Made a quilt top

well i made a quilt top that was out of purple squares and white squares. The purple squares have different patterns or floral on them. I then went to Joann's tonight and picked out a backing for it that is a various purple and white floral pattern. Here are some pics.

Blog Blast

Donnie and Troy came over tonight and it was pretty fun times. Donnie brought over his fabrics he got over the week, oh boy was there a ton! We sorted out the ton of cut squares he had (9 big bags!) and laid them out over my bed. DANG! that was pretty impressive! I think he has watercolor quilt in mind...but I am guessing he will need to see what other fabrics he has. Troy and Eric were talking computers or programming or something almost the whole time, but I dragged Eric in to see what a whole load of fabric on the bed looked like. He was in awe.

I had made 3 bags, one for me for cosmetics to hang in the bathroom, a drum stick holder bag for Eric, because they were EVERYWHERE (...and getting chewed by Jazz), and a school bag for Noel. Here they are. I found the fabrics all at Joanns. I wish there had been more of the squirrel flannel fabric (they were all made with flannel and lined with fleece.) I need to find a good pattern for a tote, there are several people I want to make bags for, but don't want the insides to fray. I will be posting it once I find a good one.


Also, I have started making real progress on the friendship wall hanging I started. I will post the progression later, too.

And just for posterity, here is a picture of my tiny wee quilting area:


- Helen out

Purse all finished

Purse all finished.

Tea Coasters & Purse

Here is a set of 3 tea coasters and a purse in the making.

Donnie

Quilted Quilters Apron

Here is a project I did today. I ended up with an oil spot from the machine, but for the most part, this came out great! It's very strong and durable, and quite comfortable when on, standing and sitting. I also sewed my first piece of lace, which turned out fair. I think I will probably go sparingly on the lace in the future projects :)
-H out

Minutes 2-22/23-08

Friday 2/22 - Donnie came over to my house Friday evening and we watched several episodes of Simply Quilting that I had recorded. Also, Donnie brought over his books and fabric that he received in the mail earlier. He gave me several pieces of batiks of various colors and I gave him a yard of the Shimmer Sea by Robert Kaufman I had got earlier in the week. Concluded meeting around 10:30 p.m. after agreeing to go fabric shopping next morning.

Saturday 2/23 - Donnie and I went to Bernina's for the first time. I learned about the sewing machines while Donnie shopped the fabrics. After drooling over the sewing machines and listening to the salesperson's lesson on how to do the different design stitches, I joined Donnie and got several pieces of fabric, mostly fat quarters. Cut yards were $6.00 each and half yards were $3.00 each. I think FQs were $1 each, but I can't remember. I enjoyed this store because it had several fabrics I had never seen before, and although a tiny bit more expensive, it looked all like very nice quality stuff. Donnie got several pieces of fabric as well and a book on quilted travel bags.

My First Two Projects

A small owl wall quilt I made for my mom and a small wall quilt I made for my friend Elizabeth.

I am working on several more small personalized black and white quilts like Liz's that feature the art nouveau prints.

The thing I like about these quilts is how easy it is to get the strips to pretty much do what you want.

Today Donnie and I plan on going to a few stores and checking out some fabrics!

-Helen out