Carpenter Star!! (28)

A few weeks ago I set my February goal

I set out to make a Carpenters Star quilt

in an extra large queen size for my brother and his wife

These are the fabric we chose,

a mix of purple and grey, both light and dark

So I set to work

This is the inner star, 

what you can't see in this picture is that it almost takes up my whole

design wall, which forced me to move down to the basement for the

rest of the project, where there was enough room for it all.

the entire star, without the borders

Sorry for the poor colour pictures, remember I said I was in my basement

This was my first big project on my new machine

I had lots of room to move it around.

I quilting it straight line, following the star pattern

I really should have taken a picture of the back of the quilt,

the pattern of the quilting looked awesome on the solid backing fabric

I made the side borders wider than the top and bottom, for extra over hang on the sides of their bed

They were very happy with how it turned out

My brother is still a little upset I didn't use any "camouflage' Fabric

I am very happy with how it turned out too!!

Happy Tuesday

Stay warm, it's -30 here again in Saskatchewan!!

The Library Project Simply Color Framed

It is time for the February check in 

of The Library Project

ok, ok, ok

I have re vamped my project list

a few times

But in my defence, the projects I was asked to make

were changed on me

but enough about that

onto my Feb project

I have gone back to my favourite pattern designer

Camille Roskelly

from her Simply Retro book

I have had my eye on this pattern, 

I think I am drawn to the bright fabric she used

When I came across a Layer cake of 

Simply Color by V & Co

I set to work

cutting

 that took about an hour

seriously, this was an easy pattern!!

it came together real easy and real fast

I haven't got any further than getting the top together

and then I had to move on to a couple of paid projects

If you are looking for a quick project

this is it, seriously, I started cutting the fabric at about 2 

on a Saturday afternoon, and had the majority of it all pieced together that evening

and I had stopped to make supper even!!

Thanks for stopping by

Remember to go check out a few others taking part in 

the Library Project

Stay Warm!!

Centerpiece quilt top

My Centerpiece quilt top is done

I bought a pattern and fabric kit from Sweetwater

then when it got here, I decided to use the fabric part of the kit for another project, 

and use other hexagons I already had for the pattern part of the kit

there is a whole lotta pressing involved with this pattern

each of the 16 flowers needs to be pressed in, like so, 

and then appliquéd onto the bigger blocks

The pressing is what takes the most time, the quilt actually came together quite fast

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In other news, one of my 2014 goals was to learn 

and get comfortable with free motion quilting, 

on my home machine. 

I enquired into classes at my local quilt shop, they do teach free motion, 

but not until May or June, well that won't help me, around here May is crazy busy with farming, and June this year will be crazy busy with my daughter graduating

So I purchased a few books,

got comfy with a cup of tea and a warm quilt and started to read

Then I gave it a try

I can see I am going to like this, and be able to have fun with it

Happy Tuesday

Stay warm!!

Quilt Story

Freshly Pieced

My Quilt Infatuation

Hexi Flowers in progress

Got some mail the other day I had forgotten about

I had pre ordered a kit from Sweetwater

for their Centerpiece quilt 

using their new line, Wishes

but

I already had a bunch of Hexigons cut out

that really didn't have a purpose

So I decided to use them for this pattern

This is my first time sewing with hexagons

they are not so bad

Maybe when this is finished, Ill even be brave enough to try Triangles

Thanks for stopping by

Happy Wednesday

Linking up with Lee @ Freshly Pieced

February Goals

Ok, January is done and gone

Lets see what I can accomplish in Feb

First up

I have been asked to make a Carpenters Star quilt

big enough for a queen sized bed, that is a little high,

so it needs to be a little longer on the sides

These are the fabrics

purple and grey, each in light and dark shades

I have never done this type of star before and I am a little intimidated by it.

I am using a pattern I found at Craftsy

Happy Saturday

Stay Warm

Linking up with 

Melissa and Shanna

for the 

A Lovely Year of Finishes 2014

Happy Hearts

Some how my daughter went and grew up

she turned 18!!!

How and when did that happen???

She will graduate in a few short months,

this year can slow down any time!!

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I finished my Heartthrob wall hanging

I am pretty impressed with it

The pattern is Heartthrob by Vanessa at Lella Boutique

the fabric is Hearts a Flutter by Deb Strain

The quilting is by me

on my new machine!

I am SO excited I can do wavy lines now!!

I also added an appliqué stitch around the other half of the heart, 

and then a straight stitch around each block square

Thanks for Stopping by

Linking up with

Quilt Story for Fabric Tuesday

and

My Quilt Infatuation for Needle and Thread Thursday

A Completed Swoon!!! (27)

You may recall back at the beginning of the month

in this post

I set a goal for January,

to Finish my Swoon quilt

Well here it is

FINISHED!!!

I am SO happy with it now that it is complete!!

I quilted it on my home machine

(before I got my new one)

I just did the outline of each Flower or Star

(what ever you call them)

then added an x across the block and 

stitched around each square.

It lives in our living room

and there is plenty of room for 2 to cuddle on those cold winter nights

I backed it with cozy micro fleece!!

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A little behind the scenes here,

Normally I take my quilt outside to photograph them

but today we are experiencing  a nice Saskatchewan

winter day, complete with 70 KM/Hour winds and lots of blowing snow

So I do the next best thing, go to my entryway where there is still lots of natural light 

and enough room for a big quilt

This is usually my hanging crew

my hubby and my big dude

Happy Sunday

Stay warm

I am typing this from the warmth of my bed

as I seem to have come down with the flu :(

I am linking up with 

Melissa & Shanna

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