Pieced the back for the bargello and cut the binding for it this morning. Maybe tomorrow I will get it sewn together and pressed in half! Terry

I haven't been on this thread for a while. I've just committed to make my granddaughter a quilt for her wedding...sometime late summer...date not yet set. I decided on a pineapple quilt, paper pieced, in Alex Anderson's paper piece book. She has a queen size bed and so I will need to make 64 8" pineapple blocks. I'll use blues, greens and turquoises with off whites. It will be scrappy and I'll use my stash and new fat quarters. I'm looking forward to starting it; I've always wanted to make a pineapple quilt. I will print out directions for the 2009 BOM and put it on hold until DGD's is done. We do keep busy don't we????

Nancy in NC

Debi,
Yes it really does work. You could also use a straigt edge level, but they tend to be heavy and you would probably lose your grip and get aggrivated. Before I found my laser level, I tried to measure down from my design wall and both ends, stick a pin in, and then run a thread across, but it would move. Maybe with a heavier tread, it would work You could get a right angle if you can get it to work. I'd have to play with it a little more. Cheryl

I've been between projects since I finished DH's Christmas quilt. Gettin' a little antsy! So last night I designed an applique block to play with during the holidays. Got the idea from a design book from Search Press. Lots of good stuff in there.

Put the borders on the bargello quilt and the top is done. Photo is posted on my blog. Now, I'm thinking of how to piece the back and choosing a fabric for the binding. It feel good to be this close to the quilting stage! Terry

cjbeg wrote: Cheryl does that really work, new tool for me for xmas debbie

I had a great day yesterday. With laundry going (so I felt like I was doing housework) I sewed for several hours.

I found a block I liked in a magazine and have gone through my stash to find all the florals I have. I'm making a block from each and also from all my white-on-whites. I wasn't sure what I would do with them eventually.

After reading alot of posts here, I've decided to make them into Quilts for Valor. I've got maybe 30 blocks partly done, so it will probably make 2 quilts.

Now I feel REALLY good. Using up stash fabric and making a pretty quilt for a soldier. I read that there are many women and not enough quilts made in colors they'd like.

Today I can also sew several hours! The start of a great week!

Nancy in Brrr but warming western NY

The bargello rows are together!!! I got up early this morning and sewed the rows I incorrectly sewed yesterday. It is ready for the border. Once I get the borders on, I will take a picture to post on my blog. Won't happen probably until the end of the week. Terry

Not sure why, but today was the first time I read this thread! I never understood what it was.

You all should start at the beginning and read some of your postings. It's really interesting to look back at what you were doing last spring and summer!

I'm lucky to have my 2 sewing areas right off my kitchen, so I always manage at least a few minutes either sewing, cutting or planning something. (I have my fabric and main machine in what is supposed to be the laundry room and do cutting, planning, pressing and machine embroidery in what's supposed to be the dining room).

Today, however, I have been on TQS website for 2 hours! I'll be working on the Christmas tree today and probably won't sew until the evening during tv. Nancy in BRRRRR western NY

I am working on a UFO I had screwed up early in my quilting endeavors. I had bought a cute panel which I sandwiched between backing and batting. I did some simple quilting but then discovered the batting was killy wonker and I had 4 inches on one side and 7 inches on the other. DO NOT ask me how it happened as I really do not know. I had planned to do a flip and sew border on it but with the sides so uneven I did not know how to fix the problem.

After thinking about it for a year. I am layering a second batting over the killy wonker batting to even it all out. I am just going to baste them together then continue with the flip and sew border.


I think it will be cute I am making a fence to go around the panel of cows and farm animal. I think it will be really cute when I get done with it. I like the idea of salvaging a SCREWED UP project; I find it makes me get more creative.

I think the difference with the award winning quilt show quilters is they take chances and design their own work/ projects and do not reley so much on patterns and books written by someone else. I realy have been trying to get out of the box and streaching my quilting muscles.

Helped DD pin her sheep quilt; she even had an opportunity to sew one row of stitch in the ditch before she returned home. I didn't make much progress on my bargello. . . I ended up ripping half of what I had sewn because I put the rows on in the wrong order. . .tomorrow will be better!

Still have a bunch of pressing to do on the bargello blocks; but, I just couldn't wait to see what a row or so would look like. Yes, you know it, I stitched a few between yesterday and this morning. I sure like how it is turning out. Will try to post a picture tomorrow on my blog.

Well, I was able to get some organizing done in the sewing room, and work on the orca quilt. Thanks to dcrine's idea of the laser level, I was able to put a straight border on and square it up. Yesterday I got all the orca's sewn down and now I need to get some fabric for white and another black border. This has been a kind of wing it project. The goal is to fit a twin bed and as it is right now, it just covers the mattress. So it is off to the fabric store. darn. Cheryl

Yesterday I got two small quilts for our guild's Quilts for Heroes project quilted. Next week, we will be taking 25 of these little red, white and blue quilts to a ceremony in Corpus Christi at one of the colleges which will be honoring returning soldiers, and giving each of the soldiers a quilt. They're about 48" by 64", so didn't take long to machine quilt.

Pat in Rockport, TX