My Barn Raising Quilt

I got my barn-raising quilt pieced a while ago but have not gotten around to posting.  It turned out great.  I got the Kaffe fabric in a kit from Remnants Fiber Culture.   She had the same quilt hanging in her shop.  I have not gotten around to getting my backing sewn yet.  I will probably do a lot of quilting after the first of the year.  I need to buy more backing fabric and another roll of batting on sale.

I think I reversed a few of the lights and darks that were mediums. I still like the final result though.

I have been listening to Sirius radio and basting hexies today.  My October blocks are due for my Get Your Hex On bee.  It is very relaxing.  I have all the basting done.  Next step putting them together.  I will get to that tomorrow.  I also have to do my October Block Swap Adventure block.  I am running a little behind.

Another Kaffe Quilt

I got started on another Kaffe quilt at the Austin Modern Quilt Guild sew-in on Saturday.  I got my pieces cut, and sewn.  Lovely half square triangles.  Luckily they were big.  That left me 36 blocks to trim.

I spent some quality time with my 12.5 inch ruler to cut these babies down to 9.5 inches.

I got everything up on the design wall but ran out of town to take pictures.  It is looking awesome.  I only got one row sewn but I will get it done next weekend.

I spent today with some quality time with the vacuum cleaner, duster, scrub bucket, etc.  Yesterday my husband and I went through some accumulated magazines and junk mail and it went in the shred or throw pile.  Today I completely scrubbed the living and dining room and moved things around so I could get in a small desk for my husband.  I cleaned out a file drawer so he had space to store his stuff.  I wanted my dining room table back.  Yeah.   It is now clean as a whistle.  Next weekend is my sewing room and the kitchen.  I did get my sewing room a little neater but it still needs some work.

Is This Blue or What?

Ok.  I got carried away with the blue.  My daughter loves blue.  So blue she is getting.  This is going to be a wall hanging.  Mainly Amy Butler and Jason Yenter fabric.

Blue Back

Fish Back for another Christmas Quilt

Improv Block Wall Hanging-More Denyse Schmidt Love

I am not totally thrilled that it turned out crooky. This is to match my sisters Hope Valley quilt.  I needed to square it up before I bound it.  Live and learn. I am still slogging away at Christmas gifts.