Monday Afternoon

What a nice weekend, no snow!  Of course that ends tomorrow when we get hit again right through Wednesday.  Yuck.
Anyway I have not done any quilting these past few days because I decided to paint my kitchen. Hope to be finished with that later on today.

 I do have a new project started, with be a very small wall hanging.  Just a friends last name and 4 blocks depicting their life/interests. We are trading homemade items and she makes jewelry so I can't wait to see what I get!!

Dresden plate quilt is getting lonely just sitting here so maybe tonight, while vegging out in front of the t.v. I can get some handquilting done.

Friday Afternoon

Tim took the day off and we spent it in the usual way of the past few weeks - shoveling snow!
He is raking the snow off the roof.  Pretty soon our house will be more igloo than anything else as the snow banks are working their way up the sides of the house. The above pic was taken in our backyard.  Good thing we don't need anything out of our shed!
Still working on my Dresden Plate quilt.  Want to do some machine quilting on it soon, maybe tomorrow.

Stained Glass Wallhanging

This wallhanging was made using leftover triangles from my Charming Star quilt.  The colors are vivid and bright and against the black it looks like stained glass.

"Charming" Star Quilt

This is my quilt.  I used a pattern for Charming Star but since a true charm quilt does not use any fabric more than once I will have to rename it.  This is a queen size and called for approx 1400 different fabrics!  I just did not have that many.  This was made 6+ years ago by me and hand quilted by a friend of mine (thanks again Naomi!!). 
I had extra triangles and made a wall hanging from them.  Will post a pic of that soon.

Wednesday evening

YEAH!!  We have a working furnace again.  Now just need to defrost our bed so we can sleep in it tonight! Just kidding, not really frozen but incredibly cold since the room has been closed off since Sunday.

Wednesday Morning

Still no furnace!!  This happens every January when we get a cold snap.  Hubby is trying his best to get it working but no success so far.  On the plus side it gives me an excuse to sit in front of the coal stove and quilt away.  I am slow, but making pretty good progress.  We could certainly use this quilt on these bitterly cold days.  A nor'easter is heading out way for this evening, more snow.  I don't remember a winter like this ever!  We have gotten snow every week since Christmas.  Looking forward to Spring!

Monday Morning

Its a good thing we got the new, higher output, stove in over the weekend because its cold!!  Our furnace decided not to work so the stove is our only heat source for a day or two.  I moved our couch out to in front of the coal stove and will take my dresden plate quilt and hand quilt away.  At least it will keep me nice and warm!

Sunday Morning

The stove got installed and we are toasty warm once again!   I did not get any quilting done yesterday during the installation, mostly did clean up as the old stove was removed and lots of ash was left behind.  A good time to give the hearth a thorough scrubbing.  Have a wonderful day all!

Yeah, my friend loved her wall hanging!  So now I can concentrate on hand quilting the Dresden plate quilt.  Oh, wait, I did a Gifting it Forward 2011 on Facebook and I need to make another small wall hanging.  This one will be simple, persons last name and some blocks depicting their interests.

Today we are switching out our coal stoves, so not sure how much quilting time I will have.  Of course it may be best for me to stay out of the way so maybe I will send myself to the sewing room and stay there, I could get alot done today after all!

Thanks to all those who have commented on my quilts.  I really appreciate it!

Peg's Quilted Wallhanging.

It is finally finished!  I had a few problems along the way but they are all worked out.  I have to admit that I love the pattern but wish a few blocks looked better than they do.  The next step is giving it away.  My friend asked me for wall hanging about a year ago, but she never picked one out.  So, I picked it out for her.  Sure hope she likes it!

I finished the quilting part of the wall hanging today and got the binding made and pinned in place. It should be finished by tomorrow evening at the latest and I will post a pic.

Then it is back to quilting my Dresden Plate quilt. Although I do have one or two other projects taking shape in the back of my head. Seems I need to keep playing with the fabric!!
More snow coming tonight and into tomorrow. This has been a tough winter for sure.

I managed to finish piecing the top and putting the three layers together last night. I was striving for perfection but could not attain it! I read somewhere, can't remember if it was a novel or non-fiction, that a quilter said she makes sure there is one mistake in each of her quilts. Well, I don't have to make sure, there is always at least one mistake! Gives them character is what I say.
Will post a pic of the new creation soon.

its cold and rainy out today. at least its not snowing! I spent hours doing and undoing a row in my wall hanging quilt. Since its a gift I really want each row to be perfect. Why is it that there is always one row or one square that does not want to cooperate?

we have over 2 feet of snow on the ground since last weeks storm.  now another 2-5 inches plus ice is heading our way.  guess that leaves me lots of time to quilt.  working on a wall hanging for a friend of mine.  its another paper pieced one.  will post a pic when its done and before I give it away.

My work in progress!!

Dresden plate quilt.  This is just the pieced top.
I will be quilting both by machine and by hand.  I wanted to use a flannel for the backing and found one with little dresden plates on it!  Will post a finished pic when done.

My wall hanging

I made this a couple of years ago after I discovered the joy of paper piecing!  I stitched it by machine but did all the quilting by hand.  The blocks and the flying geese in a circle are all paper pieced.  If you have not tried that method of quilting yet - do it!  So much fun!!

Christmas present for my son & daughter-in-law

In order to save money they keep the thermostat down very low in the winter.  So, I made this quilt using mostly flannels.It is heavy!!!

My 'new' Singer!

It is so quiet and smooth, you hardly know its on!

Johnna's birthday quilt.

I received lots of fabric sample books and decided to use some to make a lap quilt for my neices birthday.  The fabric was thick and it did not mix easily with cotton fabric.  I had to be creative and use lace and buttons and fabric yo-yos (thanks, Annie!!) to hide the rough spots.

Aunt Gail's Wall-Hanging

My aunt gave me these Dresden plates and they are gorgeous.  This wall hanging was a thank you gift.  She was clever and hung it using a vintage wooden yard stick.

Tory's Christmas Present 2010

My niece's room is all bright greens. This should match well! It is kind of hard to see, but her name is smack in the middle of the quilt. The letters are paper pieced and take a long time, but its well worth the effort!

Adam & Christen's Wedding Quilt

I had fun using Primitive Blocks to construct this quilt. Well, most of my quilts are primitive!!