fabrics during this month.  It will be fun to see if I can round up 21 additional Christmas fabrics to use the rest of this month.

I believe this was the most enjoyable project that I have ever done and it lasted all year long.

I'll be linking up with Quilty Folk.Blogspot.com to see all the blocks created by other quilters this year.  

 

Tomorrow is December 1st

How can that be--tomorrow is December 1st......
2016 just flew by.....
My Sewing Room is still a mess-fabric everywhere-not enough room for all the projects, papers, fabric, containers, knick-knacks...
Will I ever be organized?  Some things are organized but not everything.
Do I need more lists?  Do I need a bigger room?  Do I need to work faster?  Maybe I need to focus more!
Oh well, tomorrow is a new day and a new beginning..

One great thing was accomplished in November.  I finally got my car trunk emptied out of all the boxes of  fabric that I had been hauling around since I had no place to put it in my house.

Here's to a new month....HOPE to accomplish great things!!!

Design Wall Monday

It's raining in Tennessee.  We've been waiting days, weeks, & months.  So far this evening, we have had (point) .90 inch of rain (almost an inch) and we are very thankful.  We are praying that the rain continues here and on to East Tennessee where the fires have been burning.

I am now up to date on my 365 Quilty Circles project.

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I'm looking forward to our weekly Sewing Group getting together again tomorrow.  Time to re-group and get to work on all the projects that we have started.
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Trying to catch up again

Here it is, Nov. 27th, and I'm behind again and to add to the confusion, I cannot find the last partial row of nine (9) Quilty squares that I made from Oct. 27th through Nov. 4th.  I'm sure I put them some place safe where I would not lose them.  Where oh where could they be???  In my search, I did find a partial bolt of "Heat & Bond", which I couldn't imagine that I had used the entire bolt, so I was thrilled to find that in one of my many plastic tubs.  When will I ever be organized?

Still not organized, but I did find the missing Quilty squares.  Hooray!  Hooray!!

Design Wall Monday

My friend, Sandra, who recently sold her Dog Clothing & Accessory business, gave me a big bag of scraps from making dog beds.  The scraps were not very big but there was enough fabric to cut 3-4 HST per piece.
There were lots & lots of pieces.  I provided the white fabric and all the rest was from her scraps.  This will be given to our weekly Sewing Group to be sandwiched with batting and a back.  It turned out happy & bright and just what a child in need could use.
Obviously, I still need to sew the blocks together.  Each block measures 16" square.

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