Congratulations Annis on "quilt of the day" Beautiful!!!

Dorothy

this is what I've been working one...was supposed to be for Christmas but better late than never
Sorry it's sideways,I don't know how to turn it right side up
Dawn love your circles...can't wait to see your progress!!!
Geneva.. great reason to miss sewing cute little boy!!!

Dorothy

Thank Annis, Joyce and Geneva re AQ Magazine I'll pick up a copy next time we're out and about.

Geneva great picture!

Barb

Aw he's worth missing sewing for

Geneva - your day was well spent. What a cutie!!

Dawn - I love those circles - wondering how you're going to sew them on?

Dawn I love your circles! Can't wait to see what you do with them.

Annis, that's a lot of quilting! Looking good.

Heather, I rarely if ever sew at night. It seems I lose part of my thinking cap when I do.

I do like the AQS magazine. But I agree that the issues that show the winning quilts can be repetitive. I like being a member of AQS also. You can get some good discounts on fabrics and books. I wish there was a show near me!

I didn't sew yesterday. Instead I took a walk with this little guy and walked the floor with his brother. Some days are just harder than others. The little guy had a tummy ache I think. But big brother was a happy camper!





Today will be no sewing either. I will spend the day with my mom.

geneva

Your fabrics are just so beautiful!! I love the accuquilt circle templates. Eager to see your quilt when you can show us!!

BarbCA wrote:
I like the AQ magazine. I also go to one of their shows (IA) and see the quilts. In the last 2 years, I've gotten tired of the magazine that mainly shows the winning quilts at all their shows. When the winners are about the same each show, it gets to be many repeats. Once I get to the show nearer me, I feel like I've seen them already!

The first issue for this year seems they are taking a turn on the format of the magazine and it won't just show the show winners each time. I'm hoping for good improvements. I keep my membership for the show discount, it is worth the membership to save on the show pass.

Having said that.... I'm way behind on reading my quilt magazines!!

Lorra, I hope your GD doesn't have a growing spurt before March , still at least you have nice big seams for letting out if necessary And leave yourself nice big hems! I've found it tends to be length that goes first.

Heather, you have some very handsome men in your family. Yes, I could tell your oldest was trying to suppress a smile, but I could catch the twinkle in his eyes.

Joyce, I love your Swoon quilt. I would quilt it lightly so it is usable. I have felt some show quilts and they are stiff, especially if they have lots of embellishments on them. I have a small wall hanging that I quilted heavily and it is very stiff.

Dawn, love your circles. At first glance it reminded me of a peacock tail.

Monday, I sewed all day, but not a quilt. I need to make my 4 year old GD a fancy dress for the Father/Daughter dance in March. I used less expensive material and made her a dress for church or other special days. I wanted to check out the fit of the pattern. It is really cute. I need her to try it on so I can hem it. It sure seems strange making that giant 5/8 inch seam after all those scant 1/4 inch seams!!!
Today I need to hem a pair of jeans for DH's sister, then it is back to quilting. I am finally going to get the binding on my Colorful Rhapsody. I got the kit from Ricky several years ago. That is on my UFO challenge from All People Quilt for February. I moved the things I did not get finished on my 2015 list to the 2016. Maybe this year I can keep up.

Dawn, that is going to be gorgeous!!

Annis, I love what you did. Best of luck as you keep working and finish it up!

I managed some progress today, despite being a bit tired. Came up to do some more tonight and was reminded why I don't usually sew when tired: started on the second set of blocks and found I was missing pieces. Weird. Made the replacements. Sewed some blocks. Realized that the missing pieces have been used in set one, which shouldn't have had them (wrong colors). This being for the infinity sign on son's graduation quilt, and the colors are very precise on that part (but are very close to each other).....tomorrow shall be spent unsewing a bit and correcting the errors before proceeding. Oops. I'll get things sorted better first, too.....

Barb, yes I like AQ. It has interesting articles in addition to quilt patterns and show winners.

Joyce, I agree the show quilts look like they would be stiff. I haven't done any micro-quilting on a large quilt and this is my first time for doing that much quilting on a miniature quilt. It would be a little stiff to sleep under but this one will just hang on a wall.

Annis and Geneva - You've both recently mentioned AQ magazine do you like it?
Barb

Dawn - Like your circles for the Hoffman Challenge!
Barb