Sewing Room Organized......

Hubby hung up vintage soda crates for me so now I can keep stuff at arms reach without having it on the side of the table where it gets knocked off constantly. 
Plus it looks great!

A tip I got from one of my favorite sites, Pinterest......use a golf tee to keep bobbin and thread together.  Cool right??

Quilting Class Block # 1......

Yes, it says class # 1 because I signed up for another year.  This one should be so much fun.  All white backgrounds with bright modern colors in geometrics. 

This months block was laid out a bit different but I just had to rearrange it.  The lone purple block at the bottom is my 'run-away' block.....just for fun!

Quilting Class Quilt is Finished!!

Okay, not the best pic, will try to get another one tomorrow. However, it is finished! 

What you can't see in the pic are the paper pieced initials in the blue triangles.  This lap quilt is going to my dad for Christmas and the initials are for his 4 kids.  I had the school house embroidered with the name of the grammar school he went to and on the back is SEMPER FI and DEVIL DOGS for his Marine Corp days and the detachment he works with now helping to do floats and such. 

I hope he likes it!!

Birthday Cake!!!

Its my birthday and for the first time in 30 years hubby baked ME a cake!!  He did chocolate cake with chocolate frosting and LINDOR TRUFFLES on top - YUMMY!!!!

Quilt Top is Pieced.......

I love the shape that it ended up being...was not my original intention but sometimes you just have to follow the fabric and let it lead you!

I Lied..........

Okay, this is not the assembled quilt, but a sneak preview of how it will look.  The blocks will be set on point and the empty corners are where the initial blocks will go.

Can't believe I am in the home stretch....

I have all the blocks from the class done and I am now working on 4 blocks that will have the initials of all 4 kids.  Of course I did mine first!

The really neat thing is that the border fabric on this block is called FAMILY ALBUM!!  How perfect is that?  I will also be using it for the backing.  I think the binding will be all the scraps and pieces, that were used in the blocks, sewn together, for a scrappy look. 

This will be lap sized.  It is a Christmas gift for my dad who was a Marine and is still active in a detachment group doing parades, fund raising etc.

The next pic I post, hopefully, will be the finished product.

Thanks for reading along with me this year!

Oh yeah, I am starting another class this month!!  It will be a modern quilt, all geometrics, should be fun.

UGH - one hour or so later and I realized that this block should not be a square but a triangle!! I took it apart and am remaking it.

Tree Block Redone......

This was the only block without the golden yellow fabric in it....not anymore!
So excited to start laying out all the blocks and seeing what else I may add to it!

Last Block for Americana Quilt Class....

Wow - this one was so hard!!  You can see I lost the points on the star and I still have to border it to bring it to 15 1/2 square.

Now its time to start putting these blocks together and figure out the quilt design.  I may make some primitive 9 patches for each corner, but not sure what else yet.  I will get inspired after I lay them out....hopefully!