February 26, 2009

Here is a picture of my Dear Jane top with all the center blocks finished....finally! This has been such a fun project. Now, to get all those triangles done.

The redwork quilt is for my youngest granddaughter, Emmaline Lorraine. She was born in May and is now crawling all over the place. Her mom, my oldest daughter, has always been an Anne of Greene Gables freak. In fact, Emmaline's name is from a character in the book. Several years ago, Sarah and her husband took a trip to the east coast of Canada and the USA, and Sarah had a great time touring Prince Edward Island and Anne's house. She bought some Greene Gables fabric while she was there. I took some of the pictures off that, enlarged them, and traced them on blocks for my mother-in-law to embroider. She and I together have made quilts for all nine of her great-grandkids. I'm hoping to get it sandwiched tomorrow and quilted this weekend.

I had my yearly checkup today, complete with mammogram and blood work. Glad to have that done for another year! I got home early and planted a flat of pansies in my front yard....it was such a beautiful day!

February 25, 2009

I am very excited this evening, because I have FINALLY finished all the center blocks on my Dear Jane quilt! I sewed row "M" together and will add it to the rest of the top as soon as I get a chance. Now, to finish all those pesky triangles!

Meanwhile, I have my granddaughter Emma's redwork quilt top finished. I am going to sandwich it tomorrow and try to get it quilted this weekend. We might have rain on Sunday...perfect time to stay out of the yard and in the sewing room sewing away!

February 8, 2009

I thought I would post a picture of my Dear Jane quilt. This weekend I finished my 165th block and my 20th triangle. I am really getting excited about finishing this quilt. I will be hand-quilting it, and I won't get to start that until I have finished my Women of the Bible quilt, which is about 2/3s done.

I lost 2 pounds this week, which is very exciting! I hope to keep that progress up for a while....Tomorrow I have the day off, so I will be sewing and starting a little spring cleaning early!

February 4, 2009

Here's a picture of the first panel I've gotten finished on my "Over the River" quilt. My goal is to get all three panels finished by summer vacation. The quilt itself looks pretty easy. Maybe I'll even have it done for winter!

January 29, 2009

My youngest daughter and I have decided to leave the chill behind and to head for my sister's house at the beach for the weekend. My sister, Melanie, is also working on the DJ quilt, so our plan is to do a difficult triangle together, and then to begin work on a quilt top that we started cutting out a couple of years ago. We are each making our own. It is a full-sized quilt, so we won't be finishing the top this weekend, but it will be fun to finally get started on it. I hope to get it all prepped and ready to go tonight. We will leave right after I get off work on Friday. I can't wait!

Besides cutting out pieces for that quilt, yesterday I also quilted a couple of thread in my Women of the Bible quilt while I watched American Idol. I also embroidered a couple of threads in my "Over the River" quilt panel.

January 25, 2009

I don't have any pictures to post of my weekend's progress, but I feel like I really got lots accomplished! I did a DJ block and triangle, worked on my borders for O'Tannenbaum, and traced another panel on my emboidered quilt (it is a black and white winter quilt called "Over the River and Through the Woods"). It has 3 embroidered horizontal panels, and I have just about finished embroidering one, so I need to get the next one prepped. I'll post a picture of the first panel as soon as I get it done. Tonight, I am going to start the DJ block, FireweedFlower. I only have 6 blocks to go!

My exercise routine is going well. We have walked or taken a run everyday except today. I am hoping to lose a little more weight this week!

January 22, 2009

I finished this quilt about a week ago. It is for my husband's second cousin's daughter's son....I did that on purpose! In spite of the fact that these are fairly distant relatives and that they live 1500 miles away, we are very close and get together yearly. Little Alexander was born in November. The fun thing about this quilt is that when I asked his mommy what colors she would like his quilt to be, she picked these, and I already owned this fabric....such a deal and a great stash reducer!

I'll put this in the mail to Kentucky tomorrow...