Pictures of more houses

My computer was quite old (over 10 years old), so everything I want to do is more difficult than I remember. Yesterday, we went and purchased Windows 10 with a beautiful new monitor.  As I was about to put my camera disk in the computer, I realized I wasn't sure which slot to use.  So, I must wait until my husband is free to show me.  I don't need to mess it up, before I even begin.  The pictures I plan to post will be of the "House Blocks" that I have been working on since January 2019.  I have (4) more house blocks to create before I can start sewing the blocks together with sashings and then borders.   

March 1st, 2019

Any Blog followers that I had, have probably lost interest or moved on to more interesting sites.  I haven't blogged in several months.  I still go to my weekly Sewing Group and enjoy making small quilts for Project Linus or other groups.

I have begun a new quilt project for myself.  A quilt which will represent each house I have lived in through-out my life.  Just (4) more blocks to finish.  The corner blocks represent each lake where our families went on vacation through the years.  This is the most intriguing quilt that I have ever made and I have truly enjoyed the process.

Pictures will be posted later.......  

New Quilt Project begins-

Since I have a couple of weeks off from any activities, I decided to use my time to make a "House Quilt".  Each house will represent a house, dorm, apt. or duplex where I have lived.  I even plan to make a block with a camping tent for when we took a family vacation at a lake in Northern California for 3 weeks.  The most difficult so far, is to find photos of each place to use as my design.  I found that I am making Swiss cheese out of many of my fabrics that have scenery, fences, barns, houses, or landscapes.  When I'm done, probably the only ones who will recognize these houses will be friends who I grew up with through the years.  I do enjoy making quilts that document a particular event or time in my family's history.    Here is Block #1--the house where I grew up....

Next up is -- The Residence Hall at Humboldt State College in the Redwoods

 

Shown below is Block #2--my interpretation in fabric of the Residence Hall at Humboldt

Next up will be Block #3--my 1st Apartment that I shared with a friend from Jr. High

We lived there for 3 months during the summer of 1974--It had a nice pool, which we enjoyed.

We called the Apt. Building--"The Pink Apartments" since they were painted pink.

Debbie did her Nurses Training at a local hospital and

  I commuted to another town to work in a Dental Office. 

Quilts of Valor

At present, I have (3) Quilts of Valor in various stages of completion.  All need to be sent to a LAQ.
First, I will need to find backings prior to requesting a LAQ.  My timing is not good, since the holidays are almost upon us and I always feel bad when I request a LAQ at this time of year.

I see that I commented on these Quilts of Valor back in my Sept. 7th post.  Obviously, I have too many projects started but not completed.

November and December's UFO #'s are 2 or 7

Judy from Patchwork Times has two numbers left for choosing which UFO to complete in November or December 2018.  Either #2 or #7, since these are the only numbers left.  I wish I could say those were the only UFO's I have left--but that is not the case. 

My big accomplishment today was to do all my laundry.

Reverse Birthdays

Have you ever participated in Reverse Birthdays with a special group of friends?

I had never heard of "Reverse Birthdays" until I joined my weekly Sewing Group back in 2011.  Instead of everyone in your group giving the person with the birthday, a gift, the person having the birthday gives a gift to everyone in the group.  It is rather fun, but you do have to plan ahead if you choose to make something.  As soon as I finish this post, I will take a picture of the block.  I made 22 blocks, each with a sea gull pieced in a light gray mottled square measuring approx. 8" x 9 1/2".
My thought was to have each lady make whatever she would like with her square. (pillow, wall hanging, center block for a quilt, design for front of a tote-bag).

Working on one of my 365 Quilty Circles...

Last week-end, I decided it was time to begin work on two of my tops from 2016.  These tops were part of the on-line 2016 "365 Quilty Circles Challenge".  I chose to not use batting in either quilt.

My friend, Bonnie from my weekly Sewing Group helped me pin the first top together with a black & white backing.  We pinned quite heavily with safety pins at every other 4" square.  This technique worked beautifully and I was able to machine quilt it.   Next, I sewed the binding on by machine, and then folded it over, ready to be sewn down by hand.  Without any batting, it is slow going; trying to sew the binding on and not catch the thread where it shows on the front of the quilt!


This last week, another friend from my weekly Sewing Group helped me pin the 2nd top together with a blue backing.  I got the machine quilting done on this 2nd quilt and my goal is to finish this quilt with binding before next Tuesday, Oct. 30th, 2018.  With no batting, it is very difficult and slow to sew on the binding.  I may try to sew it on by machine.

I truly loved this type of challenge--maybe in 2019, I will choose to make little houses or 3-D boxes or another unique item that is not too difficult to make.
Anyone reading this, who has an idea of a daily or weekly challenge, please let me know......